userTiming-exampleHTML5Rocks.js

// As seen on http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/webperformance/usertiming/

var reqCount = 0;

var myReq = new XMLHttpRequest();
myReq.open('GET', url, true);
myReq.onload = function(e) {
  window.performance.mark('mark_end_xhr');
  reqCnt++;
  window.performance.measure('measure_xhr_' + reqCnt, 'mark_start_xhr', 'mark_end_xhr');
  do_something(e.responseText);
}
window.performance.mark('mark_start_xhr');
myReq.send();