diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 624bfa4..40fa1ad 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ if (PHMAP_BUILD_EXAMPLES)
     add_executable(ex_knucleotide examples/knucleotide.cc phmap.natvis)
     add_executable(ex_dump_load examples/dump_load.cc phmap.natvis)
     add_executable(ex_btree examples/btree.cc phmap.natvis)
+    add_executable(ex_hash_bench examples/hash_bench.cc phmap.natvis)
     add_executable(ex_matt examples/matt.cc phmap.natvis)
     add_executable(ex_mt_word_counter examples/mt_word_counter.cc phmap.natvis)
 
diff --git a/examples/hash_bench.cc b/examples/hash_bench.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..deeef3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/hash_bench.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+#include <array>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <limits>
+#include <random>
+#include <utility>
+#define PHMAP_ALLOCATOR_NOTHROW 1
+#include <parallel_hashmap/phmap.h>
+
+// this is probably the fastest high quality 64bit random number generator that exists.
+// Implements Small Fast Counting v4 RNG from PractRand.
+class sfc64 {
+public:
+    using result_type = uint64_t;
+
+    // no copy ctors so we don't accidentally get the same random again
+    sfc64(sfc64 const&) = delete;
+    sfc64& operator=(sfc64 const&) = delete;
+
+    sfc64(sfc64&&) = default;
+    sfc64& operator=(sfc64&&) = default;
+
+    sfc64(std::array<uint64_t, 4> const& _state)
+        : m_a(_state[0])
+        , m_b(_state[1])
+        , m_c(_state[2])
+        , m_counter(_state[3]) {}
+
+    static constexpr uint64_t(min)() {
+        return (std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::min)();
+    }
+    static constexpr uint64_t(max)() {
+        return (std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max)();
+    }
+
+    sfc64()
+        : sfc64(UINT64_C(0x853c49e6748fea9b)) {}
+
+    sfc64(uint64_t _seed)
+        : m_a(_seed)
+        , m_b(_seed)
+        , m_c(_seed)
+        , m_counter(1) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < 12; ++i) {
+            operator()();
+        }
+    }
+
+    void seed() {
+        *this = sfc64{std::random_device{}()};
+    }
+
+    uint64_t operator()() noexcept {
+        auto const tmp = m_a + m_b + m_counter++;
+        m_a = m_b ^ (m_b >> right_shift);
+        m_b = m_c + (m_c << left_shift);
+        m_c = rotl(m_c, rotation) + tmp;
+        return tmp;
+    }
+
+    std::array<uint64_t, 4> state() const {
+        return {{m_a, m_b, m_c, m_counter}};
+    }
+
+    void state(std::array<uint64_t, 4> const& s) {
+        m_a = s[0];
+        m_b = s[1];
+        m_c = s[2];
+        m_counter = s[3];
+    }
+
+private:
+    template <typename T>
+    T rotl(T const x, int k) {
+        return (x << k) | (x >> (8 * sizeof(T) - k));
+    }
+
+    static constexpr int rotation = 24;
+    static constexpr int right_shift = 11;
+    static constexpr int left_shift = 3;
+    uint64_t m_a;
+    uint64_t m_b;
+    uint64_t m_c;
+    uint64_t m_counter;
+};
+
+static inline std::string to_str(uint64_t x) {
+    std::string res(4, '1');
+    x = (x >> 48) ^ (x >> 32) ^ (x >> 16) ^ x; // combine 64 bits > 16 lsb
+    for (size_t i=0; i<4; ++i) {
+        res[i] = 'a' + (x & 0xF);
+        x >>= 4;
+    }
+    return res;
+}
+
+int main()
+{
+    using Map = phmap::flat_hash_map<std::string, uint32_t>;
+    Map map;
+    map.reserve((size_t)(65536 * 1.1)); // we will create a maximun of 65536 different strings
+
+    sfc64 rng(123);
+    constexpr size_t const n = 50000000;
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
+        auto s = to_str(rng());
+        map[s]++;
+        map[s]++;
+        map[s]++;
+        map[s]++;
+        map[s]++; 
+        map[s]++;
+        map[s]++;
+        map[s]++;
+        map[s]++;
+        map[s]++;
+    }
+
+    uint64_t cnt = 0;
+    for (const auto& s : map) {
+        if (++cnt == 6) break;
+        std::cout << s.first << ": " << s.second << '\n';
+    }
+    
+    return 0;
+}