diff --git a/bench-comparison/Makefile b/bench-comparison/Makefile
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+CXX	= g++
+CXXFLAGS	= -march=native -Wall  -pthread  -I../include --std=c++11
+
+CXX_RELEASE_FLAGS = -O3 -flto
+
+
+all:	spdlog-bench spdlog-bench-mt boost-bench boost-bench-mt
+
+spdlog-bench: spdlog-bench.cpp
+	$(CXX) spdlog-bench.cpp -o spdlog-bench $(CXXFLAGS) $(CXX_RELEASE_FLAGS)
+	
+spdlog-bench-mt: spdlog-bench-mt.cpp
+	$(CXX) spdlog-bench-mt.cpp -o spdlog-bench-mt $(CXXFLAGS) $(CXX_RELEASE_FLAGS)	
+
+BOOST_FLAGS	= -DBOOST_LOG_DYN_LINK  -I/home/gabi/devel/boost_1_56_0/ -L/home/gabi/devel/boost_1_56_0/stage/lib -lboost_log  -lboost_log_setup -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)
+	
+boost-bench-mt: boost-bench-mt.cpp
+	$(CXX) boost-bench-mt.cpp -o boost-bench-mt $(CXXFLAGS) $(BOOST_FLAGS) $(CXX_RELEASE_FLAGS)	
+
+
+clean:
+	rm -f *.o logs/*.txt spdlog-bench spdlog-bench-mt boost-bench boost-bench-mt
+
+
+rebuild: clean all
+
+
+
diff --git a/bench-comparison/boost-bench-mt.cpp b/bench-comparison/boost-bench-mt.cpp
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+++ b/bench-comparison/boost-bench-mt.cpp
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+#include <thread>
+#include <vector>
+#include <atomic>
+
+#include <boost/log/core.hpp>
+#include <boost/log/trivial.hpp>
+#include <boost/log/expressions.hpp>
+#include <boost/log/sinks/text_file_backend.hpp>
+#include <boost/log/utility/setup/file.hpp>
+#include <boost/log/utility/setup/common_attributes.hpp>
+#include <boost/log/sources/severity_logger.hpp>
+#include <boost/log/sources/record_ostream.hpp>
+
+namespace logging = boost::log;
+namespace src = boost::log::sources;
+namespace sinks = boost::log::sinks;
+namespace keywords = boost::log::keywords;
+
+void init()
+{
+    logging::add_file_log
+    (
+        keywords::file_name = "logs/boost-sample_%N.log",                              /*< file name pattern >*/
+        keywords::rotation_size = 10 * 1024 * 1024,                                   /*< rotate files every 10 MiB... >*/
+        keywords::auto_flush = false,
+        keywords::format = "[%TimeStamp%]: %Message%"                                 
+    );
+
+    logging::core::get()->set_filter
+    (
+        logging::trivial::severity >= logging::trivial::info
+    );
+}
+
+
+
+using namespace std;
+
+int main(int, char*[])
+{
+	int thread_count = 10;
+	int howmany = 1000000;
+	
+    init();
+    logging::add_common_attributes();
+    
+
+    using namespace logging::trivial;
+    
+    src::severity_logger_mt< severity_level > lg;
+    
+    std::atomic<int > msg_counter {0};
+    vector<thread> threads;
+    
+    for (int t = 0; t < thread_count; ++t)
+    {
+        threads.push_back(std::thread([&]()
+        {
+            while (true)
+            {
+                int counter = ++msg_counter;
+                if (counter > howmany) break;
+              BOOST_LOG_SEV(lg, info) << "Boost logger message #" << counter;
+            }
+        }));
+    }
+
+
+    for(auto &t:threads)
+    {
+        t.join();
+    };
+    
+    
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/bench-comparison/boost-bench.cpp b/bench-comparison/boost-bench.cpp
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+++ b/bench-comparison/boost-bench.cpp
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+
+#include <boost/log/core.hpp>
+#include <boost/log/trivial.hpp>
+#include <boost/log/expressions.hpp>
+#include <boost/log/sinks/text_file_backend.hpp>
+#include <boost/log/utility/setup/file.hpp>
+#include <boost/log/utility/setup/common_attributes.hpp>
+#include <boost/log/sources/severity_logger.hpp>
+#include <boost/log/sources/record_ostream.hpp>
+
+namespace logging = boost::log;
+namespace src = boost::log::sources;
+namespace sinks = boost::log::sinks;
+namespace keywords = boost::log::keywords;
+
+void init()
+{
+    logging::add_file_log
+    (
+        keywords::file_name = "logs/boost-sample_%N.log",                              /*< file name pattern >*/
+        keywords::rotation_size = 10 * 1024 * 1024,                                   /*< rotate files every 10 MiB... >*/
+        keywords::auto_flush = false,
+        keywords::format = "[%TimeStamp%]: %Message%"                                 
+    );
+
+    logging::core::get()->set_filter
+    (
+        logging::trivial::severity >= logging::trivial::info
+    );
+}
+
+
+int main(int, char*[])
+{
+    init();
+    logging::add_common_attributes();
+
+    using namespace logging::trivial;
+    src::severity_logger_mt< severity_level > lg;
+	for(int i  = 0 ; i < 1000000; ++i)
+	    BOOST_LOG_SEV(lg, info) << "Boost logger message #" << i;
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/bench-comparison/logs/.gitignore b/bench-comparison/logs/.gitignore
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+++ b/bench-comparison/logs/.gitignore
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+# Ignore everything in this directory
+*
+# Except this file
+!.gitignore
diff --git a/bench-comparison/spdlog-bench-mt.cpp b/bench-comparison/spdlog-bench-mt.cpp
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+++ b/bench-comparison/spdlog-bench-mt.cpp
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+#include <thread>
+#include <vector>
+#include <atomic>
+
+#include "spdlog/spdlog.h"
+
+
+using namespace std;
+	
+int main(int, char*[])
+{
+	int thread_count = 10;
+	int howmany = 1000000;
+
+	namespace spd = spdlog;
+	///Create a file rotating logger with 5mb size max and 3 rotated files
+    auto logger = spd::rotating_logger_mt("file_logger", "logs/spd-sample", 10 *1024 * 1024 , 5);
+
+	logger->set_pattern("[%Y-%b-%d %T.%e]: %v");
+		
+	std::atomic<int > msg_counter {0};
+    vector<thread> threads;
+    	
+	for (int t = 0; t < thread_count; ++t)
+    {
+        threads.push_back(std::thread([&]()
+        {
+            while (true)
+            {
+                int counter = ++msg_counter;
+                if (counter > howmany) break;
+              logger->info() << "spdlog logger message #" << counter;
+            }
+        }));
+    }
+
+
+    for(auto &t:threads)
+    {
+        t.join();
+    };
+    
+    
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/bench-comparison/spdlog-bench.cpp b/bench-comparison/spdlog-bench.cpp
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+++ b/bench-comparison/spdlog-bench.cpp
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+
+#include "spdlog/spdlog.h"
+
+
+int main(int, char*[])
+{
+	namespace spd = spdlog;
+	///Create a file rotating logger with 5mb size max and 3 rotated files
+    auto logger = spd::rotating_logger_mt("file_logger", "logs/spd-sample", 10 *1024 * 1024 , 5);
+
+	logger->set_pattern("[%Y-%b-%d %T.%e]: %v");
+	for(int i  = 0 ; i < 1000000; ++i)
+	    logger->info() << "spdlogger message #" << i;
+
+    return 0;
+}