diff --git a/benchmarks/DataBench.php b/benchmarks/DataBench.php
index c4ce33384..3b15d3f57 100644
--- a/benchmarks/DataBench.php
+++ b/benchmarks/DataBench.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 use Spatie\LaravelData\Tests\Fakes\MultiNestedData;
 use Spatie\LaravelData\Tests\Fakes\NestedData;
 use Spatie\LaravelData\Tests\Fakes\SimpleData;
+use function Amp\Iterator\toArray;
 
 class DataBench
 {
@@ -34,10 +35,10 @@ protected function getPackageProviders($app)
 
     public function setup()
     {
-        app(DataConfig::class)->getDataClass(ComplicatedData::class);
-        app(DataConfig::class)->getDataClass(SimpleData::class);
-        app(DataConfig::class)->getDataClass(MultiNestedData::class);
-        app(DataConfig::class)->getDataClass(NestedData::class);
+        app(DataConfig::class)->getDataClass(ComplicatedData::class)->prepareForCache();
+        app(DataConfig::class)->getDataClass(SimpleData::class)->prepareForCache();
+        app(DataConfig::class)->getDataClass(MultiNestedData::class)->prepareForCache();
+        app(DataConfig::class)->getDataClass(NestedData::class)->prepareForCache();
     }
 
     #[Revs(500), Iterations(2)]
@@ -138,8 +139,8 @@ public function benchDataCollectionTransformation()
             )
         )->all();
 
-        $collection = ComplicatedData::collect($collection, DataCollection::class);
+        $dataCollection = (new DataCollection(ComplicatedData::class, $collection));
 
-        $collection->toArray();
+        $dataCollection->toArray();
     }
 }
diff --git a/benchmarks/SimpleDataCollectionBench.php b/benchmarks/SimpleDataCollectionBench.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75d7f9635
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/SimpleDataCollectionBench.php
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+<?php
+
+use Carbon\CarbonImmutable;
+use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
+use Orchestra\Testbench\Concerns\CreatesApplication;
+use PhpBench\Attributes\BeforeMethods;
+use PhpBench\Attributes\Iterations;
+use PhpBench\Attributes\Revs;
+use Spatie\LaravelData\DataCollection;
+use Spatie\LaravelData\LaravelDataServiceProvider;
+use Spatie\LaravelData\Optional;
+use Spatie\LaravelData\Support\DataConfig;
+use Spatie\LaravelData\Tests\Fakes\ComplicatedData;
+use Spatie\LaravelData\Tests\Fakes\SimpleData;
+
+class SimpleDataCollectionBench
+{
+    use CreatesApplication;
+
+    protected DataCollection $dataCollection;
+
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        $this->createApplication();
+    }
+
+    protected function getPackageProviders($app)
+    {
+        return [
+            LaravelDataServiceProvider::class,
+        ];
+    }
+
+    public function setup()
+    {
+        $collection = Collection::times(
+            15,
+            fn () => new ComplicatedData(
+                42,
+                42,
+                true,
+                3.14,
+                'Hello World',
+                [1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8],
+                null,
+                Optional::create(),
+                42,
+                CarbonImmutable::create(1994, 05, 16),
+                new DateTime('1994-05-16T12:00:00+01:00'),
+                null,
+                null,
+                []
+//            new SimpleData('hello'),
+//            new DataCollection(NestedData::class, [
+//                new NestedData(new SimpleData('I')),
+//                new NestedData(new SimpleData('am')),
+//                new NestedData(new SimpleData('groot')),
+//            ]),
+//            [
+//                new NestedData(new SimpleData('I')),
+//                new NestedData(new SimpleData('am')),
+//                new NestedData(new SimpleData('groot')),
+//            ],
+            ));
+
+        $this->dataCollection = new DataCollection(ComplicatedData::class, $collection);
+
+        app(DataConfig::class)->getDataClass(ComplicatedData::class);
+        app(DataConfig::class)->getDataClass(SimpleData::class);
+    }
+
+    #[Revs(500), Iterations(5), BeforeMethods('setup')]
+    public function benchDataCollectionTransformation()
+    {
+        $this->dataCollection->toArray();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Enums/DataTypeKind.php b/src/Enums/DataTypeKind.php
index f42fe82f0..553e1ab39 100644
--- a/src/Enums/DataTypeKind.php
+++ b/src/Enums/DataTypeKind.php
@@ -21,14 +21,6 @@ public function isDataObject(): bool
 
     public function isDataCollectable(): bool
     {
-        return in_array($this, [
-            self::DataCollection,
-            self::DataPaginatedCollection,
-            self::DataCursorPaginatedCollection,
-            self::Array,
-            self::Enumerable,
-            self::Paginator,
-            self::CursorPaginator,
-        ]);
+        return $this !== self::Default && $this !== self::DataObject;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Resolvers/TransformedDataResolver.php b/src/Resolvers/TransformedDataResolver.php
index 11ab3d09d..7b359f824 100644
--- a/src/Resolvers/TransformedDataResolver.php
+++ b/src/Resolvers/TransformedDataResolver.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 use Spatie\LaravelData\Contracts\WrappableData;
 use Spatie\LaravelData\Enums\DataTypeKind;
 use Spatie\LaravelData\Lazy;
+use Spatie\LaravelData\Support\DataClass;
 use Spatie\LaravelData\Support\DataConfig;
 use Spatie\LaravelData\Support\DataContainer;
 use Spatie\LaravelData\Support\DataProperty;
@@ -30,7 +31,9 @@ public function execute(
         BaseData&TransformableData $data,
         TransformationContext $context,
     ): array {
-        $transformed = $this->transform($data, $context);
+        $dataClass = $this->dataConfig->getDataClass($data::class);
+
+        $transformed = $this->transform($data, $context, $dataClass);
 
         if ($data instanceof WrappableData && $context->wrapExecutionType->shouldExecute()) {
             $transformed = $data->getWrap()->wrap($transformed);
@@ -43,12 +46,13 @@ public function execute(
         return $transformed;
     }
 
-    private function transform(BaseData&TransformableData $data, TransformationContext $context): array
-    {
+    private function transform(
+        BaseData&TransformableData $data,
+        TransformationContext $context,
+        DataClass $dataClass,
+    ): array {
         $payload = [];
 
-        $dataClass = $this->dataConfig->getDataClass($data::class);
-
         $visibleFields = $this->visibleDataFieldsResolver->execute($data, $dataClass, $context);
 
         foreach ($dataClass->properties as $property) {