diff --git a/Benchmarks/.gitignore b/Benchmarks/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4afd614
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Benchmarks/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+.DS_Store
+/.build
+/Packages
+/*.xcodeproj
+xcuserdata/
+DerivedData/
+.swiftpm/config/registries.json
+.swiftpm/xcode/
+.netrc
+.vscode/settings.json
diff --git a/Benchmarks/Benchmarks/OracleBench/OracleBenchmarks.swift b/Benchmarks/Benchmarks/OracleBench/OracleBenchmarks.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bbe5a00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Benchmarks/Benchmarks/OracleBench/OracleBenchmarks.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// This source file is part of the OracleNIO open source project
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2024 Timo Zacherl and the OracleNIO project authors
+// Licensed under Apache License v2.0
+//
+// See LICENSE for license information
+// See CONTRIBUTORS.md for the list of OracleNIO project authors
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+import Benchmark
+import Foundation
+import OracleNIO
+
+private func env(_ name: String) -> String? {
+    getenv(name).flatMap { String(cString: $0) }
+}
+
+extension Benchmark {
+    @discardableResult
+    convenience init?(
+        name: String,
+        configuration: Benchmark.Configuration = Benchmark.defaultConfiguration,
+        write: @escaping @Sendable (Benchmark, OracleConnection) async throws -> Void
+    ) {
+        let config = OracleConnection.Configuration(
+            host: env("ORA_HOSTNAME") ?? "192.168.1.24",
+            port: env("ORA_PORT").flatMap(Int.init) ?? 1521,
+            service: .serviceName(env("ORA_SERVICE_NAME") ?? "XEPDB1"),
+            username: env("ORA_USERNAME") ?? "my_user",
+            password: env("ORA_PASSWORD") ?? "my_passwor"
+        )
+        var connection: OracleConnection!
+        self.init(name, configuration: configuration) { benchmark in
+            for _ in benchmark.scaledIterations {
+                for _ in 0..<25 {
+                    try await write(benchmark, connection)
+                }
+            }
+        } setup: {
+            connection = try await OracleConnection.connect(
+                configuration: config,
+                id: 1
+            )
+        } teardown: {
+            try await connection.close()
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+let benchmarks = {
+    Benchmark.defaultConfiguration = .init(
+        metrics: [
+            .cpuTotal,
+            .contextSwitches,
+            .throughput,
+            .mallocCountTotal,
+        ],
+        warmupIterations: 10
+    )
+    Benchmark(
+        name: "SELECT:DUAL:1",
+        configuration: .init(warmupIterations: 10)
+    ) { _, connection in
+        let stream = try await connection.execute("SELECT 'hello' FROM dual")
+        for try await _ in stream.decode(String.self) {}  // consume stream
+    }
+
+    Benchmark(
+        name: "SELECT:DUAL:10_000",
+        configuration: .init(warmupIterations: 10)
+    ) { _, connection in
+        let stream = try await connection.execute(
+            "SELECT to_number(column_value) AS id FROM xmltable ('1 to 10000')"
+        )
+        for try await _ in stream.decode(Int.self) {}  // consume stream
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Benchmarks/Package.resolved b/Benchmarks/Package.resolved
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a8dfcf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Benchmarks/Package.resolved
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+{
+  "originHash" : "bf919706c87a06ed1de06d4174a92e575d6393b41272bd8e776b44aedbb4dd15",
+  "pins" : [
+    {
+      "identity" : "hdrhistogram-swift",
+      "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
+      "location" : "https://github.com/HdrHistogram/hdrhistogram-swift",
+      "state" : {
+        "revision" : "a69fa24d7b70421870cafa86340ece900489e17e",
+        "version" : "0.1.2"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "identity" : "package-benchmark",
+      "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
+      "location" : "https://github.com/ordo-one/package-benchmark.git",
+      "state" : {
+        "revision" : "6889229e21c6d9d0421a050e9e11c8f5eb5bc279",
+        "version" : "1.23.5"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "identity" : "package-jemalloc",
+      "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
+      "location" : "https://github.com/ordo-one/package-jemalloc",
+      "state" : {
+        "revision" : "e8a5db026963f5bfeac842d9d3f2cc8cde323b49",
+        "version" : "1.0.0"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "identity" : "postgres-nio",
+      "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
+      "location" : "https://github.com/vapor/postgres-nio.git",
+      "state" : {
+        "revision" : "5c268768890b062803a49f1358becc478f954265",
+        "version" : "1.21.5"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "identity" : "swift-argument-parser",
+      "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
+      "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-argument-parser",
+      "state" : {
+        "revision" : "0fbc8848e389af3bb55c182bc19ca9d5dc2f255b",
+        "version" : "1.4.0"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "identity" : "swift-async-algorithms",
+      "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
+      "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-async-algorithms.git",
+      "state" : {
+        "revision" : "6ae9a051f76b81cc668305ceed5b0e0a7fd93d20",
+        "version" : "1.0.1"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "identity" : "swift-atomics",
+      "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
+      "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-atomics.git",
+      "state" : {
+        "revision" : "cd142fd2f64be2100422d658e7411e39489da985",
+        "version" : "1.2.0"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "identity" : "swift-collections",
+      "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
+      "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-collections.git",
+      "state" : {
+        "revision" : "ee97538f5b81ae89698fd95938896dec5217b148",
+        "version" : "1.1.1"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "identity" : "swift-crypto",
+      "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
+      "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-crypto.git",
+      "state" : {
+        "revision" : "46072478ca365fe48370993833cb22de9b41567f",
+        "version" : "3.5.2"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "identity" : "swift-log",
+      "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
+      "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-log.git",
+      "state" : {
+        "revision" : "9cb486020ebf03bfa5b5df985387a14a98744537",
+        "version" : "1.6.1"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "identity" : "swift-metrics",
+      "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
+      "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-metrics.git",
+      "state" : {
+        "revision" : "e0165b53d49b413dd987526b641e05e246782685",
+        "version" : "2.5.0"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "identity" : "swift-nio",
+      "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
+      "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-nio.git",
+      "state" : {
+        "revision" : "fc79798d5a150d61361a27ce0c51169b889e23de",
+        "version" : "2.68.0"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "identity" : "swift-nio-ssl",
+      "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
+      "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-nio-ssl.git",
+      "state" : {
+        "revision" : "2b09805797f21c380f7dc9bedaab3157c5508efb",
+        "version" : "2.27.0"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "identity" : "swift-nio-transport-services",
+      "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
+      "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-nio-transport-services.git",
+      "state" : {
+        "revision" : "38ac8221dd20674682148d6451367f89c2652980",
+        "version" : "1.21.0"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "identity" : "swift-numerics",
+      "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
+      "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-numerics",
+      "state" : {
+        "revision" : "0a5bc04095a675662cf24757cc0640aa2204253b",
+        "version" : "1.0.2"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "identity" : "swift-service-lifecycle",
+      "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
+      "location" : "https://github.com/swift-server/swift-service-lifecycle.git",
+      "state" : {
+        "revision" : "d58e6bf2b1ae2884cf204a8b5bcaaa7aae3c1ff0",
+        "version" : "2.6.0"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "identity" : "swift-system",
+      "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
+      "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-system.git",
+      "state" : {
+        "revision" : "6a9e38e7bd22a3b8ba80bddf395623cf68f57807",
+        "version" : "1.3.1"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "identity" : "texttable",
+      "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
+      "location" : "https://github.com/ordo-one/TextTable",
+      "state" : {
+        "revision" : "a27a07300cf4ae322e0079ca0a475c5583dd575f",
+        "version" : "0.0.2"
+      }
+    }
+  ],
+  "version" : 3
+}
diff --git a/Benchmarks/Package.swift b/Benchmarks/Package.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c605a82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Benchmarks/Package.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// swift-tools-version: 5.10
+import PackageDescription
+
+let package = Package(
+    name: "Benchmarks",
+    platforms: [.macOS(.v14)],
+    dependencies: [
+        .package(url: "https://github.com/ordo-one/package-benchmark.git", from: "1.0.0"),
+        .package(path: "../../oracle-nio"),
+    ],
+    targets: [
+        .executableTarget(
+            name: "OracleBench",
+            dependencies: [
+                .product(name: "Benchmark", package: "package-benchmark"),
+                .product(name: "OracleNIO", package: "oracle-nio"),
+            ],
+            path: "Benchmarks/OracleBench",
+            plugins: [
+                .plugin(name: "BenchmarkPlugin", package: "package-benchmark")
+            ]
+        )
+    ]
+)
diff --git a/Package.swift b/Package.swift
index bd73744..f8ba925 100644
--- a/Package.swift
+++ b/Package.swift
@@ -8,10 +8,7 @@ let package = Package(
     name: "oracle-nio",
     platforms: [.macOS(.v13), .iOS(.v16), .tvOS(.v16), .watchOS(.v9), .visionOS(.v1)],
     products: [
-        .library(
-            name: "OracleNIO",
-            targets: ["OracleNIO"]
-        )
+        .library(name: "OracleNIO", targets: ["OracleNIO"])
     ],
     dependencies: [
         .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-log.git", from: "1.5.4"),