private Region<String, String> createRegion(Cache cache) {
    Region<String, String> region =
        cache.<String, String>createRegionFactory(RegionShortcut.LOCAL).create("testRegion");
    return region;
  }
This benchmark measures the raw throughput of create actions on a region
geode-core/src/jmh/java/org/apache/geode/cache/CreateOnRegionBenchmark.java