diff --git a/bench/bench.js b/bench/bench.js
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+'use strict';
+
+module.exports = function bench(name) {
+  var start = process.hrtime();
+  return function end(ops) {
+    var elapsed = process.hrtime(start);
+    var time = elapsed[0] + elapsed[1] / 1e9;
+    var rate = ops / time;
+
+    console.log('%s: ops=%d, time=%d, rate=%s',
+      name, ops, time, rate.toFixed(5));
+  };
+};
diff --git a/bench/walletdb.js b/bench/walletdb.js
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+'use strict';
+
+var bn = require('bn.js');
+var bcoin = require('../').set('main');
+var constants = bcoin.protocol.constants;
+var network = bcoin.protocol.network;
+var utils = bcoin.utils;
+var assert = require('assert');
+var scriptTypes = constants.scriptTypes;
+var bench = require('./bench');
+
+var dummyInput = {
+  prevout: {
+    hash: constants.NULL_HASH,
+    index: 0
+  },
+  coin: {
+    version: 1,
+    height: 0,
+    value: 50460 * 4,
+    script: new bcoin.script([]),
+    coinbase: false,
+    hash: constants.NULL_HASH,
+    index: 0
+  },
+  script: new bcoin.script([]),
+  witness: new bcoin.witness([]),
+  sequence: 0xffffffff
+};
+
+var walletdb = new bcoin.walletdb({
+  name: 'wallet-test',
+  // location: __dirname + '/../walletdb-bench',
+  // db: 'leveldb'
+  db: 'memory'
+});
+var wallet;
+var addrs = [];
+
+function runBench(callback) {
+  utils.serial([
+    function(next) {
+      walletdb.create(function(err, w) {
+        assert.ifError(err);
+        wallet = w;
+        next();
+      });
+    },
+    function(next) {
+      var end = bench('accounts');
+      utils.forRange(0, 5000, function(i, next) {
+        wallet.createAccount({}, function(err, account) {
+          assert.ifError(err);
+          addrs.push(account.receiveAddress.getAddress());
+          next();
+        });
+      }, function(err) {
+        assert.ifError(err);
+        end(1000);
+        next();
+      });
+    },
+    function(next) {
+      var nonce = new bn(0);
+      var end;
+      utils.forRange(0, 100000, function(i, next) {
+        var t1 = bcoin.mtx()
+          .addOutput(addrs[(i + 0) % addrs.length], 50460)
+          .addOutput(addrs[(i + 1) % addrs.length], 50460)
+          .addOutput(addrs[(i + 2) % addrs.length], 50460)
+          .addOutput(addrs[(i + 3) % addrs.length], 50460);
+
+        t1.addInput(dummyInput);
+        nonce.addn(1);
+        t1.inputs[0].script.set(0, nonce);
+        t1.inputs[0].script.compile();
+
+        walletdb.addTX(t1.toTX(), function(err) {
+          assert.ifError(err);
+          next();
+        });
+      }, function(err) {
+        assert.ifError(err);
+        end(10000);
+        next();
+      });
+      end = bench('tx');
+    },
+    function(next) {
+      var end = bench('balance');
+      wallet.getBalance(function(err, balance) {
+        assert.ifError(err);
+        end(1);
+        next();
+      });
+    },
+    function(next) {
+      var end = bench('coins');
+      wallet.getCoins(function(err) {
+        assert.ifError(err);
+        end(1);
+        next();
+      });
+    },
+    function(next) {
+      var end = bench('create');
+      var options = {
+        rate: 10000,
+        outputs: [{
+          value: 50460,
+          address: addrs[0]
+        }]
+      };
+      wallet.createTX(options, function(err) {
+        assert.ifError(err);
+        end(1);
+        next();
+      });
+    }
+  ], function(err) {
+    assert.ifError(err);
+    callback();
+  });
+}
+
+walletdb.open(function(err) {
+  assert.ifError(err);
+  runBench(function(err) {
+    assert.ifError(err);
+    process.exit(0);
+  });
+});