diff --git a/perf/local_lat.lua b/perf/local_lat.lua
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+++ b/perf/local_lat.lua
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+require("zmq")
+
+if not arg[2] then
+    print("usage: lua local_lat.lua <bind-to> <roundtrip-count>")
+    os.exit()
+end
+
+local bind_to = arg[1]
+local roundtrip_count = tonumber(arg[2])
+
+local ctx = zmq.init(1, 1)
+local s = zmq.socket(ctx, zmq.REP)
+zmq.bind(s, bind_to)
+
+local msg
+
+for i = 1, roundtrip_count do
+    msg = zmq.recv(s)
+    zmq.send(s, msg)
+end
+
+zmq.close(s)
+zmq.term(ctx)
diff --git a/perf/local_thr.lua b/perf/local_thr.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e15f2b5
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+++ b/perf/local_thr.lua
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+require("zmq")
+
+if not arg[3] then
+    print("usage: lua local_thr.lua <bind-to> <message-size> <message-count>")
+    os.exit()
+end
+
+local bind_to = arg[1]
+local message_size = tonumber(arg[2])
+local message_count = tonumber(arg[3])
+
+local ctx = zmq.init(1, 1)
+local s = zmq.socket(ctx, zmq.SUB)
+zmq.setsockopt(s, zmq.SUBSCRIBE, "");
+zmq.bind(s, bind_to)
+
+local msg = zmq.recv(s)
+
+local start_time = os.time()
+
+for i = 1, message_count - 1 do
+    msg = zmq.recv(s)
+end
+
+local end_time = os.time()
+
+zmq.close(s)
+zmq.term(ctx)
+
+local elapsed = os.difftime(end_time, start_time)
+if elapsed == 0 then elapsed = 1 end
+
+local throughput = message_count / elapsed
+local megabits = throughput * message_size * 8
+
+print(string.format("message size: %i [B]", message_size))
+print(string.format("message count: %i", message_count))
+print(string.format("mean throughput: %i [msg/s]", throughput))
+print(string.format("mean throughput: %.3f [Mb/s]", megabits))
diff --git a/perf/remote_lat.lua b/perf/remote_lat.lua
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index 0000000..d58af01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perf/remote_lat.lua
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+require("zmq")
+
+if not arg[3] then
+    print("usage: lua remote_lat.lua <connect-to> <message-size> <roundtrip-count>")
+    os.exit()
+end
+
+local connect_to = arg[1]
+local message_size = tonumber(arg[2])
+local roundtrip_count = tonumber(arg[3])
+
+local ctx = zmq.init(1, 1)
+local s = zmq.socket(ctx, zmq.REQ)
+zmq.connect(s, connect_to)
+
+local msg = ""
+for i = 1, message_size do msg = msg .. "0" end
+
+local start_time = os.time()
+
+for i = 1, roundtrip_count do
+    zmq.send(s, msg)
+    msg = zmq.recv(s)
+end
+
+local end_time = os.time()
+
+zmq.close(s)
+zmq.term(ctx)
+
+local elapsed = os.difftime(end_time, start_time)
+local latency = elapsed * 1000000 / roundtrip_count / 2
+
+print(string.format("message size: %i [B]", message_size))
+print(string.format("roundtrip count: %i", roundtrip_count))
+print(string.format("mean latency: %.3f [us]", latency))
diff --git a/perf/remote_thr.lua b/perf/remote_thr.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b200bc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perf/remote_thr.lua
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+require("zmq")
+
+if not arg[3] then
+    puts "usage: lua remote_thr.lua <connect-to> <message-size> <message-count>"
+    os.exit()
+end
+
+local connect_to = arg[1]
+local message_size = tonumber(arg[2])
+local message_count = tonumber(arg[3])
+
+local ctx = zmq.init(1, 1)
+local s = zmq.socket(ctx, zmq.PUB)
+zmq.connect(s, connect_to)
+
+local msg = ""
+for i = 1, message_size do msg = msg .. "0" end
+
+for i = 1, message_count do
+  zmq.send(s, msg)
+end
+
+os.execute("sleep " .. 10)
+
+zmq.close(s)
+zmq.term(ctx)