Add the laravel start time to the benchmarker.

public/index.php

@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@
  * @link     http://laravel.com
  */
 
-$t = microtime(true);
+// --------------------------------------------------------------
+// Get the framework start time.
+// --------------------------------------------------------------
+$start = microtime(true);
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------
 // The path to the application directory.
@@ -91,6 +94,11 @@ spl_autoload_register(function($class)
 });
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------
+// Register the framework starting time with the Benchmarker.
+// --------------------------------------------------------------
+System\Benchmark::$marks['laravel'] = $start;
+
+// --------------------------------------------------------------
 // Set the error reporting and display levels.
 // --------------------------------------------------------------
 error_reporting(E_ALL | E_STRICT);