diff --git a/cypress/integration/example-optimizing-updates.spec.js b/cypress/integration/example-optimizing-updates.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d22d275
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+++ b/cypress/integration/example-optimizing-updates.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+/// <reference types="Cypress" />
+
+describe('Example - Optimizing Updates', () => {
+  const titles = ['#', 'Severity', 'Time', 'Message'];
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    // create a console.log spy for later use
+    cy.window().then((win) => {
+      cy.spy(win.console, "log");
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should display Example Multi-grid Basic', () => {
+    cy.visit(`${Cypress.config('baseExampleUrl')}/example-optimizing-updates.html`);
+    cy.get('.options-panel > b').should('contain', 'Description:');
+    cy.contains('This page demonstrates how the bulk update operations ');
+  });
+
+  it('should have exact Column Titles in the grid', () => {
+    cy.get('#myGrid')
+      .find('.slick-header-columns')
+      .children()
+      .each(($child, index) => expect($child.text()).to.eq(titles[index]));
+  });
+
+  it('should show initial rows', () => {
+    cy.get('#pager')  
+      .find('.slick-pager-status')
+      .should('contain', 'Showing all 300 rows');    
+  });
+
+  it('should update the rows on inefficient click', () => {
+    cy.visit(`${Cypress.config('baseExampleUrl')}/example-optimizing-updates.html`);
+    
+    cy.get('#myGrid')  
+      .find('.slick-row')
+      .each(($child, index) => {
+          const message = $child.find('.cell-message').text();
+          const number = parseInt(message.substring("Log Entry ".length));
+          expect(number).to.be.lessThan(1000)
+      });
+      
+    cy.get('.options-panel button')  
+      .contains('inefficient')
+      .click();
+      
+    cy.get('#myGrid')  
+      .find('.slick-row')
+      .each(($child, index) => {
+          const message = $child.find('.cell-message').text();
+          const number = parseInt(message.substring("Log Entry ".length));
+          expect(number).to.be.greaterThan(90000)
+      });
+  });
+    
+  it('should update the rows on efficient click', () => {
+    cy.visit(`${Cypress.config('baseExampleUrl')}/example-optimizing-updates.html`);
+    
+    cy.get('#myGrid')  
+      .find('.slick-row')
+      .each(($child, index) => {
+          const message = $child.find('.cell-message').text();
+          const number = parseInt(message.substring("Log Entry ".length));
+          expect(number).to.be.lessThan(1000)
+      });
+      
+    cy.get('.options-panel button')  
+      .contains('efficient')
+      .click();
+
+    cy.get('#myGrid')  
+      .find('.slick-row')
+      .each(($child, index) => {
+          const message = $child.find('.cell-message').text();
+          const number = parseInt(message.substring("Log Entry ".length));
+          expect(number).to.be.greaterThan(90000)
+      });
+  });
+  
+  it('should need less time on efficient than inefficient', () => {
+    cy.visit(`${Cypress.config('baseExampleUrl')}/example-optimizing-updates.html`);
+
+    cy.get('#duration').invoke('text', '').should('be.empty');
+    cy.get('.options-panel button')  
+      .contains('(inefficient)')
+      .click();
+    cy.get('#duration').should('not.be.empty').then($duration => {
+        let inEfficientTime = parseInt($duration.text());
+        
+        cy.get('#duration').invoke('text', '').should('be.empty');
+        cy.get('.options-panel button')  
+          .contains('(efficient)')
+          .click();
+        cy.get('#duration').should('not.be.empty').then($duration2 => {
+            let efficientTime = parseInt($duration2.text());
+            expect(efficientTime).to.be.lessThan(inEfficientTime / 2);
+        });
+    });
+
+  });
+});
diff --git a/examples/example-optimizing-updates.html b/examples/example-optimizing-updates.html
index 2b103a98..f5abdb6d 100644
--- a/examples/example-optimizing-updates.html
+++ b/examples/example-optimizing-updates.html
@@ -51,8 +51,11 @@
       then updated.
     </p>
     <h2>Controls</h2>
-    <button onclick="simulateLogs(100000, false)">Add 100000 entries of each severity (inefficient)</button>
-    <button onclick="simulateLogs(100000, true)">Add 100000 entries of each severity (efficient)</button>
+    <button onclick="simulateLogs(100000, false, true)">Add 100000 entries of each severity (inefficient)</button>
+    <button onclick="simulateLogs(100000, true, true)">Add 100000 entries of each severity (efficient)</button>
+    <div>
+        Last update took: <span id="duration"></span>
+    </div>
     <h2>View Source:</h2>
     <ul>
       <li><a href="https://github.com/6pac/SlickGrid/blob/master/examples/example-optimizing-updates.html" target="_sourcewindow"> View the source for this example on Github</a></li>
@@ -107,13 +110,18 @@ <h2>View Source:</h2>
   
   // the logic to simulate new events
   
-  function simulateLogs(count, efficient) {
-      var chunks = 10;
-      for(var i = 0; i < chunks; i++) {
-          simulateLogChunk(count / chunks, efficient);
-      }
+  function simulateLogs(count, efficient, update) {
+    var chunks = 10;
+    var start = new Date();
+    for(var i = 0; i < chunks; i++) {
+        simulateLogChunk(count / chunks, efficient);
+    }
+    var end = new Date();
+    if (update) {
+        $('#duration').text(end - start + 'ms');
+    }      
   }
-  function simulateLogChunk(count, efficient) {
+  function simulateLogChunk(count, efficient, update) {
     if(efficient) {
       dataView.beginUpdate(true); // efficient bulk update 
       var logs = []; // we will first collect all items to be added