diff --git a/benchmarks/src/main/java/io/aiven/kafka/tieredstorage/benchs/ReadFromFilesBench.java b/benchmarks/src/main/java/io/aiven/kafka/tieredstorage/benchs/ReadFromFilesBench.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 Aiven Oy
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package io.aiven.kafka.tieredstorage.benchs;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.security.SecureRandom;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import io.aiven.kafka.tieredstorage.benchs.transform.AesKeyAware;
+
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Benchmark;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.BenchmarkMode;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Fork;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Level;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Measurement;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Mode;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.OutputTimeUnit;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Param;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Scope;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Setup;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.State;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.TearDown;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Warmup;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.profile.AsyncProfiler;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.runner.Runner;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.runner.options.Options;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.runner.options.OptionsBuilder;
+
+@State(Scope.Benchmark)
+@Fork(value = 1)
+@Warmup(iterations = 4)
+@Measurement(iterations = 16)
+@BenchmarkMode({Mode.Throughput, Mode.SampleTime})
+@OutputTimeUnit(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+public class ReadFromFilesBench extends AesKeyAware {
+    static Path segmentPath;
+    @Param({"1048576", "5242880", "10485760", "52428800", "104857600"})
+    public int contentLength; // 1MiB, 5MiB, 10MiB, 50MiB, 100MiB
+
+    @Setup(Level.Trial)
+    public void setup() throws IOException {
+        segmentPath = Files.createTempFile("segment", ".log");
+        // to fill with random bytes.
+        final SecureRandom secureRandom = new SecureRandom();
+        try (final var out = Files.newOutputStream(segmentPath)) {
+            final byte[] bytes = new byte[contentLength];
+            secureRandom.nextBytes(bytes);
+            out.write(bytes);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @TearDown
+    public void teardown() throws IOException {
+        Files.deleteIfExists(segmentPath);
+    }
+
+    @Benchmark
+    public int test() throws IOException {
+        try (final var sis = Files.newInputStream(segmentPath)) {
+            final var bytes = sis.readAllBytes();
+            return bytes.length;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void main(final String[] args) throws Exception {
+        final Options opts = new OptionsBuilder()
+            .include(ReadFromFilesBench.class.getSimpleName())
+            .addProfiler(AsyncProfiler.class, "output=flamegraph")
+            .build();
+        new Runner(opts).run();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/benchmarks/src/main/java/io/aiven/kafka/tieredstorage/benchs/WriteToFilesBench.java b/benchmarks/src/main/java/io/aiven/kafka/tieredstorage/benchs/WriteToFilesBench.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 Aiven Oy
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package io.aiven.kafka.tieredstorage.benchs;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.security.SecureRandom;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import io.aiven.kafka.tieredstorage.benchs.transform.AesKeyAware;
+
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Benchmark;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.BenchmarkMode;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Fork;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Level;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Measurement;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Mode;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.OutputTimeUnit;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Param;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Scope;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Setup;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.State;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.TearDown;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Warmup;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.infra.Blackhole;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.profile.AsyncProfiler;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.runner.Runner;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.runner.options.Options;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.runner.options.OptionsBuilder;
+
+@State(Scope.Benchmark)
+@Fork(value = 1)
+@Warmup(iterations = 4)
+@Measurement(iterations = 16)
+@BenchmarkMode({Mode.Throughput, Mode.SampleTime})
+@OutputTimeUnit(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+public class WriteToFilesBench extends AesKeyAware {
+    static Path segmentPath;
+    static byte[] content;
+    static Path outputPath;
+    @Param({"1048576", "5242880", "10485760", "52428800", "104857600"})
+    public int contentLength; // 1MiB, 5MiB, 10MiB, 50MiB, 100MiB
+
+    @Setup(Level.Trial)
+    public void setup() throws IOException {
+        segmentPath = Files.createTempFile("segment", ".log");
+        outputPath = Files.createTempFile("output", ".log");
+        // to fill with random bytes.
+        final SecureRandom secureRandom = new SecureRandom();
+        try (final var out = Files.newOutputStream(segmentPath)) {
+            final byte[] bytes = new byte[contentLength];
+            secureRandom.nextBytes(bytes);
+            out.write(bytes);
+        }
+        content = Files.readAllBytes(segmentPath);
+    }
+
+    @TearDown
+    public void teardown() throws IOException {
+        Files.deleteIfExists(segmentPath);
+        Files.deleteIfExists(outputPath);
+    }
+
+    @Benchmark
+    public void test(final Blackhole b) throws IOException {
+        final var p = Files.write(outputPath, content);
+        b.consume(p);
+    }
+
+    public static void main(final String[] args) throws Exception {
+        final Options opts = new OptionsBuilder()
+            .include(WriteToFilesBench.class.getSimpleName())
+            .addProfiler(AsyncProfiler.class, "output=flamegraph")
+            .build();
+        new Runner(opts).run();
+    }
+}