diff --git a/metrics/src/main/java/com/google/gson/metrics/GsonBenchmark.java b/metrics/src/main/java/com/google/gson/metrics/BagOfPrimitivesDeserializationBenchmark.java
similarity index 53%
rename from metrics/src/main/java/com/google/gson/metrics/GsonBenchmark.java
rename to metrics/src/main/java/com/google/gson/metrics/BagOfPrimitivesDeserializationBenchmark.java
index a8600da4..8e6ea2b2 100644
--- a/metrics/src/main/java/com/google/gson/metrics/GsonBenchmark.java
+++ b/metrics/src/main/java/com/google/gson/metrics/BagOfPrimitivesDeserializationBenchmark.java
@@ -17,12 +17,11 @@ package com.google.gson.metrics;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.StringReader;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 
-import com.google.caliper.Param;
 import com.google.caliper.Runner;
 import com.google.caliper.SimpleBenchmark;
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
-import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
 import com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader;
 
 /**
@@ -32,38 +31,35 @@ import com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader;
  * @author Jesse Wilson
  * @author Joel Leitch
  */
-public class GsonBenchmark extends SimpleBenchmark {
+public class BagOfPrimitivesDeserializationBenchmark extends SimpleBenchmark {
 
   private Gson gson;
-  private BagOfPrimitives bag;
   private String json;
-  @Param
-  private boolean pretty;
 
   public static void main(String[] args) {
-    Runner.main(GsonBenchmark.class, args);
+    Runner.main(BagOfPrimitivesDeserializationBenchmark.class, args);
   }
   
   @Override
   protected void setUp() throws Exception {
-    this.gson = pretty ? new GsonBuilder().setPrettyPrinting().create() : new Gson();
-    this.bag = new BagOfPrimitives(10L, 1, false, "foo");
+    this.gson = new Gson();
+    BagOfPrimitives bag = new BagOfPrimitives(10L, 1, false, "foo");
     this.json = gson.toJson(bag);
   }
 
-  public void timeObjectSerialization(int reps) {
-    for (int i=0; i<reps; ++i) {
-      gson.toJson(bag);
-    }
-  }
-
-  public void timeObjectDeserialization(int reps) {
+  /** 
+   * Benchmark to measure Gson performance for deserializing an object
+   */
+  public void timeBagOfPrimitivesDefault(int reps) {
     for (int i=0; i<reps; ++i) {
       gson.fromJson(json, BagOfPrimitives.class);
     }
   }
 
-  public void timeStreamingParserDeserialization(int reps) throws IOException {
+  /**
+   * Benchmark to measure deserializing objects by hand
+   */
+  public void timeBagOfPrimitivesStreaming(int reps) throws IOException {
     for (int i=0; i<reps; ++i) {
       StringReader reader = new StringReader(json);
       JsonReader jr = new JsonReader(reader);
@@ -90,4 +86,38 @@ public class GsonBenchmark extends SimpleBenchmark {
       new BagOfPrimitives(longValue, intValue, booleanValue, stringValue);
     }
   }
+
+  /**
+   * This benchmark measures the ideal Gson performance: the cost of parsing a JSON stream and
+   * setting object values by reflection. We should strive to reduce the discrepancy between this
+   * and {@link #timeBagOfPrimitivesDefault(int)} .
+   */
+  public void timeBagOfPrimitivesReflectionStreaming(int reps) throws Exception {
+    for (int i=0; i<reps; ++i) {
+      StringReader reader = new StringReader(json);
+      JsonReader jr = new JsonReader(reader);
+      jr.beginObject();
+      BagOfPrimitives bag = new BagOfPrimitives();
+      while(jr.hasNext()) {
+        String name = jr.nextName();
+        for (Field field : BagOfPrimitives.class.getDeclaredFields()) {
+          if (field.getName().equals(name)) {
+            Class<?> fieldType = field.getType();
+            if (fieldType.equals(long.class)) {
+              field.setLong(bag, jr.nextLong());
+            } else if (fieldType.equals(int.class)) {
+              field.setInt(bag, jr.nextInt());
+            } else if (fieldType.equals(boolean.class)) {
+              field.setBoolean(bag, jr.nextBoolean());
+            } else if (fieldType.equals(String.class)) {
+              field.set(bag, jr.nextString());
+            } else {
+              throw new RuntimeException("Unexpected: type: " + fieldType + ", name: " + name);
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      jr.endObject();
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/metrics/src/main/java/com/google/gson/metrics/CollectionsDeserializationBenchmark.java b/metrics/src/main/java/com/google/gson/metrics/CollectionsDeserializationBenchmark.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..09a5782a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metrics/src/main/java/com/google/gson/metrics/CollectionsDeserializationBenchmark.java
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 Google Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.google.gson.metrics;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.StringReader;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import com.google.caliper.Runner;
+import com.google.caliper.SimpleBenchmark;
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
+import com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader;
+
+/**
+ * Caliper based micro benchmarks for Gson
+ *
+ * @author Inderjeet Singh
+ */
+public class CollectionsDeserializationBenchmark extends SimpleBenchmark {
+
+  private static final Type LIST_TYPE = new TypeToken<List<BagOfPrimitives>>(){}.getType();
+  private Gson gson;
+  private String json;
+
+  public static void main(String[] args) {
+    Runner.main(CollectionsDeserializationBenchmark.class, args);
+  }
+  
+  @Override
+  protected void setUp() throws Exception {
+    this.gson = new Gson();
+    List<BagOfPrimitives> bags = new ArrayList<BagOfPrimitives>();
+    for (int i = 0; i < 100; ++i) {
+      bags.add(new BagOfPrimitives(10L, 1, false, "foo"));
+    }
+    this.json = gson.toJson(bags, LIST_TYPE);
+  }
+
+  /** 
+   * Benchmark to measure Gson performance for deserializing an object
+   */
+  public void timeCollectionsDefault(int reps) {
+    for (int i=0; i<reps; ++i) {
+      gson.fromJson(json, LIST_TYPE);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Benchmark to measure deserializing objects by hand
+   */
+  public void timeCollectionsStreaming(int reps) throws IOException {
+    for (int i=0; i<reps; ++i) {
+      StringReader reader = new StringReader(json);
+      JsonReader jr = new JsonReader(reader);
+      jr.beginArray();
+      List<BagOfPrimitives> bags = new ArrayList<BagOfPrimitives>();
+      while(jr.hasNext()) {
+        jr.beginObject();
+        long longValue = 0;
+        int intValue = 0;
+        boolean booleanValue = false;
+        String stringValue = null;
+        while(jr.hasNext()) {
+          String name = jr.nextName();
+          if (name.equals("longValue")) {
+            longValue = jr.nextLong();
+          } else if (name.equals("intValue")) {
+            intValue = jr.nextInt();
+          } else if (name.equals("booleanValue")) {
+            booleanValue = jr.nextBoolean();
+          } else if (name.equals("stringValue")) {
+            stringValue = jr.nextString();
+          } else {
+            throw new IOException("Unexpected name: " + name);
+          }
+        }
+        jr.endObject();
+        bags.add(new BagOfPrimitives(longValue, intValue, booleanValue, stringValue));
+      }
+      jr.endArray();
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * This benchmark measures the ideal Gson performance: the cost of parsing a JSON stream and
+   * setting object values by reflection. We should strive to reduce the discrepancy between this
+   * and {@link #timeCollectionsDefault(int)} .
+   */
+  public void timeCollectionsReflectionStreaming(int reps) throws Exception {
+    for (int i=0; i<reps; ++i) {
+      StringReader reader = new StringReader(json);
+      JsonReader jr = new JsonReader(reader);
+      jr.beginArray();
+      List<BagOfPrimitives> bags = new ArrayList<BagOfPrimitives>();
+      while(jr.hasNext()) {
+        jr.beginObject();
+        BagOfPrimitives bag = new BagOfPrimitives();
+        while(jr.hasNext()) {
+          String name = jr.nextName();
+          for (Field field : BagOfPrimitives.class.getDeclaredFields()) {
+            if (field.getName().equals(name)) {
+              Class<?> fieldType = field.getType();
+              if (fieldType.equals(long.class)) {
+                field.setLong(bag, jr.nextLong());
+              } else if (fieldType.equals(int.class)) {
+                field.setInt(bag, jr.nextInt());
+              } else if (fieldType.equals(boolean.class)) {
+                field.setBoolean(bag, jr.nextBoolean());
+              } else if (fieldType.equals(String.class)) {
+                field.set(bag, jr.nextString());
+              } else {
+                throw new RuntimeException("Unexpected: type: " + fieldType + ", name: " + name);
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+        jr.endObject();
+        bags.add(bag);
+      }
+      jr.endArray();
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/metrics/src/main/java/com/google/gson/metrics/SerializationBenchmark.java b/metrics/src/main/java/com/google/gson/metrics/SerializationBenchmark.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9cdf085e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metrics/src/main/java/com/google/gson/metrics/SerializationBenchmark.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 Google Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.google.gson.metrics;
+
+import com.google.caliper.Param;
+import com.google.caliper.Runner;
+import com.google.caliper.SimpleBenchmark;
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
+
+/**
+ * Caliper based micro benchmarks for Gson serialization
+ *
+ * @author Inderjeet Singh
+ * @author Jesse Wilson
+ * @author Joel Leitch
+ */
+public class SerializationBenchmark extends SimpleBenchmark {
+
+  private Gson gson;
+  private BagOfPrimitives bag;
+  @Param
+  private boolean pretty;
+
+  public static void main(String[] args) {
+    Runner.main(SerializationBenchmark.class, args);
+  }
+  
+  @Override
+  protected void setUp() throws Exception {
+    this.gson = pretty ? new GsonBuilder().setPrettyPrinting().create() : new Gson();
+    this.bag = new BagOfPrimitives(10L, 1, false, "foo");
+  }
+
+  public void timeObjectSerialization(int reps) {
+    for (int i=0; i<reps; ++i) {
+      gson.toJson(bag);
+    }
+  }
+}