diff --git a/benches/spawn.rs b/benches/spawn.rs
index 72a4035757a..7d4b8137354 100644
--- a/benches/spawn.rs
+++ b/benches/spawn.rs
@@ -2,63 +2,83 @@
 //! This essentially measure the time to enqueue a task in the local and remote
 //! case.
 
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate bencher;
+
 use bencher::{black_box, Bencher};
 
 async fn work() -> usize {
     let val = 1 + 1;
+    tokio::task::yield_now().await;
     black_box(val)
 }
 
-fn basic_scheduler_local_spawn(bench: &mut Bencher) {
+fn basic_scheduler_spawn(bench: &mut Bencher) {
     let runtime = tokio::runtime::Builder::new_current_thread()
         .build()
         .unwrap();
-    runtime.block_on(async {
-        bench.iter(|| {
+    bench.iter(|| {
+        runtime.block_on(async {
             let h = tokio::spawn(work());
-            black_box(h);
-        })
+            assert_eq!(h.await.unwrap(), 2);
+        });
     });
 }
 
-fn threaded_scheduler_local_spawn(bench: &mut Bencher) {
+fn basic_scheduler_spawn10(bench: &mut Bencher) {
     let runtime = tokio::runtime::Builder::new_current_thread()
         .build()
         .unwrap();
-    runtime.block_on(async {
-        bench.iter(|| {
-            let h = tokio::spawn(work());
-            black_box(h);
-        })
+    bench.iter(|| {
+        runtime.block_on(async {
+            let mut handles = Vec::with_capacity(10);
+            for _ in 0..10 {
+                handles.push(tokio::spawn(work()));
+            }
+            for handle in handles {
+                assert_eq!(handle.await.unwrap(), 2);
+            }
+        });
     });
 }
 
-fn basic_scheduler_remote_spawn(bench: &mut Bencher) {
-    let runtime = tokio::runtime::Builder::new_current_thread()
+fn threaded_scheduler_spawn(bench: &mut Bencher) {
+    let runtime = tokio::runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread()
+        .worker_threads(1)
         .build()
         .unwrap();
-
     bench.iter(|| {
-        let h = runtime.spawn(work());
-        black_box(h);
+        runtime.block_on(async {
+            let h = tokio::spawn(work());
+            assert_eq!(h.await.unwrap(), 2);
+        });
     });
 }
 
-fn threaded_scheduler_remote_spawn(bench: &mut Bencher) {
-    let runtime = tokio::runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread().build().unwrap();
-
+fn threaded_scheduler_spawn10(bench: &mut Bencher) {
+    let runtime = tokio::runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread()
+        .worker_threads(1)
+        .build()
+        .unwrap();
     bench.iter(|| {
-        let h = runtime.spawn(work());
-        black_box(h);
+        runtime.block_on(async {
+            let mut handles = Vec::with_capacity(10);
+            for _ in 0..10 {
+                handles.push(tokio::spawn(work()));
+            }
+            for handle in handles {
+                assert_eq!(handle.await.unwrap(), 2);
+            }
+        });
     });
 }
 
 bencher::benchmark_group!(
     spawn,
-    basic_scheduler_local_spawn,
-    threaded_scheduler_local_spawn,
-    basic_scheduler_remote_spawn,
-    threaded_scheduler_remote_spawn
+    basic_scheduler_spawn,
+    basic_scheduler_spawn10,
+    threaded_scheduler_spawn,
+    threaded_scheduler_spawn10,
 );
 
 bencher::benchmark_main!(spawn);