diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bce0932d1f6..8b1bb9cef6d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -498,6 +498,7 @@ icu4c/source/test/perf/convperf/debug
 icu4c/source/test/perf/convperf/release
 icu4c/source/test/perf/convperf/x64
 icu4c/source/test/perf/convperf/x86
+icu4c/source/test/perf/ipch
 icu4c/source/test/perf/normperf/*.d
 icu4c/source/test/perf/normperf/*.o
 icu4c/source/test/perf/normperf/*.vcxproj.user
diff --git a/icu4c/source/test/perf/DateFmtPerf/DateFmtPerf.cpp b/icu4c/source/test/perf/DateFmtPerf/DateFmtPerf.cpp
index e463e6e3388..afb98212443 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/test/perf/DateFmtPerf/DateFmtPerf.cpp
+++ b/icu4c/source/test/perf/DateFmtPerf/DateFmtPerf.cpp
@@ -111,11 +111,15 @@ UPerfFunction* DateFormatPerfTest::Collation100000(){
 int main(int argc, const char* argv[]){
 
     // -x Filename.xml
-    if(strcmp(argv[1],"-x") == 0)
+    if((argc>1)&&(strcmp(argv[1],"-x") == 0))
     {
-        if(argc < 3) return 0; // not enough arguments
+        if(argc < 3) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s -x <outfile>.xml\n", argv[0]);
+			return 1;
+			// not enough arguments
+		}
 
-	    cout << "ICU version - " << U_ICU_VERSION << endl;
+		cout << "ICU version - " << U_ICU_VERSION << endl;
         UErrorCode status = U_ZERO_ERROR;
 
         // Declare functions
diff --git a/icu4c/source/test/perf/DateFmtPerf/DateFmtPerf.h b/icu4c/source/test/perf/DateFmtPerf/DateFmtPerf.h
index 033019aa6ab..8227749491a 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/test/perf/DateFmtPerf/DateFmtPerf.h
+++ b/icu4c/source/test/perf/DateFmtPerf/DateFmtPerf.h
@@ -361,22 +361,42 @@ class CollationFunction : public UPerfFunction
 private:
 	int num;
     char locale[25];
+	UnicodeString *collation_strings;
+
+	/**
+	 * Unescape the strings
+	 */
+	void init() {
+        uint32_t listSize = sizeof(collation_strings_escaped)/sizeof(collation_strings_escaped[0]);
+		collation_strings = new UnicodeString[listSize];
+		for(uint32_t k=0;k<listSize;k++) {
+			collation_strings[k] = collation_strings_escaped[k].unescape();
+		}
+		UnicodeString shorty((UChar32)0x12345);
+	}
 public:
 	
 	CollationFunction()
 	{
 		num = -1;
+
+		init();
+	}
+
+	~CollationFunction() {
+		delete [] collation_strings;
 	}
 
 	CollationFunction(int a, const char* loc)
 	{
 		num = a;
         strcpy(locale, loc);
+		init();
 	}
 
 	virtual void call(UErrorCode* status2)
 	{
-        uint32_t listSize = sizeof(collation_strings)/sizeof(collation_strings[0]);
+        uint32_t listSize = sizeof(collation_strings_escaped)/sizeof(collation_strings_escaped[0]);
         UErrorCode status = U_ZERO_ERROR; 
         Collator *coll = Collator::createInstance(Locale(locale), status);
         
diff --git a/icu4c/source/test/perf/DateFmtPerf/DateFmtPerf.vcxproj b/icu4c/source/test/perf/DateFmtPerf/DateFmtPerf.vcxproj
index dc2a206f61b..fda711af78f 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/test/perf/DateFmtPerf/DateFmtPerf.vcxproj
+++ b/icu4c/source/test/perf/DateFmtPerf/DateFmtPerf.vcxproj
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <_ProjectFileVersion>10.0.30319.1</_ProjectFileVersion>
-    <OutDir Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">$(SolutionDir)$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
-    <IntDir Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">$(Configuration)\</IntDir>
+    <OutDir Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">$(ProjectDir)\x86\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
+    <IntDir Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">$(ProjectDir)\x86\$(Configuration)\</IntDir>
     <LinkIncremental Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">true</LinkIncremental>
-    <OutDir Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">$(SolutionDir)$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
+    <OutDir Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">$(SolutionDir)\x86\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
     <IntDir Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">$(Configuration)\</IntDir>
     <LinkIncremental Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">false</LinkIncremental>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -55,8 +55,7 @@
       <PrecompiledHeader>
       </PrecompiledHeader>
       <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
-      <DebugInformationFormat>
-      </DebugInformationFormat>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalDependencies>icuucd.lib;icutud.lib;icutestd.lib;winmm.lib;icuucd.lib;icuind.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
@@ -115,4 +114,4 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
   </ImportGroup>
-</Project>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/icu4c/source/test/perf/DateFmtPerf/collationdata.h b/icu4c/source/test/perf/DateFmtPerf/collationdata.h
index 3811ca7a94c..c1e03120da6 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/test/perf/DateFmtPerf/collationdata.h
+++ b/icu4c/source/test/perf/DateFmtPerf/collationdata.h
@@ -9,14 +9,18 @@
 
 #include "unicode/ustring.h"
 
-UnicodeString collation_strings [] = {
+/*
+ * Processed through '[^\u0000-\u007f] Any-Hex/C' and then \u -> \\\u
+ */
+
+UnicodeString collation_strings_escaped [] = {
     "Brenet, Nicolas-Guy",
     "Bresdin, Rodolphe",
-    "Breton, André",
+    "Breton, Andr\\u00E9",
     "Breton, Jules",
     "Brett, John",
-    "Breu the Elder, Jörg",
-    "Breu the Younger, Jörg",
+    "Breu the Elder, J\\u00F6rg",
+    "Breu the Younger, J\\u00F6rg",
     "Brewster Jr., John",
     "Brewster, Anna Richards",
     "Brewtnall, Edward Frederick",
@@ -134,7 +138,7 @@ UnicodeString collation_strings [] = {
     "Hall, Harry",
     "Hall, John",
     "Hall, Pam",
-    "Hallé, Edward Charles",
+    "Hall\\u00E9, Edward Charles",
     "Hallen, Ambrose",
     "Halley, Peter",
     "Halliday, Edward Irvine",
@@ -157,10 +161,10 @@ UnicodeString collation_strings [] = {
     "Meatyard, Ralph Eugene",
     "Meckenem, Israhel van",
     "Meegan, Tim",
-    "Mehoffer, Józef",
+    "Mehoffer, J\\u00F3zef",
     "Meidias Painter, The",
     "Meidner, Ludwig",
-    "Meireles de Lima, Vítor",
+    "Meireles de Lima, V\\u00EDtor",
     "Meissner, Leo J.",
     "Meissonier, Jean-Louis-Ernest",
     "Meistermann, Georg",
@@ -168,7 +172,7 @@ UnicodeString collation_strings [] = {
     "Melchers, Gari",
     "Meldrum, Max",
     "Meleager Painter, The",
-    "Meléndez, Luis Egidio",
+    "Mel\\u00E9ndez, Luis Egidio",
     "Mellan, Claude",
     "Mellery, Xavier",
     "Melli, Roberto",
@@ -196,16 +200,16 @@ UnicodeString collation_strings [] = {
     "Pei, I.M.",
     "Pelham, Peter",
     "Pellan, Alfred",
-    "Pellegrin, Honoré",
+    "Pellegrin, Honor\\u00E9",
     "Pellegrini, Domenico",
     "Pellegrini, Giovanni Antonio",
-    "Pelouse, Léon-Germain",
+    "Pelouse, L\\u00E9on-Germain",
     "Pels, Marsha",
     "Pemberton, Sophie",
-    "Peña, Tonita",
+    "Pe\\u00F1a, Tonita",
     "Penck, A.R.",
     "Pencz, Georg",
-    "Pène du Bois, Guy",
+    "P\\u00E8ne du Bois, Guy",
     "Penn, Irving",
     "Pennell, Joseph",
     "Rosso, Mino",
@@ -222,16 +226,16 @@ UnicodeString collation_strings [] = {
     "Rothstein, Arthur",
     "Rottenhammer, Hans",
     "Rouault, Georges",
-    "Roubiliac, Louis-François",
+    "Roubiliac, Louis-Fran\\u00E7ois",
     "Rouget, Georges",
     "Rousseau, Henri",
-    "Rousseau, Théodore",
+    "Rousseau, Th\\u00E9odore",
     "Roussel, Ker Xavier",
-    "Roussel, Théodore",
+    "Roussel, Th\\u00E9odore",
     "Rousselet, Gilles",
     "Roux, Ange-Joseph Antoine",
-    "Roux, François Geoffroi",
-    "Roux, François Joseph Frédéric",
+    "Roux, Fran\\u00E7ois Geoffroi",
+    "Roux, Fran\\u00E7ois Joseph Fr\\u00E9d\\u00E9ric",
     "Roux, Joseph",
     "Roux, Louis",
     "Roux, Mathieu Antoine",
@@ -245,7 +249,7 @@ UnicodeString collation_strings [] = {
     "Rubens, Pete Paul",
     "Rubin, Reuven",
     "Rublev, Andrei",
-    "Rude, François",
+    "Rude, Fran\\u00E7ois",
     "Rude, Olaf",
     "Ruelas, Julio",
     "Ruff, Thomas",
@@ -260,4 +264,5 @@ UnicodeString collation_strings [] = {
     "Schonfeld, Johann Heinrich",
     "Schongauer, Martin",
     "Schwieger, C. Robert"
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};
+
diff --git a/icu4c/source/test/perf/perf.sln b/icu4c/source/test/perf/perf.sln
index a32b6f23640..47f7977f575 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/test/perf/perf.sln
+++ b/icu4c/source/test/perf/perf.sln
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "ucnvavailperf", "ucnvavailp
 EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "DateFmtPerf", "DateFmtPerf\DateFmtPerf.vcxproj", "{B5E59422-0C52-4469-AB69-0C2AFD6E37A5}"
 EndProject
-Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "dtfmtrtperf", "dtfmrtperf\dtfmtrtperf.vcproj", "{1FCAA83C-955C-4DEF-9CEF-3679AE75C44D}"
-EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
 		Debug|Win32 = Debug|Win32
@@ -134,12 +132,6 @@ Global
 		{B5E59422-0C52-4469-AB69-0C2AFD6E37A5}.Release|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
 		{B5E59422-0C52-4469-AB69-0C2AFD6E37A5}.Release|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
 		{B5E59422-0C52-4469-AB69-0C2AFD6E37A5}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
-		{1FCAA83C-955C-4DEF-9CEF-3679AE75C44D}.Debug|Win32.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
-		{1FCAA83C-955C-4DEF-9CEF-3679AE75C44D}.Debug|Win32.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
-		{1FCAA83C-955C-4DEF-9CEF-3679AE75C44D}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
-		{1FCAA83C-955C-4DEF-9CEF-3679AE75C44D}.Release|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
-		{1FCAA83C-955C-4DEF-9CEF-3679AE75C44D}.Release|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
-		{1FCAA83C-955C-4DEF-9CEF-3679AE75C44D}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
 		HideSolutionNode = FALSE