diff --git a/core/blockchain.go b/core/blockchain.go
index 7a83756a3e..ab1ca1493b 100644
--- a/core/blockchain.go
+++ b/core/blockchain.go
@@ -696,20 +696,24 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) InsertReceiptChain(blockChain types.Blocks, receiptChain [
 	bc.wg.Add(1)
 	defer bc.wg.Done()
 
-	// Collect some import statistics to report on
-	stats := struct{ processed, ignored int32 }{}
-	start := time.Now()
-
-	batch := bc.chainDb.NewBatch()
-	for i := 0; i < len(blockChain); i++ {
-		block, receipts := blockChain[i], receiptChain[i]
-		if i > 0 && (block.NumberU64() != blockChain[i-1].NumberU64()+1 || block.ParentHash() != blockChain[i-1].Hash()) {
-			// Chain broke ancestry, log a messge (programming error) and skip insertion
-			log.Error("Non contiguous receipt insert", "number", block.Number(), "hash", block.Hash(), "parent", block.ParentHash(),
+	// Do a sanity check that the provided chain is actually ordered and linked
+	for i := 1; i < len(blockChain); i++ {
+		if blockChain[i].NumberU64() != blockChain[i-1].NumberU64()+1 || blockChain[i].ParentHash() != blockChain[i-1].Hash() {
+			log.Error("Non contiguous receipt insert", "number", blockChain[i].Number(), "hash", blockChain[i].Hash(), "parent", blockChain[i].ParentHash(),
 				"prevnumber", blockChain[i-1].Number(), "prevhash", blockChain[i-1].Hash())
 			return 0, fmt.Errorf("non contiguous insert: item %d is #%d [%x…], item %d is #%d [%x…] (parent [%x…])", i-1, blockChain[i-1].NumberU64(),
-				blockChain[i-1].Hash().Bytes()[:4], i, block.NumberU64(), block.Hash().Bytes()[:4], block.ParentHash().Bytes()[:4])
+				blockChain[i-1].Hash().Bytes()[:4], i, blockChain[i].NumberU64(), blockChain[i].Hash().Bytes()[:4], blockChain[i].ParentHash().Bytes()[:4])
 		}
+	}
+
+	var (
+		stats = struct{ processed, ignored int32 }{}
+		start = time.Now()
+		bytes = 0
+		batch = bc.chainDb.NewBatch()
+	)
+	for i, block := range blockChain {
+		receipts := receiptChain[i]
 		// Short circuit insertion if shutting down or processing failed
 		if atomic.LoadInt32(&bc.procInterrupt) == 1 {
 			return 0, nil
@@ -736,9 +740,20 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) InsertReceiptChain(blockChain types.Blocks, receiptChain [
 			return i, fmt.Errorf("failed to write lookup metadata: %v", err)
 		}
 		stats.processed++
+
+		if batch.ValueSize() >= ethdb.IdealBatchSize {
+			if err := batch.Write(); err != nil {
+				return 0, err
+			}
+			bytes += batch.ValueSize()
+			batch = bc.chainDb.NewBatch()
+		}
 	}
-	if err := batch.Write(); err != nil {
-		return 0, err
+	if batch.ValueSize() > 0 {
+		bytes += batch.ValueSize()
+		if err := batch.Write(); err != nil {
+			return 0, err
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Update the head fast sync block if better
@@ -754,8 +769,13 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) InsertReceiptChain(blockChain types.Blocks, receiptChain [
 	}
 	bc.mu.Unlock()
 
-	log.Info("Imported new block receipts", "count", stats.processed, "elapsed", common.PrettyDuration(time.Since(start)),
-		"number", head.Number(), "hash", head.Hash(), "ignored", stats.ignored)
+	log.Info("Imported new block receipts",
+		"count", stats.processed,
+		"elapsed", common.PrettyDuration(time.Since(start)),
+		"bytes", bytes,
+		"number", head.Number(),
+		"hash", head.Hash(),
+		"ignored", stats.ignored)
 	return 0, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/eth/downloader/statesync.go b/eth/downloader/statesync.go
index ea6edb602e..eb5416f63c 100644
--- a/eth/downloader/statesync.go
+++ b/eth/downloader/statesync.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/state"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto/sha3"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethdb"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/trie"
 )
@@ -191,6 +192,9 @@ type stateSync struct {
 	keccak hash.Hash                  // Keccak256 hasher to verify deliveries with
 	tasks  map[common.Hash]*stateTask // Set of tasks currently queued for retrieval
 
+	numUncommitted   int
+	bytesUncommitted int
+
 	deliver    chan *stateReq // Delivery channel multiplexing peer responses
 	cancel     chan struct{}  // Channel to signal a termination request
 	cancelOnce sync.Once      // Ensures cancel only ever gets called once
@@ -252,9 +256,10 @@ func (s *stateSync) loop() error {
 
 	// Keep assigning new tasks until the sync completes or aborts
 	for s.sched.Pending() > 0 {
-		if err := s.assignTasks(); err != nil {
+		if err := s.commit(false); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		s.assignTasks()
 		// Tasks assigned, wait for something to happen
 		select {
 		case <-newPeer:
@@ -284,12 +289,28 @@ func (s *stateSync) loop() error {
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	return s.commit(true)
+}
+
+func (s *stateSync) commit(force bool) error {
+	if !force && s.bytesUncommitted < ethdb.IdealBatchSize {
+		return nil
+	}
+	start := time.Now()
+	b := s.d.stateDB.NewBatch()
+	s.sched.Commit(b)
+	if err := b.Write(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("DB write error: %v", err)
+	}
+	s.updateStats(s.numUncommitted, 0, 0, time.Since(start))
+	s.numUncommitted = 0
+	s.bytesUncommitted = 0
 	return nil
 }
 
 // assignTasks attempts to assing new tasks to all idle peers, either from the
 // batch currently being retried, or fetching new data from the trie sync itself.
-func (s *stateSync) assignTasks() error {
+func (s *stateSync) assignTasks() {
 	// Iterate over all idle peers and try to assign them state fetches
 	peers, _ := s.d.peers.NodeDataIdlePeers()
 	for _, p := range peers {
@@ -301,7 +322,6 @@ func (s *stateSync) assignTasks() error {
 		// If the peer was assigned tasks to fetch, send the network request
 		if len(req.items) > 0 {
 			req.peer.log.Trace("Requesting new batch of data", "type", "state", "count", len(req.items))
-
 			select {
 			case s.d.trackStateReq <- req:
 				req.peer.FetchNodeData(req.items)
@@ -309,7 +329,6 @@ func (s *stateSync) assignTasks() error {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	return nil
 }
 
 // fillTasks fills the given request object with a maximum of n state download
@@ -347,11 +366,11 @@ func (s *stateSync) fillTasks(n int, req *stateReq) {
 // delivered.
 func (s *stateSync) process(req *stateReq) (bool, error) {
 	// Collect processing stats and update progress if valid data was received
-	processed, written, duplicate, unexpected := 0, 0, 0, 0
+	duplicate, unexpected := 0, 0
 
 	defer func(start time.Time) {
-		if processed+written+duplicate+unexpected > 0 {
-			s.updateStats(processed, written, duplicate, unexpected, time.Since(start))
+		if duplicate > 0 || unexpected > 0 {
+			s.updateStats(0, duplicate, unexpected, time.Since(start))
 		}
 	}(time.Now())
 
@@ -362,7 +381,9 @@ func (s *stateSync) process(req *stateReq) (bool, error) {
 		prog, hash, err := s.processNodeData(blob)
 		switch err {
 		case nil:
-			processed++
+			s.numUncommitted++
+			s.bytesUncommitted += len(blob)
+			progress = progress || prog
 		case trie.ErrNotRequested:
 			unexpected++
 		case trie.ErrAlreadyProcessed:
@@ -370,38 +391,20 @@ func (s *stateSync) process(req *stateReq) (bool, error) {
 		default:
 			return stale, fmt.Errorf("invalid state node %s: %v", hash.TerminalString(), err)
 		}
-		if prog {
-			progress = true
-		}
 		// If the node delivered a requested item, mark the delivery non-stale
 		if _, ok := req.tasks[hash]; ok {
 			delete(req.tasks, hash)
 			stale = false
 		}
 	}
-	// If some data managed to hit the database, flush and reset failure counters
-	if progress {
-		// Flush any accumulated data out to disk
-		batch := s.d.stateDB.NewBatch()
-
-		count, err := s.sched.Commit(batch)
-		if err != nil {
-			return stale, err
-		}
-		if err := batch.Write(); err != nil {
-			return stale, err
-		}
-		written = count
-
-		// If we're inside the critical section, reset fail counter since we progressed
-		if atomic.LoadUint32(&s.d.fsPivotFails) > 1 {
-			log.Trace("Fast-sync progressed, resetting fail counter", "previous", atomic.LoadUint32(&s.d.fsPivotFails))
-			atomic.StoreUint32(&s.d.fsPivotFails, 1) // Don't ever reset to 0, as that will unlock the pivot block
-		}
+	// If we're inside the critical section, reset fail counter since we progressed.
+	if progress && atomic.LoadUint32(&s.d.fsPivotFails) > 1 {
+		log.Trace("Fast-sync progressed, resetting fail counter", "previous", atomic.LoadUint32(&s.d.fsPivotFails))
+		atomic.StoreUint32(&s.d.fsPivotFails, 1) // Don't ever reset to 0, as that will unlock the pivot block
 	}
+
 	// Put unfulfilled tasks back into the retry queue
 	npeers := s.d.peers.Len()
-
 	for hash, task := range req.tasks {
 		// If the node did deliver something, missing items may be due to a protocol
 		// limit or a previous timeout + delayed delivery. Both cases should permit
@@ -425,25 +428,25 @@ func (s *stateSync) process(req *stateReq) (bool, error) {
 // error occurred.
 func (s *stateSync) processNodeData(blob []byte) (bool, common.Hash, error) {
 	res := trie.SyncResult{Data: blob}
-
 	s.keccak.Reset()
 	s.keccak.Write(blob)
 	s.keccak.Sum(res.Hash[:0])
-
 	committed, _, err := s.sched.Process([]trie.SyncResult{res})
 	return committed, res.Hash, err
 }
 
 // updateStats bumps the various state sync progress counters and displays a log
 // message for the user to see.
-func (s *stateSync) updateStats(processed, written, duplicate, unexpected int, duration time.Duration) {
+func (s *stateSync) updateStats(written, duplicate, unexpected int, duration time.Duration) {
 	s.d.syncStatsLock.Lock()
 	defer s.d.syncStatsLock.Unlock()
 
 	s.d.syncStatsState.pending = uint64(s.sched.Pending())
-	s.d.syncStatsState.processed += uint64(processed)
+	s.d.syncStatsState.processed += uint64(written)
 	s.d.syncStatsState.duplicate += uint64(duplicate)
 	s.d.syncStatsState.unexpected += uint64(unexpected)
 
-	log.Info("Imported new state entries", "count", processed, "flushed", written, "elapsed", common.PrettyDuration(duration), "processed", s.d.syncStatsState.processed, "pending", s.d.syncStatsState.pending, "retry", len(s.tasks), "duplicate", s.d.syncStatsState.duplicate, "unexpected", s.d.syncStatsState.unexpected)
+	if written > 0 || duplicate > 0 || unexpected > 0 {
+		log.Info("Imported new state entries", "count", written, "elapsed", common.PrettyDuration(duration), "processed", s.d.syncStatsState.processed, "pending", s.d.syncStatsState.pending, "retry", len(s.tasks), "duplicate", s.d.syncStatsState.duplicate, "unexpected", s.d.syncStatsState.unexpected)
+	}
 }