diff --git a/log/record_test.go b/log/record_test.go
index c3eb9539c0a..4163008ea8c 100644
--- a/log/record_test.go
+++ b/log/record_test.go
@@ -103,3 +103,100 @@ func TestRecordAttributes(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	})
 }
+
+func BenchmarkRecord(b *testing.B) {
+	var (
+		tStamp time.Time
+		sev    log.Severity
+		text   string
+		body   log.Value
+		attr   log.KeyValue
+		n      int
+	)
+
+	b.Run("Timestamp", func(b *testing.B) {
+		b.ReportAllocs()
+		for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+			var r log.Record
+			r.SetTimestamp(y2k)
+			tStamp = r.Timestamp()
+		}
+	})
+
+	b.Run("ObservedTimestamp", func(b *testing.B) {
+		b.ReportAllocs()
+		for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+			var r log.Record
+			r.SetObservedTimestamp(y2k)
+			tStamp = r.ObservedTimestamp()
+		}
+	})
+
+	b.Run("Severity", func(b *testing.B) {
+		b.ReportAllocs()
+		for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+			var r log.Record
+			r.SetSeverity(log.SeverityDebug)
+			sev = r.Severity()
+		}
+	})
+
+	b.Run("SeverityText", func(b *testing.B) {
+		b.ReportAllocs()
+		for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+			var r log.Record
+			r.SetSeverityText("text")
+			text = r.SeverityText()
+		}
+	})
+
+	bodyVal := log.BoolValue(true)
+	b.Run("Body", func(b *testing.B) {
+		b.ReportAllocs()
+		for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+			var r log.Record
+			r.SetBody(bodyVal)
+			body = r.Body()
+		}
+	})
+
+	attrs10 := []log.KeyValue{
+		log.Bool("b1", true),
+		log.Int("i1", 324),
+		log.Float64("f1", -230.213),
+		log.String("s1", "value1"),
+		log.Map("m1", log.Slice("slice1", log.BoolValue(true))),
+		log.Bool("b2", false),
+		log.Int("i2", 39847),
+		log.Float64("f2", 0.382964329),
+		log.String("s2", "value2"),
+		log.Map("m2", log.Slice("slice2", log.BoolValue(false))),
+	}
+	attrs5 := attrs10[:5]
+	walk := func(kv log.KeyValue) bool {
+		attr = kv
+		return true
+	}
+	b.Run("Attributes", func(b *testing.B) {
+		b.Run("5", func(b *testing.B) {
+			b.ReportAllocs()
+			for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+				var r log.Record
+				r.AddAttributes(attrs5...)
+				n = r.AttributesLen()
+				r.WalkAttributes(walk)
+			}
+		})
+		b.Run("10", func(b *testing.B) {
+			b.ReportAllocs()
+			for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+				var r log.Record
+				r.AddAttributes(attrs10...)
+				n = r.AttributesLen()
+				r.WalkAttributes(walk)
+			}
+		})
+	})
+
+	_, _, _, _, _, _ = tStamp, sev, text, body, attr, n
+}