diff --git a/examples/91-benchmark-compress.php b/examples/91-benchmark-compress.php
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+<?php
+
+// This benchmarking example reads a stream of dummy data and displays how fast
+// it can be compressed.
+//
+// You can run the benchmark like this:
+//
+// $ php examples/91-benchmark-compress.php
+//
+// This runs the equivalent of:
+//
+// $ dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=1k status=progress | php examples/gzip.php > /dev/null
+//
+// Expect this to be only slightly slower than the equivalent:
+//
+// $ dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=1k status=progress | gzip > /dev/null
+
+require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
+
+if (DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR === '\\') {
+    fwrite(STDERR, 'Non-blocking console I/O not supported on Windows' . PHP_EOL);
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+if (!defined('ZLIB_ENCODING_GZIP')) {
+    fwrite(STDERR, 'Requires PHP 5.4+ with ext-zlib enabled' . PHP_EOL);
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+
+if (extension_loaded('xdebug')) {
+    echo 'NOTICE: The "xdebug" extension is loaded, this has a major impact on performance.' . PHP_EOL;
+}
+
+$loop = React\EventLoop\Factory::create();
+
+// read 1 MiB * 1 Ki times
+$count = 0;
+$stream = new React\Stream\ReadableResourceStream(fopen('/dev/zero', 'r'), $loop, 1024*1024);
+$stream->on('data', function () use (&$count, $stream) {
+    if (++$count > 1024) {
+        $stream->close();
+    }
+});
+
+$compressor = new Clue\React\Zlib\Compressor(ZLIB_ENCODING_GZIP);
+$stream->pipe($compressor);
+
+// count number of input bytes before compression
+$bytes = 0;
+$stream->on('data', function ($chunk) use (&$bytes) {
+    $bytes += strlen($chunk);
+});
+
+// report progress periodically
+$timer = $loop->addPeriodicTimer(0.05, function () use (&$bytes) {
+    echo "\rCompressed $bytes bytes…";
+});
+
+// report results once the stream closes
+$start = microtime(true);
+$stream->on('close', function () use (&$bytes, $start, $loop, $timer) {
+    $time = microtime(true) - $start;
+    $loop->cancelTimer($timer);
+
+    echo "\rCompressed $bytes bytes in " . round($time, 1) . 's => ' . round($bytes / $time / 1000000, 1) . ' MB/s' . PHP_EOL;
+});
+
+$loop->run();
diff --git a/examples/92-benchmark-decompress.php b/examples/92-benchmark-decompress.php
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+<?php
+
+// This benchmarking example reads a compressed file and displays how fast
+// it can be decompressed.
+//
+// Before starting the benchmark, you have to create a (dummy) compressed file first, such as:
+//
+// $ dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=1k status=progress | gzip > null.gz
+//
+// You can run the benchmark like this:
+//
+// $ php examples/92-benchmark-decompress.php null.gz
+//
+// Expect this to be slightly faster than the (totally unfair) equivalent:
+//
+// $ gunzip < null.gz | dd of=/dev/null status=progress
+//
+// Expect this to be somewhat faster than:
+//
+// $ php examples/gunzip.php < null.gz | dd of=/dev/zero status=progress
+
+require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
+
+if (DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR === '\\') {
+    fwrite(STDERR, 'Non-blocking console I/O not supported on Windows' . PHP_EOL);
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+if (!defined('ZLIB_ENCODING_GZIP')) {
+    fwrite(STDERR, 'Requires PHP 5.4+ with ext-zlib enabled' . PHP_EOL);
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+if ($argc !== 2) {
+    fwrite(STDERR, 'No archive given, requires single argument' . PHP_EOL);
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+if (extension_loaded('xdebug')) {
+    echo 'NOTICE: The "xdebug" extension is loaded, this has a major impact on performance.' . PHP_EOL;
+}
+
+$loop = React\EventLoop\Factory::create();
+
+$in = new React\Stream\ReadableResourceStream(fopen($argv[1], 'r'), $loop);
+$stream = new Clue\React\Zlib\Decompressor(ZLIB_ENCODING_GZIP);
+$in->pipe($stream);
+
+$bytes = 0;
+$stream->on('data', function ($chunk) use (&$bytes) {
+    $bytes += strlen($chunk);
+});
+
+$stream->on('error', 'printf');
+
+//report progress periodically
+$timer = $loop->addPeriodicTimer(0.2, function () use (&$bytes) {
+    echo "\rDecompressed $bytes bytes…";
+});
+
+// show stats when stream ends
+$start = microtime(true);
+$stream->on('close', function () use (&$bytes, $start, $loop, $timer) {
+    $time = microtime(true) - $start;
+    $loop->cancelTimer($timer);
+
+    echo "\rDecompressed $bytes bytes in " . round($time, 1) . 's => ' . round($bytes / $time / 1000000, 1) . ' MB/s' . PHP_EOL;
+});
+
+$loop->run();