diff --git a/stormpot-benchmark/pom.xml b/stormpot-benchmark/pom.xml
index d095d687..1602b1a5 100644
--- a/stormpot-benchmark/pom.xml
+++ b/stormpot-benchmark/pom.xml
@@ -14,5 +14,13 @@
     <artifactId>stormpot-parent</artifactId>
     <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
+  
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${groupId}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>stormpot</artifactId>
+      <version>${version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
 </project>
 
diff --git a/stormpot-benchmark/src/main/java/stormpot/benchmark/Bench.java b/stormpot-benchmark/src/main/java/stormpot/benchmark/Bench.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9d3f021f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stormpot-benchmark/src/main/java/stormpot/benchmark/Bench.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package stormpot.benchmark;
+
+public abstract class Bench {
+  public abstract void primeWithSize(int size) throws Exception;
+  public abstract Object claim() throws Exception;
+  public abstract void release(Object object) throws Exception;
+  public abstract void claimAndRelease() throws Exception;
+  
+  private int trials;
+  private long timeSum;
+  private long timeMin = Long.MAX_VALUE;
+  private long timeMax = Long.MIN_VALUE;
+  private long period;
+  
+  public final void recordTime(long time) {
+    trials++;
+    timeSum += time;
+    timeMin = Math.min(timeMin, time);
+    timeMax = Math.max(timeMax, time);
+  }
+  
+  public final void recordPeriod(long period) {
+    this.period = period;
+  }
+  
+  public final void reset() {
+    trials = 0;
+    timeSum = 0;
+    timeMin = Long.MAX_VALUE;
+    timeMax = Long.MIN_VALUE;
+    period = 0;
+  }
+  
+  public final void report() {
+    String name = getName();
+    double cyclesPerSec = (1000.0 / period) * trials;
+    double timeMean = ((double) timeSum) / trials;
+    
+    String str = "Benchmark: %s\t" +
+    		"%s trials\t" +
+    		"%.1f claim+release/sec\t" +
+    		"latency(max, mean, min) = " +
+    		"(% 3d, %.6f, %s) in millis.\n";
+    System.out.printf(
+        str, name, trials, cyclesPerSec, timeMax, timeMean, timeMin);
+  }
+  
+  public final String getName() {
+    return getClass().getSimpleName();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/stormpot-benchmark/src/main/java/stormpot/benchmark/Clock.java b/stormpot-benchmark/src/main/java/stormpot/benchmark/Clock.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..14a51180
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stormpot-benchmark/src/main/java/stormpot/benchmark/Clock.java
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+package stormpot.benchmark;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.LockSupport;
+
+/**
+ * The Clock improves upon {@link System#currentTimeMillis()} in that it can be
+ * stopped and manually ticked forward. This is useful for testability.
+ * @author cvh
+ *
+ */
+public final class Clock {
+
+  private static volatile long now;
+  
+  private static final Ticker ticker = new Ticker();
+  
+  private Clock() { /* static utility class */ }
+  
+  /**
+   * Advance the clock to the current time.
+   * @return The new current time, in milliseconds since the epoch.
+   */
+  public static long tick() {
+    return now = System.currentTimeMillis();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Advance the clock by exactly one millisecond, regardless of what the
+   * actual time may be.
+   * Note that this method is racy, and is technically only safe to call by
+   * a single thread at a time, and when the automatic ticking of the clock
+   * has been turned off. This method is only really useful for unit testing of
+   * time dependent code.
+   */
+  public static void inc() {
+    now++;
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Get the value of the last tick.
+   * @return The "current" time recorded by the last tick.
+   */
+  public static long currentTimeMillis() {
+    return now;
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Start automatic ticking. This will tick the clock, and update its current
+   * time value, about every 10 milliseconds. Note that this does not guarantee
+   * that the clock will get a distinctively new time value every 10
+   * milliseconds. The clock can be stopped again at any time with the
+   * {@link #stop()} method. Starting an already started clock has no effect.
+   */
+  public static void start() {
+    tick();
+    ticker.stopFlag = false;
+    if (ticker.getState() == Thread.State.NEW) {
+      ticker.start();
+    } else {
+      LockSupport.unpark(ticker);
+    }
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Stop automatic ticking. It can be resumed again with the {@link #start()}
+   * method. Stopping an already stopped clock has no effect.
+   */
+  public static void stop() {
+    ticker.stopFlag = true;
+  }
+  
+  private static final class Ticker extends Thread {
+    public volatile boolean stopFlag;
+    
+    public Ticker() {
+      super("Clock-Thread");
+      setDaemon(true);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void run() {
+      for (;;) {
+        if (stopFlag) {
+          LockSupport.park();
+        }
+        tick();
+//        LockSupport.parkNanos(1000); // 1 millis
+        try {
+          Thread.sleep(1);
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/stormpot-benchmark/src/main/java/stormpot/benchmark/QueuePoolBench.java b/stormpot-benchmark/src/main/java/stormpot/benchmark/QueuePoolBench.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e76ef946
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stormpot-benchmark/src/main/java/stormpot/benchmark/QueuePoolBench.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package stormpot.benchmark;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import stormpot.Config;
+import stormpot.Timeout;
+import stormpot.qpool.QueuePool;
+
+public class QueuePoolBench extends Bench {
+  private static final Timeout timeout =
+      new Timeout(1000, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+  
+  private QueuePool<StormpotPoolable> pool;
+
+  @Override
+  public void primeWithSize(int size) {
+    Config<StormpotPoolable> config = new Config<StormpotPoolable>();
+    config.setAllocator(new StormpotPoolableAllocator());
+    config.setSize(size);
+    pool = new QueuePool<StormpotPoolable>(config);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Object claim() throws Exception {
+    return pool.claim(timeout);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void release(Object object) throws Exception {
+    ((StormpotPoolable) object).release();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void claimAndRelease() throws Exception {
+    release(claim());
+  }
+}
diff --git a/stormpot-benchmark/src/main/java/stormpot/benchmark/StormpotPoolable.java b/stormpot-benchmark/src/main/java/stormpot/benchmark/StormpotPoolable.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..64c15040
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stormpot-benchmark/src/main/java/stormpot/benchmark/StormpotPoolable.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package stormpot.benchmark;
+
+import stormpot.Poolable;
+import stormpot.Slot;
+
+public class StormpotPoolable implements Poolable {
+  private Slot slot;
+  
+  public StormpotPoolable(Slot slot) {
+    this.slot = slot;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void release() {
+    slot.release(this);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/stormpot-benchmark/src/main/java/stormpot/benchmark/StormpotPoolableAllocator.java b/stormpot-benchmark/src/main/java/stormpot/benchmark/StormpotPoolableAllocator.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dc78cad1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stormpot-benchmark/src/main/java/stormpot/benchmark/StormpotPoolableAllocator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package stormpot.benchmark;
+
+import stormpot.Allocator;
+import stormpot.Poolable;
+import stormpot.Slot;
+
+public class StormpotPoolableAllocator implements Allocator<Poolable> {
+  @Override
+  public Poolable allocate(Slot slot) throws Exception {
+    return new StormpotPoolable(slot);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void deallocate(Poolable poolable) throws Exception {
+  }
+}
diff --git a/stormpot-benchmark/src/main/java/stormpot/benchmark/Throughput.java b/stormpot-benchmark/src/main/java/stormpot/benchmark/Throughput.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aa9c691b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stormpot-benchmark/src/main/java/stormpot/benchmark/Throughput.java
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+package stormpot.benchmark;
+
+/**
+ * After warm-up, how many times can we claim and release non-expiring objects
+ * in a given timeframe?
+ * @author cvh
+ */
+public class Throughput {
+  private static final int SIZE = 10;
+  private static final long TRIAL_TIME_MILLIS = 500L;
+
+  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+    Clock.start();
+    System.out.println("Stormpot Single-Threaded Throughput Benchmark");
+    try {
+      runBenchmark();
+    } finally {
+      System.exit(0);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static void runBenchmark() throws Exception {
+    Bench queuePool = new QueuePoolBench();
+    queuePool.primeWithSize(SIZE);
+    
+    warmup(queuePool);
+    trial(queuePool);
+    trial(queuePool);
+    trial(queuePool);
+    trial(queuePool);
+    trial(queuePool);
+    trial(queuePool);
+    trial(queuePool);
+    trial(queuePool);
+    trial(queuePool);
+    trial(queuePool);
+  }
+
+  private static void warmup(Bench bench) throws Exception {
+    System.out.println("Warming up " + bench.getName());
+    int steps = 20;
+    for (int i = 0; i < steps; i++) {
+      for (int j = 0; j < 1000; j++) {
+        benchmark(bench, 1);
+      }
+      System.out.printf("%02d/%s.", i, steps);
+    }
+    System.out.println("\nWarmup done.");
+  }
+
+  private static void trial(Bench bench) throws Exception {
+    Thread.sleep(10);
+    benchmark(bench, TRIAL_TIME_MILLIS);
+    bench.report();
+  }
+
+  private static void benchmark(Bench bench, long trialTimeMillis) throws Exception {
+    bench.reset();
+    
+    long start = Clock.currentTimeMillis();
+    long deadline = start + trialTimeMillis;
+    long end = 0L;
+    do {
+      end = runCycles(bench, 100);
+    } while (end < deadline);
+    bench.recordPeriod(end - start);
+  }
+
+  private static long runCycles(Bench bench, int cycles) throws Exception {
+    long start;
+    long end = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < cycles; i++) {
+      start = Clock.currentTimeMillis();
+      bench.claimAndRelease();
+      end = Clock.currentTimeMillis();
+      bench.recordTime(end - start);
+    }
+    return end;
+  }
+}