diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c1238f8..93cc614 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -113,10 +113,17 @@ if (MPI_FOUND)
   set_cxx_standard(persistent)
 endif()
 
+if (MPI_FOUND)
+  add_executable(send-recv send_recv.cpp)
+  target_link_libraries(send-recv MPI::MPI_CXX)
+  set_cxx_options(send-recv)
+  set_cxx_standard(send-recv)
+endif()
+
 if (MPI_FOUND AND CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER)
   add_executable(one-sided-gpu one_sided_gpu.cpp)
   target_link_libraries(one-sided-gpu MPI::MPI_CXX)
   target_link_libraries(one-sided-gpu CUDA::cudart)
   set_cxx_options(one-sided-gpu)
   set_cxx_standard(one-sided-gpu)
-endif()
\ No newline at end of file
+endif()
diff --git a/send_recv.cpp b/send_recv.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a0f477
--- /dev/null
+++ b/send_recv.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <vector>
+#include <cstdlib>
+
+#include <mpi.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+const float sample_target = 200e-6;
+
+struct Sample {
+  double raw;
+  double norm;
+};
+
+static Sample get_sample(int perSample, void *buf, int bytes, int rank, int other, MPI_Comm comm) {
+  Sample sample;
+  int tag = 0;
+  MPI_Barrier(comm);
+  double start = MPI_Wtime();
+  for (int i = 0; i < perSample; ++i) {
+    if (0 == rank) {
+      MPI_Send(buf, bytes, MPI_BYTE, other, tag, comm);
+      MPI_Recv(buf, bytes, MPI_BYTE, other, tag, comm, MPI_STATUS_IGNORE);
+    } else if (1 == rank) {
+      MPI_Recv(buf, bytes, MPI_BYTE, other, tag, comm, MPI_STATUS_IGNORE);
+      MPI_Send(buf, bytes, MPI_BYTE, other, tag, comm);
+    }
+  }
+  double stop = MPI_Wtime();
+  sample.raw = stop-start;
+  sample.norm = sample.raw / perSample;
+  return sample;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+  // Initialize the MPI environment
+  MPI_Init(&argc, &argv);
+
+  // Get the number of processes
+  int size, rank;
+  MPI_Comm_size(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &size);
+  MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &rank);
+
+  if (size < 2) {
+    printf("need at least 2 ranks!\n");
+    exit(1);
+  }
+
+  int other = (rank + 1) % 2;
+  int numIters = 100;
+
+  std::vector<size_t> sweep{
+    1,
+    64,
+    128,
+    256,
+    512,
+    1 * 1024,
+    2 * 1024,
+    4 * 1024,
+    8 * 1024,
+    16 * 1024,
+    32 * 1024,
+    64 * 1024,
+    128 * 1024,
+    256 * 1024,
+    512 * 1024,
+    1 * 1024 * 1024,
+    2 * 1024 * 1024,
+    4 * 1024 * 1024,
+    8 * 1024 * 1024,
+    16 * 1024 * 1024,
+    32 * 1024 * 1024,
+    64 * 1024 * 1024,
+    128 * 1024 * 1024,
+    256 * 1024 * 1024,
+  };
+
+  if (0 == rank) {
+    printf("bytes,min,max,avg,med\n");
+  }
+
+  for (size_t bytes : sweep) {
+    std::vector<double> samples(numIters);
+    char *buf = new char[bytes];
+    if (mlock(buf, bytes)) {
+      perror("error locking memory");
+    }
+
+    // try to reach 200us / sample
+    int perSample = 1;
+    for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i) {
+      double sample = get_sample(perSample, buf, bytes, rank, other, MPI_COMM_WORLD).raw;
+      // estimate number of measurements per sample
+      int guess = sample_target / sample + /*rounding*/0.5;
+      // close half the distance to this estimate
+      perSample += (guess - perSample) * 0.5;
+      if (perSample < 1) perSample = 1;
+      MPI_Bcast(&perSample, 1, MPI_INT, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
+    } 
+
+    if (0 == rank) {
+      fprintf(stderr, "sample averaged over %d iterations\n", perSample);
+    }
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < numIters; ++i) {
+      samples[i] = get_sample(perSample, buf, bytes, rank, other, MPI_COMM_WORLD).norm;
+    }
+
+    // each sample is the max time observed
+    MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE, samples.data(), numIters, MPI_DOUBLE, MPI_MAX, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
+
+    // bubble sort
+    bool changed = true;
+    while (changed) {
+      changed = false;
+      for (int i = 0; i < numIters - 1; ++i) {
+        if (samples[i] > samples[i+1]) {
+          double tmp = samples[i+1];
+          samples[i+1] = samples[i];
+          samples[i] = tmp;
+          changed = true;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    // average
+    double avg = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < numIters; ++i) {
+      avg += samples[i];
+    }
+    avg /= numIters;
+
+    if (0 == rank) {
+      printf("%lu,%e,%e,%e,%e\n", bytes, samples[0], samples[numIters-1], avg, samples[numIters/2]);
+    }
+
+    if (munlock(buf, bytes)) {
+      perror("error unlocking memory");
+    }
+    delete[] buf;
+  }
+
+  MPI_Finalize();
+  return 0;
+}