diff --git a/ethdb/memorydb/memorydb_test.go b/ethdb/memorydb/memorydb_test.go
index dba18ad306..a8845f1975 100644
--- a/ethdb/memorydb/memorydb_test.go
+++ b/ethdb/memorydb/memorydb_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package memorydb
 import (
 	"testing"
 
+	"encoding/binary"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethdb"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethdb/dbtest"
 )
@@ -30,3 +31,20 @@ func TestMemoryDB(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	})
 }
+
+// BenchmarkBatchAllocs measures the time/allocs for storing 120 kB of data
+func BenchmarkBatchAllocs(b *testing.B) {
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	var key = make([]byte, 20)
+	var val = make([]byte, 100)
+	// 120 * 1_000 -> 120_000 == 120kB
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		batch := New().NewBatch()
+		for j := uint64(0); j < 1000; j++ {
+			binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(key, j)
+			binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(val, j)
+			batch.Put(key, val)
+		}
+		batch.Write()
+	}
+}