diff --git a/cephfs/cephfs_test.go b/cephfs/cephfs_test.go
index f7cf42a..f380c99 100644
--- a/cephfs/cephfs_test.go
+++ b/cephfs/cephfs_test.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func TestCreateMount(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, mount.Release())
 }
 
-func fsConnect(t *testing.T) *MountInfo {
+func fsConnect(t require.TestingT) *MountInfo {
 	mount, err := CreateMount()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NotNil(t, mount)
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func fsConnect(t *testing.T) *MountInfo {
 	return mount
 }
 
-func fsDisconnect(t *testing.T, mount *MountInfo) {
+func fsDisconnect(t assert.TestingT, mount *MountInfo) {
 	assert.NoError(t, mount.Unmount())
 	assert.NoError(t, mount.Release())
 }
diff --git a/cephfs/file_test.go b/cephfs/file_test.go
index d028ce7..3720bfc 100644
--- a/cephfs/file_test.go
+++ b/cephfs/file_test.go
@@ -959,3 +959,35 @@ func TestFileTruncate(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Error(t, err)
 	})
 }
+
+func BenchmarkFile(b *testing.B) {
+	const bufNum = 64
+	const bufSize = 1024 * 64
+	mount := fsConnect(b)
+	defer fsDisconnect(b, mount)
+
+	fname := "TestFilePreadvPwritev.txt"
+	defer mount.Unlink(fname)
+
+	ivec := make([][]byte, bufNum)
+	for i := range ivec {
+		ivec[i] = make([]byte, bufSize)
+	}
+
+	ovec := make([][]byte, bufNum/4)
+	for i := range ovec {
+		ovec[i] = make([]byte, bufSize*4)
+	}
+
+	f, _ := mount.Open(fname, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE, 0644)
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		n, err := f.Pwritev(ivec, 0)
+		assert.NoError(b, err)
+		assert.NotZero(b, n)
+		m, err := f.Preadv(ovec, 0)
+		assert.NoError(b, err)
+		assert.Equal(b, n, m)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index d9c33a4..0ce71f5 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ CEPH_CONF=/tmp/ceph/ceph.conf
 # but can be used to change the test behavior:
 # GO_CEPH_TEST_MDS_NAME
 
-CLI="$(getopt -o h --long test-run:,test-pkg:,pause,cpuprofile,memprofile,no-cover,micro-osd:,wait-for:,results:,ceph-conf:,mirror:,help -n "${0}" -- "$@")"
+CLI="$(getopt -o h --long test-run:,test-bench:,test-pkg:,pause,cpuprofile,memprofile,no-cover,micro-osd:,wait-for:,results:,ceph-conf:,mirror:,help -n "${0}" -- "$@")"
 eval set -- "${CLI}"
 while true ; do
     case "${1}" in
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ while true ; do
             shift
             shift
         ;;
+        --test-bench)
+            TEST_BENCH="${2}"
+            shift
+            shift
+        ;;
         --pause)
             PAUSE=yes
             shift
@@ -76,6 +81,7 @@ while true ; do
             echo "Options:"
             echo "  --test-run=VALUE    Run selected test or ALL, NONE"
             echo "                      ALL is the default"
+            echo "  --test-bench=VALUE  Run selected benchmarks"
             echo "  --test-pkg=PKG      Run only tests from PKG"
             echo "  --pause             Sleep forever after tests execute"
             echo "  --micro-osd         Specify path to micro-osd script"
@@ -184,6 +190,9 @@ test_pkg() {
     if [[ ${TEST_RUN} != ALL ]]; then
         testargs+=("-run" "${TEST_RUN}")
     fi
+    if [[ -n ${TEST_BENCH} ]]; then
+        testargs+=("-bench" "${TEST_BENCH}")
+    fi
     if [[ ${COVERAGE} = yes ]]; then
         testargs+=(\
             "-covermode=count" \
diff --git a/internal/cutil/iovec_test.go b/internal/cutil/iovec_test.go
index 0534131..292137d 100644
--- a/internal/cutil/iovec_test.go
+++ b/internal/cutil/iovec_test.go
@@ -56,3 +56,15 @@ func TestIovec(t *testing.T) {
 	iovec.Sync()
 	iovec.Free()
 }
+
+func BenchmarkIovec(b *testing.B) {
+	data := make([][]byte, 64)
+	for i := range data {
+		data[i] = make([]byte, 1024*64)
+	}
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		iovec := ByteSlicesToIovec(data)
+		iovec.Sync()
+		iovec.Free()
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/cutil/sync_buffer_test.go b/internal/cutil/sync_buffer_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ace8970
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/cutil/sync_buffer_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package cutil
+
+import "testing"
+
+func BenchmarkSyncBuffer(b *testing.B) {
+	data := make([]byte, 1024*64)
+	var p = Malloc(PtrSize)
+	defer Free(p)
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		sb := NewSyncBuffer(p, data)
+		sb.Sync()
+		sb.Release()
+	}
+}