diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/performance/trading/common/AkkaPerformanceTest.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/performance/trading/common/AkkaPerformanceTest.scala
index 99d204a8a7..e821d15063 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/performance/trading/common/AkkaPerformanceTest.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/performance/trading/common/AkkaPerformanceTest.scala
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ abstract class AkkaPerformanceTest extends BenchmarkScenarios {
     val start = System.nanoTime
     val clients = (for (i ← 0 until numberOfClients) yield {
       val receiver = receivers(i % receivers.size)
-      Props(new Client(receiver, orders, latch, repeatsPerClient + (if (i < oddRepeats) 1 else 0), delayMs)).withDispatcher(clientDispatcher)
+      Props(new Client(receiver, orders, latch, repeatsPerClient + (if (i < oddRepeats) 1 else 0), sampling, delayMs)).withDispatcher(clientDispatcher)
     }).toList.map(actorOf(_))
 
     clients.foreach(_ ! "run")
@@ -50,28 +50,35 @@ abstract class AkkaPerformanceTest extends BenchmarkScenarios {
     clients.foreach(_ ! PoisonPill)
   }
 
-  class Client(orderReceiver: ActorRef, orders: List[Order], latch: CountDownLatch, repeat: Int, delayMs: Int) extends Actor {
-    def this(orderReceiver: ActorRef, orders: List[Order], latch: CountDownLatch, repeat: Int) {
-      this(orderReceiver, orders, latch, repeat, 0)
-    }
+  class Client(
+    orderReceiver: ActorRef,
+    orders: List[Order],
+    latch: CountDownLatch,
+    repeat: Int,
+    sampling: Int,
+    delayMs: Int = 0) extends Actor {
 
     def receive = {
       case "run" ⇒
-        (1 to repeat).foreach(i ⇒
-          {
-            for (o ← orders) {
+        var n = 0
+        for (r ← 1 to repeat; o ← orders) {
+          n += 1
+          val rsp =
+            if (n % sampling == 0) {
               val t0 = System.nanoTime
               val rsp = placeOrder(orderReceiver, o)
               val duration = System.nanoTime - t0
               stat.addValue(duration)
-              if (!rsp.status) {
-                EventHandler.error(this, "Invalid rsp")
-              }
-              delay(delayMs)
+              rsp
+            } else {
+              placeOrder(orderReceiver, o)
             }
-          })
+          if (!rsp.status) {
+            EventHandler.error(this, "Invalid rsp")
+          }
+          delay(delayMs)
+        }
         latch.countDown()
-
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/performance/trading/common/PerformanceTest.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/performance/trading/common/PerformanceTest.scala
index 95963f1b5c..f522be7ddb 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/performance/trading/common/PerformanceTest.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/performance/trading/common/PerformanceTest.scala
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ trait PerformanceTest extends JUnitSuite {
     System.getProperty("benchmark.timeDilation", "1").toLong
   }
 
+  def sampling = {
+    System.getProperty("benchmark.sampling", "100").toInt
+  }
+
   var stat: DescriptiveStatistics = _
 
   val resultRepository = BenchResultRepository()
@@ -113,16 +117,18 @@ trait PerformanceTest extends JUnitSuite {
       75 -> (stat.getPercentile(75.0) / 1000).toLong,
       95 -> (stat.getPercentile(95.0) / 1000).toLong)
 
+    val n = stat.getN * sampling
+
     val stats = Stats(
       name,
       load = numberOfClients,
       timestamp = TestStart.startTime,
       durationNanos = durationNs,
-      n = stat.getN,
+      n = n,
       min = (stat.getMin / 1000).toLong,
       max = (stat.getMax / 1000).toLong,
       mean = (stat.getMean / 1000).toLong,
-      tps = (stat.getN.toDouble / durationS),
+      tps = (n.toDouble / durationS),
       percentiles)
 
     resultRepository.add(stats)