perf_hooks: reduce overhead of createHistogram

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/50074
Reviewed-By: Stephen Belanger <admin@stephenbelanger.com>
Reviewed-By: Matteo Collina <matteo.collina@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Rafael Gonzaga <rafael.nunu@hotmail.com>

benchmark/perf_hooks/histogram-create.js

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+'use strict';
+
+const assert = require('assert');
+const common = require('../common.js');
+
+const { createHistogram } = require('perf_hooks');
+
+const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
+  n: [1e5],
+});
+
+let _histogram;
+
+function main({ n }) {
+  bench.start();
+  for (let i = 0; i < n; i++)
+    _histogram = createHistogram();
+  bench.end(n);
+
+  // Avoid V8 deadcode (elimination)
+  assert.ok(_histogram);
+}