diff --git a/decoders/netflow/templates_test.go b/decoders/netflow/templates_test.go
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+++ b/decoders/netflow/templates_test.go
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+package netflow
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func benchTemplatesAdd(ts NetFlowTemplateSystem, obs uint32, N int, b *testing.B) {
+	for n := 0; n <= N; n++ {
+		ts.AddTemplate(10, obs, uint16(n), n)
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkTemplatesAdd(b *testing.B) {
+	ts := CreateTemplateSystem()
+	b.Log("Creating", b.N, "templates")
+	benchTemplatesAdd(ts, uint32(b.N)%0xffff+1, b.N, b)
+}
+
+func BenchmarkTemplatesAddGet(b *testing.B) {
+	ts := CreateTemplateSystem()
+	templates := 1000
+	b.Log("Adding", templates, "templates")
+	benchTemplatesAdd(ts, 1, templates, b)
+	b.Log("Getting", b.N, "templates")
+
+	for n := 0; n <= b.N; n++ {
+		data, err := ts.GetTemplate(10, 1, uint16(n%templates))
+		if err != nil {
+			b.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		dataC, ok := data.(int)
+		if !ok {
+			b.Fatal("template not an integer")
+		}
+		if dataC != n%templates {
+			b.Fatal("different values", dataC, "!=", n%templates)
+		}
+	}
+}