diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c78ee48a..ba270b52 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 [lib]
 name = "clvmr"
 crate-type = ["rlib"]
+bench = false
 
 [features]
 # when enabling the "counters" features, the CLVM interpreter is instrumented to
diff --git a/benches/block_af9c3d98.bin b/benches/block_af9c3d98.bin
index c14839da..149342aa 100644
Binary files a/benches/block_af9c3d98.bin and b/benches/block_af9c3d98.bin differ
diff --git a/benches/deserialize.rs b/benches/deserialize.rs
index 5040dd0b..ac5b794f 100644
--- a/benches/deserialize.rs
+++ b/benches/deserialize.rs
@@ -1,52 +1,78 @@
 use clvmr::allocator::Allocator;
-use clvmr::serde::node_from_bytes;
-use clvmr::serde::node_from_bytes_backrefs;
-use clvmr::serde::serialized_length_from_bytes;
-use clvmr::serde::serialized_length_from_bytes_trusted;
-use criterion::{criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion, SamplingMode};
+use clvmr::serde::{
+    node_from_bytes, node_from_bytes_backrefs, node_to_bytes_backrefs,
+    serialized_length_from_bytes, serialized_length_from_bytes_trusted, tree_hash_from_stream,
+};
+use criterion::{criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion};
 use std::include_bytes;
 use std::time::Instant;
 
 fn deserialize_benchmark(c: &mut Criterion) {
     let block = include_bytes!("block_af9c3d98.bin");
+    let compressed_block = {
+        let mut a = Allocator::new();
+        let input = node_from_bytes(&mut a, block).expect("failed to parse input file");
+        node_to_bytes_backrefs(&a, input).expect("failed to compress generator")
+    };
 
     let mut group = c.benchmark_group("deserialize");
-    group.sample_size(10);
-    group.sampling_mode(SamplingMode::Flat);
 
-    group.bench_function("serialized_length_from_bytes", |b| {
-        b.iter(|| {
-            let start = Instant::now();
-            let _ = serialized_length_from_bytes(block);
-            start.elapsed()
-        })
-    });
+    for (bl, name_suffix) in &[
+        (block as &[u8], ""),
+        (compressed_block.as_ref(), "-compressed"),
+    ] {
+        group.bench_function(format!("serialized_length_from_bytes{name_suffix}"), |b| {
+            b.iter(|| {
+                let start = Instant::now();
+                serialized_length_from_bytes(bl).expect("serialized_length_from_bytes");
+                start.elapsed()
+            })
+        });
 
-    group.bench_function("serialized_length_from_bytes_trusted", |b| {
-        b.iter(|| {
-            let start = Instant::now();
-            let _ = serialized_length_from_bytes_trusted(block);
-            start.elapsed()
-        })
-    });
+        group.bench_function(
+            format!("serialized_length_from_bytes_trusted{name_suffix}"),
+            |b| {
+                b.iter(|| {
+                    let start = Instant::now();
+                    serialized_length_from_bytes_trusted(bl)
+                        .expect("serialized_length_from_bytes_truested");
+                    start.elapsed()
+                })
+            },
+        );
 
-    let mut a = Allocator::new();
-    let iter_checkpoint = a.checkpoint();
+        // we don't support compressed CLVM in tree_hash_from_stream yet
+        if name_suffix.is_empty() {
+            group.bench_function(format!("tree_hash_from_stream{name_suffix}"), |b| {
+                b.iter(|| {
+                    let mut cur = std::io::Cursor::new(*bl);
+                    let start = Instant::now();
+                    tree_hash_from_stream(&mut cur).expect("tree_hash_from_stream");
+                    start.elapsed()
+                })
+            });
+        }
 
-    group.bench_function("node_from_bytes_backrefs", |b| {
-        b.iter(|| {
-            a.restore_checkpoint(&iter_checkpoint);
-            let start = Instant::now();
-            let _ = node_from_bytes_backrefs(&mut a, block);
-            start.elapsed()
-        })
-    });
+        let mut a = Allocator::new();
+        let iter_checkpoint = a.checkpoint();
+
+        group.bench_function(format!("node_from_bytes_backrefs{name_suffix}"), |b| {
+            b.iter(|| {
+                a.restore_checkpoint(&iter_checkpoint);
+                let start = Instant::now();
+                node_from_bytes_backrefs(&mut a, bl).expect("node_from_bytes_backrefs");
+                start.elapsed()
+            })
+        });
+    }
 
+    let mut a = Allocator::new();
+    let iter_checkpoint = a.checkpoint();
     group.bench_function("node_from_bytes", |b| {
         b.iter(|| {
             a.restore_checkpoint(&iter_checkpoint);
             let start = Instant::now();
-            let _ = node_from_bytes(&mut a, block);
+            node_from_bytes(&mut a, block).expect("node_from_bytes");
             start.elapsed()
         })
     });