diff --git a/.github/workflows/go.yml b/.github/workflows/go.yml
index 8413309..a6b05d2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ jobs:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
         go: ['1.18', '1.19', '1.20']
     steps:
-
     - name: Set up Go
       uses: actions/setup-go@v4
       with:
@@ -34,3 +33,21 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Test
       run: go test -v --tags=go${{ matrix.go }}
+  benchmark:
+    name: Benchmark
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        go: ['1.21']
+    steps:
+    - name: Set up Go
+      uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+      with:
+        go-version: ${{ matrix.go }}
+      id: go
+    - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Get dependencies
+      run: go get -v -t -d ./...
+    - name: Benchmark
+      run: go test -bench . -benchmem -benchtime 8s
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diff --git a/benchmark_test.go b/benchmark_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0817440
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package copy
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func BenchmarkOptions_NumberOfWorkers_0(b *testing.B) {
+	var num int64 = 0 // 0 or 1 = single-threaded
+	opt := Options{NumberOfWorkers: num}
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		Copy("test/data/case19", fmt.Sprintf("test/data.copy/case19-%d-%d", num, i), opt)
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkOptions_NumberOfWorkers_2(b *testing.B) {
+	var num int64 = 2
+	opt := Options{NumberOfWorkers: num}
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		Copy("test/data/case19", fmt.Sprintf("test/data.copy/case19-%d-%d", num, i), opt)
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkOptions_NumberOfWorkers_4(b *testing.B) {
+	var num int64 = 4
+	opt := Options{NumberOfWorkers: num}
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		Copy("test/data/case19", fmt.Sprintf("test/data.copy/case19-%d-%d", num, i), opt)
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkOptions_NumberOfWorkers_8(b *testing.B) {
+	var num int64 = 8
+	opt := Options{NumberOfWorkers: num}
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		Copy("test/data/case19", fmt.Sprintf("test/data.copy/case19-%d-%d", num, i), opt)
+	}
+}