diff --git a/benchmark/buffer_creation.js b/benchmark/buffer_creation.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..3901f043fe75f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/buffer_creation.js
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+
+
+for (var i = 0; i < 9000000; i++) {
+  b = new Buffer(10);
+  b[1] = 2
+}
diff --git a/benchmark/string_creation.js b/benchmark/string_creation.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..f2b5d2cc00e598
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/string_creation.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+
+
+for (var i = 0; i < 9000000; i++) {
+  s = '01234567890';
+  s[1] = "a";
+}