diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index 8ca60d5a0a..cfe2566c74 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ name = "gen_keys"
 [[bench]]
 name = "sigverify"
 
+[[bench]]
+name = "sigverify_stage"
+
 [[bench]]
 required-features = ["chacha"]
 name = "chacha"
diff --git a/core/benches/sigverify_stage.rs b/core/benches/sigverify_stage.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0b95e5b1c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/benches/sigverify_stage.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+#![feature(test)]
+
+extern crate solana;
+extern crate test;
+
+use log::*;
+use rand::{thread_rng, Rng};
+use solana::packet::to_packets_chunked;
+use solana::service::Service;
+use solana::sigverify_stage::SigVerifyStage;
+use solana::test_tx::test_tx;
+use solana_sdk::hash::Hash;
+use solana_sdk::signature::{Keypair, KeypairUtil};
+use solana_sdk::system_transaction;
+use solana_sdk::timing::duration_as_ms;
+use std::sync::mpsc::channel;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use test::Bencher;
+
+#[bench]
+fn bench_sigverify_stage(bencher: &mut Bencher) {
+    solana_logger::setup();
+    let (packet_s, packet_r) = channel();
+    let (verified_s, verified_r) = channel();
+    let sigverify_disabled = false;
+    let stage = SigVerifyStage::new(packet_r, sigverify_disabled, verified_s);
+
+    let now = Instant::now();
+    let len = 4096;
+    let use_same_tx = true;
+    let chunk_size = 1024;
+    let mut batches = if use_same_tx {
+        let tx = test_tx();
+        to_packets_chunked(&vec![tx; len], chunk_size)
+    } else {
+        let from_keypair = Keypair::new();
+        let to_keypair = Keypair::new();
+        let txs: Vec<_> = (0..len)
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|_| {
+                let amount = thread_rng().gen();
+                let tx = system_transaction::transfer(
+                    &from_keypair,
+                    &to_keypair.pubkey(),
+                    amount,
+                    Hash::default(),
+                    0,
+                );
+                tx
+            })
+            .collect();
+        to_packets_chunked(&txs, chunk_size)
+    };
+
+    trace!(
+        "starting... generation took: {} ms batches: {}",
+        duration_as_ms(&now.elapsed()),
+        batches.len()
+    );
+    bencher.iter(move || {
+        let mut sent_len = 0;
+        for _ in 0..batches.len() {
+            if let Some(batch) = batches.pop() {
+                sent_len += batch.packets.len();
+                packet_s.send(batch).unwrap();
+            }
+        }
+        let mut received = 0;
+        //trace!("sent: {}", sent_len);
+        loop {
+            if let Ok(mut verifieds) = verified_r.recv_timeout(Duration::from_millis(10)) {
+                while let Some(v) = verifieds.pop() {
+                    received += v.0.packets.len();
+                    batches.push(v.0);
+                }
+                if received >= sent_len {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        //trace!("received: {}", received);
+    });
+    stage.join().unwrap();
+}