diff --git a/benchmarks/benchmark.js b/benchmarks/benchmark.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..630275d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/benchmark.js
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+const { Noise } = require('../dist/src/index')
+const benchmark = require('benchmark')
+const DuplexPair = require('it-pair/duplex')
+const PeerId = require('peer-id')
+
+const bench = async function () {
+  console.log('Initializing handshake benchmark')
+  const initiator = new Noise()
+  const initiatorPeer = await PeerId.createFromJSON({
+    id: '12D3KooWH45PiqBjfnEfDfCD6TqJrpqTBJvQDwGHvjGpaWwms46D',
+    privKey: 'CAESYBtKXrMwawAARmLScynQUuSwi/gGSkwqDPxi15N3dqDHa4T4iWupkMe5oYGwGH3Hyfvd/QcgSTqg71oYZJadJ6prhPiJa6mQx7mhgbAYfcfJ+939ByBJOqDvWhhklp0nqg==',
+    pubKey: 'CAESIGuE+IlrqZDHuaGBsBh9x8n73f0HIEk6oO9aGGSWnSeq'
+  })
+  const responder = new Noise()
+  const responderPeer = await PeerId.createFromJSON({
+    id: '12D3KooWP63uzL78BRMpkQ7augMdNi1h3VBrVWZucKjyhzGVaSi1',
+    privKey: 'CAESYPxO3SHyfc2578hDmfkGGBY255JjiLuVavJWy+9ivlpsxSyVKf36ipyRGL6szGzHuFs5ceEuuGVrPMg/rW2Ch1bFLJUp/fqKnJEYvqzMbMe4Wzlx4S64ZWs8yD+tbYKHVg==',
+    pubKey: 'CAESIMUslSn9+oqckRi+rMxsx7hbOXHhLrhlazzIP61tgodW'
+  })
+  console.log('Init complete, running benchmark')
+  const bench = new benchmark('handshake', {
+    defer: true,
+    fn: async function (deffered) {
+      const [inboundConnection, outboundConnection] = DuplexPair()
+      await Promise.all([
+        initiator.secureOutbound(initiatorPeer, outboundConnection, responderPeer),
+        responder.secureInbound(responderPeer, inboundConnection, initiatorPeer)
+      ])
+      deffered.resolve()
+    }
+  })
+    .on("complete", function(stats) {
+      console.log(String(stats.currentTarget))
+    })
+  bench.run({ async: true })
+}
+
+bench()
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e44fa21..a0a29e0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     "crypto"
   ],
   "scripts": {
+    "bench": "node benchmarks/benchmark.js",
     "build": "aegir build --ts",
     "lint": "aegir lint --ts",
     "lint:fix": "aegir lint --ts --fix",
@@ -32,8 +33,10 @@
     "@types/chai": "^4.2.4",
     "@types/mocha": "^5.2.7",
     "aegir": "25.0.0",
+    "benchmark": "^2.1.4",
     "chai": "^4.2.0",
     "karma-mocha-webworker": "^1.3.0",
+    "microtime": "^3.0.0",
     "mocha": "^6.2.2",
     "sinon": "^8.1.0"
   },
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index da52fa9..c5d78bb 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2354,6 +2354,14 @@ bcrypto@5.1.0:
     bufio "~1.0.6"
     loady "~0.0.1"
 
+benchmark@^2.1.4:
+  version "2.1.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/benchmark/-/benchmark-2.1.4.tgz#09f3de31c916425d498cc2ee565a0ebf3c2a5629"
+  integrity sha1-CfPeMckWQl1JjMLuVloOvzwqVik=
+  dependencies:
+    lodash "^4.17.4"
+    platform "^1.3.3"
+
 better-assert@~1.0.0:
   version "1.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/better-assert/-/better-assert-1.0.2.tgz#40866b9e1b9e0b55b481894311e68faffaebc522"
@@ -7281,6 +7289,11 @@ lodash@4.17.15, lodash@^4.17.10, lodash@^4.17.11, lodash@^4.17.13, lodash@^4.17.
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash/-/lodash-4.17.15.tgz#b447f6670a0455bbfeedd11392eff330ea097548"
   integrity sha512-8xOcRHvCjnocdS5cpwXQXVzmmh5e5+saE2QGoeQmbKmRS6J3VQppPOIt0MnmE+4xlZoumy0GPG0D0MVIQbNA1A==
 
+lodash@^4.17.4:
+  version "4.17.20"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash/-/lodash-4.17.20.tgz#b44a9b6297bcb698f1c51a3545a2b3b368d59c52"
+  integrity sha512-PlhdFcillOINfeV7Ni6oF1TAEayyZBoZ8bcshTHqOYJYlrqzRK5hagpagky5o4HfCzzd1TRkXPMFq6cKk9rGmA==
+
 log-symbols@2.2.0, log-symbols@^2.1.0:
   version "2.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/log-symbols/-/log-symbols-2.2.0.tgz#5740e1c5d6f0dfda4ad9323b5332107ef6b4c40a"
@@ -7689,6 +7702,14 @@ micromatch@^4.0.2:
     braces "^3.0.1"
     picomatch "^2.0.5"
 
+microtime@^3.0.0:
+  version "3.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/microtime/-/microtime-3.0.0.tgz#d140914bde88aa89b4f9fd2a18620b435af0f39b"
+  integrity sha512-SirJr7ZL4ow2iWcb54bekS4aWyBQNVcEDBiwAz9D/sTgY59A+uE8UJU15cp5wyZmPBwg/3zf8lyCJ5NUe1nVlQ==
+  dependencies:
+    node-addon-api "^1.2.0"
+    node-gyp-build "^3.8.0"
+
 miller-rabin@^4.0.0:
   version "4.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/miller-rabin/-/miller-rabin-4.0.1.tgz#f080351c865b0dc562a8462966daa53543c78a4d"
@@ -8135,6 +8156,11 @@ nise@^3.0.1:
     lolex "^5.0.1"
     path-to-regexp "^1.7.0"
 
+node-addon-api@^1.2.0:
+  version "1.7.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-addon-api/-/node-addon-api-1.7.2.tgz#3df30b95720b53c24e59948b49532b662444f54d"
+  integrity sha512-ibPK3iA+vaY1eEjESkQkM0BbCqFOaZMiXRTtdB0u7b4djtY6JnsjvPdUHVMg6xQt3B8fpTTWHI9A+ADjM9frzg==
+
 node-addon-api@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-addon-api/-/node-addon-api-2.0.1.tgz#4fd0931bf6d7e48b219ff3e6abc73cbb0252b7a3"
@@ -8166,6 +8192,11 @@ node-forge@^0.9.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-forge/-/node-forge-0.9.1.tgz#775368e6846558ab6676858a4d8c6e8d16c677b5"
   integrity sha512-G6RlQt5Sb4GMBzXvhfkeFmbqR6MzhtnT7VTHuLadjkii3rdYHNdw0m8zA4BTxVIh68FicCQ2NSUANpsqkr9jvQ==
 
+node-gyp-build@^3.8.0:
+  version "3.9.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-gyp-build/-/node-gyp-build-3.9.0.tgz#53a350187dd4d5276750da21605d1cb681d09e25"
+  integrity sha512-zLcTg6P4AbcHPq465ZMFNXx7XpKKJh+7kkN699NiQWisR2uWYOWNWqRHAmbnmKiL4e9aLSlmy5U7rEMUXV59+A==
+
 node-gyp-build@^4.2.0:
   version "4.2.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-gyp-build/-/node-gyp-build-4.2.2.tgz#3f44b65adaafd42fb6c3d81afd630e45c847eb66"
@@ -9013,6 +9044,11 @@ pkg-up@^3.1.0:
   dependencies:
     find-up "^3.0.0"
 
+platform@^1.3.3:
+  version "1.3.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/platform/-/platform-1.3.6.tgz#48b4ce983164b209c2d45a107adb31f473a6e7a7"
+  integrity sha512-fnWVljUchTro6RiCFvCXBbNhJc2NijN7oIQxbwsyL0buWJPG85v81ehlHI9fXrJsMNgTofEoWIQeClKpgxFLrg==
+
 plur@^4.0.0:
   version "4.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/plur/-/plur-4.0.0.tgz#729aedb08f452645fe8c58ef115bf16b0a73ef84"