diff --git a/benchmark/timers/timers-breadth.js b/benchmark/timers/timers-breadth.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1101ee7dbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/timers/timers-breadth.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+'use strict';
+var common = require('../common.js');
+
+var bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
+  thousands: [500],
+});
+
+function main(conf) {
+  var N = +conf.thousands * 1e3;
+  var n = 0;
+  bench.start();
+  function cb() {
+    n++;
+    if (n === N)
+      bench.end(N / 1e3);
+  }
+  for (var i = 0; i < N; i++) {
+    setTimeout(cb, 1);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/benchmark/timers/timers-depth.js b/benchmark/timers/timers-depth.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d5efc5c672
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/timers/timers-depth.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+'use strict';
+var common = require('../common.js');
+
+var bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
+  thousands: [1],
+});
+
+function main(conf) {
+  var N = +conf.thousands * 1e3;
+  var n = 0;
+  bench.start();
+  setTimeout(cb, 1);
+  function cb() {
+    n++;
+    if (n === N)
+      bench.end(N / 1e3);
+    else
+      setTimeout(cb, 1);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/benchmark/timers/timers.js b/benchmark/timers/timers.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 13b18fffc5..0000000000
--- a/benchmark/timers/timers.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-var common = require('../common.js');
-
-var bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
-  thousands: [500],
-  type: ['depth', 'breadth']
-});
-
-function main(conf) {
-  var n = +conf.thousands * 1e3;
-  if (conf.type === 'breadth')
-    breadth(n);
-  else
-    depth(n);
-}
-
-function depth(N) {
-  var n = 0;
-  bench.start();
-  setTimeout(cb);
-  function cb() {
-    n++;
-    if (n === N)
-      bench.end(N / 1e3);
-    else
-      setTimeout(cb);
-  }
-}
-
-function breadth(N) {
-  var n = 0;
-  bench.start();
-  function cb() {
-    n++;
-    if (n === N)
-      bench.end(N / 1e3);
-  }
-  for (var i = 0; i < N; i++) {
-    setTimeout(cb);
-  }
-}