diff --git a/src/Makefile.bench.include b/src/Makefile.bench.include
index 6bcc488871..e42bd29f7d 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.bench.include
+++ b/src/Makefile.bench.include
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ bench_bench_dash_SOURCES = \
   bench/bench_dash.cpp \
   bench/bench.cpp \
   bench/bench.h \
+  bench/block_assemble.cpp \
   bench/bls.cpp \
   bench/bls_dkg.cpp \
   bench/checkblock.cpp \
diff --git a/src/bench/block_assemble.cpp b/src/bench/block_assemble.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..69b4f7b893
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bench/block_assemble.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2011-2017 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/bench.h>
+#include <chainparams.h>
+#include <coins.h>
+#include <consensus/merkle.h>
+#include <consensus/consensus.h>
+#include <consensus/validation.h>
+#include <crypto/sha256.h>
+#include <miner.h>
+#include <policy/policy.h>
+#include <scheduler.h>
+#include <script/standard.h>
+#include <txdb.h>
+#include <txmempool.h>
+#include <util/time.h>
+#include <validation.h>
+#include <validationinterface.h>
+
+#include <boost/thread.hpp>
+
+#include <list>
+#include <vector>
+
+static std::shared_ptr<CBlock> PrepareBlock(const CScript& coinbase_scriptPubKey)
+{
+    auto block = std::make_shared<CBlock>(
+        BlockAssembler{Params()}
+            .CreateNewBlock(coinbase_scriptPubKey, /* fMineWitnessTx */ true)
+            ->block);
+
+    block->nTime = ::chainActive.Tip()->GetMedianTimePast() + 1;
+    block->hashMerkleRoot = BlockMerkleRoot(*block);
+
+    return block;
+}
+
+
+static CTxIn MineBlock(const CScript& coinbase_scriptPubKey)
+{
+    auto block = PrepareBlock(coinbase_scriptPubKey);
+
+    while (!CheckProofOfWork(block->GetHash(), block->nBits, Params().GetConsensus())) {
+        assert(++block->nNonce);
+    }
+
+    bool processed{ProcessNewBlock(Params(), block, true, nullptr)};
+    assert(processed);
+
+    return CTxIn{block->vtx[0]->GetHash(), 0};
+}
+
+
+static void AssembleBlock(benchmark::Bench& bench)
+{
+    const CScript redeemScript = CScript() << OP_DROP << OP_TRUE;
+    const CScript SCRIPT_PUB =
+        CScript() << OP_HASH160 << ToByteVector(CScriptID(redeemScript))
+                  << OP_EQUAL;
+
+    const CScript scriptSig = CScript() << std::vector<uint8_t>(100, 0xff)
+                                        << ToByteVector(redeemScript);
+
+    // Switch to regtest so we can mine faster
+    SelectParams(CBaseChainParams::REGTEST);
+
+    InitScriptExecutionCache();
+
+    boost::thread_group thread_group;
+    CScheduler scheduler;
+    {
+        ::pblocktree.reset(new CBlockTreeDB(1 << 20, true));
+        ::pcoinsdbview.reset(new CCoinsViewDB(1 << 23, true));
+        ::pcoinsTip.reset(new CCoinsViewCache(pcoinsdbview.get()));
+
+        const CChainParams& chainparams = Params();
+        thread_group.create_thread(std::bind(&CScheduler::serviceQueue, &scheduler));
+        GetMainSignals().RegisterBackgroundSignalScheduler(scheduler);
+        LoadGenesisBlock(chainparams);
+        CValidationState state;
+        ActivateBestChain(state, chainparams);
+        assert(::chainActive.Tip() != nullptr);
+    }
+
+    // Collect some loose transactions that spend the coinbases of our mined blocks
+    constexpr size_t NUM_BLOCKS{200};
+    std::array<CTransactionRef, NUM_BLOCKS - COINBASE_MATURITY + 1> txs;
+    for (size_t b{0}; b < NUM_BLOCKS; ++b) {
+        CMutableTransaction tx;
+        tx.vin.push_back(MineBlock(SCRIPT_PUB));
+        tx.vin.back().scriptSig = scriptSig;
+        tx.vout.emplace_back(1337, SCRIPT_PUB);
+        if (NUM_BLOCKS - b >= COINBASE_MATURITY)
+            txs.at(b) = MakeTransactionRef(tx);
+    }
+    for (const auto& txr : txs) {
+        CValidationState state;
+        bool ret{::AcceptToMemoryPool(::mempool, state, txr, nullptr /* pfMissingInputs */, false /* bypass_limits */, /* nAbsurdFee */ 0)};
+        assert(ret);
+    }
+
+    bench.minEpochIterations(700).run([&] {
+        PrepareBlock(SCRIPT_PUB);
+    });
+
+    thread_group.interrupt_all();
+    thread_group.join_all();
+    GetMainSignals().FlushBackgroundCallbacks();
+    GetMainSignals().UnregisterBackgroundSignalScheduler();
+}
+
+BENCHMARK(AssembleBlock);