diff --git a/vmbindings/dummyvm/Cargo.toml b/vmbindings/dummyvm/Cargo.toml
index 674dff7dc0..a1a3af254b 100644
--- a/vmbindings/dummyvm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vmbindings/dummyvm/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ edition = "2021"
 [lib]
 name = "mmtk_dummyvm"
 # be careful - LTO is only allowed for certain crate types
-crate-type = ["cdylib"]
+# We know that cdylib should work for LTO.
+# We keep rlib here as we need to use the crate from benches.
+crate-type = ["cdylib", "rlib"]
 
 [profile.release]
 lto = true
@@ -20,6 +22,13 @@ atomic_refcell = "0.1.7"
 atomic = "0.4.6"
 log = "0.4"
 
+[dev-dependencies]
+criterion = "0.4"
+
+[[bench]]
+name = "main"
+harness = false
+
 [features]
 default = []
 is_mmtk_object = ["mmtk/is_mmtk_object"]
@@ -27,3 +36,7 @@ malloc_counted_size = ["mmtk/malloc_counted_size"]
 malloc_mark_sweep = ["mmtk/malloc_mark_sweep"]
 vo_bit = ["mmtk/vo_bit"]
 extreme_assertions = ["mmtk/extreme_assertions"]
+
+# Feature to control which benchmarks to run. See benches/main.rs
+bench_sft = []
+bench_alloc = []
diff --git a/vmbindings/dummyvm/benches/bench_alloc.rs b/vmbindings/dummyvm/benches/bench_alloc.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..482cfee33f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vmbindings/dummyvm/benches/bench_alloc.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+use criterion::{criterion_group, Criterion};
+
+use mmtk::plan::AllocationSemantics;
+use mmtk_dummyvm::api;
+use mmtk_dummyvm::test_fixtures::MutatorFixture;
+
+fn alloc(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    println!("Init MMTK in alloc bench");
+    // 1GB so we are unlikely to OOM
+    let fixture = MutatorFixture::create_with_heapsize(1 << 30);
+    c.bench_function("alloc", |b| {
+        b.iter(|| {
+            let _addr = api::mmtk_alloc(fixture.mutator, 8, 8, 0, AllocationSemantics::Default);
+        })
+    });
+}
+
+criterion_group!(benches, alloc);
diff --git a/vmbindings/dummyvm/benches/bench_sft.rs b/vmbindings/dummyvm/benches/bench_sft.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..40ccf01406
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vmbindings/dummyvm/benches/bench_sft.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+use criterion::{black_box, criterion_group, Criterion};
+
+use mmtk::plan::AllocationSemantics;
+use mmtk::vm::ObjectModel;
+use mmtk_dummyvm::api;
+use mmtk_dummyvm::test_fixtures::FixtureContent;
+use mmtk_dummyvm::test_fixtures::MutatorFixture;
+
+fn sft(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    println!("Init MMTK in sft bench");
+    let fixture = MutatorFixture::create();
+    let addr = api::mmtk_alloc(fixture.mutator, 8, 8, 0, AllocationSemantics::Default);
+    let obj = mmtk_dummyvm::object_model::VMObjectModel::address_to_ref(addr);
+
+    c.bench_function("sft read", |b| {
+        b.iter(|| api::mmtk_is_in_mmtk_spaces(black_box(obj)))
+    });
+}
+
+criterion_group!(benches, sft);
diff --git a/vmbindings/dummyvm/benches/main.rs b/vmbindings/dummyvm/benches/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..804379ee1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vmbindings/dummyvm/benches/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+use criterion::criterion_main;
+
+// As we can only initialize one MMTk instance, we have to run each benchmark separately.
+// Filtering like `cargo bench -- sft` won't work, as it still evalutes all the benchmark groups (which initialize MMTk).
+// We can use conditional compilation, and run with `cargo bench --features bench_sft`. The features are defined in the dummy VM crate.
+
+#[cfg(feature = "bench_sft")]
+mod bench_sft;
+#[cfg(feature = "bench_sft")]
+criterion_main!(bench_sft::benches);
+
+#[cfg(feature = "bench_alloc")]
+mod bench_alloc;
+#[cfg(feature = "bench_alloc")]
+criterion_main!(bench_alloc::benches);
diff --git a/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/lib.rs b/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/lib.rs
index ab13607e24..57e630f222 100644
--- a/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/lib.rs
+++ b/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/lib.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ pub mod object_model;
 pub mod reference_glue;
 pub mod scanning;
 
+pub mod test_fixtures;
+
 mod edges;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests;
diff --git a/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/tests/fixtures/mod.rs b/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/test_fixtures.rs
similarity index 94%
rename from vmbindings/dummyvm/src/tests/fixtures/mod.rs
rename to vmbindings/dummyvm/src/test_fixtures.rs
index ccda59970f..4e400bc6d2 100644
--- a/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/tests/fixtures/mod.rs
+++ b/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/test_fixtures.rs
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ impl<T: FixtureContent> Fixture<T> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<T: FixtureContent> Default for Fixture<T> {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self::new()
+    }
+}
+
 /// SerialFixture ensures all `with_fixture()` calls will be executed serially.
 pub struct SerialFixture<T: FixtureContent> {
     content: Mutex<Option<Box<T>>>,
@@ -85,6 +91,12 @@ impl<T: FixtureContent> SerialFixture<T> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<T: FixtureContent> Default for SerialFixture<T> {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self::new()
+    }
+}
+
 pub struct SingleObject {
     pub objref: ObjectReference,
 }
@@ -171,8 +183,13 @@ pub struct MutatorFixture {
 impl FixtureContent for MutatorFixture {
     fn create() -> Self {
         const MB: usize = 1024 * 1024;
-        // 1MB heap
-        mmtk_init(MB);
+        Self::create_with_heapsize(MB)
+    }
+}
+
+impl MutatorFixture {
+    pub fn create_with_heapsize(size: usize) -> Self {
+        mmtk_init(size);
         mmtk_initialize_collection(VMThread::UNINITIALIZED);
         // Make sure GC does not run during test.
         mmtk_disable_collection();
diff --git a/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/tests/allocate_align_offset.rs b/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/tests/allocate_align_offset.rs
index c68cac7378..ed39c5ce20 100644
--- a/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/tests/allocate_align_offset.rs
+++ b/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/tests/allocate_align_offset.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // GITHUB-CI: MMTK_PLAN=all
 
 use crate::api;
-use crate::tests::fixtures::{MutatorFixture, SerialFixture};
+use crate::test_fixtures::{MutatorFixture, SerialFixture};
 use crate::DummyVM;
 use log::info;
 use mmtk::plan::AllocationSemantics;
diff --git a/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/tests/barrier_slow_path_assertion.rs b/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/tests/barrier_slow_path_assertion.rs
index f8394a48ab..063c053dcd 100644
--- a/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/tests/barrier_slow_path_assertion.rs
+++ b/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/tests/barrier_slow_path_assertion.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 // Run the test with any plan that uses object barrier, and we also need both VO bit and extreme assertions.
 
 use crate::object_model::OBJECT_REF_OFFSET;
-use crate::tests::fixtures::FixtureContent;
-use crate::tests::fixtures::MMTKSingleton;
+use crate::test_fixtures::FixtureContent;
+use crate::test_fixtures::MMTKSingleton;
 use crate::{api::*, edges};
 use atomic::Atomic;
 use mmtk::util::{Address, ObjectReference};
diff --git a/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/tests/conservatism.rs b/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/tests/conservatism.rs
index b2ef84c1cf..6262769888 100644
--- a/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/tests/conservatism.rs
+++ b/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/tests/conservatism.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 use crate::api::*;
 use crate::object_model::OBJECT_REF_OFFSET;
-use crate::tests::fixtures::{Fixture, SingleObject};
+use crate::test_fixtures::{Fixture, SingleObject};
 use mmtk::util::constants::LOG_BITS_IN_WORD;
 use mmtk::util::is_mmtk_object::VO_BIT_REGION_SIZE;
 use mmtk::util::*;
diff --git a/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/tests/edges_test.rs b/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/tests/edges_test.rs
index 92c50dbbb4..f927e420a6 100644
--- a/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/tests/edges_test.rs
+++ b/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/tests/edges_test.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use mmtk::{
 
 use crate::{
     edges::{DummyVMEdge, OffsetEdge, TaggedEdge},
-    tests::fixtures::{Fixture, TwoObjects},
+    test_fixtures::{Fixture, TwoObjects},
 };
 
 #[cfg(target_pointer_width = "64")]
diff --git a/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/tests/is_in_mmtk_spaces.rs b/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/tests/is_in_mmtk_spaces.rs
index 7e14fb9bc9..8a41f4116f 100644
--- a/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/tests/is_in_mmtk_spaces.rs
+++ b/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/tests/is_in_mmtk_spaces.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // GITHUB-CI: MMTK_PLAN=all
 
 use crate::api::mmtk_is_in_mmtk_spaces as is_in_mmtk_spaces;
-use crate::tests::fixtures::{Fixture, SingleObject};
+use crate::test_fixtures::{Fixture, SingleObject};
 use mmtk::util::*;
 
 lazy_static! {
diff --git a/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/tests/issue867_allocate_unrealistically_large_object.rs b/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/tests/issue867_allocate_unrealistically_large_object.rs
index 3cdaf12d8d..8822506413 100644
--- a/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/tests/issue867_allocate_unrealistically_large_object.rs
+++ b/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/tests/issue867_allocate_unrealistically_large_object.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // GITHUB-CI: MMTK_PLAN=all
 
 use crate::api;
-use crate::tests::fixtures::{MutatorFixture, SerialFixture};
+use crate::test_fixtures::{MutatorFixture, SerialFixture};
 use mmtk::plan::AllocationSemantics;
 
 lazy_static! {
diff --git a/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/tests/malloc_counted.rs b/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/tests/malloc_counted.rs
index d5d8ef678a..c7c6639d0c 100644
--- a/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/tests/malloc_counted.rs
+++ b/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/tests/malloc_counted.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // GITHUB-CI: FEATURES=malloc_counted_size
 
 use crate::api::*;
-use crate::tests::fixtures::{MMTKSingleton, SerialFixture};
+use crate::test_fixtures::{MMTKSingleton, SerialFixture};
 
 lazy_static! {
     static ref MMTK_SINGLETON: SerialFixture<MMTKSingleton> = SerialFixture::new();
diff --git a/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/tests/mod.rs b/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/tests/mod.rs
index acc48a3eb5..f6eb288ca0 100644
--- a/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/tests/mod.rs
+++ b/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/tests/mod.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ mod barrier_slow_path_assertion;
 #[cfg(feature = "is_mmtk_object")]
 mod conservatism;
 mod edges_test;
-mod fixtures;
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 mod handle_mmap_conflict;
 mod handle_mmap_oom;
diff --git a/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/tests/vm_layout_default.rs b/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/tests/vm_layout_default.rs
index 9d95c314ca..38fa24a10e 100644
--- a/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/tests/vm_layout_default.rs
+++ b/vmbindings/dummyvm/src/tests/vm_layout_default.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use mmtk::util::heap::vm_layout::VMLayout;
 
 pub fn test_with_vm_layout(layout: Option<VMLayout>) {
     use crate::api;
-    use crate::tests::fixtures::VMLayoutFixture;
+    use crate::test_fixtures::VMLayoutFixture;
     use mmtk::plan::AllocationSemantics;
     use mmtk::vm::ObjectModel;