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+var crypto = require('crypto'),
+    WebSocket = require('ws'),
+    async = require('async'),
+    httpProxy = require('../');
+
+var SERVER_PORT = 8415,
+    PROXY_PORT = 8514;
+
+var testSets = [
+  {
+    size: 1024 * 1024, // 1 MB
+    count: 128         // 128 MB
+  },
+  {
+    size: 1024,        // 1 KB,
+    count: 1024        // 1 MB
+  },
+  {
+    size: 128,         // 128 B
+    count: 1024 * 8    // 1 MB
+  }
+];
+
+testSets.forEach(function (set) {
+  set.buffer = new Buffer(crypto.randomBytes(set.size));
+
+  set.buffers = [];
+  for (var i = 0; i < set.count; i++) {
+    set.buffers.push(set.buffer);
+  }
+});
+
+function runSet(set, callback) {
+  function runAgainst(port, callback) {
+    function send(sock) {
+      sock.send(set.buffers[got++]);
+      if (got === set.count) {
+        t = new Date() - t;
+
+        server.close();
+        proxy.close();
+
+        callback(null, t);
+      }
+    }
+
+    var server = new WebSocket.Server({ port: SERVER_PORT }),
+        proxy = httpProxy.createServer(SERVER_PORT, 'localhost').listen(PROXY_PORT),
+        client = new WebSocket('ws://localhost:' + port),
+        got = 0,
+        t = new Date();
+
+    server.on('connection', function (ws) {
+      send(ws);
+
+      ws.on('message', function (msg) {
+        send(ws);
+      });
+    });
+
+    client.on('message', function () {
+      send(client);
+    });
+  }
+
+  async.series({
+    server: async.apply(runAgainst, SERVER_PORT),
+    proxy: async.apply(runAgainst, PROXY_PORT)
+  }, function (err, results) {
+    if (err) {
+      throw err;
+    }
+
+    var mb = (set.size * set.count) / (1024 * 1024);
+    console.log(mb + ' MB');
+
+    Object.keys(results).forEach(function (key) {
+      var t = results[key],
+          throughput = mb / (t / 1000);
+
+      console.log('  ' + key + ' took ' + t + ' ms (' + throughput + ' MB/s)');
+    });
+
+    callback();
+  });
+}
+
+async.forEachLimit(testSets, 1, runSet);