diff --git a/benchmarks/HashBench/HashBench.cpp b/benchmarks/HashBench/HashBench.cpp
index dc49321e9..65dad490e 100644
--- a/benchmarks/HashBench/HashBench.cpp
+++ b/benchmarks/HashBench/HashBench.cpp
@@ -4,18 +4,36 @@ using namespace Upp;
 
 #define LDUMP(x) x
 
-template <class T>
-String AsHash(const T& x)
-{
-	Sha1Stream s;
-	const_cast<T&>(x).Serialize(s);
-	return s.FinishString();
-}
-
 CONSOLE_APP_MAIN
 {
-	Pointf x(1, 2);
-	DDUMP(AsHash(x));
-	DDUMP(AsHash(Pointf(1, 2)));
-	DDUMP(AsHash(Pointf(2, 2)));
+	String s;
+	for(int i = 0; i < 1000000; i++)
+		s.Cat(Random());
+	
+	for(int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
+		{
+			RTIMING("SHA1");
+			SHA1String(s);
+		}
+		{
+			RTIMING("SHA256");
+			SHA256String(s);
+		}
+		{
+			RTIMING("MD5");
+			MD5String(s);
+		}
+		{
+			RTIMING("xxHash");
+			xxHash(s);
+		}
+		{
+			RTIMING("Save");
+			SaveFile("c:/xxx/delete.bin", s);
+		}
+		{
+			RTIMING("Load");
+			LoadFile("c:/xxx/delete.bin");
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/benchmarks/utf/utf.cpp b/benchmarks/utf/utf.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..62b3364f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/utf/utf.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#include <Core/Core.h>
+
+using namespace Upp;
+
+CONSOLE_APP_MAIN
+{
+	Vector<dword> data;
+	for(int i = 0; i < 20000; i++)
+		data.Add(Random(100));
+	
+	String utf8 = ToUtf8(data.begin(), 200000);
+	WString utf16 = utf8.ToWString();
+
+	int n = 0;
+	const int N = 2000;
+	for(int q = 0; q < N; q++) {
+		RTIMING("utf8 -> utf32");
+		n += ToUtf32(utf8).GetCount();
+	}
+	for(int q = 0; q < N; q++) {
+		RTIMING("utf8 -> utf16");
+		n += ToUtf16(utf8).GetCount();
+	}
+	for(int q = 0; q < N; q++) {
+		RTIMING("utf32 -> utf8");
+		n += ToUtf8(data.begin(), 200000).GetCount();
+	}
+	for(int q = 0; q < N; q++) {
+		RTIMING("utf16 -> utf8");
+		n += utf16.ToString().GetCount();
+	}
+	RDUMP(n);
+}
diff --git a/benchmarks/utf/utf.upp b/benchmarks/utf/utf.upp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..23f95e962
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/utf/utf.upp
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+uses
+	Core;
+
+file
+	utf.cpp;
+
+mainconfig
+	"" = "";
+
diff --git a/benchmarks/utf8transcoding/utf8transcoding.cpp b/benchmarks/utf8transcoding/utf8transcoding.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc7029a80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/utf8transcoding/utf8transcoding.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#include <Core/Core.h>
+
+using namespace Upp;
+
+CONSOLE_APP_MAIN
+{
+	WString x;
+	for(int i = 0; i < 1000000; i++)
+		x.Cat(Random(20000));
+	
+	String utf8 = x.ToString();
+	
+	for(int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
+		RTIMING("conversion");
+		utf8.ToWString();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/benchmarks/utf8transcoding/utf8transcoding.upp b/benchmarks/utf8transcoding/utf8transcoding.upp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dcd927c0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/utf8transcoding/utf8transcoding.upp
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+uses
+	Core;
+
+file
+	utf8transcoding.cpp;
+
+mainconfig
+	"" = "";
+