That reminds me of this talk[0] by Gil Tene called "How NOT to Measure Latency" at the Strangeloop conference in 2015 (or read this blog post[1] that contains the most important points).

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ8ydIuPFeU

[1] https://bravenewgeek.com/everything-you-know-about-latency-i...