diff --git a/packages/nx/src/command-line/run-many/run-many.spec.ts b/packages/nx/src/command-line/run-many/run-many.spec.ts
index c2aa94cd1821e..5116e9d47c142 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/command-line/run-many/run-many.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/command-line/run-many/run-many.spec.ts
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ describe('run-many', () => {
         }
       });
 
-      it('should be able to select and exclude via patterns', async () => {
-        performance.mark('start');
+      it('should be able to select and exclude via patterns', () => {
+        const start = performance.now();
         projectsToRun(
           {
             targets: ['test'],
@@ -199,9 +199,8 @@ describe('run-many', () => {
           },
           projectGraph
         );
-        performance.mark('end');
-        const measure = performance.measure('projects', 'start', 'end');
-        expect(measure.duration).toBeLessThan(10000);
+        const end = performance.now();
+        expect(end - start).toBeLessThan(10000);
       });
     });
   });
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/command-line/show/projects.spec.ts b/packages/nx/src/command-line/show/projects.spec.ts
index b62d0d22e55e7..fbc69a62dc694 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/command-line/show/projects.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/command-line/show/projects.spec.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ performance.measure = jest.fn();
 describe('show projects', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     jest.spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation(() => {});
+    performance.mark('init-local');
   });
   afterEach(() => {
     jest.clearAllMocks();
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/affected/affected-project-graph.ts b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/affected/affected-project-graph.ts
index 52cc5c8f0f218..26cd04dd1a344 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/affected/affected-project-graph.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/affected/affected-project-graph.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export async function filterAffected(
 
   const touchedProjects = [];
   for (const locator of touchedProjectLocators) {
+    performance.mark(locator.name + ':start');
     const projects = await locator(
       touchedFiles,
       graph.nodes,
@@ -37,6 +38,12 @@ export async function filterAffected(
       packageJson,
       graph
     );
+    performance.mark(locator.name + ':end');
+    performance.measure(
+      locator.name,
+      locator.name + ':start',
+      locator.name + ':end'
+    );
     touchedProjects.push(...projects);
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/utils/retrieve-workspace-files.spec.ts b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/utils/retrieve-workspace-files.spec.ts
index 4499637562e47..b75b214284730 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/utils/retrieve-workspace-files.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/utils/retrieve-workspace-files.spec.ts
@@ -27,12 +27,11 @@ describe('retrieveProjectConfigurationPaths', () => {
 
     const configPaths = await retrieveProjectConfigurationPaths(fs.tempDir, [
       {
+        name: 'test',
         createNodes: [
           '{project.json,**/project.json}',
-          () => {
-            return {
-              projects: {},
-            };
+          async () => {
+            return [];
           },
         ],
       },