diff --git a/core/core-packages.el b/core/core-packages.el
index e967baf22..0344337ff 100644
--- a/core/core-packages.el
+++ b/core/core-packages.el
@@ -284,14 +284,15 @@ Used by `require!' and `depends-on!'."
                  '(t))
              doom-modules)))
 
-(defun doom-packages--display-benchmark ()
-  (message "Doom loaded %s packages across %d modules in %.03fs"
-           ;; Certainly imprecise, especially where custom additions to
-           ;; load-path are concerned, but I don't mind a [small] margin of
-           ;; error in the plugin count in exchange for faster startup.
-           (length doom-package-load-path)
-           (hash-table-size doom-modules)
-           (setq doom-init-time (float-time (time-subtract (current-time) before-init-time)))))
+(defun doom-packages--benchmark ()
+  (format "Doom loaded %s packages across %d modules in %.03fs"
+          ;; Certainly imprecise, especially where custom additions to
+          ;; load-path are concerned, but I don't mind a [small] margin of
+          ;; error in the plugin count in exchange for faster startup.
+          (- (length load-path) (length doom-site-load-path))
+          (hash-table-size doom-modules)
+          (or doom-init-time
+              (setq doom-init-time (float-time (time-subtract (current-time) before-init-time))))))
 
 
 ;;
diff --git a/core/core.el b/core/core.el
index 3b9e5398b..67702a6ab 100644
--- a/core/core.el
+++ b/core/core.el
@@ -166,8 +166,7 @@ ability to invoke the debugger in debug mode."
         (require 'server)
         (unless (server-running-p)
           (server-start)))
-      (doom-packages--display-benchmark))
-
+      (message "%s" (doom-packages--benchmark)))
     ;; If you forget to reset this, you'll get stuttering and random freezes!
     (setq gc-cons-threshold 16777216
           gc-cons-percentage 0.1
diff --git a/modules/ui/doom-dashboard/config.el b/modules/ui/doom-dashboard/config.el
index fc72313b6..a4099afd4 100644
--- a/modules/ui/doom-dashboard/config.el
+++ b/modules/ui/doom-dashboard/config.el
@@ -262,10 +262,7 @@ controlled by `+doom-dashboard-pwd-policy'."
    (propertize
     (+doom-dashboard--center
      +doom-dashboard--width
-     (format "Loaded %d packages in %d modules in %.02fs"
-             (length doom-package-load-path)
-             (hash-table-size doom-modules)
-             doom-init-time))
+     (doom-packages--benchmark))
     'face 'font-lock-comment-face)
    "\n\n"))