diff --git a/jetty-deploy/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/deploy/DeploymentManagerLifeCyclePathTest.java b/jetty-deploy/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/deploy/DeploymentManagerLifeCyclePathTest.java
index 3907186a44ed..49dd8d08a89e 100644
--- a/jetty-deploy/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/deploy/DeploymentManagerLifeCyclePathTest.java
+++ b/jetty-deploy/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/deploy/DeploymentManagerLifeCyclePathTest.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 
 import org.eclipse.jetty.jmx.MBeanContainer;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandlerCollection;
-import org.eclipse.jetty.toolchain.jmx.JmxServiceConnection;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class DeploymentManagerLifeCyclePathTest
diff --git a/jetty-deploy/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/deploy/JmxServiceConnection.java b/jetty-deploy/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/deploy/JmxServiceConnection.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c59c87585bc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jetty-deploy/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/deploy/JmxServiceConnection.java
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+//
+//  ========================================================================
+//  Copyright (c) 1995-2012 Mort Bay Consulting Pty. Ltd.
+//  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//  All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+//  are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+//  and Apache License v2.0 which accompanies this distribution.
+//
+//      The Eclipse Public License is available at
+//      http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+//
+//      The Apache License v2.0 is available at
+//      http://www.opensource.org/licenses/apache2.0.php
+//
+//  You may elect to redistribute this code under either of these licenses.
+//  ========================================================================
+//
+
+package org.eclipse.jetty.deploy;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
+
+import javax.management.MBeanServer;
+import javax.management.MBeanServerConnection;
+import javax.management.remote.JMXConnector;
+import javax.management.remote.JMXConnectorFactory;
+import javax.management.remote.JMXConnectorServer;
+import javax.management.remote.JMXConnectorServerFactory;
+import javax.management.remote.JMXServiceURL;
+
+import org.eclipse.jetty.toolchain.test.IO;
+
+/**
+ * JmxServiceConnection
+ * 
+ * Provides ability to create a connection to either an external
+ * JMX server, or a loopback connection to the internal one.
+ */
+public class JmxServiceConnection
+{
+    private String serviceUrl;
+    private MBeanServer server;
+    private JMXConnectorServer connectorServer;
+    private JMXConnector serverConnector;
+    private MBeanServerConnection serviceConnection;
+
+    /**
+     * Construct a loopback connection to an internal server
+     */
+    public JmxServiceConnection()
+    {
+        this(null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Construct a connection to specified server
+     * 
+     * @param url
+     *            URL of JMX server
+     */
+    public JmxServiceConnection(String url)
+    {
+        serviceUrl = url;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieve an external URL for the JMX server
+     * 
+     * @return service URL
+     */
+    public String getServiceUrl()
+    {
+        return serviceUrl;
+    }
+
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    /**
+     * Retrieve a connection to MBean server
+     * 
+     * @return connection to MBean server
+     */
+    public MBeanServerConnection getConnection()
+    {
+        return serviceConnection;
+    }
+
+    public void connect() throws IOException
+    {
+        if (serviceConnection == null)
+        {
+            if (serviceUrl == null)
+            {
+                openLoopbackConnection();
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                openServerConnection(serviceUrl);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Open a loopback connection to local JMX server
+     * 
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    private void openLoopbackConnection() throws IOException
+    {
+        server = ManagementFactory.getPlatformMBeanServer();
+
+        JMXServiceURL serviceUrl = new JMXServiceURL("service:jmx:rmi://");
+        connectorServer = JMXConnectorServerFactory.newJMXConnectorServer(serviceUrl,null,server);
+        connectorServer.start();
+
+        this.serviceUrl = connectorServer.getAddress().toString();
+
+        serverConnector = JMXConnectorFactory.connect(connectorServer.getAddress());
+        serviceConnection = serverConnector.getMBeanServerConnection();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Open a connection to remote JMX server
+     * 
+     * @param url
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    private void openServerConnection(String url) throws IOException
+    {
+        serviceUrl = url;
+        serverConnector = JMXConnectorFactory.connect(new JMXServiceURL(serviceUrl));
+        serviceConnection = serverConnector.getMBeanServerConnection();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Close the connections
+     */
+    public void disconnect()
+    {
+        IO.close(serverConnector);
+
+        if (connectorServer != null)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                connectorServer.stop();
+            }
+            catch (Exception ignore)
+            {
+                /* ignore */
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/jetty-util/pom.xml b/jetty-util/pom.xml
index fd944c1c3632..59d87cf6db34 100644
--- a/jetty-util/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-util/pom.xml
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@
       <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.toolchain</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jetty-perf-helper</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.toolchain</groupId>
       <artifactId>jetty-test-helper</artifactId>
diff --git a/jetty-util/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/thread/SchedulerTest.java b/jetty-util/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/thread/SchedulerTest.java
index f1b2af716375..6813c64b78bf 100644
--- a/jetty-util/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/thread/SchedulerTest.java
+++ b/jetty-util/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/thread/SchedulerTest.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
 
-import org.eclipse.jetty.toolchain.test.BenchmarkHelper;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.toolchain.perf.PlatformMonitor;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.toolchain.test.annotation.Slow;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.statistic.SampleStatistic;
 import org.hamcrest.Matchers;
@@ -218,11 +218,13 @@ public void testFewSchedulesAndCancels() throws Exception
     public void testBenchmark() throws Exception
     {
         schedule(2000,10000,2000,50);
-        BenchmarkHelper benchmark = new BenchmarkHelper();
-        benchmark.startStatistics();
+        PlatformMonitor benchmark = new PlatformMonitor();
+        PlatformMonitor.Start start = benchmark.start();
+        System.err.println(start);
         System.err.println(_scheduler);
         schedule(2000,30000,2000,50);
-        benchmark.stopStatistics();
+        PlatformMonitor.Stop stop = benchmark.stop();
+        System.err.println(stop);
     }
 
     private void schedule(int threads,final int duration, final int delay, final int interval) throws Exception
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7a3d3ff8c9a6..f509f774c682 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -649,7 +649,12 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.toolchain</groupId>
         <artifactId>jetty-test-helper</artifactId>
-        <version>2.7</version>
+        <version>3.0</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.toolchain</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jetty-perf-helper</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.5</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
@@ -669,7 +674,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>junit</groupId>
         <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-        <version>4.11</version>
+        <version>4.12</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>