MsgPack vs. JSON in .NET

output.txt

Avg. time for JSON serialization:      1 ms
Avg. time for MsgPack serialization:   11 ms

Program.cs

namespace ConsoleApplication5
{
    using System;
    using System.Diagnostics;
    using System.IO;
    using MsgPack;
    using Newtonsoft.Json;

    internal class Program
    {
        private static void Main()
        {
            const int loops = 100;

            var test = new TestClass
            {
                Message = "hello world",
                Answer = 42,
                Time = DateTime.UtcNow
            };

            var jsonSerializeMillis = MeasureJsonSerialization(test, loops);
            var msgpackSerializeMillis = MeasureMsgPackSerialization(test, loops);

            Console.WriteLine("Avg. time for JSON serialization:      {0} ms", jsonSerializeMillis / loops);
            Console.WriteLine("Avg. time for MsgPack serialization:   {0} ms", msgpackSerializeMillis / loops);
            Console.ReadLine();
        }

        private static long MeasureJsonSerialization(object obj, int loops)
        {
            var totalMillis = 0L;

            while (loops-- > 0)
            {
                var sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
                JsonConvert.SerializeObject(obj);
                sw.Stop();

                totalMillis += sw.ElapsedMilliseconds;
            }

            return totalMillis;
        }

        private static long MeasureMsgPackSerialization<T>(T obj, int loops)
        {
            var totalMillis = 0L;

            while (loops-- > 0)
            {
                var sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
                using (var messageStream = new MemoryStream())
                using (var messagePacker = Packer.Create(messageStream))
                {
                    messagePacker.Pack(obj);
                }
                sw.Stop();

                totalMillis += sw.ElapsedMilliseconds;
            }

            return totalMillis;
        }
    }

    public class TestClass
    {
        public string Message { get; set; }
        public int Answer { get; set; }
        public DateTime Time { get; set; }
    }
}