diff --git a/tests/benchmark/test_filter_missing.py b/tests/benchmark/test_filter_missing.py
index 160b54410..78099d40b 100644
--- a/tests/benchmark/test_filter_missing.py
+++ b/tests/benchmark/test_filter_missing.py
@@ -9,10 +9,13 @@
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("width", "depth"),
     (
-        # note that the expected number of objects is roughly "WIDTH raised to DEPTH"
-        # so relatively modest numbers like 5x10 = 5 to the 10th = 9.7 million
-        # be careful to build wide-but-shallow or deep-but-narrow trees
-        pytest.param(1, 1, id="1w-1d"),
+        # Note that the expected number of objects is roughly "WIDTH raised to DEPTH"
+        # so relatively modest numbers like 5x10 = 5 to the 10th = 9.7 million.
+        # Be careful to build wide-but-shallow or deep-but-narrow trees.
+        #
+        # Experientially, the 1x1 benchmark is so fast that it actually starts to
+        # measure noise -- e.g., from memory layout in CPython being perturbed.
+        # Therefore it is omitted and we start at the modest 1x5 and 5x1 shapes.
         pytest.param(5, 1, id="5w-1d"),
         pytest.param(1, 5, id="1w-5d"),
         pytest.param(1, 1000, id="1w-1000d"),
diff --git a/tests/benchmark/test_scope_parser.py b/tests/benchmark/test_scope_parser.py
index fdcc18f63..c3cd62053 100644
--- a/tests/benchmark/test_scope_parser.py
+++ b/tests/benchmark/test_scope_parser.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import pytest
 
-from globus_sdk.scopes import ScopeParser
+from globus_sdk.scopes import ScopeParser, TransferScopes
 
 
 def _make_deep_scope(depth):
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ def _make_wide_scope(width):
     return big_scope
 
 
+def test_ordinary_scope_parsing(benchmark):
+    scope_string = f"openid profile {TransferScopes.all}"
+    benchmark(ScopeParser.parse, scope_string)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("depth", (10, 100, 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000))
 def test_deep_scope_parsing(benchmark, depth):
     scope_string = _make_deep_scope(depth)