Add basic transform benchmarking infrastructure and speed up Resolve Kinds (bp #1475)

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	new file:   benchmark/src/main/scala/firrtl/benchmark/hot/ResolveKindsBenchmark.scala
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	new file:   benchmark/src/main/scala/firrtl/benchmark/util/package.scala

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[albert-magyar]

Backporting this.