Original ActorPath Benchmark Values BenchmarkDotNet=v0.12.0, OS=Windows 10.0.18362 Intel Core i7-3630QM CPU 2.40GHz (Ivy Bridge), 1 CPU, 8 logical and 4 physical cores .NET Core SDK=3.0.100 [Host] : .NET Core 2.1.13 (CoreCLR 4.6.28008.01, CoreFX 4.6.28008.01), X64 RyuJIT DefaultJob : .NET Core 2.1.13 (CoreCLR 4.6.28008.01, CoreFX 4.6.28008.01), X64 RyuJIT Method Mean Error StdDev Gen 0 Gen 1 Gen 2 Allocated ActorPath_Parse 2,388.90 ns 35.092 ns 32.825 ns 0.3624 - - 1152 B ActorPath_Concat 83.44 ns 2.200 ns 6.383 ns 0.0559 - - 176 B ActorPath_Equals 174.83 ns 3.530 ns 9.781 ns - - - - ActorPath_ToString 275.18 ns 8.912 ns 25.714 ns 0.0300 - - 96 B