diff --git a/Benchmarks/Benchmarks.csproj b/Benchmarks/Benchmarks.csproj
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+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+    <PropertyGroup>
+        <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+        <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
+        <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+        <LangVersion>default</LangVersion>
+        <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <PackageReference Include="BenchmarkDotNet" Version="0.13.7" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>
diff --git a/Benchmarks/BinaryConversionBenchmarks.cs b/Benchmarks/BinaryConversionBenchmarks.cs
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+using System.Security.Cryptography;
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Attributes;
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Jobs;
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Order;
+
+namespace Benchmarks;
+
+[SimpleJob(RuntimeMoniker.NativeAot70)]
+[SimpleJob(RuntimeMoniker.Net70)]
+[SimpleJob(RuntimeMoniker.Net60)]
+[Orderer(SummaryOrderPolicy.FastestToSlowest)]
+[RankColumn]
+[MemoryDiagnoser]
+[ExceptionDiagnoser]
+[ThreadingDiagnoser]
+[DisassemblyDiagnoser]
+public class BinaryConversionBenchmarks
+{
+    private byte[] data;
+    private int offset;
+
+    [GlobalSetup]
+    public void Setup()
+    {
+        data = RandomNumberGenerator.GetBytes(4000);
+        offset = RandomNumberGenerator.GetInt32(0, 3500);
+    }
+
+    [Benchmark]
+    public Int16 BitConverterTest()
+    {
+        return BitConverter.ToInt16(data, offset);
+    }
+
+    [Benchmark]
+    public Int16 BinaryReader()
+    {
+        using MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(data);
+        using BinaryReader reader = new BinaryReader(ms);
+        reader.BaseStream.Position = offset;
+        return reader.ReadInt16();
+    }
+
+    [Benchmark]
+    public Int16 BinaryPrimitives()
+    {
+        return System.Buffers.Binary.BinaryPrimitives.ReadInt16LittleEndian(
+            new ArraySegment<byte>(data, offset, sizeof(short)));
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/Benchmarks/Program.cs b/Benchmarks/Program.cs
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+using System.Reflection;
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Running;
+
+namespace Benchmarks;
+
+internal class Program
+{
+    public static void Main(string[] args)
+    {
+        BenchmarkRunner.Run(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly());
+    }
+}
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