diff --git a/hack/benchmark.go b/hack/benchmark.go
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+// single app that will run containers in containerd and output
+// the total time in seconds that it took for the execution.
+// go run benchmark.go -count 1000 -bundle /containers/redis
+package main
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"strconv"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/docker/containerd/api/grpc/types"
+	netcontext "golang.org/x/net/context"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	flag.StringVar(&bundle, "bundle", "/containers/redis", "the bundle path")
+	flag.IntVar(&count, "count", 1000, "number of containers to run")
+	flag.Parse()
+}
+
+var (
+	count  int
+	bundle string
+	group  = sync.WaitGroup{}
+	jobs   = make(chan string, 20)
+)
+
+func getClient() types.APIClient {
+	conn, err := grpc.Dial("localhost:8888", grpc.WithInsecure())
+	if err != nil {
+		logrus.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	return types.NewAPIClient(conn)
+}
+
+func main() {
+	client := getClient()
+	for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
+		group.Add(1)
+		go worker(client)
+	}
+	start := time.Now()
+	for i := 0; i < count; i++ {
+		id := strconv.Itoa(i)
+		jobs <- id
+	}
+	close(jobs)
+	group.Wait()
+	end := time.Now()
+	duration := end.Sub(start).Seconds()
+	logrus.Info(duration)
+}
+
+func worker(client types.APIClient) {
+	defer group.Done()
+	for id := range jobs {
+		if _, err := client.CreateContainer(netcontext.Background(), &types.CreateContainerRequest{
+			Id:         id,
+			BundlePath: bundle,
+		}); err != nil {
+			logrus.Error(err)
+		}
+	}
+}