diff --git a/p2p/peer_stats_test.go b/p2p/peer_stats_test.go
index 1d2c5cfb..1e5e4332 100644
--- a/p2p/peer_stats_test.go
+++ b/p2p/peer_stats_test.go
@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@ package p2p
 import (
 	"container/heap"
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"math/rand"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/crypto"
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/peer"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
@@ -110,3 +113,58 @@ func Test_StatDecreaseScore(t *testing.T) {
 	pStats.decreaseScore()
 	require.Equal(t, pStats.score(), float32(80.0))
 }
+
+// BenchmarkPeerQueue/push_for_10-14         	 2373187	       489.3 ns/op	     448 B/op	       8 allocs/op
+// BenchmarkPeerQueue/pop_for_10-14          	 1561532	       761.8 ns/op	     800 B/op	      10 allocs/op
+// BenchmarkPeerQueue/push_for_100-14        	  253057	      4590 ns/op	    2368 B/op	      11 allocs/op
+// BenchmarkPeerQueue/pop_for_100-14         	  151729	      7503 ns/op	    8000 B/op	     100 allocs/op
+// BenchmarkPeerQueue/push_for_1000-14       	   25915	     46220 ns/op	   17728 B/op	      14 allocs/op
+// BenchmarkPeerQueue/pop_for_1000-14        	   15207	     75764 ns/op	   80000 B/op	    1000 allocs/op
+// BenchmarkPeerQueue/push_for_1000000-14    	      15	  69555594 ns/op	44948820 B/op	      41 allocs/op
+// BenchmarkPeerQueue/pop_for_1000000-14     	      15	  75170956 ns/op	80000032 B/op	 1000000 allocs/op
+func BenchmarkPeerQueue(b *testing.B) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second*5)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	peers := [][]*peerStat{
+		generatePeerStats(b, 10),
+		generatePeerStats(b, 100),
+		generatePeerStats(b, 1000),
+		generatePeerStats(b, 1000000),
+	}
+
+	for _, peerStats := range peers {
+		var queue *peerQueue
+		b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("push for %d", len(peerStats)), func(b *testing.B) {
+			b.ResetTimer()
+			b.ReportAllocs()
+			for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+				queue = newPeerQueue(ctx, peerStats)
+			}
+		})
+
+		b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("pop for %d", len(peerStats)), func(b *testing.B) {
+			b.ReportAllocs()
+			for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+				for range peerStats {
+					_ = queue.waitPop(ctx)
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func generatePeerStats(b *testing.B, number int) []*peerStat {
+	stats := make([]*peerStat, number)
+	for i := range stats {
+		priv, _, err := crypto.GenerateKeyPair(crypto.Ed25519, 256)
+		require.NoError(b, err)
+		id, err := peer.IDFromPrivateKey(priv)
+		require.NoError(b, err)
+		stats[i] = &peerStat{
+			peerID:    id,
+			peerScore: rand.Float32(),
+		}
+	}
+	return stats
+}