diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2f3cb33d..b1a41919 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Auto generated files
+build/*
 *.slo
 *.lo
 *.o
diff --git a/bench/Makefile b/bench/Makefile
index 418a5285..c619a5ae 100644
--- a/bench/Makefile
+++ b/bench/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,15 @@ CXXFLAGS	= -march=native -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -std=c++11 -pthread -I../includ
 CXX_RELEASE_FLAGS = -O3 -flto -DNDEBUG
 
 
-binaries=spdlog-bench spdlog-bench-mt spdlog-async spdlog-null-async boost-bench boost-bench-mt glog-bench glog-bench-mt g2log-async easylogging-bench easylogging-bench-mt
+#         g2log-async
+binaries=spdlog-bench spdlog-bench-mt spdlog-async spdlog-null-async \
+         boost-bench boost-bench-mt \
+         glog-bench glog-bench-mt \
+         g3log-async \
+         p7-bench p7-bench-mt \
+         log4cpp-bench log4cpp-bench-mt \
+         log4cplus-bench log4cplus-bench-mt \
+         easylogging-bench easylogging-bench-mt
 
 all: $(binaries)
 
@@ -16,13 +24,10 @@ spdlog-bench-mt: spdlog-bench-mt.cpp
 spdlog-async: spdlog-async.cpp
 	$(CXX) spdlog-async.cpp -o spdlog-async  $(CXXFLAGS) $(CXX_RELEASE_FLAGS)
 
-
 spdlog-null-async: spdlog-null-async.cpp
 	$(CXX) spdlog-null-async.cpp -o spdlog-null-async $(CXXFLAGS) $(CXX_RELEASE_FLAGS)
 
-	
-	
-BOOST_FLAGS	= -DBOOST_LOG_DYN_LINK  -I/usr/include -lboost_log  -lboost_log_setup -lboost_filesystem -lboost_system -lboost_thread -lboost_regex -lboost_date_time -lboost_chrono
+BOOST_FLAGS	= -DBOOST_LOG_DYN_LINK -I$(HOME)/include -I/usr/include -L$(HOME)/lib -lboost_log_setup -lboost_log -lboost_filesystem -lboost_system -lboost_thread -lboost_regex -lboost_date_time -lboost_chrono
 
 boost-bench: boost-bench.cpp
 	$(CXX) boost-bench.cpp -o boost-bench $(CXXFLAGS) $(BOOST_FLAGS) $(CXX_RELEASE_FLAGS)
@@ -30,21 +35,43 @@ boost-bench: boost-bench.cpp
 boost-bench-mt: boost-bench-mt.cpp
 	$(CXX) boost-bench-mt.cpp -o boost-bench-mt $(CXXFLAGS) $(BOOST_FLAGS) $(CXX_RELEASE_FLAGS)	
 
-
-GLOG_FLAGS = -lglog
+GLOG_FLAGS = -I$(HOME)/include -L$(HOME)/lib -lglog
 glog-bench: glog-bench.cpp
 	$(CXX) glog-bench.cpp -o glog-bench $(CXXFLAGS) $(GLOG_FLAGS) $(CXX_RELEASE_FLAGS)
 	
 glog-bench-mt: glog-bench-mt.cpp
 	$(CXX) glog-bench-mt.cpp -o glog-bench-mt $(CXXFLAGS) $(GLOG_FLAGS) $(CXX_RELEASE_FLAGS)	
 
-
-G2LOG_FLAGS = -I/home/gabi/devel/g2log/g2log/src -L/home/gabi/devel/g2log/g2log -llib_g2logger 
+G2LOG_FLAGS = -I$(HOME)/include -L$(HOME)/lib -llib_g2logger 
 g2log-async: g2log-async.cpp
 	$(CXX) g2log-async.cpp -o g2log-async $(CXXFLAGS) $(G2LOG_FLAGS) $(CXX_RELEASE_FLAGS)
 	
+G3LOG_FLAGS = -I$(HOME)/include -L$(HOME)/lib -lg3logger
+g3log-async: g3log-async.cpp
+	$(CXX) g3log-async.cpp -o g3log-async $(CXXFLAGS) $(G3LOG_FLAGS) $(CXX_RELEASE_FLAGS)
 
-EASYL_FLAGS = -I../../easylogging/src/
+P7_FLAGS = -I$(HOME)/P7/Headers -I$(HOME)/include -L$(HOME)/lib -lP7
+p7-bench: p7-bench.cpp
+	$(CXX) p7-bench.cpp -o p7-bench $(CXXFLAGS) $(P7_FLAGS) $(CXX_RELEASE_FLAGS)
+
+p7-bench-mt: p7-bench-mt.cpp
+	$(CXX) p7-bench-mt.cpp -o p7-bench-mt $(CXXFLAGS) $(P7_FLAGS) $(CXX_RELEASE_FLAGS)
+
+LOG4CPP_FLAGS = -I$(HOME)/include -L$(HOME)/lib -llog4cpp
+log4cpp-bench: log4cpp-bench.cpp
+	$(CXX) log4cpp-bench.cpp -o log4cpp-bench $(CXXFLAGS) $(LOG4CPP_FLAGS) $(CXX_RELEASE_FLAGS)
+
+log4cpp-bench-mt: log4cpp-bench-mt.cpp
+	$(CXX) log4cpp-bench-mt.cpp -o log4cpp-bench-mt $(CXXFLAGS) $(LOG4CPP_FLAGS) $(CXX_RELEASE_FLAGS)
+
+LOG4CPLUS_FLAGS = -I$(HOME)/include -L$(HOME)/lib -llog4cplus
+log4cplus-bench: log4cplus-bench.cpp
+	$(CXX) log4cplus-bench.cpp -o log4cplus-bench $(CXXFLAGS) $(LOG4CPLUS_FLAGS) $(CXX_RELEASE_FLAGS)
+
+log4cplus-bench-mt: log4cplus-bench-mt.cpp
+	$(CXX) log4cplus-bench-mt.cpp -o log4cplus-bench-mt $(CXXFLAGS) $(LOG4CPLUS_FLAGS) $(CXX_RELEASE_FLAGS)
+
+EASYL_FLAGS = -I$(HOME)/easyloggingpp/src
 easylogging-bench: easylogging-bench.cpp
 	$(CXX) easylogging-bench.cpp -o easylogging-bench $(CXXFLAGS) $(EASYL_FLAGS) $(CXX_RELEASE_FLAGS)
 easylogging-bench-mt: easylogging-bench-mt.cpp
@@ -55,8 +82,4 @@ easylogging-bench-mt: easylogging-bench-mt.cpp
 clean:
 	rm -f *.o logs/* $(binaries)
 
-
 rebuild: clean all
-
-
-
diff --git a/bench/boost-bench-mt.cpp b/bench/boost-bench-mt.cpp
index 73219b91..3a6eeea8 100644
--- a/bench/boost-bench-mt.cpp
+++ b/bench/boost-bench-mt.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 //
 
 #include <atomic>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <iostream>
 #include <thread>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -23,7 +25,7 @@ namespace keywords = boost::log::keywords;
 
 void init()
 {
-    logging::add_file_log(keywords::file_name = "logs/boost-sample_%N.log", /*< file name pattern >*/
+    logging::add_file_log(keywords::file_name = "logs/boost-bench-mt_%N.log", /*< file name pattern >*/
         keywords::auto_flush = false, keywords::format = "[%TimeStamp%]: %Message%");
 
     logging::core::get()->set_filter(logging::trivial::severity >= logging::trivial::info);
@@ -33,6 +35,9 @@ using namespace std;
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
+    using namespace std::chrono;
+    using clock = steady_clock;
+
     int thread_count = 10;
     if (argc > 1)
         thread_count = atoi(argv[1]);
@@ -49,6 +54,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     std::atomic<int> msg_counter{0};
     vector<thread> threads;
 
+    auto start = clock::now();
     for (int t = 0; t < thread_count; ++t)
     {
         threads.push_back(std::thread([&]() {
@@ -65,7 +71,17 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     for (auto &t : threads)
     {
         t.join();
-    };
+    }
+
+    duration<float> delta = clock::now() - start;
+    float deltaf = delta.count();
+    auto rate = howmany / deltaf;
+
+    std::cout << "Total: " << howmany << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Threads: " << thread_count << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Delta = " << deltaf << " seconds" << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Rate = " << rate << "/sec" << std::endl;
+
 
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/bench/boost-bench.cpp b/bench/boost-bench.cpp
index cb432578..334fcb93 100644
--- a/bench/boost-bench.cpp
+++ b/bench/boost-bench.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 // Copyright(c) 2015 Gabi Melman.
 // Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
 //
+
+#include <chrono>
+#include <iostream>
+
 #include <boost/log/core.hpp>
 #include <boost/log/expressions.hpp>
 #include <boost/log/sinks/text_file_backend.hpp>
@@ -18,22 +22,35 @@ namespace keywords = boost::log::keywords;
 
 void init()
 {
-    logging::add_file_log(keywords::file_name = "logs/boost-sample_%N.log", /*< file name pattern >*/
+    logging::add_file_log(keywords::file_name = "logs/boost-bench_%N.log", /*< file name pattern >*/
         keywords::auto_flush = false, keywords::format = "[%TimeStamp%]: %Message%");
 
     logging::core::get()->set_filter(logging::trivial::severity >= logging::trivial::info);
 }
 
-int main(int argc, char *[])
+int main(int, char *[])
 {
+    using namespace std::chrono;
+    using clock = steady_clock;
+
     int howmany = 1000000;
     init();
     logging::add_common_attributes();
 
     using namespace logging::trivial;
     src::severity_logger_mt<severity_level> lg;
+
+    auto start = clock::now();
     for (int i = 0; i < howmany; ++i)
         BOOST_LOG_SEV(lg, info) << "boost message #" << i << ": This is some text for your pleasure";
 
+    duration<float> delta = clock::now() - start;
+    float deltaf = delta.count();
+    auto rate = howmany / deltaf;
+
+    std::cout << "Total: " << howmany << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Delta = " << deltaf << " seconds" << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Rate = " << rate << "/sec" << std::endl;
+
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/bench/easyl-mt.conf b/bench/easyl-mt.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8895b281
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench/easyl-mt.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+* GLOBAL:
+    FORMAT                  =   "[%datetime]: %msg"
+    FILENAME                =   ./logs/easylogging-mt.log
+    ENABLED                 =   true
+    TO_FILE                 =   true
+    TO_STANDARD_OUTPUT      =   false
+    MILLISECONDS_WIDTH      =   3
+    PERFORMANCE_TRACKING    =   false
+    MAX_LOG_FILE_SIZE       =   10485760
+    Log_Flush_Threshold		= 	10485760
diff --git a/bench/easylogging-bench-mt.cpp b/bench/easylogging-bench-mt.cpp
index 00f507c6..cfcf3348 100644
--- a/bench/easylogging-bench-mt.cpp
+++ b/bench/easylogging-bench-mt.cpp
@@ -4,17 +4,22 @@
 //
 
 #include <atomic>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <iostream>
 #include <thread>
 #include <vector>
 
-#define _ELPP_THREAD_SAFE
+#define ELPP_THREAD_SAFE
 #include "easylogging++.h"
-_INITIALIZE_EASYLOGGINGPP
+#include "easylogging++.cc"
+INITIALIZE_EASYLOGGINGPP
 
 using namespace std;
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
+    using namespace std::chrono;
+    using clock = steady_clock;
 
     int thread_count = 10;
     if (argc > 1)
@@ -23,12 +28,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     int howmany = 1000000;
 
     // Load configuration from file
-    el::Configurations conf("easyl.conf");
+    el::Configurations conf("easyl-mt.conf");
     el::Loggers::reconfigureLogger("default", conf);
 
     std::atomic<int> msg_counter{0};
     vector<thread> threads;
 
+    auto start = clock::now();
     for (int t = 0; t < thread_count; ++t)
     {
         threads.push_back(std::thread([&]() {
@@ -45,7 +51,16 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     for (auto &t : threads)
     {
         t.join();
-    };
+    }
+
+    duration<float> delta = clock::now() - start;
+    float deltaf = delta.count();
+    auto rate = howmany / deltaf;
+
+    std::cout << "Total: " << howmany << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Threads: " << thread_count << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Delta = " << deltaf << " seconds" << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Rate = " << rate << "/sec" << std::endl;
 
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/bench/easylogging-bench.cpp b/bench/easylogging-bench.cpp
index 5306435f..06b66134 100644
--- a/bench/easylogging-bench.cpp
+++ b/bench/easylogging-bench.cpp
@@ -3,19 +3,37 @@
 // Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
 //
 
-#include "easylogging++.h"
+#include <chrono>
+#include <iostream>
 
-_INITIALIZE_EASYLOGGINGPP
+#include "easylogging++.h"
+#include "easylogging++.cc"
+INITIALIZE_EASYLOGGINGPP
 
 int main(int, char *[])
 {
+    using namespace std::chrono;
+    using clock = steady_clock;
+
     int howmany = 1000000;
 
     // Load configuration from file
     el::Configurations conf("easyl.conf");
     el::Loggers::reconfigureLogger("default", conf);
 
+    el::Logger* defaultLogger = el::Loggers::getLogger("default");
+
+    auto start = clock::now();
     for (int i = 0; i < howmany; ++i)
         LOG(INFO) << "easylog message #" << i << ": This is some text for your pleasure";
+
+    duration<float> delta = clock::now() - start;
+    float deltaf = delta.count();
+    auto rate = howmany / deltaf;
+
+    std::cout << "Total: " << howmany << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Delta = " << deltaf << " seconds" << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Rate = " << rate << "/sec" << std::endl;
+
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/bench/g2log-async.cpp b/bench/g2log-async.cpp
index 10b4a8c2..3bbd50f6 100644
--- a/bench/g2log-async.cpp
+++ b/bench/g2log-async.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     for (auto &t : threads)
     {
         t.join();
-    };
+    }
 
     duration<float> delta = clock::now() - start;
     float deltaf = delta.count();
diff --git a/bench/g3log-async.cpp b/bench/g3log-async.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b5e15a2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench/g3log-async.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+//
+// Copyright(c) 2015 Gabi Melman.
+// Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
+//
+
+#include <atomic>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <thread>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "g3log/g3log.hpp"
+#include "g3log/logworker.hpp"
+
+using namespace std;
+template <typename T> std::string format(const T &value);
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    using namespace std::chrono;
+    using clock = steady_clock;
+    int thread_count = 10;
+
+    if (argc > 1)
+        thread_count = atoi(argv[1]);
+
+    int howmany = 1000000;
+
+    auto worker = g3::LogWorker::createLogWorker();
+    auto handle= worker->addDefaultLogger(argv[0], "logs");
+    g3::initializeLogging(worker.get());
+
+    std::atomic<int> msg_counter{0};
+    vector<thread> threads;
+    auto start = clock::now();
+    for (int t = 0; t < thread_count; ++t)
+    {
+        threads.push_back(std::thread([&]() {
+            while (true)
+            {
+                int counter = ++msg_counter;
+                if (counter > howmany)
+                    break;
+                LOG(INFO) << "g3log message #" << counter << ": This is some text for your pleasure";
+            }
+        }));
+    }
+
+    for (auto &t : threads)
+    {
+        t.join();
+    }
+
+    duration<float> delta = clock::now() - start;
+    float deltaf = delta.count();
+    auto rate = howmany / deltaf;
+
+    cout << "Total: " << howmany << std::endl;
+    cout << "Threads: " << thread_count << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Delta = " << deltaf << " seconds" << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Rate = " << rate << "/sec" << std::endl;
+}
diff --git a/bench/glog-bench-mt.cpp b/bench/glog-bench-mt.cpp
index 5e43de78..2f0aef19 100644
--- a/bench/glog-bench-mt.cpp
+++ b/bench/glog-bench-mt.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 //
 
 #include <atomic>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <iostream>
 #include <thread>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -13,6 +15,8 @@ using namespace std;
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
+    using namespace std::chrono;
+    using clock = steady_clock;
 
     int thread_count = 10;
     if (argc > 1)
@@ -27,6 +31,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     std::atomic<int> msg_counter{0};
     vector<thread> threads;
 
+    auto start = clock::now();
     for (int t = 0; t < thread_count; ++t)
     {
         threads.push_back(std::thread([&]() {
@@ -43,7 +48,16 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     for (auto &t : threads)
     {
         t.join();
-    };
+    }
+
+    duration<float> delta = clock::now() - start;
+    float deltaf = delta.count();
+    auto rate = howmany / deltaf;
+
+    std::cout << "Total: " << howmany << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Threads: " << thread_count << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Delta = " << deltaf << " seconds" << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Rate = " << rate << "/sec" << std::endl;
 
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/bench/glog-bench.cpp b/bench/glog-bench.cpp
index 2a8db891..6b4445a9 100644
--- a/bench/glog-bench.cpp
+++ b/bench/glog-bench.cpp
@@ -3,17 +3,33 @@
 // Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
 //
 
+#include <chrono>
+#include <iostream>
+
 #include "glog/logging.h"
 
+
 int main(int, char *argv[])
 {
+    using namespace std::chrono;
+    using clock = steady_clock;
+
     int howmany = 1000000;
 
     FLAGS_logtostderr = 0;
     FLAGS_log_dir = "logs";
     google::InitGoogleLogging(argv[0]);
+    auto start = clock::now();
     for (int i = 0; i < howmany; ++i)
-        LOG(INFO) << "glog message # " << i << ": This is some text for your pleasure";
+        LOG(INFO) << "glog message #" << i << ": This is some text for your pleasure";
+
+    duration<float> delta = clock::now() - start;
+    float deltaf = delta.count();
+    auto rate = howmany / deltaf;
+
+    std::cout << "Total: " << howmany << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Delta = " << deltaf << " seconds" << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Rate = " << rate << "/sec" << std::endl;
 
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/bench/log4cplus-bench-mt.cpp b/bench/log4cplus-bench-mt.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6acbf3fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench/log4cplus-bench-mt.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+//
+// Copyright(c) 2015 Gabi Melman.
+// Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
+//
+
+#include <atomic>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <memory>
+#include <thread>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "log4cplus/logger.h"
+#include "log4cplus/fileappender.h"
+#include "log4cplus/layout.h"
+#include "log4cplus/ndc.h"
+#include "log4cplus/helpers/loglog.h"
+#include "log4cplus/helpers/property.h"
+#include "log4cplus/loggingmacros.h"
+
+using namespace log4cplus;
+
+int main(int argc, char * argv[])
+{
+    using namespace std::chrono;
+    using clock = steady_clock;
+
+    int thread_count = 10;
+    if (argc > 1)
+        thread_count = std::atoi(argv[1]);
+
+    int howmany = 1000000;
+
+    log4cplus::initialize();
+    SharedFileAppenderPtr append(
+        new FileAppender(LOG4CPLUS_TEXT("logs/log4cplus-bench-mt.log"), std::ios_base::trunc,
+            true, true));
+    append->setName(LOG4CPLUS_TEXT("File"));
+
+    log4cplus::tstring pattern = LOG4CPLUS_TEXT("%d{%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%Q}: %p - %m %n");
+    append->setLayout( std::auto_ptr<Layout>(new PatternLayout(pattern)) );
+    append->getloc();
+    Logger::getRoot().addAppender(SharedAppenderPtr(append.get()));
+
+    Logger root = Logger::getRoot();
+
+    std::atomic<int> msg_counter{0};
+    std::vector<std::thread> threads;
+
+    auto start = clock::now();
+    for (int t = 0; t < thread_count; ++t)
+    {
+        threads.push_back(std::thread([&]() {
+            while (true)
+            {
+                int counter = ++msg_counter;
+                if (counter > howmany)
+                    break;
+                LOG4CPLUS_INFO(root, "log4cplus message #" << counter << ": This is some text for your pleasure");
+            }
+        }));
+    }
+
+    for (auto &t : threads)
+    {
+        t.join();
+    }
+
+    duration<float> delta = clock::now() - start;
+    float deltaf = delta.count();
+    auto rate = howmany / deltaf;
+
+    std::cout << "Total: " << howmany << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Threads: " << thread_count << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Delta = " << deltaf << " seconds" << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Rate = " << rate << "/sec" << std::endl;
+
+    log4cplus::Logger::shutdown();
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/bench/log4cplus-bench.cpp b/bench/log4cplus-bench.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e522e85a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench/log4cplus-bench.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+//
+// Copyright(c) 2015 Gabi Melman.
+// Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
+//
+
+#include <chrono>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <memory>
+
+#include "log4cplus/logger.h"
+#include "log4cplus/fileappender.h"
+#include "log4cplus/layout.h"
+#include "log4cplus/ndc.h"
+#include "log4cplus/helpers/loglog.h"
+#include "log4cplus/helpers/property.h"
+#include "log4cplus/loggingmacros.h"
+
+using namespace log4cplus;
+
+int main(int, char *[])
+{
+    using namespace std::chrono;
+    using clock = steady_clock;
+
+    int howmany = 1000000;
+
+    log4cplus::initialize();
+    SharedFileAppenderPtr append(
+        new FileAppender(LOG4CPLUS_TEXT("logs/log4cplus-bench.log"), std::ios_base::trunc,
+            true, true));
+    append->setName(LOG4CPLUS_TEXT("File"));
+
+    log4cplus::tstring pattern = LOG4CPLUS_TEXT("%d{%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%Q}: %p - %m %n");
+    append->setLayout( std::auto_ptr<Layout>(new PatternLayout(pattern)) );
+    append->getloc();
+    Logger::getRoot().addAppender(SharedAppenderPtr(append.get()));
+
+    Logger root = Logger::getRoot();
+
+    auto start = clock::now();
+    for (int i = 0; i < howmany; ++i)
+        LOG4CPLUS_INFO(root, "log4cplus message #" << i << ": This is some text for your pleasure");
+
+    duration<float> delta = clock::now() - start;
+    float deltaf = delta.count();
+    auto rate = howmany / deltaf;
+
+    std::cout << "Total: " << howmany << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Delta = " << deltaf << " seconds" << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Rate = " << rate << "/sec" << std::endl;
+
+    log4cplus::Logger::shutdown();
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/bench/log4cpp-bench-mt.cpp b/bench/log4cpp-bench-mt.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dc6a5f58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench/log4cpp-bench-mt.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+//
+// Copyright(c) 2015 Gabi Melman.
+// Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
+//
+
+#include <atomic>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <memory>
+#include <thread>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "log4cpp/Category.hh"
+#include "log4cpp/Appender.hh"
+#include "log4cpp/FileAppender.hh"
+#include "log4cpp/Layout.hh"
+#include "log4cpp/BasicLayout.hh"
+#include "log4cpp/Priority.hh"
+#include "log4cpp/PatternLayout.hh"
+
+int main(int argc, char * argv[])
+{
+    using namespace std::chrono;
+    using clock = steady_clock;
+
+    int thread_count = 10;
+    if (argc > 1)
+        thread_count = std::atoi(argv[1]);
+
+    int howmany = 1000000;
+
+    log4cpp::Appender *appender  = new log4cpp::FileAppender("default", "logs/log4cpp-bench-mt.log");
+    log4cpp::PatternLayout *layout = new log4cpp::PatternLayout();
+    layout->setConversionPattern("%d{%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%l}: %p - %m %n");
+    appender->setLayout(layout);
+
+    log4cpp::Category& root = log4cpp::Category::getRoot();
+    root.addAppender(appender);
+    root.setPriority(log4cpp::Priority::INFO);
+
+    std::atomic<int> msg_counter{0};
+    std::vector<std::thread> threads;
+
+    auto start = clock::now();
+    for (int t = 0; t < thread_count; ++t)
+    {
+        threads.push_back(std::thread([&]() {
+            while (true)
+            {
+                int counter = ++msg_counter;
+                if (counter > howmany)
+                    break;
+                root << log4cpp::Priority::INFO << "log4cpp message #" << counter << ": This is some text for your pleasure";
+            }
+        }));
+    }
+
+    for (auto &t : threads)
+    {
+        t.join();
+    }
+
+    duration<float> delta = clock::now() - start;
+    float deltaf = delta.count();
+    auto rate = howmany / deltaf;
+
+    std::cout << "Total: " << howmany << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Threads: " << thread_count << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Delta = " << deltaf << " seconds" << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Rate = " << rate << "/sec" << std::endl;
+
+    root.shutdown();
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/bench/log4cpp-bench.cpp b/bench/log4cpp-bench.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a21526c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench/log4cpp-bench.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+//
+// Copyright(c) 2015 Gabi Melman.
+// Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
+//
+
+#include <chrono>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <memory>
+
+#include "log4cpp/Category.hh"
+#include "log4cpp/Appender.hh"
+#include "log4cpp/FileAppender.hh"
+#include "log4cpp/Layout.hh"
+#include "log4cpp/BasicLayout.hh"
+#include "log4cpp/Priority.hh"
+#include "log4cpp/PatternLayout.hh"
+
+int main(int, char *[])
+{
+    using namespace std::chrono;
+    using clock = steady_clock;
+
+    int howmany = 1000000;
+
+    log4cpp::Appender *appender  = new log4cpp::FileAppender("default", "logs/log4cpp-bench.log");
+    log4cpp::PatternLayout *layout = new log4cpp::PatternLayout();
+    layout->setConversionPattern("%d{%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%l}: %p - %m %n");
+    appender->setLayout(layout);
+
+    log4cpp::Category& root = log4cpp::Category::getRoot();
+    root.addAppender(appender);
+    root.setPriority(log4cpp::Priority::INFO);
+
+    auto start = clock::now();
+    for (int i = 0; i < howmany; ++i)
+        root << log4cpp::Priority::INFO << "log4cpp message #" << i << ": This is some text for your pleasure";
+
+    duration<float> delta = clock::now() - start;
+    float deltaf = delta.count();
+    auto rate = howmany / deltaf;
+
+    std::cout << "Total: " << howmany << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Delta = " << deltaf << " seconds" << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Rate = " << rate << "/sec" << std::endl;
+
+    root.shutdown();
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/bench/mem b/bench/mem
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c49744e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench/mem
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
+  echo "usage: $0 <program>"
+fi
+
+PROG=$1
+
+if [ ! -x "$PROG" ]; then
+  echo $PROG not found or not executable.
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+$* &
+PID=$!
+
+while `kill -0 $PID 2>/dev/null`; do
+  ps -eo size,pid,user,pcpu,command --sort -size | awk '{ line=1 ; hr=$1/1024 ; printf("%13.2f Mb ",hr); } { for ( x=4 ; x<=NF ; x++ ) { printf("%s ",$x) } print "" }' | grep -v grep | grep -v $0 | grep $PROG
+done
diff --git a/bench/p7-bench b/bench/p7-bench
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..566ec56b
Binary files /dev/null and b/bench/p7-bench differ
diff --git a/bench/p7-bench-mt.cpp b/bench/p7-bench-mt.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a3195208
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench/p7-bench-mt.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+//
+// Copyright(c) 2015 Gabi Melman.
+// Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
+//
+
+#include <atomic>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <thread>
+#include <vector>
+#include <memory>
+#include <functional>
+
+#include "P7_Trace.h"
+
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    using namespace std::chrono;
+    using clock = steady_clock;
+
+    int thread_count = 10;
+    if (argc > 1)
+        thread_count = std::atoi(argv[1]);
+
+    int howmany = 1000000;
+
+    IP7_Trace::hModule module = NULL;
+
+    //create P7 client object
+    std::unique_ptr<IP7_Client, std::function<void (IP7_Client *)>> client(
+        P7_Create_Client(TM("/P7.Pool=1024 /P7.Sink=FileTxt /P7.Dir=logs/p7-bench-mt")),
+        [&](IP7_Client *ptr){
+            if (ptr)
+                ptr->Release();
+        });
+
+    if (!client)
+    {
+        std::cout << "Can't create IP7_Client" << std::endl;
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    //create P7 trace object 1
+    std::unique_ptr<IP7_Trace, std::function<void (IP7_Trace *)>> trace(
+        P7_Create_Trace(client.get(), TM("Trace channel 1")),
+        [&](IP7_Trace *ptr){
+            if (ptr)
+                ptr->Release();
+        });
+
+    if (!trace)
+    {
+        std::cout << "Can't create IP7_Trace" << std::endl;
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    trace->Register_Thread(TM("Application"), 0);
+    trace->Register_Module(TM("Main"), &module);
+
+    std::atomic<int> msg_counter{0};
+    std::vector<std::thread> threads;
+
+    auto start = clock::now();
+    for (int t = 0; t < thread_count; ++t)
+    {
+        threads.push_back(std::thread([&]() {
+            trace->Register_Thread(TM("Application"), t+1);
+            while (true)
+            {
+                int counter = ++msg_counter;
+                if (counter > howmany)
+                    break;
+                trace->P7_INFO(module, TM("p7 message #%d: This is some text for your pleasure"), counter);
+            }
+            trace->Register_Thread(TM("Application"), t+1);
+        }));
+    }
+
+    for (auto &t : threads)
+    {
+        t.join();
+    }
+
+    duration<float> delta = clock::now() - start;
+    float deltaf = delta.count();
+    auto rate = howmany / deltaf;
+
+    std::cout << "Total: " << howmany << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Threads: " << thread_count << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Delta = " << deltaf << " seconds" << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Rate = " << rate << "/sec" << std::endl;
+
+    trace->Unregister_Thread(0);
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/bench/p7-bench.cpp b/bench/p7-bench.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..15513ca5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench/p7-bench.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+//
+// Copyright(c) 2015 Gabi Melman.
+// Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
+//
+
+#include <chrono>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <memory>
+#include <functional>
+
+#include "P7_Trace.h"
+
+
+int main(int, char *[])
+{
+    using namespace std::chrono;
+    using clock = steady_clock;
+
+    int howmany = 1000000;
+
+    IP7_Trace::hModule module = NULL;
+
+    //create P7 client object
+    std::unique_ptr<IP7_Client, std::function<void (IP7_Client *)>> client(
+        P7_Create_Client(TM("/P7.Pool=1024 /P7.Sink=FileTxt /P7.Dir=logs/p7-bench")),
+        [&](IP7_Client *ptr){
+            if (ptr)
+                ptr->Release();
+        });
+
+    if (!client)
+    {
+        std::cout << "Can't create IP7_Client" << std::endl;
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    //create P7 trace object 1
+    std::unique_ptr<IP7_Trace, std::function<void (IP7_Trace *)>> trace(
+        P7_Create_Trace(client.get(), TM("Trace channel 1")),
+        [&](IP7_Trace *ptr){
+            if (ptr)
+                ptr->Release();
+        });
+
+    if (!trace)
+    {
+        std::cout << "Can't create IP7_Trace" << std::endl;
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    trace->Register_Thread(TM("Application"), 0);
+    trace->Register_Module(TM("Main"), &module);
+
+    auto start = clock::now();
+    for (int i = 0; i < howmany; ++i)
+        trace->P7_INFO(module, TM("p7 message #%d: This is some text for your pleasure"), i);
+
+
+    duration<float> delta = clock::now() - start;
+    float deltaf = delta.count();
+    auto rate = howmany / deltaf;
+
+    std::cout << "Total: " << howmany << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Delta = " << deltaf << " seconds" << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Rate = " << rate << "/sec" << std::endl;
+
+    trace->Unregister_Thread(0);
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/bench/spdlog-async.cpp b/bench/spdlog-async.cpp
index 0db4f6c6..1c0ce41d 100644
--- a/bench/spdlog-async.cpp
+++ b/bench/spdlog-async.cpp
@@ -15,22 +15,22 @@ using namespace std;
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-
     using namespace std::chrono;
     using clock = steady_clock;
-    namespace spd = spdlog;
 
     int thread_count = 10;
     if (argc > 1)
         thread_count = ::atoi(argv[1]);
+
     int howmany = 1000000;
 
-    spd::set_async_mode(1048576);
-    auto logger = spdlog::create<spd::sinks::simple_file_sink_mt>("file_logger", "logs/spd-bench-async.txt", false);
-    logger->set_pattern("[%Y-%b-%d %T.%e]: %v");
+    spdlog::set_async_mode(1048576);
+    auto logger = spdlog::create<spdlog::sinks::simple_file_sink_mt>("file_logger", "logs/spdlog-bench-async.log", false);
+    logger->set_pattern("[%Y-%b-%d %T.%e]: %f");
 
     std::atomic<int> msg_counter{0};
     vector<thread> threads;
+
     auto start = clock::now();
     for (int t = 0; t < thread_count; ++t)
     {
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     for (auto &t : threads)
     {
         t.join();
-    };
+    }
 
     duration<float> delta = clock::now() - start;
     float deltaf = delta.count();
diff --git a/bench/spdlog-bench-mt.cpp b/bench/spdlog-bench-mt.cpp
index 5feb7044..d6dfeb51 100644
--- a/bench/spdlog-bench-mt.cpp
+++ b/bench/spdlog-bench-mt.cpp
@@ -3,16 +3,21 @@
 // Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
 //
 
-#include "spdlog/spdlog.h"
 #include <atomic>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <iostream>
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <thread>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "spdlog/spdlog.h"
+
 using namespace std;
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
+    using namespace std::chrono;
+    using clock = steady_clock;
 
     int thread_count = 10;
     if (argc > 1)
@@ -20,15 +25,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     int howmany = 1000000;
 
-    namespace spd = spdlog;
-
-    auto logger = spdlog::create<spd::sinks::simple_file_sink_mt>("file_logger", "logs/spd-bench-mt.txt", false);
-
-    logger->set_pattern("[%Y-%b-%d %T.%e]: %v");
+    auto logger = spdlog::create<spdlog::sinks::simple_file_sink_mt>("file_logger", "logs/spdlog-bench-mt.log", false);
+    logger->set_pattern("[%Y-%b-%d %T.%f]: %v");
 
     std::atomic<int> msg_counter{0};
     std::vector<thread> threads;
 
+    auto start = clock::now();
     for (int t = 0; t < thread_count; ++t)
     {
         threads.push_back(std::thread([&]() {
@@ -45,7 +48,16 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     for (auto &t : threads)
     {
         t.join();
-    };
+    }
+
+    duration<float> delta = clock::now() - start;
+    float deltaf = delta.count();
+    auto rate = howmany / deltaf;
+
+    std::cout << "Total: " << howmany << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Threads: " << thread_count << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Delta = " << deltaf << " seconds" << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Rate = " << rate << "/sec" << std::endl;
 
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/bench/spdlog-bench.cpp b/bench/spdlog-bench.cpp
index 8d122249..e241fa5e 100644
--- a/bench/spdlog-bench.cpp
+++ b/bench/spdlog-bench.cpp
@@ -3,17 +3,32 @@
 // Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
 //
 
+#include <chrono>
+#include <iostream>
+
 #include "spdlog/spdlog.h"
 
 int main(int, char *[])
 {
-    int howmany = 1000000;
-    namespace spd = spdlog;
-    /// Create a file rotating logger with 5mb size max and 3 rotated files
-    auto logger = spdlog::create<spd::sinks::simple_file_sink_st>("file_logger", "logs/spd-bench-st.txt", false);
+    using namespace std::chrono;
+    using clock = steady_clock;
 
-    logger->set_pattern("[%Y-%b-%d %T.%e]: %v");
+    int howmany = 1000000;
+
+    auto logger = spdlog::create<spdlog::sinks::simple_file_sink_st>("file_logger", "logs/spdlog-bench.log", false);
+    logger->set_pattern("[%Y-%b-%d %T.%f]: %v");
+
+    auto start = clock::now();
     for (int i = 0; i < howmany; ++i)
         logger->info("spdlog message #{} : This is some text for your pleasure", i);
+
+    duration<float> delta = clock::now() - start;
+    float deltaf = delta.count();
+    auto rate = howmany / deltaf;
+
+    std::cout << "Total: " << howmany << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Delta = " << deltaf << " seconds" << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Rate = " << rate << "/sec" << std::endl;
+
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/bench/spdlog-null-async.cpp b/bench/spdlog-null-async.cpp
index df07f834..e9b33c9d 100644
--- a/bench/spdlog-null-async.cpp
+++ b/bench/spdlog-null-async.cpp
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ size_t bench_as(int howmany, std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> log, int thread_cou
     for (auto &t : threads)
     {
         t.join();
-    };
+    }
 
     auto delta = system_clock::now() - start;
     auto delta_d = duration_cast<duration<double>>(delta).count();