diff --git a/src/duplicacy_benchmark.go b/src/duplicacy_benchmark.go
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+// Copyright (c) Acrosync LLC. All rights reserved.
+// Free for personal use and commercial trial
+// Commercial use requires per-user licenses available from https://duplicacy.com
+
+package duplicacy
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"math/rand"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func benchmarkSplit(reader *bytes.Reader, fileSize int64, chunkSize int, compression bool, encryption bool, annotation string) {
+
+	config := CreateConfig()
+	config.CompressionLevel = DEFAULT_COMPRESSION_LEVEL
+	config.AverageChunkSize = chunkSize
+	config.MaximumChunkSize = chunkSize * 4
+	config.MinimumChunkSize = chunkSize / 4
+	config.ChunkSeed = []byte("duplicacy")
+
+	config.HashKey = DEFAULT_KEY
+	config.IDKey = DEFAULT_KEY
+
+	maker := CreateChunkMaker(config, false)
+
+	startTime := float64(time.Now().UnixNano()) / 1e9
+	numberOfChunks := 0
+	reader.Seek(0, os.SEEK_SET)
+	maker.ForEachChunk(reader,
+		func(chunk *Chunk, final bool) {
+			if compression {
+				key := ""
+				if encryption {
+					key = "0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef"
+				}
+				err := chunk.Encrypt([]byte(key), "")
+				if err != nil {
+					LOG_ERROR("BENCHMARK_ENCRYPT", "Failed to encrypt the chunk: %v", err)
+				}
+			}
+			config.PutChunk(chunk)
+			numberOfChunks++
+		},
+		func(size int64, hash string) (io.Reader, bool) {
+			return nil, false
+		})
+
+	runningTime := float64(time.Now().UnixNano())/1e9 - startTime
+	speed := int64(float64(fileSize) / runningTime)
+	LOG_INFO("BENCHMARK_SPLIT", "Split %s bytes into %d chunks %s in %.2fs: %s/s", PrettySize(fileSize), numberOfChunks, annotation,
+		runningTime, PrettySize(speed))
+
+	return
+}
+
+func benchmarkRun(threads int, chunkCount int, job func(threadIndex int, chunkIndex int)) {
+	indexChannel := make(chan int, chunkCount)
+	stopChannel := make(chan int, threads)
+	finishChannel := make(chan int, threads)
+
+	// Start the uploading goroutines
+	for i := 0; i < threads; i++ {
+		go func(threadIndex int) {
+			defer CatchLogException()
+			for {
+				select {
+				case chunkIndex := <-indexChannel:
+					job(threadIndex, chunkIndex)
+					finishChannel <- 0
+				case <-stopChannel:
+					return
+				}
+			}
+		}(i)
+	}
+
+	for i := 0; i < chunkCount; i++ {
+		indexChannel <- i
+	}
+
+	for i := 0; i < chunkCount; i++ {
+		<-finishChannel
+	}
+
+	for i := 0; i < threads; i++ {
+		stopChannel <- 0
+	}
+}
+
+func Benchmark(localDirectory string, storage Storage, fileSize int64, chunkSize int, chunkCount int, uploadThreads int, downloadThreads int) bool {
+
+	filename := filepath.Join(localDirectory, "benchmark.dat")
+
+	defer func() {
+		os.Remove(filename)
+	}()
+
+	LOG_INFO("BENCHMARK_GENERATE", "Generating %s byte random data in memory", PrettySize(fileSize))
+	data := make([]byte, fileSize)
+	_, err := rand.Read(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		LOG_ERROR("BENCHMARK_RAND", "Failed to generate random data: %v", err)
+		return false
+	}
+
+	startTime := float64(time.Now().UnixNano()) / 1e9
+	LOG_INFO("BENCHMARK_WRITE", "Writing random data to local disk")
+	err = ioutil.WriteFile(filename, data, 0600)
+	if err != nil {
+		LOG_ERROR("BENCHMARK_WRITE", "Failed to write the random data: %v", err)
+		return false
+	}
+
+	runningTime := float64(time.Now().UnixNano())/1e9 - startTime
+	speed := int64(float64(fileSize) / runningTime)
+	LOG_INFO("BENCHMARK_WRITE", "Wrote %s bytes in %.2fs: %s/s", PrettySize(fileSize), runningTime, PrettySize(speed))
+
+	startTime = float64(time.Now().UnixNano()) / 1e9
+	LOG_INFO("BENCHMARK_READ", "Reading the random data from local disk")
+	file, err := os.Open(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		LOG_ERROR("BENCHMARK_OPEN", "Failed to open the random data file: %v", err)
+		return false
+	}
+	segment := make([]byte, 1024*1024)
+	for err == nil {
+		_, err = file.Read(segment)
+	}
+	if err != io.EOF {
+		LOG_ERROR("BENCHMARK_OPEN", "Failed to read the random data file: %v", err)
+		return false
+	}
+	file.Close()
+	runningTime = float64(time.Now().UnixNano())/1e9 - startTime
+	speed = int64(float64(fileSize) / runningTime)
+	LOG_INFO("BENCHMARK_READ", "Read %s bytes in %.2fs: %s/s", PrettySize(fileSize), runningTime, PrettySize(speed))
+
+	buffer := bytes.NewReader(data)
+	benchmarkSplit(buffer, fileSize, chunkSize, false, false, "without compression/encryption")
+	benchmarkSplit(buffer, fileSize, chunkSize, true, false, "with compression but without encryption")
+	benchmarkSplit(buffer, fileSize, chunkSize, true, true, "with compression and encryption")
+
+	storage.CreateDirectory(0, "benchmark")
+	existingFiles, _, err := storage.ListFiles(0, "benchmark/")
+	if err != nil {
+		LOG_ERROR("BENCHMARK_LIST", "Failed to list the benchmark directory: %v", err)
+		return false
+	}
+
+	var existingChunks []string
+	for _, f := range existingFiles {
+		if len(f) > 0 && f[len(f)-1] != '/' {
+			existingChunks = append(existingChunks, "benchmark/"+f)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(existingChunks) > 0 {
+		LOG_INFO("BENCHMARK_DELETE", "Deleting %d temporary files from previous benchmark runs", len(existingChunks))
+		benchmarkRun(uploadThreads, len(existingChunks), func(threadIndex int, chunkIndex int) {
+			storage.DeleteFile(threadIndex, existingChunks[chunkIndex])
+		})
+	}
+
+	chunks := make([][]byte, chunkCount)
+	chunkHashes := make([]string, chunkCount)
+	LOG_INFO("BENCHMARK_GENERATE", "Generating %d chunks", chunkCount)
+	for i := 0; i < chunkCount; i++ {
+		chunks[i] = make([]byte, chunkSize)
+		_, err = rand.Read(chunks[i])
+		if err != nil {
+			LOG_ERROR("BENCHMARK_RAND", "Failed to generate random data: %v", err)
+			return false
+		}
+		hashInBytes := sha256.Sum256(chunks[i])
+		chunkHashes[i] = hex.EncodeToString(hashInBytes[:])
+
+	}
+
+	startTime = float64(time.Now().UnixNano()) / 1e9
+	benchmarkRun(uploadThreads, chunkCount, func(threadIndex int, chunkIndex int) {
+		err := storage.UploadFile(threadIndex, fmt.Sprintf("benchmark/chunk%d", chunkIndex), chunks[chunkIndex])
+		if err != nil {
+			LOG_ERROR("BENCHMARK_UPLOAD", "Failed to upload the chunk: %v", err)
+			return
+		}
+	})
+
+	runningTime = float64(time.Now().UnixNano())/1e9 - startTime
+	speed = int64(float64(chunkSize*chunkCount) / runningTime)
+	LOG_INFO("BENCHMARK_UPLOAD", "Uploaded %s bytes in %.2fs: %s/s", PrettySize(int64(chunkSize*chunkCount)), runningTime, PrettySize(speed))
+
+	config := CreateConfig()
+
+	startTime = float64(time.Now().UnixNano()) / 1e9
+	hashError := false
+	benchmarkRun(downloadThreads, chunkCount, func(threadIndex int, chunkIndex int) {
+		chunk := config.GetChunk()
+		chunk.Reset(false)
+		err := storage.DownloadFile(threadIndex, fmt.Sprintf("benchmark/chunk%d", chunkIndex), chunk)
+		if err != nil {
+			LOG_ERROR("BENCHMARK_DOWNLOAD", "Failed to download the chunk: %v", err)
+			return
+		}
+
+		hashInBytes := sha256.Sum256(chunk.GetBytes())
+		hash := hex.EncodeToString(hashInBytes[:])
+		if hash != chunkHashes[chunkIndex] {
+			LOG_WARN("BENCHMARK_HASH", "Chunk %d has mismatched hashes: %s != %s", chunkIndex, chunkHashes[chunkIndex], hash)
+			hashError = true
+		}
+
+		config.PutChunk(chunk)
+	})
+
+	runningTime = float64(time.Now().UnixNano())/1e9 - startTime
+	speed = int64(float64(chunkSize*chunkCount) / runningTime)
+	LOG_INFO("BENCHMARK_DOWNLOAD", "Downloaded %s bytes in %.2fs: %s/s", PrettySize(int64(chunkSize*chunkCount)), runningTime, PrettySize(speed))
+
+	if !hashError {
+		benchmarkRun(uploadThreads, chunkCount, func(threadIndex int, chunkIndex int) {
+			storage.DeleteFile(threadIndex, fmt.Sprintf("benchmark/chunk%d", chunkIndex))
+		})
+		LOG_INFO("BENCHMARK_DELETE", "Deleted %d temporary files from the storage", chunkCount)
+	}
+
+	return true
+}