diff --git a/tests/test-org-roam-perf.el b/tests/test-org-roam-perf.el
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@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+;;; test-org-roam-perf.el --- Performance Tests for Org-roam -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
+
+;; Copyright (C) 2020 Jethro Kuan
+
+;; Author: Jethro Kuan <jethrokuan95@gmail.com>
+;; Package-Requires: ((buttercup))
+
+;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+;; (at your option) any later version.
+
+;; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;; along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+;;; Commentary:
+;;; Code:
+
+(require 'buttercup)
+(require 'org-roam)
+
+(defconst test-org-roam-perf-zip-url "https://github.com/org-roam/test-org-files/archive/master.zip"
+  "Path to zip for test org-roam files.")
+
+(defun test-org-roam-perf--abs-path (file-path)
+  "Get absolute FILE-PATH from `org-roam-directory'."
+  (file-truename (expand-file-name file-path org-roam-directory)))
+
+(defun test-org-roam-perf--init ()
+  "."
+  (let* ((temp-loc (expand-file-name (make-temp-name "test-org-files-") temporary-file-directory))
+         (zip-file-loc (concat temp-loc ".zip"))
+         (_ (url-copy-file test-org-roam-perf-zip-url zip-file-loc))
+         (_ (shell-command (format "mkdir -p %s && unzip -j -qq %s -d %s" temp-loc zip-file-loc temp-loc))))
+    (setq org-roam-directory temp-loc)))
+
+(describe "Cache Build"
+  (it "cache build from scratch time to be acceptable"
+    (test-org-roam-perf--init)
+    (pcase (benchmark-run 1 (org-roam-db-build-cache t))
+      (`(,time ,gcs ,time-in-gc)
+       (message "Elapsed time: %fs (%fs in %d GCs)" time time-in-gc gcs)
+       (expect time :to-be-less-than 100))))
+  (it "builds quickly without change"
+    (pcase (benchmark-run 1 (org-roam-db-build-cache))
+      (`(,time ,gcs ,time-in-gc)
+       (message "Elapsed time: %fs (%fs in %d GCs)" time time-in-gc gcs)
+       (expect time :to-be-less-than 5)))))
diff --git a/tests/test-org-roam.el b/tests/test-org-roam.el
index 55d89be..804c892 100644
--- a/tests/test-org-roam.el
+++ b/tests/test-org-roam.el
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ;; Copyright (C) 2020 Jethro Kuan
 
 ;; Author: Jethro Kuan <jethrokuan95@gmail.com>
-;; Package-Requires: ((buttercup) (with-simulated-input))
+;; Package-Requires: ((buttercup))
 
 ;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by