diff --git a/rxjava-core/src/perf/java/rx/usecases/PerfBaseline.java b/rxjava-core/src/perf/java/rx/usecases/PerfBaseline.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c349253f84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rxjava-core/src/perf/java/rx/usecases/PerfBaseline.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package rx.usecases;
+
+import java.util.Iterator;
+
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.GenerateMicroBenchmark;
+
+public class PerfBaseline {
+
+    @GenerateMicroBenchmark
+    public void forLoopConsumption(UseCaseInput input) throws InterruptedException {
+        for (int i = 0; i < input.size; i++) {
+            input.observer.onNext(i);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @GenerateMicroBenchmark
+    public void observableConsumption(UseCaseInput input) throws InterruptedException {
+        input.observable.subscribe(input.observer);
+        input.awaitCompletion();
+    }
+
+    @GenerateMicroBenchmark
+    public void iterableViaForLoopConsumption(UseCaseInput input) throws InterruptedException {
+        for (int i : input.iterable) {
+            input.observer.onNext(i);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @GenerateMicroBenchmark
+    public void iterableViaHasNextConsumption(UseCaseInput input) throws InterruptedException {
+        Iterator<Integer> iterator = input.iterable.iterator();
+        while (iterator.hasNext()) {
+            input.observer.onNext(iterator.next());
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/rxjava-core/src/perf/java/rx/usecases/PerfObserveOn.java b/rxjava-core/src/perf/java/rx/usecases/PerfObserveOn.java
index 3b6aa1d2ea..6200cae9d4 100644
--- a/rxjava-core/src/perf/java/rx/usecases/PerfObserveOn.java
+++ b/rxjava-core/src/perf/java/rx/usecases/PerfObserveOn.java
@@ -22,9 +22,21 @@
 public class PerfObserveOn {
 
     @GenerateMicroBenchmark
-    public void observeOn(UseCaseInput input) throws InterruptedException {
+    public void observeOnComputation(UseCaseInput input) throws InterruptedException {
         input.observable.observeOn(Schedulers.computation()).subscribe(input.observer);
         input.awaitCompletion();
     }
 
+    @GenerateMicroBenchmark
+    public void observeOnNewThread(UseCaseInput input) throws InterruptedException {
+        input.observable.observeOn(Schedulers.newThread()).subscribe(input.observer);
+        input.awaitCompletion();
+    }
+
+    @GenerateMicroBenchmark
+    public void observeOnImmediate(UseCaseInput input) throws InterruptedException {
+        input.observable.observeOn(Schedulers.immediate()).subscribe(input.observer);
+        input.awaitCompletion();
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/rxjava-core/src/perf/java/rx/usecases/PerfTransforms.java b/rxjava-core/src/perf/java/rx/usecases/PerfTransforms.java
index 8b56734e5d..ee8150c3d0 100644
--- a/rxjava-core/src/perf/java/rx/usecases/PerfTransforms.java
+++ b/rxjava-core/src/perf/java/rx/usecases/PerfTransforms.java
@@ -19,12 +19,24 @@
 
 import rx.Observable;
 import rx.functions.Func1;
-import rx.schedulers.Schedulers;
 
 public class PerfTransforms {
 
     @GenerateMicroBenchmark
-    public void mapTransformation(UseCaseInput input) throws InterruptedException {
+    public void mapPassThru(UseCaseInput input) throws InterruptedException {
+        input.observable.map(new Func1<Integer, Integer>() {
+
+            @Override
+            public Integer call(Integer i) {
+                return i;
+            }
+
+        }).subscribe(input.observer);
+        input.awaitCompletion();
+    }
+
+    @GenerateMicroBenchmark
+    public void mapIntStringInt(UseCaseInput input) throws InterruptedException {
         input.observable.map(new Func1<Integer, String>() {
 
             @Override
@@ -44,7 +56,7 @@ public Integer call(String i) {
     }
 
     @GenerateMicroBenchmark
-    public void flatMapTransforms(UseCaseInput input) throws InterruptedException {
+    public void flatMapInt(UseCaseInput input) throws InterruptedException {
         input.observable.flatMap(new Func1<Integer, Observable<Integer>>() {
 
             @Override
diff --git a/rxjava-core/src/perf/java/rx/usecases/UseCaseInput.java b/rxjava-core/src/perf/java/rx/usecases/UseCaseInput.java
index c18bfcc0ed..b3b7958118 100644
--- a/rxjava-core/src/perf/java/rx/usecases/UseCaseInput.java
+++ b/rxjava-core/src/perf/java/rx/usecases/UseCaseInput.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 package rx.usecases;
 
+import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 
 import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Param;
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ public class UseCaseInput {
     @Param({ "1", "1024" })
     public int size;
 
+    public Iterable<Integer> iterable;
     public Observable<Integer> observable;
     public Observer<Integer> observer;
 
@@ -52,6 +54,34 @@ public void call(Subscriber<? super Integer> o) {
                 o.onCompleted();
             }
         });
+        
+        iterable = new Iterable<Integer>() {
+
+            @Override
+            public Iterator<Integer> iterator() {
+                return new Iterator<Integer>() {
+
+                    int i=0;
+                    
+                    @Override
+                    public boolean hasNext() {
+                        return i < size;
+                    }
+
+                    @Override
+                    public Integer next() {
+                        return i++;
+                    }
+                    
+                    @Override
+                    public void remove() {
+                        
+                    }
+                    
+                };
+            }
+            
+        };
 
         latch = new CountDownLatch(1);