diff --git a/packages/rrweb/package.json b/packages/rrweb/package.json
index 98e4547838..9ed387c2be 100644
--- a/packages/rrweb/package.json
+++ b/packages/rrweb/package.json
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
   "scripts": {
     "prepare": "npm run prepack",
     "prepack": "npm run bundle",
-    "test": "npm run bundle:browser && jest",
-    "test:headless": "npm run bundle:browser && PUPPETEER_HEADLESS=true jest",
+    "test": "npm run bundle:browser && jest --testPathIgnorePatterns test/benchmark",
+    "test:headless": "PUPPETEER_HEADLESS=true npm run test",
     "test:watch": "PUPPETEER_HEADLESS=true npm run test -- --watch",
     "repl": "npm run bundle:browser && node scripts/repl.js",
     "dev": "yarn bundle:browser --watch",
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
     "typings": "tsc -d --declarationDir typings",
     "check-types": "tsc -noEmit",
     "prepublish": "npm run typings && npm run bundle",
-    "lint": "yarn eslint src"
+    "lint": "yarn eslint src",
+    "benchmark": "jest test/benchmark"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/rrweb/test/benchmark/replay-fast-forward.test.ts b/packages/rrweb/test/benchmark/replay-fast-forward.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4e17acdfdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/rrweb/test/benchmark/replay-fast-forward.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+import * as path from 'path';
+import type { eventWithTime, recordOptions } from '../../src/types';
+import { launchPuppeteer, ISuite } from '../utils';
+
+const suites: Array<{
+  title: string;
+  eval: string;
+  eventsString?: string;
+  times?: number; // defaults to 5
+}> = [
+  {
+    title: 'append 70 x 70 x 70 elements',
+    eval: `
+    () => {
+      return new Promise((resolve) => {
+        const branches = 70;
+        const depth = 3;        
+        // append children for the current node
+        function expand(node, depth) {
+          if (depth == 0) return;
+          for (let b = 0; b < branches; b++) {
+            const child = document.createElement('div');
+            node.appendChild(child);
+            expand(child, depth - 1);
+          }
+        }        
+        const frag = document.createDocumentFragment();
+        const node = document.createElement('div');
+        expand(node, depth);
+        frag.appendChild(node);
+        document.body.appendChild(frag);
+        resolve();
+      });
+    };
+    `,
+    times: 3,
+  },
+  {
+    title: 'append 1000 elements and reverse their order',
+    eval: `
+    () => {
+      return new Promise(async (resolve) => {
+        const branches = 1000;
+        function waitForTimeout(timeout) {
+          return new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(() => resolve(), timeout));
+        }
+        const frag = document.createDocumentFragment();
+        const node = document.createElement('div');
+        for (let b = 0; b < branches; b++) {
+          const child = document.createElement('div');
+          node.appendChild(child);
+          child.textContent = b + 1;
+        }
+        frag.appendChild(node);
+        document.body.appendChild(frag);
+        const children = node.children;
+        await waitForTimeout(0);
+        // reverse the order of children
+        for (let i = children.length - 1; i >= 0; i--)
+          node.appendChild(node.children[i]);
+        resolve();
+      });
+    };
+    `,
+    times: 3,
+  },
+];
+
+function avg(v: number[]): number {
+  return v.reduce((prev, cur) => prev + cur, 0) / v.length;
+}
+
+describe('benchmark: replayer fast-forward performance', () => {
+  jest.setTimeout(240000);
+  let code: ISuite['code'];
+  let page: ISuite['page'];
+  let browser: ISuite['browser'];
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    browser = await launchPuppeteer({
+      headless: true,
+      args: ['--disable-dev-shm-usage'],
+    });
+
+    const bundlePath = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../dist/rrweb.min.js');
+    code = fs.readFileSync(bundlePath, 'utf8');
+
+    for (const suite of suites)
+      suite.eventsString = await generateEvents(suite.eval);
+  }, 600_000);
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    await browser.close();
+  });
+
+  for (const suite of suites) {
+    it(
+      suite.title,
+      async () => {
+        suite.times = suite.times ?? 5;
+        const durations: number[] = [];
+        for (let i = 0; i < suite.times; i++) {
+          page = await browser.newPage();
+          await page.goto('about:blank');
+          await page.setContent(`<html>
+            <script>
+              ${code.toString()}
+            </script>
+            <script>
+              window.events = ${suite.eventsString};
+            </script>
+          </html>`);
+          const duration = (await page.evaluate(() => {
+            const replayer = new (window as any).rrweb.Replayer(
+              (window as any).events,
+            );
+            const start = Date.now();
+            replayer.play(replayer.getMetaData().totalTime + 100);
+            return Date.now() - start;
+          })) as number;
+          durations.push(duration);
+          await page.close();
+        }
+
+        console.table([
+          {
+            title: suite.title,
+            times: suite.times,
+            duration: avg(durations),
+            durations: durations.join(', '),
+          },
+        ]);
+      },
+      60_000,
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the recorded events after the mutation function is executed.
+   */
+  async function generateEvents(mutateNodesFn: string): Promise<string> {
+    const page = await browser.newPage();
+
+    await page.goto('about:blank');
+    await page.setContent(`<html>
+    <script>
+    ${code.toString()}
+    </script>
+    </html>`);
+    const eventsString = (await page.evaluate((mutateNodesFn) => {
+      return new Promise((resolve) => {
+        const events: eventWithTime[] = [];
+        const options: recordOptions<eventWithTime> = {
+          emit: (event) => {
+            events.push(event);
+          },
+        };
+        const record = (window as any).rrweb.record;
+        record(options);
+        eval(mutateNodesFn)().then(() => {
+          resolve(JSON.stringify(events));
+        });
+      });
+    }, mutateNodesFn)) as string;
+
+    await page.close();
+    return eventsString;
+  }
+});