diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core.Test/NzbDrone.Core.Test.csproj b/NzbDrone.Core.Test/NzbDrone.Core.Test.csproj
index 068d76fb8..164ca5c6b 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core.Test/NzbDrone.Core.Test.csproj
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core.Test/NzbDrone.Core.Test.csproj
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
     </Reference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="dbBenchmark.cs" />
     <Compile Include="InventoryProvider_IsMonitoredTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="DownloadProviderTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="EpisodeSearchJobTest.cs" />
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core.Test/dbBenchmark.cs b/NzbDrone.Core.Test/dbBenchmark.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4510f78de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core.Test/dbBenchmark.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading;
+using FizzWare.NBuilder;
+using Gallio.Framework;
+using MbUnit.Framework;
+using MbUnit.Framework.ContractVerifiers;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Repository;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Test.Framework;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Test
+{
+    [TestFixture]
+    // ReSharper disable InconsistentNaming
+    public class DbBenchmark
+    {
+        const int COUNT = 10000;
+        private List<Episode> episodes;
+        private List<EpisodeFile> files;
+
+
+        [SetUp]
+        public void Setup()
+        {
+
+
+            episodes = new List<Episode>(COUNT);
+            files = new List<EpisodeFile>(COUNT);
+
+            for (int i = 10; i < COUNT + 10; i++)
+            {
+                var file = Builder<EpisodeFile>.CreateNew().With(c => c.EpisodeFileId = i).Build();
+                files.Add(file);
+
+                var episode = Builder<Episode>.CreateNew()
+                    .With(c => c.EpisodeId = i)
+                    .And(c => c.EpisodeFileId = i)
+                    .And(c => c.Title = DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString())
+                    .And(
+                        c =>
+                        c.Overview =
+                        @"This adds support for silverlight. Both the 3.5 CLR and a Silverlight 3 
+                version are included in the zip file. Also includes some other very minor bug fixes.").Build();
+
+                episodes.Add(episode);
+            }
+        }
+
+
+
+        [Test]
+        public void Insert_into_episodes()
+        {
+            var repo = MockLib.GetEmptyRepository();
+
+            Thread.Sleep(1000);
+            var sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+            repo.AddMany(episodes);
+            sw.Stop();
+
+            Console.WriteLine("Adding " + COUNT + " items at once took " + sw.Elapsed);
+        }
+
+
+        [Test]
+        public void Insert_into_episodes_single()
+        {
+            var repo = MockLib.GetEmptyRepository();
+
+            Thread.Sleep(1000);
+            var sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++)
+            {
+                repo.Add(episodes[i]);
+            }
+
+            sw.Stop();
+
+            Console.WriteLine("Adding " + 100 + " single items took " + sw.Elapsed);
+        }
+
+
+        [Test]
+        public void get_episode_file()
+        {
+            var repo = MockLib.GetEmptyRepository();
+
+            repo.AddMany(episodes);
+            repo.AddMany(files);
+
+            //var repoEpisodes = repo.All<Episode>().ToList();
+
+            Thread.Sleep(1000);
+
+            var count = 0;
+
+            var random = new Random();
+
+            var sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+
+
+
+            for (int i = 5000; i < 5000 + 1000; i++)
+            {
+                count++;
+                var file = repo.Single<Episode>(random.Next(0, COUNT)).EpisodeFile;
+            }
+
+
+            sw.Stop();
+
+            Console.WriteLine("Getting " + count + " episode files took " + sw.Elapsed);
+        }
+    }
+}