diff --git a/tests/bench/.cargo/config.toml b/tests/bench/.cargo/config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38e6c8559
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/bench/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+[unstable]
+build-std = ["core"]
+build-std-features = ["panic_immediate_abort"]
+
+[target.'cfg(all(target_arch = "arm", target_os = "none"))']
+#runner = "../../sshprobe.sh"
+runner = "teleprobe local run --chip nRF52840_xxAA --elf"
+#runner = "teleprobe client run -s"
+#runner = "probe-rs run --chip nRF52840_xxAA"
+
+rustflags = [
+  # Code-size optimizations.
+  "-Z", "trap-unreachable=no",
+  "-C", "no-vectorize-loops",
+]
+
+[build]
+target = "thumbv7em-none-eabi"
+
+[env]
+DEFMT_LOG = "trace,embassy_hal_internal=debug,embassy_net_esp_hosted=debug,smoltcp=info"
diff --git a/tests/bench/Cargo.toml b/tests/bench/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4ae26db9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/bench/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+[package]
+edition = "2021"
+name = "embassy-bench"
+version = "0.1.0"
+license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
+
+[dependencies]
+teleprobe-meta = "1"
+embassy-executor = { version = "0.6.3", path = "../../embassy-executor", features = ["arch-cortex-m", "executor-thread", "defmt", "nightly"] }
+static_cell = { version = "2", features = ["nightly"] }
+defmt = "0.3"
+defmt-rtt = "0.4"
+cortex-m = { version = "0.7.6", features = ["critical-section-single-core"] }
+cortex-m-rt = "0.7.0"
+panic-probe = { version = "0.3", features = ["print-defmt"] }
+
+[profile.release]
+codegen-units = 1
+debug = 2
+incremental = false
+lto = "fat"
+opt-level = 's'
diff --git a/tests/bench/build.rs b/tests/bench/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b895e336b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/bench/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+use std::error::Error;
+
+fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+    println!("cargo:rustc-link-arg-bins=--nmagic");
+    println!("cargo:rustc-link-arg-bins=-Tlink.x");
+    println!("cargo:rustc-link-arg-bins=-Tdefmt.x");
+    println!("cargo:rustc-link-arg-bins=-Tteleprobe.x");
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/tests/bench/memory.x b/tests/bench/memory.x
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b06b64eb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/bench/memory.x
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+MEMORY
+{
+  FLASH : ORIGIN = 0x00810000, LENGTH = 192K
+  RAM   : ORIGIN = 0x20000000, LENGTH = 64K
+}
diff --git a/tests/bench/src/bin/selfwake.rs b/tests/bench/src/bin/selfwake.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..84a20661f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/bench/src/bin/selfwake.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#![no_std]
+#![no_main]
+teleprobe_meta::target!(b"nrf52840-dk");
+
+use core::future::Future;
+use core::pin::Pin;
+use core::task::{Context, Poll};
+
+use cortex_m_rt::{entry, exception};
+use defmt::{info, unwrap};
+use embassy_executor::raw::TaskStorage;
+use embassy_executor::Executor;
+use static_cell::StaticCell;
+use {defmt_rtt as _, panic_probe as _};
+
+static mut COUNTER: u32 = 0;
+
+#[exception]
+fn SysTick() -> ! {
+    let c = unsafe { COUNTER };
+    info!("Test OK, count={=u32}, cycles={=u32}", c, 0x00ffffff * 100 / c);
+    cortex_m::asm::bkpt();
+    loop {}
+}
+
+struct Task1 {}
+impl Future for Task1 {
+    type Output = ();
+
+    fn poll(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Self::Output> {
+        unsafe { COUNTER += 1 };
+        cx.waker().wake_by_ref();
+        Poll::Pending
+    }
+}
+
+static EXECUTOR: StaticCell<Executor> = StaticCell::new();
+static TASK1: TaskStorage<Task1> = TaskStorage::new();
+
+#[entry]
+fn main() -> ! {
+    info!("Hello World!");
+
+    //let _p = embassy_nrf::init(Default::default());
+    let executor = EXECUTOR.init(Executor::new());
+    executor.run(|spawner| {
+        unwrap!(spawner.spawn(TASK1.spawn(|| Task1 {})));
+
+        let mut systick: cortex_m::peripheral::SYST = unsafe { core::mem::transmute(()) };
+        systick.disable_counter();
+        systick.set_clock_source(cortex_m::peripheral::syst::SystClkSource::Core);
+        systick.set_reload(0x00ffffff);
+        systick.enable_interrupt();
+        systick.enable_counter();
+    });
+}