diff --git a/repos/os/run/cache.run b/repos/os/run/cache.run
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a7b4f72225
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/os/run/cache.run
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+#
+# \brief  Simple cache benchmark
+# \author Johannes Schlatow
+#
+
+
+set build_components { core init test/cache }
+
+lappend_if [have_spec arndale] build_components drivers/platform
+
+build $build_components
+
+create_boot_directory
+
+set config {
+	<config>
+		<parent-provides>
+			<service name="LOG"/>
+			<service name="CPU"/>
+			<service name="PD"/>
+			<service name="ROM"/>
+			<service name="IO_MEM"/>
+		</parent-provides>
+		<default-route>
+			<any-service> <parent/> </any-service>
+		</default-route>
+		<default caps="100"/>}
+
+append_if [have_spec arndale] config {
+	<start name="platform_drv">
+		<resource name="RAM" quantum="1M"/>
+		<provides><service name="Regulator"/></provides>
+	</start> }
+
+append config {
+		<start name="test-cache">
+			<resource name="RAM" quantum="64M"/>
+		</start>
+	</config> }
+
+install_config $config
+
+set boot_modules { core ld.lib.so init test-cache }
+
+lappend_if [have_spec arndale] boot_modules platform_drv
+
+build_boot_image $boot_modules
+
+run_genode_until "done.*\n" 300
diff --git a/repos/os/src/test/cache/main.cc b/repos/os/src/test/cache/main.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..24a82fa821
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/os/src/test/cache/main.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+/*
+ * \brief  Test for cache performance
+ * \author Johannes Schlatow
+ * \date   2019-05-02
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Genode Labs GmbH
+ *
+ * This file is part of the Genode OS framework, which is distributed
+ * under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License version 3.
+ */
+
+/* Genode includes */
+#include <base/log.h>
+#include <base/component.h>
+#include <base/heap.h>
+#include <trace/timestamp.h>
+
+using namespace Genode::Trace;
+
+class Test
+{
+	private:
+		Genode::Heap      &_alloc;
+		Genode::size_t     _size;
+
+		unsigned *_data { 0 };
+
+		Timestamp ts_to_time(Timestamp start, Timestamp end)
+		{
+			Timestamp diff = end - start;
+			if (end < start) diff--;
+
+			return diff;
+		}
+
+		Test(const Test &);
+		void operator=(const Test&);
+
+	public:
+
+		Test(Genode::Heap &alloc, Genode::size_t size_bytes)
+			: _alloc(alloc),
+			  _size(size_bytes/sizeof(unsigned))
+		{
+			_data = new (_alloc) unsigned[_size];
+		}
+
+		~Test()
+		{
+			destroy(_alloc, _data);
+		}
+
+		Timestamp read_write(unsigned iterations=100)
+		{
+			Timestamp start_ts = timestamp();
+
+			for (Genode::size_t i=0; i < iterations; i++) {
+				for (Genode::size_t index=0; index < _size; index++) {
+					_data[index]++;
+				}
+			}
+
+			return ts_to_time(start_ts, timestamp()) / iterations;
+		}
+};
+
+struct Main
+{
+	Genode::Env &env;
+
+	Genode::Heap heap { env.ram(), env.rm() };
+
+	Main(Genode::Env &env);
+};
+
+
+Main::Main(Genode::Env &env) : env(env)
+{
+	using namespace Genode;
+
+	log("--- test-cache started ---");
+
+	enum {
+		START_SIZE = 8,
+		END_SIZE   = 1024 * 4,
+		THRESHOLD_PERCENT = 10,
+	};
+
+	size_t size = START_SIZE;
+	while (size <= END_SIZE)
+	{
+		log("\n--- Running tests for size ", size, "KB ---");
+
+		Test test(heap, size*1024);
+		log("Read/write: ", test.read_write() / size, " cycles on average per KB");
+
+		size = size << 1;
+	}
+
+	log("--- test-cache done ---");
+}
+
+void Component::construct(Genode::Env &env) { static Main inst(env); }
+Genode::size_t Component::stack_size() { return 32*1024*sizeof(long); }
+
diff --git a/repos/os/src/test/cache/target.mk b/repos/os/src/test/cache/target.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b1158d9aee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/os/src/test/cache/target.mk
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+TARGET = test-cache
+SRC_CC = main.cc
+LIBS   = base