diff --git a/test/bench/serialization-bm.py b/test/bench/serialization-bm.py
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+import tempfile
+import asyncio
+import typing
+import time
+
+from statistics import mean
+
+from mitmproxy import ctx
+from mitmproxy.io import db
+from mitmproxy.test import tflow
+
+
+class StreamTester:
+
+    """
+    Generates a constant stream of flows and
+    measure protobuf dumping throughput.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.dbh = None
+        self.streaming = False
+        self.tf = None
+        self.out = None
+        self.hot_flows = []
+        self.results = []
+        self._flushes = 0
+        self._stream_period = 0.001
+        self._flush_period = 3.0
+        self._flush_rate = 150
+        self._target = 2000
+        self.loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+        self.queue = asyncio.Queue(maxsize=self._flush_rate * 3, loop=self.loop)
+        self.temp = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile()
+
+    def load(self, loader):
+        loader.add_option(
+            "testflow_size",
+            int,
+            1000,
+            "Length in bytes of test flow content"
+        )
+        loader.add_option(
+            "benchmark_save_path",
+            typing.Optional[str],
+            None,
+            "Destination for the stats result file"
+        )
+
+    def _log(self, msg):
+        if self.out:
+            self.out.write(msg + '\n')
+        else:
+            ctx.log(msg)
+
+    def running(self):
+        if not self.streaming:
+            ctx.log("<== Serialization Benchmark Enabled ==>")
+            self.tf = tflow.tflow()
+            self.tf.request.content = b'A' * ctx.options.testflow_size
+            ctx.log(f"With content size: {len(self.tf.request.content)} B")
+            if ctx.options.benchmark_save_path:
+                ctx.log(f"Storing results to {ctx.options.benchmark_save_path}")
+                self.out = open(ctx.options.benchmark_save_path, "w")
+            self.dbh = db.DBHandler(self.temp.name, mode='write')
+            self.streaming = True
+            tasks = (self.stream, self.writer, self.stats)
+            self.loop.create_task(asyncio.gather(*(t() for t in tasks)))
+
+    async def stream(self):
+        while True:
+            await self.queue.put(self.tf)
+            await asyncio.sleep(self._stream_period)
+
+    async def writer(self):
+        while True:
+            await asyncio.sleep(self._flush_period)
+            count = 1
+            f = await self.queue.get()
+            self.hot_flows.append(f)
+            while count < self._flush_rate:
+                try:
+                    self.hot_flows.append(self.queue.get_nowait())
+                    count += 1
+                except asyncio.QueueEmpty:
+                    pass
+            start = time.perf_counter()
+            n = self._fflush()
+            end = time.perf_counter()
+            self._log(f"dumps/time ratio: {n} / {end-start} -> {n/(end-start)}")
+            self.results.append(n / (end - start))
+            self._flushes += n
+            self._log(f"Flows dumped: {self._flushes}")
+            ctx.log(f"Progress: {min(100.0, 100.0 * (self._flushes / self._target))}%")
+
+    async def stats(self):
+        while True:
+            await asyncio.sleep(1.0)
+            if self._flushes >= self._target:
+                self._log(f"AVG : {mean(self.results)}")
+                ctx.log(f"<== Benchmark Ended. Shutting down... ==>")
+                if self.out:
+                    self.out.close()
+                self.temp.close()
+                ctx.master.shutdown()
+
+    def _fflush(self):
+        self.dbh.store(self.hot_flows)
+        n = len(self.hot_flows)
+        self.hot_flows = []
+        return n
+
+
+addons = [
+    StreamTester()
+]