diff --git a/benchmark/browser-process-startup.coffee b/benchmark/browser-process-startup.coffee
index 06f2a0d48..53748f5d0 100755
--- a/benchmark/browser-process-startup.coffee
+++ b/benchmark/browser-process-startup.coffee
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ _ = require 'underscore-plus'
 temp = require 'temp'
 
 directoryToOpen = temp.mkdirSync('browser-process-startup-')
-socketPath = path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'atom.sock')
+socketPath = path.join(os.tmpdir(), "atom_#{process.env['USER']}.sock")
 numberOfRuns = 10
 
 deleteSocketFile = ->