diff --git a/packages/heaps/bench/index.ts b/packages/heaps/bench/index.ts
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+import { benchmark } from "@thi.ng/bench";
+import { SYSTEM } from "@thi.ng/random";
+import { repeatedly } from "@thi.ng/transducers";
+import { DHeap, Heap, PairingHeap } from "../src";
+
+const generateValues = (num = 1e5) => [...repeatedly(() => SYSTEM.int(), num)];
+
+const buildHeap = (vals: number[]) => new Heap(vals);
+
+const buildDHeap = (vals: number[], d = 4) => new DHeap(vals, { d });
+
+const buildPHeap = (vals: number[]) => new PairingHeap(vals);
+
+const drainHeap = (vals: number[]) => {
+    const h = buildHeap(vals);
+    while (h.length) {
+        h.pop();
+    }
+};
+
+const drainDHeap = (vals: number[], d = 4) => {
+    const h = buildDHeap(vals, d);
+    while (h.length) {
+        h.pop();
+    }
+};
+
+const drainPHeap = (vals: number[]) => {
+    const h = buildPHeap(vals);
+    while (h.length) {
+        h.pop();
+    }
+};
+
+const vals = generateValues(1e3);
+
+let opts = { iter: 1000, warmup: 100 };
+
+benchmark(() => buildHeap(vals), { ...opts, title: "build heap" });
+benchmark(() => buildDHeap(vals), { ...opts, title: "build dheap(4)" });
+benchmark(() => buildPHeap(vals), { ...opts, title: "build pheap" });
+
+benchmark(() => drainHeap(vals), { ...opts, title: "drain heap" });
+benchmark(() => drainDHeap(vals), { ...opts, title: "drain dheap(4)" });
+benchmark(() => drainPHeap(vals), { ...opts, title: "drain pheap" });
diff --git a/packages/heaps/bench/tsconfig.json b/packages/heaps/bench/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "extends": "../../../tsconfig.json",
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "outDir": "../build",
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "noUnusedLocals": false,
+        "noUnusedParameters": false
+    },
+    "include": ["./**/*.ts", "../src/**/*.ts"]
+}