diff --git a/cmd/catchpointdump/bench.go b/cmd/catchpointdump/bench.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1cfdd306cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/catchpointdump/bench.go
@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2019-2024 Algorand, Inc.
+// This file is part of go-algorand
+//
+// go-algorand is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+// published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+// License, or (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// go-algorand 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 Affero General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+// along with go-algorand.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	"github.com/algorand/go-algorand/config"
+	"github.com/algorand/go-algorand/crypto"
+	"github.com/algorand/go-algorand/data/bookkeeping"
+	"github.com/algorand/go-algorand/ledger"
+	"github.com/algorand/go-algorand/ledger/ledgercore"
+	"github.com/algorand/go-algorand/logging"
+	"github.com/algorand/go-algorand/protocol"
+	tools "github.com/algorand/go-algorand/tools/network"
+)
+
+var reportJsonPath string
+
+func init() {
+	benchCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&networkName, "net", "n", "", "Specify the network name ( i.e. mainnet.algorand.network )")
+	benchCmd.Flags().IntVarP(&round, "round", "r", 0, "Specify the round number ( i.e. 7700000 )")
+	benchCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&relayAddress, "relay", "p", "", "Relay address to use ( i.e. r-ru.algorand-mainnet.network:4160 )")
+	benchCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&catchpointFile, "tar", "t", "", "Specify the catchpoint file (either .tar or .tar.gz) to process")
+	benchCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&reportJsonPath, "report", "j", "", "Specify the file to save the Json formatted report to")
+}
+
+var benchCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "bench",
+	Short: "Benchmark a catchpoint restore",
+	Long:  "Benchmark a catchpoint restore",
+	Args:  validateNoPosArgsFn,
+	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (err error) {
+
+		// Either source the file locally or require a network name to download
+		if catchpointFile == "" && networkName == "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("provide either catchpoint file or network name")
+		}
+		loadOnly = true
+		benchmark := makeBenchmarkReport()
+
+		if catchpointFile == "" {
+			if round == 0 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("round not set")
+			}
+			stage := benchmark.startStage("network")
+			catchpointFile, err = downloadCatchpointFromAnyRelay(networkName, round, relayAddress)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to download catchpoint : %v", err)
+			}
+			stage.completeStage()
+		}
+		stats, err := os.Stat(catchpointFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to stat '%s' : %v", catchpointFile, err)
+		}
+
+		catchpointSize := stats.Size()
+		if catchpointSize == 0 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("empty file '%s' : %v", catchpointFile, err)
+		}
+
+		genesisInitState := ledgercore.InitState{
+			Block: bookkeeping.Block{BlockHeader: bookkeeping.BlockHeader{
+				UpgradeState: bookkeeping.UpgradeState{
+					CurrentProtocol: protocol.ConsensusCurrentVersion,
+				},
+			}},
+		}
+		cfg := config.GetDefaultLocal()
+		l, err := ledger.OpenLedger(logging.Base(), "./ledger", false, genesisInitState, cfg)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to open ledger : %v", err)
+		}
+
+		defer os.Remove("./ledger.block.sqlite")
+		defer os.Remove("./ledger.block.sqlite-shm")
+		defer os.Remove("./ledger.block.sqlite-wal")
+		defer os.Remove("./ledger.tracker.sqlite")
+		defer os.Remove("./ledger.tracker.sqlite-shm")
+		defer os.Remove("./ledger.tracker.sqlite-wal")
+		defer l.Close()
+
+		catchupAccessor := ledger.MakeCatchpointCatchupAccessor(l, logging.Base())
+		err = catchupAccessor.ResetStagingBalances(context.Background(), true)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to initialize catchup database : %v", err)
+		}
+
+		reader, err := os.Open(catchpointFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to read '%s' : %v", catchpointFile, err)
+		}
+		defer reader.Close()
+
+		printDigests = false
+		stage := benchmark.startStage("database")
+
+		_, err = loadCatchpointIntoDatabase(context.Background(), catchupAccessor, reader, catchpointSize)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to load catchpoint file into in-memory database : %v", err)
+		}
+		stage.completeStage()
+
+		stage = benchmark.startStage("digest")
+
+		err = buildMerkleTrie(context.Background(), catchupAccessor)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to build Merkle tree : %v", err)
+		}
+		stage.completeStage()
+
+		benchmark.printReport()
+		if reportJsonPath != "" {
+			if err := benchmark.saveReport(reportJsonPath); err != nil {
+				fmt.Printf("error writing report to %s: %v\n", reportJsonPath, err)
+			}
+		}
+
+		return err
+	},
+}
+
+func downloadCatchpointFromAnyRelay(network string, round int, relayAddress string) (string, error) {
+	var addrs []string
+	if relayAddress != "" {
+		addrs = []string{relayAddress}
+	} else {
+		//append relays
+		dnsaddrs, err := tools.ReadFromSRV(context.Background(), "algobootstrap", "tcp", networkName, "", false)
+		if err != nil || len(dnsaddrs) == 0 {
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("unable to bootstrap records for '%s' : %v", networkName, err)
+		}
+		addrs = append(addrs, dnsaddrs...)
+		// append archivers
+		dnsaddrs, err = tools.ReadFromSRV(context.Background(), "archive", "tcp", networkName, "", false)
+		if err == nil && len(dnsaddrs) > 0 {
+			addrs = append(addrs, dnsaddrs...)
+		}
+	}
+
+	for _, addr := range addrs {
+		tarName, err := downloadCatchpoint(addr, round)
+		if err != nil {
+			reportInfof("failed to download catchpoint from '%s' : %v", addr, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		return tarName, nil
+	}
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("catchpoint for round %d on network %s could not be downloaded from any relay", round, network)
+}
+
+func buildMerkleTrie(ctx context.Context, catchupAccessor ledger.CatchpointCatchupAccessor) (err error) {
+	err = catchupAccessor.BuildMerkleTrie(ctx, func(uint64, uint64) {})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("\n Building Merkle Trie, this will take a few minutes...")
+	var balanceHash, spverHash crypto.Digest
+	balanceHash, spverHash, _, err = catchupAccessor.GetVerifyData(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("done. \naccounts digest=%s, spver digest=%s\n\n", balanceHash, spverHash)
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/catchpointdump/bench_report.go b/cmd/catchpointdump/bench_report.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..87219f2e25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/catchpointdump/bench_report.go
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"runtime"
+	"syscall"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+	. "github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2"
+)
+
+type benchStage struct {
+	stage     string
+	start     time.Time
+	duration  time.Duration
+	cpuTimeNS int64
+	completed bool
+}
+
+type hostInfo struct {
+	CpuCoreCnt    int       `json:"cores"`
+	CpuLogicalCnt int       `json:"log_cores"`
+	CpuBaseMHz    int64     `json:"base_mhz"`
+	CpuMaxMHz     int64     `json:"max_mhz"`
+	CpuName       string    `json:"cpu_name"`
+	CpuVendor     string    `json:"cpu_vendor"`
+	MemMB         int       `json:"mem_mb"`
+	OS            string    `json:"os"`
+	ID            uuid.UUID `json:"uuid"`
+}
+
+type benchReport struct {
+	ReportID uuid.UUID     `json:"report"`
+	Stages   []*benchStage `json:"stages"`
+	HostInfo *hostInfo     `json:"host"`
+	// TODO: query cpu cores, bogomips and stuff (windows/mac compatible)
+}
+
+func (s *benchStage) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	return json.Marshal(&struct {
+		Stage    string `json:"stage"`
+		Duration int64  `json:"duration_sec"`
+		CpuTime  int64  `json:"cpu_time_sec"`
+	}{
+		Stage:    s.stage,
+		Duration: int64(s.duration.Seconds()),
+		CpuTime:  s.cpuTimeNS / 1000000000,
+	})
+}
+
+func (bs *benchStage) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(">> stage:%s duration_sec:%.1f duration_min:%.1f cpu_sec:%d", bs.stage, bs.duration.Seconds(), bs.duration.Minutes(), bs.cpuTimeNS/1000000000)
+}
+
+func maybeGetTotalMemory() uint64 {
+	switch runtime.GOOS {
+	case "linux":
+		// Use sysinfo on Linux
+		var si syscall.Sysinfo_t
+		err := syscall.Sysinfo(&si)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0
+		}
+		return si.Totalram
+	default:
+		return 0
+	}
+}
+
+func gatherHostInfo() *hostInfo {
+	nid := sha256.Sum256(uuid.NodeID())
+	uuid, _ := uuid.FromBytes(nid[0:16])
+
+	ni := &hostInfo{
+		CpuCoreCnt:    CPU.PhysicalCores,
+		CpuLogicalCnt: CPU.LogicalCores,
+		CpuName:       CPU.BrandName,
+		CpuVendor:     CPU.VendorID.String(),
+		CpuMaxMHz:     CPU.BoostFreq / 1_000_000,
+		CpuBaseMHz:    CPU.Hz / 1_000_000,
+		MemMB:         int(maybeGetTotalMemory()) / 1024 / 1024,
+		ID:            uuid,
+		OS:            runtime.GOOS,
+	}
+
+	return ni
+}
+
+func makeBenchmarkReport() *benchReport {
+	uuid, _ := uuid.NewV7()
+	return &benchReport{
+		Stages:   make([]*benchStage, 0),
+		HostInfo: gatherHostInfo(),
+		ReportID: uuid,
+	}
+}
+
+func GetCPU() int64 {
+	usage := new(syscall.Rusage)
+	syscall.Getrusage(syscall.RUSAGE_SELF, usage)
+	return usage.Utime.Nano() + usage.Stime.Nano()
+}
+
+func (br *benchReport) startStage(stage string) *benchStage {
+	bs := &benchStage{
+		stage:     stage,
+		start:     time.Now(),
+		duration:  0,
+		cpuTimeNS: GetCPU(),
+		completed: false,
+	}
+	br.Stages = append(br.Stages, bs)
+	return bs
+}
+
+func (bs *benchStage) completeStage() {
+	bs.duration = time.Since(bs.start)
+	bs.completed = true
+	bs.cpuTimeNS = GetCPU() - bs.cpuTimeNS
+}
+
+func (br *benchReport) printReport() {
+	fmt.Print("\nBenchmark report:\n")
+	for i := range br.Stages {
+		fmt.Println(br.Stages[i].String())
+	}
+}
+
+func (br *benchReport) saveReport(filename string) error {
+	jsonData, err := json.MarshalIndent(br, "", "    ")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Write to file with permissions set to 0644
+	err = os.WriteFile(filename, jsonData, 0644)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/catchpointdump/commands.go b/cmd/catchpointdump/commands.go
index f9dae40186..2165da0a3b 100644
--- a/cmd/catchpointdump/commands.go
+++ b/cmd/catchpointdump/commands.go
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ var versionCheck bool
 func init() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(fileCmd)
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(netCmd)
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(benchCmd)
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(databaseCmd)
 }