diff --git a/bench_test.go b/bench_test.go
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+// +build go1.7
+
+package errors
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	stderrors "errors"
+)
+
+func noErrors(at, depth int) error {
+	if at >= depth {
+		return stderrors.New("no error")
+	}
+	return noErrors(at+1, depth)
+}
+func yesErrors(at, depth int) error {
+	if at >= depth {
+		return New("ye error")
+	}
+	return yesErrors(at+1, depth)
+}
+
+func BenchmarkErrors(b *testing.B) {
+	var toperr error
+	type run struct {
+		stack int
+		std   bool
+	}
+	runs := []run{
+		{10, false},
+		{10, true},
+		{100, false},
+		{100, true},
+		{1000, false},
+		{1000, true},
+	}
+	for _, r := range runs {
+		part := "pkg/errors"
+		if r.std {
+			part = "errors"
+		}
+		name := fmt.Sprintf("%s-stack-%d", part, r.stack)
+		b.Run(name, func(b *testing.B) {
+			var err error
+			f := yesErrors
+			if r.std {
+				f = noErrors
+			}
+			b.ReportAllocs()
+			for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+				err = f(0, r.stack)
+			}
+			b.StopTimer()
+			toperr = err
+		})
+	}
+}