diff --git a/Benchmarks/MemCasting.cs b/Benchmarks/MemCasting.cs
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+// Licensed to Timothy Schenk under the GNU AGPL Version 3 License.
+
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Attributes;
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Order;
+
+namespace Benchmarks;
+
+[Config(typeof(GenericConfig))]
+[Orderer(SummaryOrderPolicy.FastestToSlowest)]
+public class MemCasting
+{
+    private byte[] _data = null!;
+    private byte[] _arrayData = null!;
+
+    [Params(1000, 100000, 1000000)] public int N;
+    [GlobalSetup]
+    public void Setup()
+    {
+        _data = new byte[64];
+        _arrayData = new byte[N * 64];
+        Random.Shared.NextBytes(_data);
+        Random.Shared.NextBytes(_arrayData);
+    }
+    private static ElementalStats ReadElementalStatsMemoryMarshal(ref Span<byte> data)
+    {
+        return MemoryMarshal.Cast<byte, ElementalStats>(data.Slice(0, 64))[0];
+    }
+    private static ElementalStats ReadElementalStatsMemoryMarshal2(ref Span<byte> data)
+    {
+        return MemoryMarshal.Read<ElementalStats>(data.Slice(0, 64));
+    }
+    private static ElementalStats ReadElementalStatsNew(ref Span<byte> data)
+    {
+        return new ElementalStats
+        {
+            MinimumFireDamage = BitConverter.ToInt32(data.Slice(0, 4)), // 140 -> 144
+            MinimumWaterDamage = BitConverter.ToInt32(data.Slice(4, 4)), // 144 -> 148
+            MinimumDarkDamage = BitConverter.ToInt32(data.Slice(8, 4)), // 148 -> 152
+            MinimumHolyDamage = BitConverter.ToInt32(data.Slice(12, 4)), // 152 -> 156
+            MaximumFireDamage = BitConverter.ToInt32(data.Slice(16, 4)), // 156 -> 160
+            MaximumWaterDamage = BitConverter.ToInt32(data.Slice(20, 4)), // 160 -> 164
+            MaximumDarkDamage = BitConverter.ToInt32(data.Slice(24, 4)), // 164 -> 168
+            MaximumHolyDamage = BitConverter.ToInt32(data.Slice(28, 4)), // 168 -> 172
+            ElementFire = BitConverter.ToUInt32(data.Slice(32, 4)), // 172 -> 176
+            ElementWater = BitConverter.ToUInt32(data.Slice(36, 4)), // 176 -> 180
+            ElementDark = BitConverter.ToUInt32(data.Slice(40, 4)), // 180 -> 184
+            ElementHoly = BitConverter.ToUInt32(data.Slice(44, 4)), // 184 -> 188
+            FireResistance = BitConverter.ToInt32(data.Slice(48, 4)), // 188 -> 192
+            WaterResistance = BitConverter.ToInt32(data.Slice(52, 4)), // 192 -> 196
+            DarkResistance = BitConverter.ToInt32(data.Slice(56, 4)), // 196 -> 200
+            HolyResistance = BitConverter.ToInt32(data.Slice(60, 4)) // 200 -> 204
+        };
+    }
+
+    [Benchmark]
+    public Span<ElementalStats> MemoryMarshalCastArray()
+    {
+        var data = _arrayData.AsSpan();
+        var elements = MemoryMarshal.Cast<byte, ElementalStats>(data);
+
+        return elements;
+    }
+
+    [Benchmark]
+    public Span<ElementalStats> MemoryMarshalReadArray()
+    {
+        Span<ElementalStats> statsArr = stackalloc ElementalStats[N + 1];
+        var data = _data.AsSpan();
+        for (int i = 0; i <= N; i++)
+        {
+            statsArr[i] = ReadElementalStatsMemoryMarshal2(ref data);
+        }
+
+        return statsArr.ToArray();
+    }
+    [Benchmark]
+    public Span<ElementalStats> ManualSpanSlicingArray()
+    {
+        Span<ElementalStats> statsArr = stackalloc ElementalStats[N + 1];
+        var data = _data.AsSpan();
+        for (int i = 0; i <= N; i++)
+        {
+            statsArr[i] = ReadElementalStatsNew(ref data);
+        }
+
+        return statsArr.ToArray();
+    }
+
+    [Benchmark]
+    public ElementalStats MemoryMarshalCastSingle()
+    {
+        var data = _data.AsSpan();
+        return ReadElementalStatsMemoryMarshal(ref data);
+    }
+
+    [Benchmark]
+    public ElementalStats MemoryMarshalReadSingle()
+    {
+        var data = _data.AsSpan();
+        return ReadElementalStatsMemoryMarshal2(ref data);
+    }
+    [Benchmark]
+    public ElementalStats ManualSpanSlicingSingle()
+    {
+        var data = _data.AsSpan();
+        return ReadElementalStatsNew(ref data);
+    }
+
+    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Explicit, Size = 64)]
+    public struct ElementalStats
+    {
+        [FieldOffset(0)]
+        [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.I4)]
+        public int MinimumFireDamage;
+
+        [FieldOffset(4)]
+        [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.I4)]
+        public int MinimumWaterDamage;
+
+        [FieldOffset(8)]
+        [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.I4)]
+        public int MinimumDarkDamage;
+
+        [FieldOffset(12)]
+        [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.I4)]
+        public int MinimumHolyDamage;
+
+        [FieldOffset(16)]
+        [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.I4)]
+        public int MaximumFireDamage;
+
+        [FieldOffset(20)]
+        [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.I4)]
+        public int MaximumWaterDamage;
+
+        [FieldOffset(24)]
+        [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.I4)]
+        public int MaximumDarkDamage;
+
+        [FieldOffset(28)]
+        [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.I4)]
+        public int MaximumHolyDamage;
+
+        [FieldOffset(32)]
+        [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)]
+        public uint ElementFire;
+
+        [FieldOffset(36)]
+        [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)]
+        public uint ElementWater;
+
+        [FieldOffset(40)]
+        [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)]
+        public uint ElementDark;
+
+        [FieldOffset(44)]
+        [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)]
+        public uint ElementHoly;
+
+        [FieldOffset(48)]
+        [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.I4)]
+        public int FireResistance;
+
+        [FieldOffset(52)]
+        [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.I4)]
+        public int WaterResistance;
+
+        [FieldOffset(56)]
+        [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.I4)]
+        public int DarkResistance;
+
+        [FieldOffset(60)]
+        [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.I4)]
+        public int HolyResistance;
+    }
+
+}
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