diff --git a/cmd/performance/cmd/mkcmp.go b/cmd/performance/cmd/mkcmp.go
index 91e887907c..d146bb9bed 100644
--- a/cmd/performance/cmd/mkcmp.go
+++ b/cmd/performance/cmd/mkcmp.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		return performance.CompareMinikubeStart(context.Background(), binaries)
+		return performance.CompareMinikubeStart(context.Background(), os.Stdout, binaries)
 	},
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/performance/start.go b/pkg/minikube/performance/start.go
index 1fdb7cab37..7cd8ece6b5 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/performance/start.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/performance/start.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package performance
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
@@ -27,12 +28,24 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
-const (
+var (
 	runs = 1
+	// For testing
+	collectTimeMinikubeStart = timeMinikubeStart
 )
 
 // CompareMinikubeStart compares the time to run `minikube start` between two minikube binaries
-func CompareMinikubeStart(ctx context.Context, binaries []*Binary) error {
+func CompareMinikubeStart(ctx context.Context, out io.Writer, binaries []*Binary) error {
+	durations, err := collectTimes(ctx, binaries)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	fmt.Fprintf(out, "Old binary: %v\nNew binary: %v\nAverage Old: %f\nAverage New: %f\n", durations[0], durations[1], average(durations[0]), average(durations[1]))
+	return nil
+}
+
+func collectTimes(ctx context.Context, binaries []*Binary) ([][]float64, error) {
 	durations := make([][]float64, len(binaries))
 	for i := range durations {
 		durations[i] = make([]float64, runs)
@@ -41,17 +54,15 @@ func CompareMinikubeStart(ctx context.Context, binaries []*Binary) error {
 	for r := 0; r < runs; r++ {
 		log.Printf("Executing run %d...", r)
 		for index, binary := range binaries {
-			duration, err := timeMinikubeStart(ctx, binary)
+			duration, err := collectTimeMinikubeStart(ctx, binary)
 			if err != nil {
-				return errors.Wrapf(err, "timing run %d with %s", r, binary.path)
+				return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "timing run %d with %s", r, binary.path)
 			}
 			durations[index][r] = duration
 		}
 	}
 
-	fmt.Printf("Old binary: %v\nNew binary: %v\nAverage Old: %f\nAverage New: %f\n", durations[0], durations[1], average(durations[0]), average(durations[1]))
-
-	return nil
+	return durations, nil
 }
 
 func average(array []float64) float64 {
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/performance/start_test.go b/pkg/minikube/performance/start_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b36bb85d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/minikube/performance/start_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package performance
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func mockCollectTimeMinikubeStart(durations []float64) func(ctx context.Context, binary *Binary) (float64, error) {
+	index := 0
+	return func(context.Context, *Binary) (float64, error) {
+		duration := durations[index]
+		index = index + 1
+		return duration, nil
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCompareMinikubeStartOutput(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		description string
+		durations   []float64
+		expected    string
+	}{
+		{
+			description: "standard run",
+			durations:   []float64{4.5, 6},
+			expected:    "Old binary: [4.5]\nNew binary: [6]\nAverage Old: 4.500000\nAverage New: 6.000000\n",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.description, func(t *testing.T) {
+			originalCollectTimes := collectTimeMinikubeStart
+			collectTimeMinikubeStart = mockCollectTimeMinikubeStart(test.durations)
+			defer func() { collectTimeMinikubeStart = originalCollectTimes }()
+
+			buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
+			err := CompareMinikubeStart(context.Background(), buf, []*Binary{{}, {}})
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("error comparing minikube start: %v", err)
+			}
+
+			actual := buf.String()
+			if test.expected != actual {
+				t.Fatalf("actual output does not match expected output\nActual: %v\nExpected: %v", actual, test.expected)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCollectTimes(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		description string
+		durations   []float64
+		runs        int
+		expected    [][]float64
+	}{
+		{
+			description: "two runs",
+			durations:   []float64{1, 2, 3, 4},
+			runs:        2,
+			expected: [][]float64{
+				{1, 3},
+				{2, 4},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.description, func(t *testing.T) {
+			originalCollectTimes := collectTimeMinikubeStart
+			collectTimeMinikubeStart = mockCollectTimeMinikubeStart(test.durations)
+			defer func() { collectTimeMinikubeStart = originalCollectTimes }()
+
+			runs = test.runs
+			actual, err := collectTimes(context.Background(), []*Binary{{}, {}})
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("error collecting times: %v", err)
+			}
+
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(actual, test.expected) {
+				t.Fatalf("actual output does not match expected output\nActual: %v\nExpected: %v", actual, test.expected)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAverage(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		description string
+		nums        []float64
+		expected    float64
+	}{
+		{
+			description: "one number",
+			nums:        []float64{4},
+			expected:    4,
+		}, {
+			description: "multiple numbers",
+			nums:        []float64{1, 4},
+			expected:    2.5,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.description, func(t *testing.T) {
+			actual := average(test.nums)
+			if actual != test.expected {
+				t.Fatalf("actual output does not match expected output\nActual: %v\nExpected: %v", actual, test.expected)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}