diff --git a/bench/Makefile b/bench/Makefile
index 98fcccb7..534c55c3 100644
--- a/bench/Makefile
+++ b/bench/Makefile
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 CXX	= g++
-CXXFLAGS	= -march=native -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -std=c++11 -pthread -I../include
+CXXFLAGS	= -march=native -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -std=c++11 -pthread -I../include -fmax-errors=1
 CXX_RELEASE_FLAGS = -O3 -flto
 
 
-binaries=bench
+binaries=bench latency
 
 all: $(binaries)
 
 bench: bench.cpp
 	$(CXX) bench.cpp -o bench $(CXXFLAGS) $(CXX_RELEASE_FLAGS)
+	
+	
+latency: latency.cpp
+	$(CXX) latency.cpp -o latency $(CXXFLAGS) $(CXX_RELEASE_FLAGS)
 				
 
 .PHONY: clean
diff --git a/bench/latency.cpp b/bench/latency.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..55ed8e49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench/latency.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+//
+// Copyright(c) 2018 Gabi Melman.
+// Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
+//
+
+//
+// latency.cpp : spdlog latency benchmarks
+//
+#include "spdlog/async.h"
+#include "spdlog/sinks/basic_file_sink.h"
+#include "spdlog/sinks/daily_file_sink.h"
+#include "spdlog/sinks/null_sink.h"
+#include "spdlog/sinks/rotating_file_sink.h"
+#include "spdlog/spdlog.h"
+#include "utils.h"
+#include <atomic>
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <memory>
+#include <string>
+#include <thread>
+
+using namespace std;
+using namespace std::chrono;
+using namespace spdlog;
+using namespace spdlog::sinks;
+using namespace utils;
+
+void bench(int howmany, std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> log);
+void bench_mt(int howmany, std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> log, int thread_count);
+
+int main(int , char *[])
+{
+    std::srand(std::time(nullptr)); // use current time as seed for random generator
+    int howmany = 50;
+    int queue_size = howmany + 2;
+    int threads = 10;
+    int file_size = 30 * 1024 * 1024;
+    int rotating_files = 5;
+
+    try
+    {
+
+        cout << "*******************************************************************************\n";
+        cout << "Single thread\n";
+        cout << "*******************************************************************************\n";
+
+        auto basic_st = spdlog::basic_logger_mt("basic_st", "logs/basic_st.log", true);
+        bench(howmany, basic_st);
+
+        auto rotating_st = spdlog::rotating_logger_st("rotating_st", "logs/rotating_st.log", file_size, rotating_files);
+        bench(howmany, rotating_st);
+
+        auto daily_st = spdlog::daily_logger_st("daily_st", "logs/daily_st.log");
+        bench(howmany, daily_st);
+
+        bench(howmany, spdlog::create<null_sink_st>("null_st"));
+
+        cout << "\n*******************************************************************************\n";
+        cout << threads << " threads sharing same logger\n";
+        cout << "*******************************************************************************\n";
+
+        auto basic_mt = spdlog::basic_logger_mt("basic_mt", "logs/basic_mt.log", true);
+        bench_mt(howmany, basic_mt, threads);
+
+        auto rotating_mt = spdlog::rotating_logger_mt("rotating_mt", "logs/rotating_mt.log", file_size, rotating_files);
+        bench_mt(howmany, rotating_mt, threads);
+
+        auto daily_mt = spdlog::daily_logger_mt("daily_mt", "logs/daily_mt.log");
+        bench_mt(howmany, daily_mt, threads);
+        bench(howmany, spdlog::create<null_sink_st>("null_mt"));
+
+        cout << "\n*******************************************************************************\n";
+        cout << "async logging.. " << threads << " threads sharing same logger\n";
+        cout << "*******************************************************************************\n";
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < 3; ++i)
+        {
+            spdlog::init_thread_pool(queue_size, 1);
+            auto as = spdlog::basic_logger_mt<spdlog::async_factory>("async", "logs/basic_async.log", true);
+            bench_mt(howmany, as, threads);
+            spdlog::drop("async");
+        }
+    }
+    catch (std::exception &ex)
+    {
+        std::cerr << "Error: " << ex.what() << std::endl;
+        perror("Last error");
+        return EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+void rand_sleep()
+{
+
+    auto sleep_ms= std::chrono::milliseconds(std::rand() % 50);
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(sleep_ms);
+}
+
+void bench(int howmany, std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> log)
+{
+    using namespace std::chrono;
+    using chrono::high_resolution_clock;
+    using chrono::milliseconds;
+    using chrono::nanoseconds;
+
+    cout << log->name() << "...\t\t" << flush;
+    nanoseconds total_nanos = nanoseconds::zero();
+    for (auto i = 0; i < howmany; ++i)
+    {
+        auto start = high_resolution_clock::now();
+        log->info("Hello logger: msg number {}", i);
+        auto delta_nanos = chrono::duration_cast<nanoseconds>(high_resolution_clock::now() - start);
+        total_nanos+= delta_nanos;
+        rand_sleep();
+    }
+
+    auto avg = total_nanos.count()/howmany;
+    cout << format(avg) << " ns/call" << endl;
+}
+
+void bench_mt(int howmany, std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> log, int thread_count)
+{
+    using namespace std::chrono;
+    using chrono::high_resolution_clock;
+    using chrono::milliseconds;
+    using chrono::nanoseconds;
+
+    cout << log->name() << "...\t\t" << flush;
+    vector<thread> threads;
+    nanoseconds::rep total_nanos = 0;
+    for (int t = 0; t < thread_count; ++t)
+    {
+        threads.push_back(std::thread([&]() {
+            nanoseconds thr_total_nanos = nanoseconds::zero();
+            for (int j = 0; j < howmany / thread_count; j++)
+            {
+                auto start = high_resolution_clock::now();
+                log->info("Hello logger: msg number {}", j);
+                auto delta_nanos = chrono::duration_cast<nanoseconds>(high_resolution_clock::now() - start);
+                thr_total_nanos+= delta_nanos;
+                rand_sleep();
+            }
+            total_nanos+= thr_total_nanos.count();
+        }));
+    }
+
+    for (auto &t : threads)
+    {
+        t.join();
+    };
+
+    auto avg = total_nanos/howmany;
+    cout << format(avg) << " ns/call" << endl;
+
+
+
+}