diff --git a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/BenchmarkTests.java b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/BenchmarkTests.java
index f545dde49c..d1057e59e9 100644
--- a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/BenchmarkTests.java
+++ b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/BenchmarkTests.java
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ public class BenchmarkTests<
     T785 extends TableRecord<T785>>
 extends BaseTest<A, AP, B, S, B2S, BS, L, X, DATE, BOOL, D, T, U, UU, I, IPK, T725, T639, T785> {
 
+    private static final int    REPETITIONS_NEW_RECORD   = 1000000;
     private static final int    REPETITIONS_RECORD_INTO  = 2000;
     private static final int    REPETITIONS_FIELD_ACCESS = 1000000;
     private static final int    REPETITIONS_SELECT       = 100;
@@ -88,6 +89,15 @@ extends BaseTest<A, AP, B, S, B2S, BS, L, X, DATE, BOOL, D, T, U, UU, I, IPK, T7
         super(delegate);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testBenchmarkNewRecord() throws Exception {
+        Executor create = create();
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < REPETITIONS_NEW_RECORD; i++) {
+            create.newRecord(TBook());
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testBenchmarkRecordInto() throws Exception {
         Result<B> books = create().fetch(TBook());
diff --git a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java
index b579e36980..9dcfe5b111 100644
--- a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java
+++ b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java
@@ -1974,6 +1974,11 @@ public abstract class jOOQAbstractTest<
         new LoaderTests(this).testLoader();
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testBenchmarkNewRecord() throws Exception {
+        new BenchmarkTests(this).testBenchmarkNewRecord();
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testBenchmarkRecordInto() throws Exception {
         new BenchmarkTests(this).testBenchmarkRecordInto();