diff --git a/core/rawdb/database_test.go b/core/rawdb/database_test.go
index a0d7b5ec66..768dd18e57 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/database_test.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/database_test.go
@@ -15,3 +15,56 @@
 // along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 package rawdb
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethdb"
+)
+
+func setupRangeDB(b *testing.B, db ethdb.KeyValueStore, numEntries int) ([]byte, []byte) {
+	b.Helper()
+	var firstKey, lastKey []byte
+	for i := 0; i < numEntries; i++ {
+		key := make([]byte, 32)
+		val := make([]byte, 64)
+		if _, err := rand.Read(key); err != nil {
+			b.Fatalf("Failed to generate random key: %v", err)
+		}
+		if _, err := rand.Read(val); err != nil {
+			b.Fatalf("Failed to generate random value: %v", err)
+		}
+		hashKey := crypto.Keccak256Hash(key)
+		if err := db.Put(hashKey.Bytes(), val); err != nil {
+			b.Fatalf("Failed to put data: %v", err)
+		}
+		if i == 0 {
+			firstKey = hashKey.Bytes()
+		}
+		if i == numEntries-1 {
+			lastKey = hashKey.Bytes()
+		}
+	}
+	if bytes.Compare(firstKey, lastKey) > 0 {
+		firstKey, lastKey = lastKey, firstKey
+	}
+	return firstKey, append(lastKey, 0) // append 0 to make range exclusive for lastKey
+}
+
+func BenchmarkSafeDeleteRange(b *testing.B) {
+	db := NewMemoryDatabase()
+	defer db.Close()
+
+	const numEntries = 10000
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		start, end := setupRangeDB(b, db, numEntries)
+		if err := SafeDeleteRange(db, start, end, true, func(bool) bool { return false }); err != nil {
+			b.Fatalf("Failed to delete range: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+}