diff --git a/core/blockchain_test.go b/core/blockchain_test.go
index 748cdc5c7..375823b57 100644
--- a/core/blockchain_test.go
+++ b/core/blockchain_test.go
@@ -1338,3 +1338,114 @@ func TestLargeReorgTrieGC(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// Benchmarks large blocks with value transfers to non-existing accounts
+func benchmarkLargeNumberOfValueToNonexisting(b *testing.B, numTxs, numBlocks int, recipientFn func(uint64) common.Address, dataFn func(uint64) []byte) {
+	var (
+		signer          = types.HomesteadSigner{}
+		testBankKey, _  = crypto.HexToECDSA("b71c71a67e1177ad4e901695e1b4b9ee17ae16c6668d313eac2f96dbcda3f291")
+		testBankAddress = crypto.PubkeyToAddress(testBankKey.PublicKey)
+		bankFunds       = big.NewInt(100000000000000000)
+		gspec           = Genesis{
+			Config: params.TestChainConfig,
+			Alloc: GenesisAlloc{
+				testBankAddress: {Balance: bankFunds},
+				common.HexToAddress("0xc0de"): {
+					Code:    []byte{0x60, 0x01, 0x50},
+					Balance: big.NewInt(0),
+				}, // push 1, pop
+			},
+			GasLimit: 100e6, // 100 M
+		}
+	)
+	// Generate the original common chain segment and the two competing forks
+	engine := ethash.NewFaker()
+	db, _ := ethdb.NewMemDatabase()
+	genesis := gspec.MustCommit(db)
+
+	blockGenerator := func(i int, block *BlockGen) {
+		block.SetCoinbase(common.Address{1})
+		for txi := 0; txi < numTxs; txi++ {
+			uniq := uint64(i*numTxs + txi)
+			recipient := recipientFn(uniq)
+			//recipient := common.BigToAddress(big.NewInt(0).SetUint64(1337 + uniq))
+			tx, err := types.SignTx(types.NewTransaction(uniq, recipient, big.NewInt(1), params.TxGas, big.NewInt(1), nil), signer, testBankKey)
+			if err != nil {
+				b.Error(err)
+			}
+			block.AddTx(tx)
+		}
+	}
+
+	shared, _ := GenerateChain(params.TestChainConfig, genesis, engine, db, numBlocks, blockGenerator)
+	b.StopTimer()
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		// Import the shared chain and the original canonical one
+		diskdb, _ := ethdb.NewMemDatabase()
+		gspec.MustCommit(diskdb)
+
+		chain, err := NewBlockChain(diskdb, nil, params.TestChainConfig, engine, vm.Config{})
+		if err != nil {
+			b.Fatalf("failed to create tester chain: %v", err)
+		}
+		b.StartTimer()
+		if _, err := chain.InsertChain(shared); err != nil {
+			b.Fatalf("failed to insert shared chain: %v", err)
+		}
+		b.StopTimer()
+		if got := chain.CurrentBlock().Transactions().Len(); got != numTxs*numBlocks {
+			b.Fatalf("Transactions were not included, expected %d, got %d", (numTxs * numBlocks), got)
+
+		}
+	}
+}
+func BenchmarkBlockChain_1x1000ValueTransferToNonexisting(b *testing.B) {
+	var (
+		numTxs    = 1000
+		numBlocks = 1
+	)
+
+	recipientFn := func(nonce uint64) common.Address {
+		return common.BigToAddress(big.NewInt(0).SetUint64(1337 + nonce))
+	}
+	dataFn := func(nonce uint64) []byte {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	benchmarkLargeNumberOfValueToNonexisting(b, numTxs, numBlocks, recipientFn, dataFn)
+}
+func BenchmarkBlockChain_1x1000ValueTransferToExisting(b *testing.B) {
+	var (
+		numTxs    = 1000
+		numBlocks = 1
+	)
+	b.StopTimer()
+	b.ResetTimer()
+
+	recipientFn := func(nonce uint64) common.Address {
+		return common.BigToAddress(big.NewInt(0).SetUint64(1337))
+	}
+	dataFn := func(nonce uint64) []byte {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	benchmarkLargeNumberOfValueToNonexisting(b, numTxs, numBlocks, recipientFn, dataFn)
+}
+func BenchmarkBlockChain_1x1000Executions(b *testing.B) {
+	var (
+		numTxs    = 1000
+		numBlocks = 1
+	)
+	b.StopTimer()
+	b.ResetTimer()
+
+	recipientFn := func(nonce uint64) common.Address {
+		return common.BigToAddress(big.NewInt(0).SetUint64(0xc0de))
+	}
+	dataFn := func(nonce uint64) []byte {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	benchmarkLargeNumberOfValueToNonexisting(b, numTxs, numBlocks, recipientFn, dataFn)
+}