diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3d47fec7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# This workflow is used to run the unittest of pyiron
+
+name: Benchmark
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.operating-system }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        include:
+        - operating-system: ubuntu-latest
+          python-version: '3.12'
+          label: linux-64-py-3-12-openmpi
+          prefix: /Users/runner/miniconda3/envs/my-env
+          environment-file: .ci_support/environment-openmpi.yml
+
+        - operating-system: ubuntu-latest
+          python-version: '3.12'
+          label: linux-64-py-3-12-mpich
+          prefix: /usr/share/miniconda3/envs/my-env
+          environment-file: .ci_support/environment-mpich.yml
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2.2.0
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        mamba-version: "*"
+        channels: conda-forge
+        miniforge-variant: Mambaforge
+        channel-priority: strict
+        auto-update-conda: true
+        environment-file: ${{ matrix.environment-file }}
+    - name: Test
+      shell: bash -l {0}
+      timeout-minutes: 10
+      run: |
+        pip install versioneer[toml]==0.29
+        pip install . --no-deps --no-build-isolation
+        python tests/benchmark/llh.py static >> timing.log
+        python tests/benchmark/llh.py process >> timing.log
+        python tests/benchmark/llh.py thread >> timing.log
+        mpiexec -n 4 python -m mpi4py.futures tests/benchmark/llh.py mpi4py >> timing.log
+        python tests/benchmark/llh.py pympipool >> timing.log
+        cat timing.log
+        python -m unittest tests/benchmark/test_results.py
+      env:
+        OMPI_MCA_plm: 'isolated'
+        OMPI_MCA_rmaps_base_oversubscribe: 'yes'
+        OMPI_MCA_btl_vader_single_copy_mechanism: 'none'
diff --git a/pympipool/shared/interface.py b/pympipool/shared/interface.py
index 0fee6905..29c481e4 100644
--- a/pympipool/shared/interface.py
+++ b/pympipool/shared/interface.py
@@ -98,10 +98,13 @@ def generate_command(self, command_lst):
 
 
 def generate_mpiexec_command(cores, oversubscribe=False):
-    command_prepend_lst = [MPI_COMMAND, "-n", str(cores)]
-    if oversubscribe:
-        command_prepend_lst += ["--oversubscribe"]
-    return command_prepend_lst
+    if cores == 1:
+        return []
+    else:
+        command_prepend_lst = [MPI_COMMAND, "-n", str(cores)]
+        if oversubscribe:
+            command_prepend_lst += ["--oversubscribe"]
+        return command_prepend_lst
 
 
 def generate_slurm_command(
diff --git a/tests/benchmark/llh.py b/tests/benchmark/llh.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6973e2ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/benchmark/llh.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import sys
+from time import time
+
+
+def llh_numpy(mean, sigma):
+    import numpy
+    data = numpy.random.normal(size=100000000).astype('float64')
+    s = (data - mean) ** 2 / (2 * (sigma ** 2))
+    pdfs = numpy.exp(- s)
+    pdfs /= numpy.sqrt(2 * numpy.pi) * sigma
+    return numpy.log(pdfs).sum()
+
+
+def run_with_executor(executor=None, mean=0.1, sigma=1.1, runs=32, **kwargs):
+    with executor(**kwargs) as exe:
+        future_lst = [exe.submit(llh_numpy, mean=mean, sigma=sigma) for i in range(runs)]
+        return [f.result() for f in future_lst]
+
+
+def run_static(mean=0.1, sigma=1.1, runs=32):
+    return [llh_numpy(mean=mean, sigma=sigma) for i in range(runs)]
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    run_mode = sys.argv[1]
+    start_time = time()
+    if run_mode == "static":
+        run_static(mean=0.1, sigma=1.1, runs=32)
+    elif run_mode == "process":
+        from concurrent.futures import ProcessPoolExecutor
+        run_with_executor(executor=ProcessPoolExecutor, mean=0.1, sigma=1.1, runs=32, max_workers=4)
+    elif run_mode == "thread":
+        from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
+        run_with_executor(executor=ThreadPoolExecutor, mean=0.1, sigma=1.1, runs=32, max_workers=4)
+    elif run_mode == "pympipool":
+        from pympipool.mpi.executor import PyMPIExecutor
+        run_with_executor(executor=PyMPIExecutor, mean=0.1, sigma=1.1, runs=32, max_workers=4)
+    elif run_mode == "flux":
+        from pympipool.flux.executor import PyFluxExecutor
+        run_with_executor(executor=PyFluxExecutor, mean=0.1, sigma=1.1, runs=32, max_workers=4)
+    elif run_mode == "mpi4py":
+        from mpi4py.futures import MPIPoolExecutor
+        run_with_executor(executor=MPIPoolExecutor, mean=0.1, sigma=1.1, runs=32, max_workers=4)
+    else:
+        raise ValueError(run_mode)
+    stop_time = time()
+    print(run_mode, stop_time-start_time)
diff --git a/tests/benchmark/test_results.py b/tests/benchmark/test_results.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3886cee9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/benchmark/test_results.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import unittest
+
+
+class TestResults(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_result(self):
+        with open("timing.log") as f:
+            content = f.readlines()
+        timing_dict = {l.split()[0]: float(l.split()[1]) for l in content}
+        self.assertEqual(min(timing_dict, key=timing_dict.get), "process")
+        self.assertEqual(max(timing_dict, key=timing_dict.get), "static")
+        self.assertTrue(timing_dict["process"] < timing_dict["pympipool"])
+        self.assertTrue(timing_dict["pympipool"] < timing_dict["process"] * 1.1)
+        self.assertTrue(timing_dict["process"] < timing_dict["mpi4py"])
+        self.assertTrue(timing_dict["pympipool"] < timing_dict["mpi4py"])
+        self.assertTrue(timing_dict["mpi4py"] < timing_dict["process"] * 1.15)
+        self.assertTrue(timing_dict["thread"] < timing_dict["static"])
+        self.assertTrue(timing_dict["mpi4py"] < timing_dict["thread"])