diff --git a/benchmarks/atomic_test.go b/benchmarks/atomic_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5fe4832df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/atomic_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package benchmarks
+
+import (
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"testing"
+	"unsafe"
+)
+
+func BenchmarkAtomicUintPtr(b *testing.B) {
+	b.StopTimer()
+	pointers := make([]uintptr, 1000)
+	b.Log(unsafe.Sizeof(pointers[0]))
+	b.StartTimer()
+
+	for j := 0; j < b.N; j++ {
+		atomic.StoreUintptr(&pointers[j%1000], uintptr(j))
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkAtomicPointer(b *testing.B) {
+	b.StopTimer()
+	pointers := make([]unsafe.Pointer, 1000)
+	b.Log(unsafe.Sizeof(pointers[0]))
+	b.StartTimer()
+
+	for j := 0; j < b.N; j++ {
+		atomic.StorePointer(&pointers[j%1000], unsafe.Pointer(uintptr(j)))
+	}
+}
diff --git a/benchmarks/mem_test.go b/benchmarks/mem_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3309e1dbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/mem_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+package mmm
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"os"
+	"syscall"
+	"testing"
+	"unsafe"
+
+	. "github.com/tendermint/go-common"
+)
+
+func BenchmarkMmapCopyMmap(b *testing.B) {
+	b.StopTimer()
+	size := 1 << (10 * 3)
+	bytes1, err := makeMmap(b, size)
+	if err != nil {
+		b.Error(err)
+		return
+	}
+	bytes2, err := makeMmap(b, size)
+	if err != nil {
+		b.Error(err)
+		return
+	}
+	b.StartTimer()
+
+	for j := 0; j < b.N; j++ {
+		for i := 0; i < size; i++ {
+			bytes2[i] = bytes1[i]
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkMmapCopyFile128Buf(b *testing.B) {
+	b.StopTimer()
+	size := 1 << (10 * 3)
+	bytes1, err := makeMmap(b, size)
+	if err != nil {
+		b.Error(err)
+		return
+	}
+	file, err := os.OpenFile(Fmt("temp-%v", RandStr(4)), os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_APPEND, 0600)
+	if err != nil {
+		b.Error(err)
+		return
+	}
+	buf := bufio.NewWriter(file)
+	b.StartTimer()
+
+	for j := 0; j < b.N; j++ {
+		for i := 0; i < size; i += 128 {
+			buf.Write(bytes1[i : i+128])
+		}
+		buf.Flush()
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkMmapCopyFile1024Buf(b *testing.B) {
+	b.StopTimer()
+	size := 1 << (10 * 3)
+	bytes1, err := makeMmap(b, size)
+	if err != nil {
+		b.Error(err)
+		return
+	}
+	file, err := os.OpenFile(Fmt("temp-%v", RandStr(4)), os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_APPEND, 0600)
+	if err != nil {
+		b.Error(err)
+		return
+	}
+	buf := bufio.NewWriter(file)
+	b.StartTimer()
+
+	for j := 0; j < b.N; j++ {
+		for i := 0; i < size; i += 1024 {
+			buf.Write(bytes1[i : i+1024])
+		}
+		buf.Flush()
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkMmapCopyFile4096(b *testing.B) {
+	b.StopTimer()
+	size := 1 << (10 * 3)
+	bytes1, err := makeMmap(b, size)
+	if err != nil {
+		b.Error(err)
+		return
+	}
+	file, err := os.OpenFile(Fmt("temp-%v", RandStr(4)), os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_APPEND, 0600)
+	if err != nil {
+		b.Error(err)
+		return
+	}
+	b.StartTimer()
+
+	for j := 0; j < b.N; j++ {
+		for i := 0; i < size; i += 4096 {
+			file.Write(bytes1[i : i+4096])
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Commented out, this is slower, and unsafe.
+func _BenchmarkMmapCopyMmap64(b *testing.B) {
+	b.StopTimer()
+	size := 1 << (10 * 3)
+	bytes1, err := makeMmap(b, size)
+	if err != nil {
+		b.Error(err)
+		return
+	}
+	bytes2, err := makeMmap(b, size)
+	if err != nil {
+		b.Error(err)
+		return
+	}
+	bytes1_64 := *(*[]uint64)(unsafe.Pointer(&bytes1))
+	bytes2_64 := *(*[]uint64)(unsafe.Pointer(&bytes2))
+	b.StartTimer()
+
+	for j := 0; j < b.N; j++ {
+		for i := 0; i < size/8; i++ {
+			bytes2_64[i] = bytes1_64[i]
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func makeMmap(b *testing.B, size int) ([]byte, error) {
+	b.Log("Setting up v mmap region, size:", size)
+	bytes1, err := syscall.Mmap(
+		0, 0, size,
+		syscall.PROT_READ|syscall.PROT_WRITE,
+		mmapFlags,
+	)
+	b.Log("Initializing region")
+	for i := 0; i < size; i++ {
+		bytes1[i] = byte((i + 13) % 256)
+	}
+	b.Log("Done")
+	return bytes1, err
+}