diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e96c60949..975aec7cb 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3426,6 +3426,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64 0.10.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "bincode 1.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "clap 2.33.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "rayon 1.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde 1.0.101 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_derive 1.0.101 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_json 1.0.41 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -3436,6 +3437,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "solana-stake-api 0.20.0",
  "solana-storage-api 0.20.0",
  "solana-vote-api 0.20.0",
+ "sys-info 0.5.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "tempfile 3.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
diff --git a/genesis/Cargo.toml b/genesis/Cargo.toml
index af7ac4fba..d225ff389 100644
--- a/genesis/Cargo.toml
+++ b/genesis/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,3 +23,5 @@ solana-stake-api = { path = "../programs/stake_api", version = "0.20.0" }
 solana-storage-api = { path = "../programs/storage_api", version = "0.20.0" }
 solana-vote-api = { path = "../programs/vote_api", version = "0.20.0" }
 tempfile = "3.1.0"
+sys-info = "0.5.8"
+rayon = "1.2.0"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/genesis/src/main.rs b/genesis/src/main.rs
index 0882ff606..685d34f98 100644
--- a/genesis/src/main.rs
+++ b/genesis/src/main.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 use base64;
 use clap::{crate_description, crate_name, crate_version, value_t_or_exit, App, Arg};
+use rayon::iter::{IntoParallelIterator, ParallelIterator};
 use solana_core::blocktree::create_new_ledger;
 use solana_genesis::PrimordialAccountDetails;
 use solana_sdk::{
@@ -376,12 +377,18 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn error::Error>> {
 
     match matches.value_of("hashes_per_tick").unwrap() {
         "auto" => {
-            let mut v = Hash::default();
-            println!("Running 1 million hashes...");
+            let v = Hash::default();
+            // calculate hash rate with the system under maximum load
+            println!("Running 1 million hashes in parallel on all threads...");
             let start = Instant::now();
-            for _ in 0..1_000_000 {
-                v = hash(&v.as_ref());
-            }
+            (0..sys_info::cpu_num().unwrap())
+                .into_par_iter()
+                .for_each_with(v, |v, _| {
+                    for _ in 0..1_000_000 {
+                        *v = hash(&v.as_ref());
+                    }
+                });
+
             let end = Instant::now();
             let elapsed = end.duration_since(start).as_millis();