diff --git a/test/stress/child.js b/test/stress/child.js
index 211524c3..7e20b114 100644
--- a/test/stress/child.js
+++ b/test/stress/child.js
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ const https = require('https')
 const path = require('path')
 const fs = require('fs')
 const uuid = require('uuid')
+const _ = require('lodash/fp')
+const { PerformanceObserver, performance } = require('perf_hooks')
+
+const utils = require('./utils')
+const variables = require('./utils/variables')
 
 function getCert (machineIndex) {
   try {
@@ -23,8 +28,11 @@ function connectionInfo (machineIndex) {
 }
 
 let counter = 0
+const requestTimes = []
+let latestResponseTime = 0
 
 function request (machineIndex, pid) {
+  performance.mark('A')
   https.get({
     hostname: 'localhost',
     port: 3000,
@@ -39,6 +47,9 @@ function request (machineIndex, pid) {
     }
   }, res => {
     res.on('data', (d) => {
+      performance.mark('B')
+      performance.measure('A to B', 'A', 'B')
+      console.log(`Machine ${machineIndex} || Avg request response time: ${_.mean(requestTimes).toFixed(3)} || Latest response time: ${latestResponseTime.toFixed(3)}`)
       process.send({ message: Buffer.from(d).toString() })
     })
   })
@@ -46,9 +57,17 @@ function request (machineIndex, pid) {
   counter++
 }
 
-process.on('message', (msg) => {
+const obs = new PerformanceObserver((items) => {
+  latestResponseTime = items.getEntries()[0].duration
+  requestTimes.push(latestResponseTime)
+  performance.clearMarks()
+})
+obs.observe({ entryTypes: ['measure'] })
+
+process.on('message', async (msg) => {
   console.log('Message from parent:', msg)
 
+  if (msg.hasVariance) await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, utils.randomIntFromInterval(1, variables.POLLING_INTERVAL)))
   const pid = uuid.v4()
   request(msg.machineIndex, pid)
 
diff --git a/test/stress/index.js b/test/stress/index.js
index 32c05100..2f90427d 100644
--- a/test/stress/index.js
+++ b/test/stress/index.js
@@ -1,20 +1,25 @@
 
 const { fork } = require('child_process')
+const minimist = require('minimist')
+
 const cmd = require('./scripts')
 const variables = require('./utils/variables')
 
-async function createMachines () {
+async function createMachines (numberOfMachines) {
   await cmd.execCommand(
-    `bash ./scripts/create-machines.sh ${variables.NUMBER_OF_MACHINES} ${variables.SERVER_CERT_PATH} ${variables.MACHINE_PATH}`
+    `bash ./scripts/create-machines.sh ${numberOfMachines} ${variables.SERVER_CERT_PATH} ${variables.MACHINE_PATH}`
   )
 }
 
-async function run () {
-  await createMachines()
+async function run (args = minimist(process.argv.slice(2))) {
+  const NUMBER_OF_MACHINES = args._[0]
+  const HAS_VARIANCE = args.v || false
 
-  for (let i = 1; i <= variables.NUMBER_OF_MACHINES; i++) {
+  await createMachines(NUMBER_OF_MACHINES)
+
+  for (let i = 1; i <= NUMBER_OF_MACHINES; i++) {
     const forked = fork('child.js')
-    forked.send({ machineIndex: i })
+    forked.send({ machineIndex: i, hasVariance: HAS_VARIANCE })
     forked.on('message', msg => {
       console.log(`Message from child ${i}: ${msg}`)
     })
diff --git a/test/stress/utils/index.js b/test/stress/utils/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e2445705
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/stress/utils/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+function randomIntFromInterval (min, max) {
+  return Math.floor(Math.random() * (max - min + 1) + min)
+}
+
+module.exports = { randomIntFromInterval }
diff --git a/test/stress/utils/variables.js b/test/stress/utils/variables.js
index 487ed8fc..53391dd9 100644
--- a/test/stress/utils/variables.js
+++ b/test/stress/utils/variables.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-const NUMBER_OF_MACHINES = 4
 const SERVER_CERT_PATH = `../../certs/Lamassu_OP_Root_CA.pem`
 const MACHINE_PATH = `../../../lamassu-machine`
 
-module.exports = { NUMBER_OF_MACHINES, SERVER_CERT_PATH, MACHINE_PATH }
+// Request timers
+const POLLING_INTERVAL = 5000
+
+module.exports = { SERVER_CERT_PATH, MACHINE_PATH, POLLING_INTERVAL }