diff --git a/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.BenchmarkRunner.Sources/AspNetCoreBenchmarkAttribute.cs b/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.BenchmarkRunner.Sources/AspNetCoreBenchmarkAttribute.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a4044d1b5e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.BenchmarkRunner.Sources/AspNetCoreBenchmarkAttribute.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Reflection;
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Attributes;
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Running;
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Configs;
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Jobs;
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Toolchains.InProcess;
+
+namespace BenchmarkDotNet.Attributes
+{
+    [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class | AttributeTargets.Assembly)]
+    internal class AspNetCoreBenchmarkAttribute : Attribute, IConfigSource
+    {
+        public static bool UseValidationConfig { get; set; }
+
+        public Type ConfigType { get; }
+        public Type ValidationConfigType { get; }
+
+        public AspNetCoreBenchmarkAttribute() : this(typeof(DefaultCoreConfig))
+        {
+        }
+
+        public AspNetCoreBenchmarkAttribute(Type configType) : this(configType, typeof(DefaultCoreValidationConfig))
+        {
+        }
+
+        public AspNetCoreBenchmarkAttribute(Type configType, Type validationConfigType)
+        {
+            ConfigType = configType;
+            ValidationConfigType = validationConfigType;
+        }
+
+        public IConfig Config => (IConfig) Activator.CreateInstance(UseValidationConfig ? ValidationConfigType : ConfigType, Array.Empty<object>());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.BenchmarkRunner.Sources/DefaultCoreConfig.cs b/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.BenchmarkRunner.Sources/DefaultCoreConfig.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1f844d51a0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.BenchmarkRunner.Sources/DefaultCoreConfig.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Columns;
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Configs;
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Diagnosers;
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Engines;
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Exporters;
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Jobs;
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Loggers;
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Toolchains.CsProj;
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Toolchains.DotNetCli;
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Validators;
+
+namespace BenchmarkDotNet.Attributes
+{
+    internal class DefaultCoreConfig : ManualConfig
+    {
+        public DefaultCoreConfig()
+        {
+            Add(ConsoleLogger.Default);
+            Add(MarkdownExporter.GitHub);
+
+            Add(MemoryDiagnoser.Default);
+            Add(StatisticColumn.OperationsPerSecond);
+
+            Add(JitOptimizationsValidator.FailOnError);
+
+            Add(Job.Core
+                .With(CsProjCoreToolchain.From(NetCoreAppSettings.NetCoreApp21))
+                .WithRemoveOutliers(false)
+                .With(new GcMode { Server = true })
+                .With(RunStrategy.Throughput)
+                .WithLaunchCount(3)
+                .WithWarmupCount(5)
+                .WithTargetCount(10));
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.BenchmarkRunner.Sources/DefaultCoreValidationConfig.cs b/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.BenchmarkRunner.Sources/DefaultCoreValidationConfig.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..95fc725564d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.BenchmarkRunner.Sources/DefaultCoreValidationConfig.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Reflection;
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Attributes;
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Running;
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Configs;
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Jobs;
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Loggers;
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Toolchains.InProcess;
+
+namespace BenchmarkDotNet.Attributes
+{
+    internal class DefaultCoreValidationConfig : ManualConfig
+    {
+        public DefaultCoreValidationConfig()
+        {
+            Add(ConsoleLogger.Default);
+
+            Add(Job.Dry.With(InProcessToolchain.Instance));
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.BenchmarkRunner.Sources/ParameterizedJobConfigAttribute.cs b/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.BenchmarkRunner.Sources/ParameterizedJobConfigAttribute.cs
index c7df649218d..9e0f947dc75 100644
--- a/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.BenchmarkRunner.Sources/ParameterizedJobConfigAttribute.cs
+++ b/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.BenchmarkRunner.Sources/ParameterizedJobConfigAttribute.cs
@@ -2,27 +2,14 @@
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 
 using System;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Reflection;
-using BenchmarkDotNet.Attributes;
-using BenchmarkDotNet.Running;
-using BenchmarkDotNet.Configs;
-using BenchmarkDotNet.Jobs;
-using BenchmarkDotNet.Toolchains.InProcess;
 
 namespace BenchmarkDotNet.Attributes
 {
     [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class | AttributeTargets.Assembly)]
-    public class ParameterizedJobConfigAttribute : Attribute, IConfigSource
+    internal class ParameterizedJobConfigAttribute: AspNetCoreBenchmarkAttribute
     {
-        public static Job Job { get; set; }
-
-        public ParameterizedJobConfigAttribute(Type config)
+        public ParameterizedJobConfigAttribute(Type configType) : base(configType)
         {
-            var args = Job != null ? new object[] { Job } : Array.Empty<object>();
-            Config = (IConfig) Activator.CreateInstance(config, args);
         }
-
-        public IConfig Config { get; }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.BenchmarkRunner.Sources/Program.cs b/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.BenchmarkRunner.Sources/Program.cs
index e87472d5d94..3297d5dae98 100644
--- a/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.BenchmarkRunner.Sources/Program.cs
+++ b/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.BenchmarkRunner.Sources/Program.cs
@@ -14,13 +14,17 @@
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.BenchmarkDotNet.Runner
 {
-    class Program
+    partial class Program
     {
         private static TextWriter _standardOutput;
         private static StringBuilder _standardOutputText;
 
+        static partial void BeforeMain(string[] args);
+
         private static int Main(string[] args)
         {
+            BeforeMain(args);
+
             CheckValidate(ref args);
             var summaries = BenchmarkSwitcher.FromAssembly(typeof(Program).GetTypeInfo().Assembly)
                 .Run(args, ManualConfig.CreateEmpty());
@@ -65,15 +69,10 @@ private static int Fail(object o, string message)
         private static void CheckValidate(ref string[] args)
         {
             var argsList = args.ToList();
-            if (argsList.Remove("--validate"))
-            {
-                SuppressConsole();
-                ParameterizedJobConfigAttribute.Job = Job.Dry;
-            }
-            else if (argsList.Remove("--validate-fast"))
+            if (argsList.Remove("--validate") || argsList.Remove("--validate-fast"))
             {
                 SuppressConsole();
-                ParameterizedJobConfigAttribute.Job = Job.Dry.With(InProcessToolchain.Instance);
+                AspNetCoreBenchmarkAttribute.UseValidationConfig = true;
             }
 
             args = argsList.ToArray();
@@ -86,4 +85,4 @@ private static void SuppressConsole()
             Console.SetOut(new StringWriter(_standardOutputText));
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}