diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..215e0cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*.prof
+*.test
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 29ea2f5..4cc71b6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ cover: fmt
 	go tool cover -html=$(COVERPROFILE)
 	rm $(COVERPROFILE)
 
+cpuprofile: fmt
+	@go test -c
+	@./bolt.test -test.v -test.run="^X" -test.bench=$(BENCH) -test.cpuprofile cpu.prof
+
 fmt:
 	@go fmt ./...
 
@@ -25,4 +29,4 @@ test: fmt
 	@echo "=== RACE DETECTOR ==="
 	@go test -v -race -test.run=Parallel
 
-.PHONY: bench cloc cover fmt test
+.PHONY: bench cloc cover cpuprofile fmt memprofile test
diff --git a/db_test.go b/db_test.go
index 2b7975c..c8a8267 100644
--- a/db_test.go
+++ b/db_test.go
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ package bolt
 import (
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"math/rand"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -341,6 +343,29 @@ func TestDBString(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, db.GoString(), `bolt.DB{path:"/tmp/foo"}`)
 }
 
+// Benchmark the performance of single put transactions in random order.
+func BenchmarkDBPutSequential(b *testing.B) {
+	value := []byte(strings.Repeat("0", 64))
+	withOpenDB(func(db *DB, path string) {
+		db.CreateBucket("widgets")
+		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+			db.Put("widgets", []byte(strconv.Itoa(i)), value)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+// Benchmark the performance of single put transactions in random order.
+func BenchmarkDBPutRandom(b *testing.B) {
+	indexes := rand.Perm(b.N)
+	value := []byte(strings.Repeat("0", 64))
+	withOpenDB(func(db *DB, path string) {
+		db.CreateBucket("widgets")
+		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+			db.Put("widgets", []byte(strconv.Itoa(indexes[i])), value)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
 // withDB executes a function with a database reference.
 func withDB(fn func(*DB, string)) {
 	f, _ := ioutil.TempFile("", "bolt-")
diff --git a/rwtransaction_test.go b/rwtransaction_test.go
index 1635b45..e45ec10 100644
--- a/rwtransaction_test.go
+++ b/rwtransaction_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package bolt
 
 import (
+	"math/rand"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -140,3 +142,40 @@ func TestRWTransactionDeleteBucketNotFound(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, err, ErrBucketNotFound)
 	})
 }
+
+// Benchmark the performance of bulk put transactions in random order.
+func BenchmarkRWTransactionPutRandom(b *testing.B) {
+	indexes := rand.Perm(b.N)
+	value := []byte(strings.Repeat("0", 64))
+	withOpenDB(func(db *DB, path string) {
+		db.CreateBucket("widgets")
+		var txn *RWTransaction
+		var bucket *Bucket
+		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+			if i%1000 == 0 {
+				if txn != nil {
+					txn.Commit()
+				}
+				txn, _ = db.RWTransaction()
+				bucket = txn.Bucket("widgets")
+			}
+			bucket.Put([]byte(strconv.Itoa(indexes[i])), value)
+		}
+		txn.Commit()
+	})
+}
+
+// Benchmark the performance of bulk put transactions in sequential order.
+func BenchmarkRWTransactionPutSequential(b *testing.B) {
+	value := []byte(strings.Repeat("0", 64))
+	withOpenDB(func(db *DB, path string) {
+		db.CreateBucket("widgets")
+		db.Do(func(txn *RWTransaction) error {
+			bucket := txn.Bucket("widgets")
+			for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+				bucket.Put([]byte(strconv.Itoa(i)), value)
+			}
+			return nil
+		})
+	})
+}
diff --git a/transaction_test.go b/transaction_test.go
index 8cf9dfa..04cb44b 100644
--- a/transaction_test.go
+++ b/transaction_test.go
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@ package bolt
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"math/rand"
 	"os"
 	"sort"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"testing/quick"
 
@@ -228,3 +231,35 @@ func TestTransactionCursorIterateReverse(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	fmt.Fprint(os.Stderr, "\n")
 }
+
+// Benchmark the performance iterating over a cursor.
+func BenchmarkTransactionCursor(b *testing.B) {
+	indexes := rand.Perm(b.N)
+	value := []byte(strings.Repeat("0", 64))
+
+	withOpenDB(func(db *DB, path string) {
+		// Write data to bucket.
+		db.CreateBucket("widgets")
+		db.Do(func(txn *RWTransaction) error {
+			bucket := txn.Bucket("widgets")
+			for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+				bucket.Put([]byte(strconv.Itoa(indexes[i])), value)
+			}
+			return nil
+		})
+		b.ResetTimer()
+
+		// Iterate over bucket using cursor.
+		db.With(func(txn *Transaction) error {
+			count := 0
+			c := txn.Bucket("widgets").Cursor()
+			for k, _ := c.First(); k != nil; k, _ = c.Next() {
+				count++
+			}
+			if count != b.N {
+				b.Fatalf("wrong count: %d; expected: %d", count, b.N)
+			}
+			return nil
+		})
+	})
+}