diff --git a/Benchmarks/DualityBenchmarks/CloneProviderBenchmarks.cs b/Benchmarks/DualityBenchmarks/CloneProviderBenchmarks.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ccf86ccfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Benchmarks/DualityBenchmarks/CloneProviderBenchmarks.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+using System;
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Attributes;
+using Duality.Cloning;
+using Duality.Tests.Serialization;
+
+namespace DualityBenchmarks
+{
+	public class CloneProviderBenchmarks
+	{
+		[Benchmark]
+		public void CloneTestObjectGraph()
+		{
+			Random rnd = new Random(0);
+			TestObject data = new TestObject(rnd, 5);
+			TestObject[] results = new TestObject[200];
+
+			for (int i = 0; i < results.Length; i++)
+			{
+				results[i] = data.DeepClone();
+			}
+		}
+
+		[Benchmark(Baseline = true)]
+		public void CreateWithoutClone()
+		{
+			Random rnd = new Random(0);
+			TestObject[] results = new TestObject[200];
+			for (int i = 0; i < results.Length; i++)
+			{
+				results[i] = new TestObject(rnd, 5);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Benchmarks/DualityBenchmarks/DualityBenchmarks.csproj b/Benchmarks/DualityBenchmarks/DualityBenchmarks.csproj
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..67942ab67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Benchmarks/DualityBenchmarks/DualityBenchmarks.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+    <TargetFramework>net472</TargetFramework>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="BenchmarkDotNet" Version="0.12.1" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\Source\Core\Duality\Duality.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\Test\Core\DualityTests.csproj" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>
diff --git a/Benchmarks/DualityBenchmarks/Program.cs b/Benchmarks/DualityBenchmarks/Program.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5be4b2096
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Benchmarks/DualityBenchmarks/Program.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+using System;
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Running;
+
+namespace DualityBenchmarks
+{
+    class Program
+    {
+        static void Main(string[] args)
+        {
+			BenchmarkSwitcher.FromAssembly(typeof(Program).Assembly).Run(args);
+		}
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Duality.sln b/Duality.sln
index 74528fed4..566c206cc 100644
--- a/Duality.sln
+++ b/Duality.sln
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "DualityPhysics", "Source\Co
 EndProject
 Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "DualityTemplates", "Source\DualityTemplates\DualityTemplates.csproj", "{3AB26D57-70D9-40DE-B12D-6B1489035805}"
 EndProject
+Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "DualityBenchmarks", "Benchmarks\DualityBenchmarks\DualityBenchmarks.csproj", "{20985018-3635-478D-BA4F-6AF1E278C0AB}"
+EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
 		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
@@ -260,6 +262,10 @@ Global
 		{3AB26D57-70D9-40DE-B12D-6B1489035805}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
 		{3AB26D57-70D9-40DE-B12D-6B1489035805}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
 		{3AB26D57-70D9-40DE-B12D-6B1489035805}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{20985018-3635-478D-BA4F-6AF1E278C0AB}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{20985018-3635-478D-BA4F-6AF1E278C0AB}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{20985018-3635-478D-BA4F-6AF1E278C0AB}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{20985018-3635-478D-BA4F-6AF1E278C0AB}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
 		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
@@ -305,6 +311,7 @@ Global
 		{D220795D-8A59-432F-A8EC-CE9143DD07D5} = {9D215950-8E34-4070-914F-7B7D8A54ED6C}
 		{165D83B8-EAE8-4CDC-9003-E595D4225B8F} = {9D215950-8E34-4070-914F-7B7D8A54ED6C}
 		{5CA66347-C3DA-47DA-B07B-E2B89E6E712A} = {FC08D0D6-612E-4AD2-950C-8E9BA895D5D1}
+		{20985018-3635-478D-BA4F-6AF1E278C0AB} = {FC08D0D6-612E-4AD2-950C-8E9BA895D5D1}
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(ExtensibilityGlobals) = postSolution
 		SolutionGuid = {74E2A280-F2F3-400D-9CC2-7A91D6D3D15C}
diff --git a/Test/Core/Cloning/CloneProviderTest.cs b/Test/Core/Cloning/CloneProviderTest.cs
index 03ac3cea7..eb90fb957 100644
--- a/Test/Core/Cloning/CloneProviderTest.cs
+++ b/Test/Core/Cloning/CloneProviderTest.cs
@@ -511,37 +511,5 @@ [Test] public void PartialCloning()
 			provider.ClearCachedMapping();
 			Assert.DoesNotThrow(() => provider.CloneObject(targetStatic3, true));
 		}
-		[Test] public void PerformanceTest()
-		{
-			Random rnd = new Random(0);
-			TestObject data = new TestObject(rnd, 5);
-			TestObject[] results = new TestObject[200];
-
-			GC.Collect();
-
-			var watch = new System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch();
-			watch.Start();
-			for (int i = 0; i < results.Length; i++)
-			{
-				results[i] = data.DeepClone();
-			}
-			watch.Stop();
-			TestHelper.LogNumericTestResult(this, "CloneTestObjectGraph", watch.Elapsed.TotalMilliseconds, "ms");
-
-			GC.Collect();
-
-			var watch2 = new System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch();
-			watch2.Start();
-			for (int i = 0; i < results.Length; i++)
-			{
-				results[i] = new TestObject(rnd, 5);
-			}
-			watch2.Stop();
-			TestHelper.LogNumericTestResult(this, "CreateWithoutClone", watch2.Elapsed.TotalMilliseconds, "ms");
-			TestHelper.LogNumericTestResult(this, "CloneVersusRaw", watch.Elapsed.TotalMilliseconds / watch2.Elapsed.TotalMilliseconds, null);
-
-			GC.Collect();
-			Assert.Pass();
-		}
 	}
 }