diff --git a/batch/batch_test.go b/batch/batch_test.go
index aecf67c2e..8b399e3a1 100644
--- a/batch/batch_test.go
+++ b/batch/batch_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ package batch
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/binary"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
@@ -79,3 +81,165 @@ func TestRetry(t *testing.T) {
 
 	require.ErrorContains(t, err, "could not serialize access")
 }
+
+// BenchmarkBoltBatching benchmarks the performance of the batch scheduler
+// against the bolt backend.
+func BenchmarkBoltBatching(b *testing.B) {
+	setUpDB := func(b *testing.B) kvdb.Backend {
+		// Create a new database backend for the test.
+		backend, backendCleanup, err := kvdb.GetTestBackend(
+			b.TempDir(), "db",
+		)
+		require.NoError(b, err)
+		b.Cleanup(func() { backendCleanup() })
+
+		return backend
+	}
+
+	// writeRecord is a helper that writes a simple record to the
+	// database. It creates a top-level bucket and a sub-bucket, then
+	// writes a record with a sequence number as the key.
+	writeRecord := func(b *testing.B, tx kvdb.RwTx) {
+		bucket, err := tx.CreateTopLevelBucket([]byte("top-level"))
+		require.NoError(b, err)
+
+		subBucket, err := bucket.CreateBucketIfNotExists(
+			[]byte("sub-bucket"),
+		)
+		require.NoError(b, err)
+
+		seq, err := subBucket.NextSequence()
+		require.NoError(b, err)
+
+		var key [8]byte
+		binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(key[:], seq)
+
+		err = subBucket.Put(key[:], []byte("value"))
+		require.NoError(b, err)
+	}
+
+	// verifyRecordsWritten is a helper that verifies that the writeRecord
+	// helper was called the expected number of times.
+	verifyRecordsWritten := func(b *testing.B, db kvdb.Backend, N int) {
+		err := db.View(func(tx kvdb.RTx) error {
+			bucket := tx.ReadBucket([]byte("top-level"))
+			require.NotNil(b, bucket)
+
+			subBucket := bucket.NestedReadBucket(
+				[]byte("sub-bucket"),
+			)
+			require.NotNil(b, subBucket)
+			require.EqualValues(b, subBucket.Sequence(), N)
+
+			return nil
+		}, func() {})
+		require.NoError(b, err)
+	}
+
+	// This test benchmarks the performance when using N new transactions
+	// for N write queries. This does not use the scheduler.
+	b.Run("N txs for N write queries", func(b *testing.B) {
+		db := setUpDB(b)
+		b.ResetTimer()
+
+		var wg sync.WaitGroup
+		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+			wg.Add(1)
+			go func() {
+				defer wg.Done()
+
+				err := db.Update(func(tx kvdb.RwTx) error {
+					writeRecord(b, tx)
+					return nil
+				}, func() {})
+				require.NoError(b, err)
+			}()
+		}
+		wg.Wait()
+
+		b.StopTimer()
+		verifyRecordsWritten(b, db, b.N)
+	})
+
+	// This test benchmarks the performance when using a single transaction
+	// for N write queries. This does not use the scheduler.
+	b.Run("1 txs for N write queries", func(b *testing.B) {
+		db := setUpDB(b)
+		b.ResetTimer()
+
+		err := db.Update(func(tx kvdb.RwTx) error {
+			for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+				writeRecord(b, tx)
+			}
+
+			return nil
+		}, func() {})
+		require.NoError(b, err)
+
+		b.StopTimer()
+		verifyRecordsWritten(b, db, b.N)
+	})
+
+	// batchTest benches the performance of the batch scheduler configured
+	// with/without the LazyAdd option and with the given commit interval.
+	batchTest := func(b *testing.B, lazy bool, interval time.Duration) {
+		ctx := context.Background()
+
+		db := setUpDB(b)
+
+		scheduler := NewTimeScheduler(
+			NewBoltBackend[kvdb.RwTx](db), nil, interval,
+		)
+
+		var opts []SchedulerOption
+		if lazy {
+			opts = append(opts, LazyAdd())
+		}
+
+		b.ResetTimer()
+
+		var wg sync.WaitGroup
+		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+			wg.Add(1)
+			go func() {
+				defer wg.Done()
+
+				r := &Request[kvdb.RwTx]{
+					Opts: NewSchedulerOptions(
+						opts...,
+					),
+					Update: func(tx kvdb.RwTx) error {
+						writeRecord(b, tx)
+						return nil
+					},
+				}
+
+				err := scheduler.Execute(ctx, r)
+				require.NoError(b, err)
+			}()
+		}
+		wg.Wait()
+
+		b.StopTimer()
+		verifyRecordsWritten(b, db, b.N)
+	}
+
+	batchTestIntervals := []time.Duration{
+		time.Millisecond * 100,
+		time.Millisecond * 200,
+		time.Millisecond * 500,
+		time.Millisecond * 700,
+	}
+
+	for _, lazy := range []bool{true, false} {
+		for _, interval := range batchTestIntervals {
+			name := fmt.Sprintf(
+				"batched queries %s lazy: %v", interval, lazy,
+			)
+
+			b.Run(name, func(b *testing.B) {
+				batchTest(b, lazy, interval)
+			})
+		}
+	}
+}