diff --git a/src/ioc/db/test/Makefile b/src/ioc/db/test/Makefile
index 242d28a1c..9d5aa6e37 100644
--- a/src/ioc/db/test/Makefile
+++ b/src/ioc/db/test/Makefile
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ testHarness_SRCS += arrShorthandTest_registerRecordDeviceDriver.cpp
 TESTFILES += $(COMMON_DIR)/arrShorthandTest.dbd
 TESTS += arrShorthandTest
 
+TESTPROD_HOST += benchdbConvert
+benchdbConvert_SRCS += benchdbConvert.c
+
 # The testHarness runs all the test programs in a known working order.
 testHarness_SRCS += epicsRunDbTests.c
 
diff --git a/src/ioc/db/test/benchdbConvert.c b/src/ioc/db/test/benchdbConvert.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cbc87ad24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ioc/db/test/benchdbConvert.c
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+/*************************************************************************\
+* Copyright (c) 2013 Brookhaven Science Assoc, as Operator of Brookhaven
+*     National Laboratory.
+\*************************************************************************/
+#include "string.h"
+
+#include "cantProceed.h"
+#include "dbAddr.h"
+#include "dbConvert.h"
+#include "dbDefs.h"
+#include "epicsTime.h"
+#include "epicsMath.h"
+#include "epicsAssert.h"
+
+#include "epicsUnitTest.h"
+#include "testMain.h"
+
+typedef struct {
+    size_t nelem, niter;
+
+    short *output;
+    short *input;
+
+    GETCONVERTFUNC getter;
+
+    DBADDR addr;
+} testData;
+
+static long runRep(testData *D)
+{
+    size_t i;
+
+    for(i=0; i<D->niter; i++) {
+        D->getter(&D->addr, D->output, D->nelem, D->nelem, 0);
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static void runBench(size_t nelem, size_t niter, size_t nrep)
+{
+    size_t i;
+    testData tdat;
+    double *reptimes;
+    testDiag("Using %lu element arrays.",(unsigned long)nelem);
+    testDiag("run %lu reps with %lu iterations each",
+             (unsigned long)nrep, (unsigned long)niter);
+
+    reptimes = callocMustSucceed(nrep, sizeof(*reptimes), "runBench");
+    tdat.output = callocMustSucceed(nelem, sizeof(*tdat.output), "runBench");
+    tdat.input = callocMustSucceed(nelem, sizeof(*tdat.input), "runBench");
+
+    tdat.nelem = nelem;
+    tdat.niter = niter;
+
+    tdat.getter = dbGetConvertRoutine[DBF_SHORT][DBF_SHORT];
+
+    memset(&tdat.addr, 0, sizeof(tdat.addr));
+    tdat.addr.field_type = DBF_SHORT;
+    tdat.addr.field_size = nelem*sizeof(*tdat.input);
+    tdat.addr.no_elements = nelem;
+    tdat.addr.pfield = (void*)tdat.input;
+
+    for(i=0; i<nelem; i++)
+        tdat.input[i] = (short)i;
+
+    for(i=0; i<nrep; i++)
+    {
+        epicsTimeStamp start, stop;
+
+        if(epicsTimeGetCurrent(&start)!=epicsTimeOK) {
+            testAbort("Failed to get timestamp");
+            goto done;
+        }
+
+        if(runRep(&tdat))
+            goto done;
+
+        if(epicsTimeGetCurrent(&stop)!=epicsTimeOK) {
+            testAbort("Failed to get timestamp");
+            goto done;
+        }
+
+        reptimes[i] = epicsTimeDiffInSeconds(&stop, &start);
+
+        testDiag("%lu bytes in %.03f ms.  %.1f MB/s",
+                 (unsigned long)(nelem*niter),
+                 reptimes[i]*1e3,
+                 (nelem*niter)/reptimes[i]/1e6);
+    }
+
+    {
+        double sum=0, sum2=0, mean;
+        for(i=0; i<nrep; i++) {
+            sum += reptimes[i];
+            sum2 += reptimes[i]*reptimes[i];
+        }
+
+        mean = sum/nrep;
+        testDiag("Final: %.04f ms +- %.05f ms.  %.1f MB/s  (for %lu elements)",
+                 mean*1e3,
+                 sqrt(sum2/nrep - mean*mean)*1e3,
+                 (nelem*niter)/mean/1e6,
+                 (unsigned long)nelem);
+    }
+
+done:
+    free(reptimes);
+    free(tdat.input);
+    free(tdat.output);
+}
+
+MAIN(benchdbConvert)
+{
+    testPlan(0);
+    runBench(1, 10000000, 10);
+    runBench(2,  5000000, 10);
+    runBench(10, 1000000, 10);
+    runBench(100, 100000, 10);
+    runBench(10000, 1000, 10);
+    runBench(100000, 100, 10);
+    runBench(1000000, 10, 10);
+    runBench(10000000, 1, 10);
+    return testDone();
+}