diff --git a/core/benches/sumtree.rs b/core/benches/sumtree.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e8abfb697
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/benches/sumtree.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+// Copyright 2016 The Grin Developers
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+#![feature(test)]
+
+extern crate test;
+extern crate rand;
+extern crate grin_core as core;
+
+use rand::Rng;
+use test::Bencher;
+
+use core::core::sumtree::{self, SumTree, Summable};
+use core::ser::{Writeable, Writer, Error};
+
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug)]
+struct TestElem([u32; 4]);
+impl Summable for TestElem {
+  type Sum = u64;
+  fn sum(&self) -> u64 {
+    // sums are not allowed to overflow, so we use this simple
+    // non-injective "sum" function that will still be homomorphic
+    self.0[0] as u64 * 0x1000 + self.0[1] as u64 * 0x100 + self.0[2] as u64 * 0x10 +
+      self.0[3] as u64
+  }
+}
+
+impl Writeable for TestElem {
+  fn write<W: Writer>(&self, writer: &mut W) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    try!(writer.write_u32(self.0[0]));
+    try!(writer.write_u32(self.0[1]));
+    try!(writer.write_u32(self.0[2]));
+    writer.write_u32(self.0[3])
+  }
+}
+
+#[bench]
+fn bench_small_tree(b: &mut Bencher) {
+  let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
+  b.iter(|| {
+    let mut big_tree = SumTree::new();
+    for i in 0..1000 {
+      // To avoid RNG overflow we generate random elements that are small.
+      // Though to avoid repeat elements they have to be reasonably big.
+      let new_elem;
+      let word1 = rng.gen::<u16>() as u32;
+      let word2 = rng.gen::<u16>() as u32;
+      if rng.gen() {
+        if rng.gen() {
+          new_elem = TestElem([word1, word2, 0, 0]);
+        } else {
+          new_elem = TestElem([word1, 0, word2, 0]);
+        }
+      } else {
+        if rng.gen() {
+          new_elem = TestElem([0, word1, 0, word2]);
+        } else {
+          new_elem = TestElem([0, 0, word1, word2]);
+        }
+      }
+
+      big_tree.push(new_elem);
+    }
+  });
+}
diff --git a/core/src/core/sumtree.rs b/core/src/core/sumtree.rs
index 2f13a1bd0..724f4166b 100644
--- a/core/src/core/sumtree.rs
+++ b/core/src/core/sumtree.rs
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ where
 }
 
 #[allow(dead_code)]
-fn print_tree<T>(tree: &SumTree<T>)
+pub fn print_tree<T>(tree: &SumTree<T>)
 where
 	T: Summable + Writeable,
 	T::Sum: std::fmt::Debug,
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ mod test {
 		assert_eq!(tree.root_sum(), Some((expected, 28 + 0x1000)));
 		assert_eq!(tree.root_sum(), compute_root(elems[0..8].iter()));
 		assert_eq!(tree.unpruned_len(), 8);
-		prune!(prune, tree, elems[7]);
+    prune!(prune, tree, elems[7]);
 
 		// If we weren't pruning, try changing some elements
 		if !prune {