I did a Jmeter performance test for my application home page with and without central logger. The avg response time without central_logger is 800 ms and with central logger is 1100 ms. There is a jump of about 38 %.
sampler_label,aggregate_report_count,average,aggregate_report_min,aggregate_report_max,aggregate_report_stddev,aggregate_report_error%,aggregate_report_rate,aggregate_report_bandwidth,average_bytes
HTTP Request,8990,1072,358,5383,371.13,0.0,8.30,167.55,20647.0
TOTAL,8990,1072,358,5383,371.13,0.0,8.30,167.55,20647.0
sampler_label,aggregate_report_count,average,aggregate_report_min,aggregate_report_max,aggregate_report_stddev,aggregate_report_error%,aggregate_report_rate,aggregate_report_bandwidth,average_bytes
HTTP Request,9233,779,14,19128,435.53,0.00,12.23,246.1043213175322,20597.57
TOTAL,9233,779,14,19128,435.53,0.00,12.23,246.1043213175322,20597.57