diff --git a/benchmark/fs/bench-stat.js b/benchmark/fs/bench-stat.js
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+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
+  n: [1e4],
+  kind: ['lstat', 'stat']
+});
+
+
+function main(conf) {
+  const n = conf.n >>> 0;
+
+  bench.start();
+  (function r(cntr, fn) {
+    if (cntr-- <= 0)
+      return bench.end(n);
+    fn(__filename, function() {
+      r(cntr, fn);
+    });
+  }(n, fs[conf.kind]));
+}
diff --git a/benchmark/fs/bench-statSync.js b/benchmark/fs/bench-statSync.js
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+++ b/benchmark/fs/bench-statSync.js
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+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
+  n: [1e4],
+  kind: ['lstatSync', 'statSync']
+});
+
+
+function main(conf) {
+  const n = conf.n >>> 0;
+  const fn = fs[conf.kind];
+
+  bench.start();
+  for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+    fn(__filename);
+  }
+  bench.end(n);
+}