$failed = $false;
$loginDuration = (Measure-Command {
    $ncon = New-Object System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection `
        @( 'Data Source=1.2.3.4,16143;Database=Test;User=Test;Password=****;Pooling=false;' );
    try
    {
        $ncon.Open();

        $cmd = New-Object System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand `
            @( 'SELECT @@VERSION', $ncon );
        $cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();

        $ncon.Dispose();
    }
    catch
    {
        $failed = $true;
    }
}).TotalMilliseconds;
Write-Metric -metric 'itp.dbserver.logintime' -unit 'milliseconds' `
    -value (&{if ($failed) { 120000 } else { $loginDuration }});