diff --git a/src/SamplesApp/Benchmarks.Shared/Benchmarks.Shared.projitems b/src/SamplesApp/Benchmarks.Shared/Benchmarks.Shared.projitems
index f01a634a8588..ee83a871be78 100644
--- a/src/SamplesApp/Benchmarks.Shared/Benchmarks.Shared.projitems
+++ b/src/SamplesApp/Benchmarks.Shared/Benchmarks.Shared.projitems
@@ -19,11 +19,13 @@
     </Page>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)Controls\BenchmarkUIHost.cs" />
     <Compile Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)Suite\SpanBench\SimpleSpanBenchmark.cs" />
     <Compile Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)Controls\BenchmarkDotNetControl.xaml.cs" />
     <Compile Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)Controls\BenchmarkDotNetTestsPage.xaml.cs" />
     <Compile Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)Suite\Windows_UI_Xaml\ResourceDictionaryBench\XamlControlsResourcesCreationBenchmark.cs" />
     <Compile Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)Suite\Windows_UI_Xaml\ResourceDictionaryBench\XamlControlsResourcesCreationRetrievalBenchmark.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)Suite\Windows_UI_Xaml_Controls\UIElementPerf\LoadUnloadPerf.cs" />
     <Compile Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)Suite\Windows_UI_Xaml_Controls\DependencyPropertyBench\SimpleDPBenchmark.cs" />
     <Compile Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)Suite\Windows_UI_Xaml_Controls\UIElementPerf\UIElementCreationBenchmark.cs" />
     <Compile Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)Suite\Windows_UI_Xaml_Controls\GridBench\SimpleGridBenchmark.cs" />
diff --git a/src/SamplesApp/Benchmarks.Shared/Controls/BenchmarkDotNetControl.xaml b/src/SamplesApp/Benchmarks.Shared/Controls/BenchmarkDotNetControl.xaml
index e052276123a5..7e1baf49b419 100644
--- a/src/SamplesApp/Benchmarks.Shared/Controls/BenchmarkDotNetControl.xaml
+++ b/src/SamplesApp/Benchmarks.Shared/Controls/BenchmarkDotNetControl.xaml
@@ -25,14 +25,22 @@
 				<TextBlock x:Name="runStatus"
 						   Text="Not initialized" />
 			</StackPanel>
-			<ScrollViewer Grid.Row="1"
-						  Background="Black"
-						  Padding="12">
+			<Grid Grid.Row="1">
+			  <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
+				<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
+				<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
+			  </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
+			  <ScrollViewer Grid.Column="0"
+							Background="Black"
+							Padding="12">
 				<TextBlock x:Name="runLogs"
+						   Grid.Column="1"
 						   FontFamily="Courier New"
 						   FontSize="12"
 						   IsTextSelectionEnabled="True" />
-			</ScrollViewer>
+			  </ScrollViewer>
+			  <ContentControl x:Name="testHost" />
+			</Grid>
 		</Grid>
 	</Grid>
 </UserControl>
diff --git a/src/SamplesApp/Benchmarks.Shared/Controls/BenchmarkDotNetControl.xaml.cs b/src/SamplesApp/Benchmarks.Shared/Controls/BenchmarkDotNetControl.xaml.cs
index 1b00bc1863a1..0fba9c07b52b 100644
--- a/src/SamplesApp/Benchmarks.Shared/Controls/BenchmarkDotNetControl.xaml.cs
+++ b/src/SamplesApp/Benchmarks.Shared/Controls/BenchmarkDotNetControl.xaml.cs
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ private async Task Run()
 			{
 				var config = new CoreConfig(_logger);
 
+				BenchmarkUIHost.Root = FindName("testHost") as ContentControl;
+
 				await SetStatus("Discovering benchmarks in " + BenchmarksBaseNamespace);
 				var types = EnumerateBenchmarks(config).ToArray();
 
@@ -65,11 +67,15 @@ private async Task Run()
 
 				await SetStatus($"Done.");
 			}
-			catch(Exception e)
+			catch (Exception e)
 			{
 				await SetStatus($"Failed {e?.Message}");
 				_logger.WriteLine(LogKind.Error, e?.ToString());
 			}
+			finally
+			{
+				BenchmarkUIHost.Root = null;
+			}
 		}
 
 		private async Task SetStatus(string status)
diff --git a/src/SamplesApp/Benchmarks.Shared/Controls/BenchmarkUIHost.cs b/src/SamplesApp/Benchmarks.Shared/Controls/BenchmarkUIHost.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d77cef8d50c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SamplesApp/Benchmarks.Shared/Controls/BenchmarkUIHost.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+using Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls;
+
+namespace Benchmarks.Shared.Controls
+{
+	internal class BenchmarkUIHost
+	{
+		public static ContentControl Root { get; internal set; }
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/SamplesApp/Benchmarks.Shared/Suite/Windows_UI_Xaml_Controls/UIElementPerf/LoadUnloadPerf.cs b/src/SamplesApp/Benchmarks.Shared/Suite/Windows_UI_Xaml_Controls/UIElementPerf/LoadUnloadPerf.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0255371506fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SamplesApp/Benchmarks.Shared/Suite/Windows_UI_Xaml_Controls/UIElementPerf/LoadUnloadPerf.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Attributes;
+using Benchmarks.Shared.Controls;
+using Windows.Foundation;
+using Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls;
+
+namespace SamplesApp.Benchmarks.Suite.Windows_UI_Xaml_Controls.GridBench
+{
+	public class LoadUnloadBenchmark
+	{
+		[Params(5, 10, 30)]
+		public int Depth { get; set; }
+
+		private Grid SUT;
+
+		[GlobalSetup]
+		public void Setup()
+		{
+			SUT = CreateHierachy();
+		}
+
+		[Benchmark()]
+		public void BasicLoadUnload()
+		{
+			var item = CreateHierachy();
+
+			for (int i = 0; i < 50; i++)
+			{
+				BenchmarkUIHost.Root.Content = item;
+				BenchmarkUIHost.Root.Content = null;
+			}
+		}
+
+		private Grid CreateHierachy()
+		{
+			var top = new Grid();
+			var current = top;
+
+			for (int i = 0; i < Depth; i++)
+			{
+				var n = new Grid();
+				current.Children.Add(n);
+				current = n;
+			}
+
+			current.Children.Add(new TextBlock() { Text = "test" });
+
+			return top;
+		}
+	}
+}