diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3122aa7..5065afc 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,3 +6,8 @@ edition = "2018"
 license = "MIT"
 description = "REdis Syntax Protocol (RESP) parser library without any dependency."
 repository = "https://github.com/hbina/redis-protocol-parser"
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+bytes = "0.6.0"
+rand = "0.7.3"
+lazy_static = "1.4.0"
diff --git a/benches/decode.rs b/benches/decode.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c7471f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benches/decode.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,231 @@
+#![feature(test)]
+extern crate bytes;
+extern crate rand;
+extern crate redis_protocol_parser;
+extern crate test;
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate lazy_static;
+
+use bytes::BufMut;
+use bytes::BytesMut;
+use rand::Rng;
+
+/// Terminating bytes between frames.
+pub const CRLF: &str = "\r\n";
+/// Byte representation of a `null` value.
+pub const NULL: &str = "$-1\r\n";
+
+pub fn rand_chars(len: usize) -> String {
+    (0..len).map(|_| rand::random::<char>()).collect()
+}
+
+pub fn digits_in_number(d: usize) -> usize {
+    if d == 0 {
+        return 1;
+    }
+    ((d as f64).log10()).floor() as usize + 1
+}
+
+fn bulkstring_bytes(len: usize, buf: Option<BytesMut>) -> BytesMut {
+    let digits = digits_in_number(len);
+    let mut v = buf.unwrap_or(BytesMut::with_capacity(1 + digits + 2 + len + 2));
+    let s = rand_chars(len);
+
+    v.put_u8(b'$');
+    v.extend_from_slice(len.to_string().as_bytes());
+    v.extend_from_slice(CRLF.as_bytes());
+    v.extend_from_slice(s.as_bytes());
+    v.extend_from_slice(CRLF.as_bytes());
+    v
+}
+
+pub fn encode_null(buf: Option<BytesMut>) -> BytesMut {
+    let mut v = buf.unwrap_or(BytesMut::with_capacity(5));
+    v.extend_from_slice(NULL.as_bytes());
+    v
+}
+
+pub fn rand_array(len: usize, null_every: usize, str_len: usize) -> BytesMut {
+    let arr_len_digits = digits_in_number(len);
+    let str_len_digits = digits_in_number(str_len);
+
+    let mut buf = BytesMut::with_capacity(
+        1 + arr_len_digits + 2 + (len * (1 + str_len_digits + 2 + str_len + 2)),
+    );
+
+    (0..len).fold(buf, |mut buf, i| {
+        if i + 1 % null_every == 0 {
+            encode_null(Some(buf))
+        } else {
+            bulkstring_bytes(str_len, Some(buf))
+        }
+    })
+}
+
+pub fn decode_bytes(input: &[u8]) -> std::result::Result<(), redis_protocol_parser::RError<'_>> {
+    redis_protocol_parser::RedisProtocolParser::parse_resp(input)?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use test::{black_box, Bencher};
+
+    // bulkstring decoding
+
+    #[bench]
+    fn bench_decode_1kb_bulkstring(b: &mut Bencher) {
+        let buf = bulkstring_bytes(1024, None);
+
+        b.iter(|| {
+            black_box(decode_bytes(&buf));
+        });
+    }
+
+    #[bench]
+    fn bench_decode_10kb_bulkstring(b: &mut Bencher) {
+        let buf = bulkstring_bytes(10 * 1024, None);
+
+        b.iter(|| {
+            black_box(decode_bytes(&buf));
+        });
+    }
+
+    #[bench]
+    fn bench_decode_100kb_bulkstring(b: &mut Bencher) {
+        let buf = bulkstring_bytes(100 * 1024, None);
+
+        b.iter(|| {
+            black_box(decode_bytes(&buf));
+        });
+    }
+
+    #[bench]
+    fn bench_decode_1mb_bulkstring(b: &mut Bencher) {
+        let buf = bulkstring_bytes(1024 * 1024, None);
+
+        b.iter(|| {
+            black_box(decode_bytes(&buf));
+        });
+    }
+
+    #[bench]
+    fn bench_decode_10mb_bulkstring(b: &mut Bencher) {
+        let buf = bulkstring_bytes(10 * 1024 * 1024, None);
+
+        b.iter(|| {
+            black_box(decode_bytes(&buf));
+        });
+    }
+
+    // array decoding
+
+    #[bench]
+    fn bench_decode_array_len_10_no_nulls_1k_values(b: &mut Bencher) {
+        let buf = rand_array(10, 11, 1024);
+
+        b.iter(|| {
+            black_box(decode_bytes(&buf));
+        });
+    }
+
+    #[bench]
+    fn bench_decode_array_len_100_no_nulls_1k_values(b: &mut Bencher) {
+        let buf = rand_array(100, 101, 1024);
+
+        b.iter(|| {
+            black_box(decode_bytes(&buf));
+        });
+    }
+
+    #[bench]
+    fn bench_decode_array_len_1000_no_nulls_1k_values(b: &mut Bencher) {
+        let buf = rand_array(1000, 1001, 1024);
+
+        b.iter(|| {
+            black_box(decode_bytes(&buf));
+        });
+    }
+
+    #[bench]
+    fn bench_decode_array_len_10_no_nulls_10k_values(b: &mut Bencher) {
+        let buf = rand_array(10, 11, 10 * 1024);
+
+        b.iter(|| {
+            black_box(decode_bytes(&buf));
+        });
+    }
+
+    #[bench]
+    fn bench_decode_array_len_100_no_nulls_10k_values(b: &mut Bencher) {
+        let buf = rand_array(100, 101, 10 * 1024);
+
+        b.iter(|| {
+            black_box(decode_bytes(&buf));
+        });
+    }
+
+    #[bench]
+    fn bench_decode_array_len_1000_no_nulls_10k_values(b: &mut Bencher) {
+        let buf = rand_array(1000, 1001, 10 * 1024);
+
+        b.iter(|| {
+            black_box(decode_bytes(&buf));
+        });
+    }
+
+    #[bench]
+    fn bench_decode_array_len_10_half_nulls_1k_values(b: &mut Bencher) {
+        let buf = rand_array(10, 2, 1024);
+
+        b.iter(|| {
+            black_box(decode_bytes(&buf));
+        });
+    }
+
+    #[bench]
+    fn bench_decode_array_len_100_half_nulls_1k_values(b: &mut Bencher) {
+        let buf = rand_array(100, 2, 1024);
+
+        b.iter(|| {
+            black_box(decode_bytes(&buf));
+        });
+    }
+
+    #[bench]
+    fn bench_decode_array_len_1000_half_nulls_1k_values(b: &mut Bencher) {
+        let buf = rand_array(1000, 2, 1024);
+
+        b.iter(|| {
+            black_box(decode_bytes(&buf));
+        });
+    }
+
+    #[bench]
+    fn bench_decode_array_len_10_half_nulls_10k_values(b: &mut Bencher) {
+        let buf = rand_array(10, 2, 10 * 1024);
+
+        b.iter(|| {
+            black_box(decode_bytes(&buf));
+        });
+    }
+
+    #[bench]
+    fn bench_decode_array_len_100_half_nulls_10k_values(b: &mut Bencher) {
+        let buf = rand_array(100, 2, 10 * 1024);
+
+        b.iter(|| {
+            black_box(decode_bytes(&buf));
+        });
+    }
+
+    #[bench]
+    fn bench_decode_array_len_1000_half_nulls_10k_values(b: &mut Bencher) {
+        let buf = rand_array(1000, 2, 10 * 1024);
+
+        b.iter(|| {
+            black_box(decode_bytes(&buf));
+        });
+    }
+}