diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0bb27484c..0270e7c3f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ stxxl.errlog
 /test/profile.lua
 /test/cache
 /test/speeds.csv
+/test/data/monaco.*
 node_modules
 
 # Deprecated config file #
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3f799d617..72d93338a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ script:
   - ./util-tests
   - popd
   - npm test
-  - make -C test/data
+  - make -C test/data benchmark
   - mkdir example/build && pushd example/build
   - cmake ..
   - make
diff --git a/scripts/poly2req.js b/scripts/poly2req.js
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..b0844e46f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/poly2req.js
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+'use strict';
+
+let fs = require('fs');
+
+let NUM_REQUEST = 1000;
+let NUM_COORDS = 2;
+let url_template = "http://127.0.0.1:5000/viaroute?{coords}&alt=false";
+let coord_template = "loc={lat},{lon}";
+let coords_separator = "&";
+//let url_template = "http://127.0.0.1:5000/route/v1/driving/{coords}?steps=false&alternatives=false";
+//let coord_template = "{lon},{lat}";
+//let coords_separator = ";";
+
+let monaco_poly_path = process.argv[2];
+let poly_data = fs.readFileSync(monaco_poly_path, 'utf-8');
+
+// lets assume there is only one ring
+// cut of name and ring number and the two END statements
+let coordinates = poly_data.split('\n')
+  .filter((l) => l != '')
+  .slice(2, -2).map((coord_line) => coord_line.split(' ')
+  .filter((elem) => elem != ''))
+  .map((coord) => [parseFloat(coord[0]), parseFloat(coord[1])]);
+
+var sw = [Number.MAX_VALUE, Number.MAX_VALUE];
+var ne = [Number.MIN_VALUE, Number.MIN_VALUE];
+
+coordinates.forEach((c) => {
+  sw[0] = Math.min(sw[0], c[0]);
+  sw[1] = Math.min(sw[1], c[1]);
+  ne[0] = Math.max(ne[0], c[0]);
+  ne[1] = Math.max(ne[1], c[1]);
+});
+
+// Yes this an own seeded random number generator because its only a few lines
+var seed = 0x1337;
+function seededRandom(min, max) {
+  seed = (seed * 9301 + 49297) % 233280;
+  var rnd = seed / 233280;
+  return min + rnd * (max - min);
+}
+
+function getRandomCoordinate() {
+  let lon = seededRandom(sw[0], ne[0]);
+  let lat = seededRandom(sw[1], ne[1]);
+  return [lon, lat];
+}
+
+for (var i = 0; i < NUM_REQUEST; ++i)
+{
+  var coords = [];
+  for (var j = 0; j < NUM_COORDS; ++j)
+  {
+    coords.push(getRandomCoordinate());
+  }
+  let coords_string = coords.map((c) => coord_template.replace("{lon}", c[0]).replace("{lat}", c[1])).join(coords_separator);
+  console.log(url_template.replace("{coords}", coords_string));
+}
+
diff --git a/scripts/timer.sh b/scripts/timer.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..39d8e5b34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/timer.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+TIMINGS_FILE=/tmp/osrm.timings
+NAME=$1
+CMD=${@:2}
+START=$(date "+%s.%N")
+/bin/bash -c "$CMD"
+END=$(date "+%s.%N")
+TIME="$(echo "$END - $START" | bc)s"
+NEW_ENTRY="$NAME\t$TIME\t$(date -Iseconds)"
+
+echo -e "$NEW_ENTRY" >> $TIMINGS_FILE
diff --git a/test/data/Makefile b/test/data/Makefile
index 0ddda31bc..8684bc885 100755
--- a/test/data/Makefile
+++ b/test/data/Makefile
@@ -1,29 +1,54 @@
-MONACO_URL:=https://s3.amazonaws.com/mapbox/osrm/testing/monaco.osm.pbf
+DATA_NAME:=monaco
+DATA_URL:=https://s3.amazonaws.com/mapbox/osrm/testing/$(DATA_NAME).osm.pbf
+DATA_POLY_URL:=https://s3.amazonaws.com/mapbox/osrm/testing/$(DATA_NAME).poly
 TOOL_ROOT:=../../build
 PROFILE_ROOT:=../../profiles
+SCRIPT_ROOT:=../../scripts
 OSRM_EXTRACT:=$(TOOL_ROOT)/osrm-extract
 OSRM_CONTRACT:=$(TOOL_ROOT)/osrm-contract
+OSRM_ROUTED:=$(TOOL_ROOT)/osrm-routed
+POLY2REQ:=$(SCRIPT_ROOT)/poly2req.js
+TIMER:=$(SCRIPT_ROOT)/timer.sh
 PROFILE:=$(PROFILE_ROOT)/car.lua
 
-all: monaco.osrm.hsgr
+all: $(DATA_NAME).osrm.hsgr
 
 clean:
-	rm monaco.*
+	rm $(DATA_NAME).*
 
-monaco.osm.pbf:
-	wget $(MONACO_URL) -O monaco.osm.pbf
+$(DATA_NAME).osm.pbf:
+	wget $(DATA_URL) -O $(DATA_NAME).osm.pbf
 
-monaco.osrm: monaco.osm.pbf $(PROFILE) $(OSRM_EXTRACT)
+$(DATA_NAME).poly:
+	wget $(DATA_POLY_URL) -O $(DATA_NAME).poly
+
+$(DATA_NAME).osrm: $(DATA_NAME).osm.pbf $(DATA_NAME).poly $(PROFILE) $(OSRM_EXTRACT)
 	@echo "Verifiyng data file integrity..."
 	md5sum -c data.md5sum
 	@echo "Running osrm-extract..."
-	$(OSRM_EXTRACT) monaco.osm.pbf -p $(PROFILE)
+	$(TIMER) "osrm-extract" $(OSRM_EXTRACT) $(DATA_NAME).osm.pbf -p $(PROFILE)
 
-monaco.osrm.hsgr: monaco.osrm $(PROFILE) $(OSRM_CONTRACT)
+$(DATA_NAME).osrm.hsgr: $(DATA_NAME).osrm $(PROFILE) $(OSRM_CONTRACT)
 	@echo "Running osrm-contract..."
-	$(OSRM_CONTRACT) monaco.osrm
+	$(TIMER) "osrm-contract" $(OSRM_CONTRACT) $(DATA_NAME).osrm
+
+$(DATA_NAME).requests: $(DATA_NAME).poly
+	$(POLY2REQ) $(DATA_NAME).poly > $(DATA_NAME).requests
+
+osrm-routed.pid: $(DATA_NAME).osrm.hsgr
+	@/bin/sh -c '$(OSRM_ROUTED) $(DATA_NAME).osrm& echo "$$!" > osrm-routed.pid'
+	sleep 1
+
+benchmark: $(DATA_NAME).requests osrm-routed.pid
+	@echo "Running benchmark..."
+	$(TIMER) "queries" "cat $(DATA_NAME).requests | xargs curl &> /dev/null"
+	@cat osrm-routed.pid | xargs kill
+	@rm osrm-routed.pid
+	@echo "**** timings ***"
+	@cat /tmp/osrm.timings
+	@echo "****************"
 
 checksum:
-	md5sum monaco.osm.pbf > data.md5sum
+	md5sum $(DATA_NAME).osm.pbf $(DATA_NAME).poly > data.md5sum
 
-.PHONY: clean checksum
+.PHONY: clean checksum benchmark
diff --git a/test/data/data.md5sum b/test/data/data.md5sum
index 47151b4b1..9bcfd33c2 100644
--- a/test/data/data.md5sum
+++ b/test/data/data.md5sum
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 2b8dd9343d5e615afc9c67bcc7028a63  monaco.osm.pbf
+b0788991ab3791d53c1c20b6281f81ad  monaco.poly