diff --git a/lru/lru_test.go b/lru/lru_test.go
index 6403db6..97e702e 100644
--- a/lru/lru_test.go
+++ b/lru/lru_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package lru
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ func TestEvictExpired(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.False(t, cache.Set("first", 1, 1000*time.Millisecond))
 	assert.False(t, cache.Set("second", 2, 100*time.Millisecond))
 
-	time.Sleep(200*time.Millisecond)
+	time.Sleep(200 * time.Millisecond)
 
 	assert.True(t, cache.Set("third", 3, 1000*time.Millisecond))
 
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ func TestSetExisted(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.False(t, cache.Set("first", 1, 200*time.Millisecond))
 	assert.False(t, cache.Set("second", 2, 500*time.Millisecond))
 
-	time.Sleep(100*time.Millisecond)
+	time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
 
 	assert.False(t, cache.Set("first", 11, 1000*time.Millisecond))
 	assert.True(t, cache.Set("third", 3, 1000*time.Millisecond))
@@ -72,7 +73,28 @@ func TestSetExisted(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.False(t, ok)
 }
 
-func TestDummy(t *testing.T)  { // for coverage 100% coverage
+func TestDummy(t *testing.T) { // for coverage 100% coverage
 	cache := New[int](0)
 	cache.evict()
 }
+
+// We will be storing many short strings as the key and value
+func Benchmark(b *testing.B) {
+	cache := New[string](10)
+	ttl := 1000 * time.Millisecond
+
+	b.Run("Set", func(b *testing.B) {
+		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+			cache.Set(fmt.Sprintf("item:%d", i), fmt.Sprintf("item:%d", i), ttl)
+		}
+	})
+
+	b.Run("Get", func(b *testing.B) {
+		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+			value, ok := cache.Get(fmt.Sprintf("item:%d", i))
+			if ok {
+				_ = value
+			}
+		}
+	})
+}