diff --git a/benchmarks/simu/counter.go b/benchmarks/simu/counter.go
index 8b1b3e5e..8191e8de 100644
--- a/benchmarks/simu/counter.go
+++ b/benchmarks/simu/counter.go
@@ -22,22 +22,25 @@ func main() {
 	// Read a bunch of responses
 	go func() {
 		for {
-			res, ok := <-ws.ResultsCh
+			_, ok := <-ws.ResultsCh
 			if !ok {
 				break
 			}
-			fmt.Println("Received response", res)
+			//fmt.Println("Received response", string(wire.JSONBytes(res)))
 		}
 	}()
 
 	// Make a bunch of requests
-	request := rpctypes.NewRPCRequest("fakeid", "status", nil)
+	request := rpctypes.NewRPCRequest("fakeid", "net_info", nil)
 	for i := 0; ; i++ {
 		reqBytes := wire.JSONBytes(request)
 		err := ws.WriteMessage(websocket.TextMessage, reqBytes)
 		if err != nil {
 			Exit(err.Error())
 		}
+		if i%1000 == 0 {
+			fmt.Println(i)
+		}
 	}
 
 	ws.Stop()
diff --git a/benchmarks/wire_test.go b/benchmarks/wire_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7da8a7f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/wire_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package benchmarks
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/tendermint/go-crypto"
+	"github.com/tendermint/go-p2p"
+	"github.com/tendermint/go-wire"
+	ctypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/core/types"
+)
+
+func BenchmarkEncodeStatus(b *testing.B) {
+	b.StopTimer()
+	pubKey := crypto.GenPrivKeyEd25519().PubKey().(crypto.PubKeyEd25519)
+	status := &ctypes.ResultStatus{
+		NodeInfo: &p2p.NodeInfo{
+			PubKey:     pubKey,
+			Moniker:    "SOMENAME",
+			Network:    "SOMENAME",
+			RemoteAddr: "SOMEADDR",
+			ListenAddr: "SOMEADDR",
+			Version:    "SOMEVER",
+			Other:      []string{"SOMESTRING", "OTHERSTRING"},
+		},
+		PubKey:            pubKey,
+		LatestBlockHash:   []byte("SOMEBYTES"),
+		LatestBlockHeight: 123,
+		LatestBlockTime:   1234,
+	}
+	b.StartTimer()
+
+	counter := 0
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		jsonBytes := wire.JSONBytes(status)
+		counter += len(jsonBytes)
+	}
+
+}
+
+func BenchmarkEncodeNodeInfo(b *testing.B) {
+	b.StopTimer()
+	pubKey := crypto.GenPrivKeyEd25519().PubKey().(crypto.PubKeyEd25519)
+	nodeInfo := &p2p.NodeInfo{
+		PubKey:     pubKey,
+		Moniker:    "SOMENAME",
+		Network:    "SOMENAME",
+		RemoteAddr: "SOMEADDR",
+		ListenAddr: "SOMEADDR",
+		Version:    "SOMEVER",
+		Other:      []string{"SOMESTRING", "OTHERSTRING"},
+	}
+	b.StartTimer()
+
+	counter := 0
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		jsonBytes := wire.JSONBytes(nodeInfo)
+		counter += len(jsonBytes)
+	}
+
+}