diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b21539b5df..fefba37725 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -861,6 +861,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "async-trait",
  "chrono",
+ "criterion",
  "datafusion",
  "delorean_generated_types",
  "delorean_line_parser",
diff --git a/delorean_wal/src/lib.rs b/delorean_wal/src/lib.rs
index 33b9f297b6..414e60498b 100644
--- a/delorean_wal/src/lib.rs
+++ b/delorean_wal/src/lib.rs
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ impl Header {
 /// One batch of data read from the WAL.
 ///
 /// This corresponds to one call to `Wal::append`.
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct Entry {
     sequence_number: u64,
     data: Vec<u8>,
diff --git a/delorean_write_buffer/Cargo.toml b/delorean_write_buffer/Cargo.toml
index ff8e5534c8..36d4e3bacd 100644
--- a/delorean_write_buffer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/delorean_write_buffer/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,3 +25,8 @@ tracing = "0.1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 delorean_test_helpers = { path = "../delorean_test_helpers" }
+criterion = "0.3"
+
+[[bench]]
+name = "benchmark"
+harness = false
diff --git a/delorean_write_buffer/benches/benchmark.rs b/delorean_write_buffer/benches/benchmark.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1dd6d24acb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/delorean_write_buffer/benches/benchmark.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+use criterion::{criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion, Throughput};
+use delorean_line_parser as line_parser;
+use delorean_storage_interface::Database;
+use delorean_wal::{Entry, WalBuilder};
+use delorean_write_buffer::database::{restore_partitions_from_wal, Db};
+use std::{fs, path::Path};
+
+type Error = Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync + 'static>;
+type Result<T, E = Error> = std::result::Result<T, E>;
+
+fn benchmark_restore_partitions(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    let (entries, line_count) = generate_entries().expect("Unable to create benchmarking entries");
+    assert_eq!(line_count, 1000);
+
+    let mut group = c.benchmark_group("wal-restoration");
+    group.throughput(Throughput::Elements(line_count as u64));
+    group.bench_function("restore_partitions_from_wal", |b| {
+        b.iter(|| {
+            let entries = entries.clone().into_iter().map(Ok);
+            let (partitions, partition_id, _stats) = restore_partitions_from_wal(entries).unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(partitions.len(), 1);
+            assert_eq!(partition_id, 1);
+        })
+    });
+    group.finish();
+}
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn generate_entries() -> Result<(Vec<Entry>, usize)> {
+    let crate_root = Path::new(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"));
+    let tmp_dir = delorean_test_helpers::tmp_dir()?;
+
+    let mut wal_dir = tmp_dir.as_ref().to_owned();
+    let lines = crate_root.join("../tests/fixtures/lineproto/metrics.lp");
+    let lines = fs::read_to_string(lines)?;
+    let lines: Vec<_> = line_parser::parse_lines(&lines).collect::<Result<_, _>>()?;
+    let db = Db::try_with_wal("mydb", &mut wal_dir).await?;
+    db.write_lines(&lines).await?;
+
+    let wal_builder = WalBuilder::new(wal_dir);
+    let entries = wal_builder.entries()?.collect::<Result<_, _>>()?;
+
+    Ok((entries, lines.len()))
+}
+
+criterion_group!(benches, benchmark_restore_partitions);
+
+criterion_main!(benches);