benchmarking static vs objects in JS

gistfile1.js

function build_static() {
  var Frontrunner = (function(){
  		var FR = null;
  		var name = "spike";

  		return {
  		  init: function() {
  		    FR = this;
  		    return this;
  		  },
        talk: function() {
          this.speak();
        },
        speak: function() {
          console.log('yo, ' + this.name());
        },
        me: function() {
          return FR;
        },
        name: function() {
          return name;
        }
      }
    })().init();
    
  return Frontrunner;
}

function build_object() {
  var Frontrunner = function() {
    var FR = this;
		var name = "spike";

    this.talk =  function() {
      this.speak();
    };
    this.speak = function() {
      console.log('yo, ' + this.name());
    };
    this.me = function() {
      return FR;
    };
    this.name = function() {
      return name;
    }
  
  }
  
  return new Frontrunner();
}

function benchmark(func, iterations) {
  var d1 = new Date();
  var i = 0;
  var a = []; // where we keep everything
  
  for (i = 0; i < iterations; ++i) {
    a.shift(func());
  }
  
  var d2 = new Date();
  return (d2 - d1) / 1000;
  
}

var iterations = 100000; // number of iterations to run the function
var count = 5; // number of times to run the benchmark

// benchmarks
var static_bms = [];
var object_bms = [];

var static_total = 0;
var object_total = 0;

var i = 0;

for (i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
  static_bms.unshift(benchmark(build_static, iterations));
  object_bms.unshift(benchmark(build_object, iterations));
  
  static_total += static_bms[0];
  object_total += object_bms[0];
}

// now, let's average
var static_average = static_total / static_bms.length;
var object_average = object_total / object_bms.length;

console.log('static average: ' + static_average);
console.log('object average: ' + object_average);