diff --git a/test/Makefile b/test/Makefile
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+++ b/test/Makefile
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+SRC_DIR = .
+OBJ_DIR = ./obj
+BIN_DIR = ./bin
+MKDIR = mkdir -p
+
+CC = g++
+CFLAGS = -Wall -Wfatal-errors -std=c++11 -I${CONDA_PREFIX}/include -I${CONDA_PREFIX}/include/cpp_h5_writer
+LDFLAGS = -L${CONDA_PREFIX}/lib -L/usr/lib64 -lcpp_h5_writer -lzmq -lhdf5 -lhdf5_hl -lhdf5_cpp -lhdf5_hl_cpp -lboost_system -lboost_regex -lboost_thread -lpthread
+
+HEADERS = $(wildcard $(SRC_DIR)/*.hpp)
+SRCS = $(wildcard $(SRC_DIR)/*.cpp)
+OBJS = $(patsubst $(SRC_DIR)/%.cpp, $(OBJ_DIR)/%.o, $(SRCS))
+
+h5_write_perf: export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${CONDA_PREFIX}/lib
+h5_write_perf: CFLAGS += -DDEBUG_OUTPUT -g
+h5_write_perf: lib build_dirs $(OBJS)
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(BIN_DIR)/h5_write_perf $(OBJS) $(LDFLAGS)
+
+lib:
+	$(MAKE) -C ../lib deploy
+
+deploy: h5_write_perf
+	cp bin/* ${CONDA_PREFIX}/bin
+
+$(OBJ_DIR)/%.o: $(SRC_DIR)/%.cpp
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
+
+build_dirs:
+	$(MKDIR) $(OBJ_DIR) $(BIN_DIR)
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf $(OBJ_DIR) $(BIN_DIR)
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diff --git a/test/h5_write_perf.cpp b/test/h5_write_perf.cpp
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+++ b/test/h5_write_perf.cpp
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+#include <iostream>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <stdexcept>
+
+#include "H5Writer.hpp"
+
+using namespace std;
+
+int main (int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    if (argc != 5) {
+        cout << endl;
+        cout << "Usage: h5_write_perf [output_file] [n_frames] [frame_size_x] [frame_size_y]" << endl;
+        cout << "\toutput_file: Name of the output file." << endl;
+        cout << "\tn_frames: Number of images to write." << endl;
+        cout << "\frame_size_x: Frame width in pixels." << endl;
+        cout << "\frame_size_y: Frame height in pixels." << endl;
+        cout << endl;
+
+        exit(-1);
+    }
+
+    string output_file = string(argv[1]);
+    int n_frames =  atoi(argv[2]);
+    int frame_size_x = atoi(argv[3]);
+    int frame_size_y = atoi(argv[4]);
+
+    H5Writer writer(output_file, n_frames, n_frames, n_frames);
+
+    size_t buffer_length = frame_size_x * frame_size_y * sizeof(u_int16_t);
+    char* buffer = new char[buffer_length];
+
+    string dataset_name = "data";
+
+    for (size_t index=0; index<n_frames; index++) {
+        writer.write_data(dataset_name,
+                          index, 
+                          buffer,
+                          {frame_size_y, frame_size_x},
+                          buffer_length, 
+                          "uint16",
+                          "little");
+    }
+
+    writer.close_file();
+
+    
+
+    return 0;
+}