diff --git a/resources/benchmark.js b/resources/benchmark.js
index 5692b35e59..ed6c06b3fc 100644
--- a/resources/benchmark.js
+++ b/resources/benchmark.js
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ function prepareRevision(revision) {
       for file in $(cd "${LOCAL_DIR}src"; find . -path '*/__tests__/*');
         do cp "${LOCAL_DIR}src/$file" "${dir}/src/$file";
       done &&
+      cp -R "${LOCAL_DIR}/src/__fixtures__" "${dir}/src/__fixtures__" &&
       (cd "${dir}" && yarn run ${BUILD_CMD})
     `);
   }
diff --git a/src/utilities/__tests__/github-schema.graphql b/src/__fixtures__/github-schema.graphql
similarity index 100%
rename from src/utilities/__tests__/github-schema.graphql
rename to src/__fixtures__/github-schema.graphql
diff --git a/src/utilities/__tests__/github-schema.json b/src/__fixtures__/github-schema.json
similarity index 100%
rename from src/utilities/__tests__/github-schema.json
rename to src/__fixtures__/github-schema.json
diff --git a/src/__fixtures__/index.js b/src/__fixtures__/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..04c101a697
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__fixtures__/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { join } from 'path';
+import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
+
+function readLocalFile(filename) {
+  return readFileSync(join(__dirname, filename), 'utf8');
+}
+
+export const bigSchemaSDL = readLocalFile('github-schema.graphql');
+export const bigSchemaIntrospectionResult = JSON.parse(
+  readLocalFile('github-schema.json'),
+);
diff --git a/src/utilities/__tests__/buildASTSchema-benchmark.js b/src/utilities/__tests__/buildASTSchema-benchmark.js
index 663fd8cc06..3aad6a8900 100644
--- a/src/utilities/__tests__/buildASTSchema-benchmark.js
+++ b/src/utilities/__tests__/buildASTSchema-benchmark.js
@@ -5,14 +5,12 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import { join } from 'path';
-import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
+import { bigSchemaSDL } from '../../__fixtures__';
+
 import { parse } from '../../';
 import { buildASTSchema } from '../buildASTSchema';
 
-const schemaAST = parse(
-  readFileSync(join(__dirname, 'github-schema.graphql'), 'utf8'),
-);
+const schemaAST = parse(bigSchemaSDL);
 
 export const name = 'Build Schema from AST';
 export function measure() {
diff --git a/src/utilities/__tests__/buildClientSchema-benchmark.js b/src/utilities/__tests__/buildClientSchema-benchmark.js
index 3b857920a6..c5003c44ed 100644
--- a/src/utilities/__tests__/buildClientSchema-benchmark.js
+++ b/src/utilities/__tests__/buildClientSchema-benchmark.js
@@ -5,15 +5,11 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import { join } from 'path';
-import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
-import { buildClientSchema } from '../buildClientSchema';
+import { bigSchemaIntrospectionResult } from '../../__fixtures__';
 
-const schemaJSON = JSON.parse(
-  readFileSync(join(__dirname, 'github-schema.json'), 'utf8'),
-);
+import { buildClientSchema } from '../buildClientSchema';
 
 export const name = 'Build Schema from Introspection';
 export function measure() {
-  buildClientSchema(schemaJSON.data);
+  buildClientSchema(bigSchemaIntrospectionResult.data);
 }
diff --git a/src/utilities/__tests__/introspectionFromSchema-benchmark.js b/src/utilities/__tests__/introspectionFromSchema-benchmark.js
index d59a5f7079..f7b42c136f 100644
--- a/src/utilities/__tests__/introspectionFromSchema-benchmark.js
+++ b/src/utilities/__tests__/introspectionFromSchema-benchmark.js
@@ -5,17 +5,14 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import { join } from 'path';
-import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
+import { bigSchemaSDL } from '../../__fixtures__';
+
 import { execute, parse } from '../../';
-import { buildASTSchema } from '../buildASTSchema';
+import { buildSchema } from '../buildASTSchema';
 import { getIntrospectionQuery } from '../introspectionQuery';
 
 const queryAST = parse(getIntrospectionQuery());
-const schema = buildASTSchema(
-  parse(readFileSync(join(__dirname, 'github-schema.graphql'), 'utf8')),
-  { assumeValid: true },
-);
+const schema = buildSchema(bigSchemaSDL, { assumeValid: true });
 
 export const name = 'Execute Introspection Query';
 export function measure() {
diff --git a/src/validation/__tests__/validateGQL-benchmark.js b/src/validation/__tests__/validateGQL-benchmark.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bfca5c31c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/validation/__tests__/validateGQL-benchmark.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2018-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+import { bigSchemaSDL } from '../../__fixtures__';
+
+import { parse, getIntrospectionQuery, buildSchema } from '../../';
+import { validate } from '../validate';
+
+const schema = buildSchema(bigSchemaSDL, { assumeValid: true });
+const queryAST = parse(getIntrospectionQuery());
+
+export const name = 'Validate Introspection Query';
+export function measure() {
+  validate(schema, queryAST);
+}
diff --git a/src/validation/__tests__/validateSDL-benchmark.js b/src/validation/__tests__/validateSDL-benchmark.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c79401450
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/validation/__tests__/validateSDL-benchmark.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2018-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+import { bigSchemaSDL } from '../../__fixtures__';
+
+import { parse } from '../../';
+import { validateSDL } from '../validate';
+
+const sdlAST = parse(bigSchemaSDL);
+
+export const name = 'Validate SDL Document';
+export function measure() {
+  validateSDL(sdlAST);
+}