# Performance testing without counting setup **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [October 16, 2009, 12:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/performance-testing-without-counting-setup/177378 "2009-10-16T00:25:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nappin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/f475e1/32.png) [@nappin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nappin)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 12:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/performance-testing-without-counting-setup/177378/1 "2009-10-16T00:25:05Z")
I’d like to performance test the last step (step 3) of my checkout using ActionController::PerformanceTest. Since these tests are based off integration tests, my understanding is I have to run through steps 1 and 2 in the test before I can get to step 3 (unlike a functional test where I can assign things in the session to fake steps 1 and 2). My question is, is there a way to have the performance test only report metrics related to checkout step 3? I don’t want the metrics to be tainted by me going through steps 1 and 2 to get to step 3. Cheers!