benchmark: Add a test to measure Buffer.slice perf

Buffer.slice can be expensive. One regression was reported by https://github.com/joyent/node/issues/7633. The method should be benchmarked.

diff --git a/benchmark/buffers/buffer-slice.js b/benchmark/buffers/buffer-slice.js
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+var common = require('../common.js');
+var SlowBuffer = require('buffer').SlowBuffer;
+
+var bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
+  type: ['fast', 'slow'],
+  n: [1024]
+});
+
+var buf = new Buffer(1024);
+var slowBuf = new SlowBuffer(1024);
+
+function main(conf) {
+  var n = +conf.n;
+  var b = conf.type === 'fast' ? buf : slowBuf;
+  bench.start();
+  for (var i = 0; i < n * 1024; i++) {
+    b.slice(10, 256);
+  }
+  bench.end(n);
+}