diff --git a/src/Makefile.bench.include b/src/Makefile.bench.include
index ffd97844ee..653da08f39 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.bench.include
+++ b/src/Makefile.bench.include
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ bench_bench_dash_SOURCES = \
   bench/bls_dkg.cpp \
   bench/checkblock.cpp \
   bench/checkqueue.cpp \
+  bench/data.h \
+  bench/data.cpp \
   bench/duplicate_inputs.cpp \
   bench/ecdsa.cpp \
   bench/examples.cpp \
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ CLEAN_BITCOIN_BENCH = bench/*.gcda bench/*.gcno $(GENERATED_BENCH_FILES)
 
 CLEANFILES += $(CLEAN_BITCOIN_BENCH)
 
-bench/checkblock.cpp: bench/data/block813851.raw.h
+bench/data.cpp: bench/data/block813851.raw.h
 
 bitcoin_bench: $(BENCH_BINARY)
 
@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ bench/data/%.raw.h: bench/data/%.raw
 	@$(MKDIR_P) $(@D)
 	@{ \
 	 echo "namespace raw_bench{" && \
-	 echo "static unsigned const char $(*F)[] = {" && \
+	 echo "static unsigned const char $(*F)_raw[] = {" && \
 	 $(HEXDUMP) -v -e '8/1 "0x%02x, "' -e '"\n"' $< | $(SED) -e 's/0x  ,//g' && \
 	 echo "};};"; \
 	} > "$@.new" && mv -f "$@.new" "$@"
diff --git a/src/bench/checkblock.cpp b/src/bench/checkblock.cpp
index f91ec7080b..0916fdd68f 100644
--- a/src/bench/checkblock.cpp
+++ b/src/bench/checkblock.cpp
@@ -3,39 +3,34 @@
 // file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
 #include <bench/bench.h>
+#include <bench/data.h>
 
 #include <chainparams.h>
 #include <validation.h>
 #include <streams.h>
 #include <consensus/validation.h>
 
-#include <bench/data/block813851.raw.h>
-
 // These are the two major time-sinks which happen after we have fully received
 // a block off the wire, but before we can relay the block on to peers using
 // compact block relay.
 
 static void DeserializeBlockTest(benchmark::Bench& bench)
 {
-    CDataStream stream((const char*)raw_bench::block813851,
-            (const char*)raw_bench::block813851+sizeof(raw_bench::block813851),
-            SER_NETWORK, PROTOCOL_VERSION);
+    CDataStream stream(benchmark::data::block813851, SER_NETWORK, PROTOCOL_VERSION);
     char a = '\0';
     stream.write(&a, 1); // Prevent compaction
 
     bench.unit("block").run([&] {
         CBlock block;
         stream >> block;
-        bool rewound = stream.Rewind(sizeof(raw_bench::block813851));
+        bool rewound = stream.Rewind(benchmark::data::block813851.size());
         assert(rewound);
     });
 }
 
 static void DeserializeAndCheckBlockTest(benchmark::Bench& bench)
 {
-    CDataStream stream((const char*)raw_bench::block813851,
-            (const char*)raw_bench::block813851+sizeof(raw_bench::block813851),
-            SER_NETWORK, PROTOCOL_VERSION);
+    CDataStream stream(benchmark::data::block813851, SER_NETWORK, PROTOCOL_VERSION);
     char a = '\0';
     stream.write(&a, 1); // Prevent compaction
 
@@ -44,7 +39,7 @@ static void DeserializeAndCheckBlockTest(benchmark::Bench& bench)
     bench.unit("block").run([&] {
         CBlock block; // Note that CBlock caches its checked state, so we need to recreate it here
         stream >> block;
-        bool rewound = stream.Rewind(sizeof(raw_bench::block813851));
+        bool rewound = stream.Rewind(benchmark::data::block813851.size());
         assert(rewound);
 
         CValidationState validationState;
diff --git a/src/bench/data.cpp b/src/bench/data.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..16f1169fd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bench/data.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2019 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#include <bench/data.h>
+
+namespace benchmark {
+namespace data {
+
+#include <bench/data/block813851.raw.h>
+const std::vector<uint8_t> block813851{raw_bench::block813851_raw, raw_bench::block813851_raw + sizeof(raw_bench::block813851_raw) / sizeof(raw_bench::block813851_raw[0])};
+
+} // namespace data
+} // namespace benchmark
diff --git a/src/bench/data.h b/src/bench/data.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd99a3e53b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bench/data.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2019 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#ifndef BITCOIN_BENCH_DATA_H
+#define BITCOIN_BENCH_DATA_H
+
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace benchmark {
+namespace data {
+
+extern const std::vector<uint8_t> block813851;
+
+} // namespace data
+} // namespace benchmark
+
+#endif // BITCOIN_BENCH_DATA_H