diff --git a/benchmark/events/ee-emit-2-args.js b/benchmark/events/ee-emit-2-args.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ffe6c16a402f07..00000000000000
--- a/benchmark/events/ee-emit-2-args.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-const common = require('../common.js');
-const EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
-
-const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, { n: [2e6] });
-
-function main(conf) {
-  const n = conf.n | 0;
-
-  const ee = new EventEmitter();
-
-  for (var k = 0; k < 10; k += 1)
-    ee.on('dummy', function() {});
-
-  bench.start();
-  for (var i = 0; i < n; i += 1) {
-    ee.emit('dummy', 5, true);
-  }
-  bench.end(n);
-}
diff --git a/benchmark/events/ee-emit-4-args.js b/benchmark/events/ee-emit-4-args.js
deleted file mode 100644
index bf13100a68f6be..00000000000000
--- a/benchmark/events/ee-emit-4-args.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-const common = require('../common.js');
-const EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
-
-const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, { n: [2e6] });
-
-function main(conf) {
-  const n = conf.n | 0;
-
-  const ee = new EventEmitter();
-
-  for (var k = 0; k < 10; k += 1)
-    ee.on('dummy', function() {});
-
-  bench.start();
-  for (var i = 0; i < n; i += 1) {
-    ee.emit('dummy', 5, true, 'something', false);
-  }
-  bench.end(n);
-}
diff --git a/benchmark/events/ee-emit.js b/benchmark/events/ee-emit.js
index 9eef9f675605e2..01f5d4ac3b95a5 100644
--- a/benchmark/events/ee-emit.js
+++ b/benchmark/events/ee-emit.js
@@ -2,19 +2,29 @@
 const common = require('../common.js');
 const EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
 
-const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, { n: [2e6] });
+const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
+  n: [2e6],
+  argc: [0, 2, 4, 10],
+  listeners: [1, 5, 10],
+});
 
 function main(conf) {
   const n = conf.n | 0;
+  const argc = conf.argc | 0;
+  const listeners = conf.listeners | 0;
 
   const ee = new EventEmitter();
 
-  for (var k = 0; k < 10; k += 1)
+  const args = new Array(argc);
+  args.fill(10);
+  args.unshift('dummy');
+
+  for (var k = 0; k < listeners; k += 1)
     ee.on('dummy', function() {});
 
   bench.start();
   for (var i = 0; i < n; i += 1) {
-    ee.emit('dummy');
+    ee.emit.apply(ee, args);
   }
   bench.end(n);
 }