diff --git a/benchmark_test.go b/benchmark_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7d3d627d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+package firecracker
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"context"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+
+	models "github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker-go-sdk/client/models"
+)
+
+const numberOfVMs = 200
+
+func createMachine(ctx context.Context, name string, forwardSignals []os.Signal) (*Machine, func(), error) {
+	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+	cleanup := func() {
+		os.RemoveAll(dir)
+	}
+
+	socketPath := filepath.Join(dir, "api.sock")
+	vmlinuxPath := filepath.Join(testDataPath, "./vmlinux")
+	logFifo := filepath.Join(dir, "log.fifo")
+	metrics := filepath.Join(dir, "metrics.fifo")
+
+	config := Config{
+		SocketPath:      socketPath,
+		KernelImagePath: vmlinuxPath,
+		LogFifo:         logFifo,
+		MetricsFifo:     metrics,
+		LogLevel:        "Info",
+		MachineCfg: models.MachineConfiguration{
+			VcpuCount:   Int64(1),
+			CPUTemplate: models.CPUTemplate(models.CPUTemplateT2),
+			MemSizeMib:  Int64(256),
+			HtEnabled:   Bool(false),
+		},
+		Drives: []models.Drive{
+			{
+				DriveID:      String("root"),
+				IsRootDevice: Bool(true),
+				IsReadOnly:   Bool(true),
+				PathOnHost:   String(testRootfs),
+			},
+		},
+		ForwardSignals: forwardSignals,
+	}
+
+	cmd := VMCommandBuilder{}.
+		WithSocketPath(socketPath).
+		WithBin(getFirecrackerBinaryPath()).
+		Build(ctx)
+
+	log := logrus.New()
+	log.SetLevel(logrus.FatalLevel)
+	machine, err := NewMachine(ctx, config, WithProcessRunner(cmd), WithLogger(logrus.NewEntry(log)))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, cleanup, err
+	}
+
+	return machine, cleanup, nil
+}
+
+func startAndWaitVM(ctx context.Context, m *Machine) error {
+	err := m.Start(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	file, err := os.Open(m.LogFile())
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		line := scanner.Text()
+		if strings.Contains(line, "Guest-boot-time") {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	err = m.StopVMM()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	err = m.Wait(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func benchmarkForwardSignals(b *testing.B, forwardSignals []os.Signal) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	b.Logf("%s: %d", b.Name(), b.N)
+
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		var wg sync.WaitGroup
+		for j := 0; j < numberOfVMs; j++ {
+			wg.Add(1)
+			go func() {
+				defer wg.Done()
+
+				machine, cleanup, err := createMachine(ctx, b.Name(), forwardSignals)
+				if err != nil {
+					b.Fatalf("failed to create a VM: %s", err)
+				}
+				defer cleanup()
+
+				err = startAndWaitVM(ctx, machine)
+				if err != nil && !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "signal: terminated") {
+					b.Fatalf("failed to start the VM: %s", err)
+				}
+			}()
+		}
+		wg.Wait()
+	}
+}
+func BenchmarkForwardSignalsDefault(t *testing.B) {
+	benchmarkForwardSignals(t, nil)
+}
+
+func BenchmarkForwardSignalsDisable(t *testing.B) {
+	benchmarkForwardSignals(t, []os.Signal{})
+}
diff --git a/machine.go b/machine.go
index b307612f7..87b4e8131 100644
--- a/machine.go
+++ b/machine.go
@@ -953,13 +953,16 @@ func (m *Machine) setupSignals() {
 	signal.Notify(sigchan, signals...)
 
 	go func() {
+	ForLoop:
 		for {
 			select {
 			case sig := <-sigchan:
-				m.logger.Printf("Caught signal %s", sig)
+				m.logger.Debugf("Caught signal %s", sig)
+				// Some signals kill the process, some of them are not.
 				m.cmd.Process.Signal(sig)
 			case <-m.exitCh:
-				break
+				// And if a signal kills the process, we can stop this for loop and remove sigchan.
+				break ForLoop
 			}
 		}