diff --git a/benchmark/path/basename-posix.js b/benchmark/path/basename-posix.js
index 024687cef0d234..45cad1e25660dc 100644
--- a/benchmark/path/basename-posix.js
+++ b/benchmark/path/basename-posix.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
     '/foo/bar/baz/asdf/quux.html',
     ['/foo/bar/baz/asdf/quux.html', '.html'].join('|'),
   ],
-  n: [1e6]
+  n: [1e5]
 });
 
 function main({ n, pathext }) {
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ function main({ n, pathext }) {
 
   bench.start();
   for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-    posix.basename(pathext, ext);
+    posix.basename(i % 3 === 0 ? `${pathext}${i}` : pathext, ext);
   }
   bench.end(n);
 }
diff --git a/benchmark/path/basename-win32.js b/benchmark/path/basename-win32.js
index a68bf0c12a8e42..30d65f3ac6a4c9 100644
--- a/benchmark/path/basename-win32.js
+++ b/benchmark/path/basename-win32.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
     '\\foo\\bar\\baz\\asdf\\quux.html',
     ['\\foo\\bar\\baz\\asdf\\quux.html', '.html'].join('|'),
   ],
-  n: [1e6]
+  n: [1e5]
 });
 
 function main({ n, pathext }) {
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ function main({ n, pathext }) {
 
   bench.start();
   for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-    win32.basename(pathext, ext);
+    win32.basename(i % 3 === 0 ? `${pathext}${i}` : pathext, ext);
   }
   bench.end(n);
 }
diff --git a/benchmark/path/dirname-posix.js b/benchmark/path/dirname-posix.js
index b99bb99b3b0de5..93f2f32c012695 100644
--- a/benchmark/path/dirname-posix.js
+++ b/benchmark/path/dirname-posix.js
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
     'foo/bar',
     '/foo/bar/baz/asdf/quux',
   ],
-  n: [1e6]
+  n: [1e5]
 });
 
 function main({ n, path }) {
   bench.start();
   for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-    posix.dirname(path);
+    posix.dirname(i % 3 === 0 ? `${path}${i}` : path);
   }
   bench.end(n);
 }
diff --git a/benchmark/path/dirname-win32.js b/benchmark/path/dirname-win32.js
index 551956efaf7795..510595d721ace1 100644
--- a/benchmark/path/dirname-win32.js
+++ b/benchmark/path/dirname-win32.js
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
     'foo\\bar',
     'D:\\foo\\bar\\baz\\asdf\\quux',
   ],
-  n: [1e6]
+  n: [1e5]
 });
 
 function main({ n, path }) {
   bench.start();
   for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-    win32.dirname(path);
+    win32.dirname(i % 3 === 0 ? `${path}${i}` : path);
   }
   bench.end(n);
 }
diff --git a/benchmark/path/extname-posix.js b/benchmark/path/extname-posix.js
index 1c7d9e94495c0a..ee1ea07eebc010 100644
--- a/benchmark/path/extname-posix.js
+++ b/benchmark/path/extname-posix.js
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
     '/foo/bar/baz/asdf/quux',
     '/foo/bar/baz/asdf/quux.foobarbazasdfquux',
   ],
-  n: [1e6]
+  n: [1e5]
 });
 
 function main({ n, path }) {
   bench.start();
   for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-    posix.extname(path);
+    posix.extname(i % 3 === 0 ? `${path}${i}` : path);
   }
   bench.end(n);
 }
diff --git a/benchmark/path/extname-win32.js b/benchmark/path/extname-win32.js
index 4378f8119af3b3..1de4bca28a2988 100644
--- a/benchmark/path/extname-win32.js
+++ b/benchmark/path/extname-win32.js
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
     'D:\\foo\\bar\\baz\\asdf\\quux',
     '\\foo\\bar\\baz\\asdf\\quux.foobarbazasdfquux',
   ],
-  n: [1e6]
+  n: [1e5]
 });
 
 function main({ n, path }) {
   bench.start();
   for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-    win32.extname(path);
+    win32.extname(i % 3 === 0 ? `${path}${i}` : path);
   }
   bench.end(n);
 }
diff --git a/benchmark/path/format-posix.js b/benchmark/path/format-posix.js
index bae1ae1e2371db..9c555f232c0099 100644
--- a/benchmark/path/format-posix.js
+++ b/benchmark/path/format-posix.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
   props: [
     ['/', '/home/user/dir', 'index.html', '.html', 'index'].join('|'),
   ],
-  n: [1e7]
+  n: [1e6]
 });
 
 function main({ n, props }) {
@@ -14,13 +14,15 @@ function main({ n, props }) {
   const obj = {
     root: props[0] || '',
     dir: props[1] || '',
-    base: props[2] || '',
+    base: '',
     ext: props[3] || '',
-    name: props[4] || '',
+    name: '',
   };
 
   bench.start();
   for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+    obj.base = `a${i}${props[2] || ''}`;
+    obj.name = `a${i}${props[4] || ''}`;
     posix.format(obj);
   }
   bench.end(n);
diff --git a/benchmark/path/format-win32.js b/benchmark/path/format-win32.js
index efb3fcd2c80701..65315c4dd638f1 100644
--- a/benchmark/path/format-win32.js
+++ b/benchmark/path/format-win32.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
   props: [
     ['C:\\', 'C:\\path\\dir', 'index.html', '.html', 'index'].join('|'),
   ],
-  n: [1e7]
+  n: [1e6]
 });
 
 function main({ n, props }) {
@@ -14,13 +14,15 @@ function main({ n, props }) {
   const obj = {
     root: props[0] || '',
     dir: props[1] || '',
-    base: props[2] || '',
+    base: '',
     ext: props[3] || '',
-    name: props[4] || '',
+    name: '',
   };
 
   bench.start();
   for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+    obj.base = `a${i}${props[2] || ''}`;
+    obj.name = `a${i}${props[4] || ''}`;
     win32.format(obj);
   }
   bench.end(n);
diff --git a/benchmark/path/isAbsolute-posix.js b/benchmark/path/isAbsolute-posix.js
index 96da0e01c640b3..dd0dfd1964e0fb 100644
--- a/benchmark/path/isAbsolute-posix.js
+++ b/benchmark/path/isAbsolute-posix.js
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
     '/baz/..',
     'bar/baz',
   ],
-  n: [1e6]
+  n: [1e5]
 });
 
 function main({ n, path }) {
   bench.start();
   for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-    posix.isAbsolute(path);
+    posix.isAbsolute(i % 3 === 0 ? `${path}${i}` : path);
   }
   bench.end(n);
 }
diff --git a/benchmark/path/isAbsolute-win32.js b/benchmark/path/isAbsolute-win32.js
index edb84e80776fd6..ff03f2628a328c 100644
--- a/benchmark/path/isAbsolute-win32.js
+++ b/benchmark/path/isAbsolute-win32.js
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
     'C:baz\\..',
     'bar\\baz',
   ],
-  n: [1e6]
+  n: [1e5]
 });
 
 function main({ n, path }) {
   bench.start();
   for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-    win32.isAbsolute(path);
+    win32.isAbsolute(i % 3 === 0 ? `${path}${i}` : path);
   }
   bench.end(n);
 }
diff --git a/benchmark/path/join-posix.js b/benchmark/path/join-posix.js
index 2ba1a4299fcf8c..e573166d7ae078 100644
--- a/benchmark/path/join-posix.js
+++ b/benchmark/path/join-posix.js
@@ -6,15 +6,22 @@ const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
   paths: [
     ['/foo', 'bar', '', 'baz/asdf', 'quux', '..'].join('|'),
   ],
-  n: [1e6]
+  n: [1e5]
 });
 
 function main({ n, paths }) {
   const args = paths.split('|');
+  const copy = [...args];
+  const orig = copy[1];
 
   bench.start();
   for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-    posix.join.apply(null, args);
+    if (i % 3 === 0) {
+      copy[1] = `${orig}${i}`;
+      posix.join(...copy);
+    } else {
+      posix.join(...args);
+    }
   }
   bench.end(n);
 }
diff --git a/benchmark/path/join-win32.js b/benchmark/path/join-win32.js
index 42449542aa31b6..cd69836c006e23 100644
--- a/benchmark/path/join-win32.js
+++ b/benchmark/path/join-win32.js
@@ -6,15 +6,22 @@ const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
   paths: [
     ['C:\\foo', 'bar', '', 'baz\\asdf', 'quux', '..'].join('|'),
   ],
-  n: [1e6]
+  n: [1e5]
 });
 
 function main({ n, paths }) {
   const args = paths.split('|');
+  const copy = [...args];
+  const orig = copy[1];
 
   bench.start();
   for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-    win32.join.apply(null, args);
+    if (i % 3 === 0) {
+      copy[1] = `${orig}${i}`;
+      win32.join(...copy);
+    } else {
+      win32.join(...args);
+    }
   }
   bench.end(n);
 }
diff --git a/benchmark/path/makeLong-win32.js b/benchmark/path/makeLong-win32.js
index f300f47cf53edd..45d0d8de60d7e0 100644
--- a/benchmark/path/makeLong-win32.js
+++ b/benchmark/path/makeLong-win32.js
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
     '\\\\foo\\bar',
     '\\\\?\\foo',
   ],
-  n: [1e6]
+  n: [1e5]
 });
 
 function main({ n, path }) {
   bench.start();
   for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-    win32._makeLong(path);
+    win32._makeLong(i % 3 === 0 ? `${path}${i}` : path);
   }
   bench.end(n);
 }
diff --git a/benchmark/path/normalize-posix.js b/benchmark/path/normalize-posix.js
index 7b5c2b1cf9009e..4383cff4a588f7 100644
--- a/benchmark/path/normalize-posix.js
+++ b/benchmark/path/normalize-posix.js
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
     '/foo/bar',
     '/foo/bar//baz/asdf/quux/..',
   ],
-  n: [1e6]
+  n: [1e5]
 });
 
 function main({ n, path }) {
   bench.start();
   for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-    posix.normalize(path);
+    posix.normalize(i % 3 === 0 ? `${path}${i}` : path);
   }
   bench.end(n);
 }
diff --git a/benchmark/path/normalize-win32.js b/benchmark/path/normalize-win32.js
index 749523daa81832..319c391d17a712 100644
--- a/benchmark/path/normalize-win32.js
+++ b/benchmark/path/normalize-win32.js
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
     'C:\\foo\\bar',
     'C:\\foo\\bar\\\\baz\\asdf\\quux\\..',
   ],
-  n: [1e6]
+  n: [1e5]
 });
 
 function main({ n, path }) {
   bench.start();
   for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-    win32.normalize(path);
+    win32.normalize(i % 3 === 0 ? `${path}${i}` : path);
   }
   bench.end(n);
 }
diff --git a/benchmark/path/parse-posix.js b/benchmark/path/parse-posix.js
index 00fdc6a3ad7c81..7fb1d55099f722 100644
--- a/benchmark/path/parse-posix.js
+++ b/benchmark/path/parse-posix.js
@@ -12,16 +12,13 @@ const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
     'foo/bar',
     '/foo/bar/baz/asdf/.quux',
   ],
-  n: [1e6]
+  n: [1e5]
 });
 
 function main({ n, path }) {
-  for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-    posix.parse(path);
-  }
   bench.start();
-  for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-    posix.parse(path);
+  for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+    posix.parse(i % 3 === 0 ? `${path}${i}` : path);
   }
   bench.end(n);
 }
diff --git a/benchmark/path/parse-win32.js b/benchmark/path/parse-win32.js
index 5bcc150d1b70fb..ea4bc34a849259 100644
--- a/benchmark/path/parse-win32.js
+++ b/benchmark/path/parse-win32.js
@@ -13,16 +13,13 @@ const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
     'foo\\bar',
     '\\foo\\bar\\baz\\asdf\\.quux',
   ],
-  n: [1e6]
+  n: [1e5]
 });
 
 function main({ n, path }) {
-  for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-    win32.parse(path);
-  }
   bench.start();
-  for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-    win32.parse(path);
+  for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+    win32.parse(i % 3 === 0 ? `${path}${i}` : path);
   }
   bench.end(n);
 }
diff --git a/benchmark/path/relative-posix.js b/benchmark/path/relative-posix.js
index caf1996135550a..2c4dd31d2778c7 100644
--- a/benchmark/path/relative-posix.js
+++ b/benchmark/path/relative-posix.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
     ['/foo/bar/baz/quux', '/foo/bar/baz/quux'].join('|'),
     ['/foo/bar/baz/quux', '/var/log'].join('|'),
   ],
-  n: [1e6]
+  n: [1e5]
 });
 
 function main({ n, paths }) {
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ function main({ n, paths }) {
     to = paths.slice(delimIdx + 1);
     paths = paths.slice(0, delimIdx);
   }
-  for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-    posix.relative(paths, to);
-  }
 
   bench.start();
-  for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-    posix.relative(paths, to);
+  for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+    if (i % 3 === 0)
+      posix.relative(`${paths}${i}`, `${to}${i}`);
+    else
+      posix.relative(paths, to);
   }
   bench.end(n);
 }
diff --git a/benchmark/path/relative-win32.js b/benchmark/path/relative-win32.js
index 81fd10b46c2246..5f34fdf8fd5842 100644
--- a/benchmark/path/relative-win32.js
+++ b/benchmark/path/relative-win32.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
     ['C:\\foo\\BAR\\BAZ', 'C:\\foo\\bar\\baz'].join('|'),
     ['C:\\foo\\bar\\baz\\quux', 'C:\\'].join('|'),
   ],
-  n: [1e6]
+  n: [1e5]
 });
 
 function main({ n, paths }) {
@@ -21,14 +21,12 @@ function main({ n, paths }) {
     paths = paths.slice(0, delimIdx);
   }
 
-  // Warmup
-  for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-    win32.relative(paths, to);
-  }
-
   bench.start();
-  for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-    win32.relative(paths, to);
+  for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+    if (i % 3 === 0)
+      win32.relative(`${paths}${i}`, `${to}${i}`);
+    else
+      win32.relative(paths, to);
   }
   bench.end(n);
 }
diff --git a/benchmark/path/resolve-posix.js b/benchmark/path/resolve-posix.js
index 14b7fd10962562..3cdf1cd49a0754 100644
--- a/benchmark/path/resolve-posix.js
+++ b/benchmark/path/resolve-posix.js
@@ -9,15 +9,22 @@ const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
     ['foo/bar', '/tmp/file/', '..', 'a/../subfile'].join('|'),
     ['a/b/c/', '../../..'].join('|'),
   ],
-  n: [1e6]
+  n: [1e5]
 });
 
 function main({ n, paths }) {
   const args = paths.split('|');
+  const copy = [...args];
+  const orig = copy[0];
 
   bench.start();
   for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-    posix.resolve.apply(null, args);
+    if (i % 3 === 0) {
+      copy[0] = `${orig}${i}`;
+      posix.resolve(...copy);
+    } else {
+      posix.resolve(...args);
+    }
   }
   bench.end(n);
 }
diff --git a/benchmark/path/resolve-win32.js b/benchmark/path/resolve-win32.js
index 83e10042b4a6b9..cf8144ef2c57cd 100644
--- a/benchmark/path/resolve-win32.js
+++ b/benchmark/path/resolve-win32.js
@@ -9,15 +9,22 @@ const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
     ['c:/ignore', 'd:\\a/b\\c/d', '\\e.exe'].join('|'),
     ['c:/blah\\blah', 'd:/games', 'c:../a'].join('|'),
   ],
-  n: [1e6]
+  n: [1e5]
 });
 
 function main({ n, paths }) {
   const args = paths.split('|');
+  const copy = [...args];
+  const orig = copy[0];
 
   bench.start();
   for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-    win32.resolve.apply(null, args);
+    if (i % 3 === 0) {
+      copy[0] = `${orig}${i}`;
+      win32.resolve(...copy);
+    } else {
+      win32.resolve(...args);
+    }
   }
   bench.end(n);
 }