diff --git a/README.asciidoc b/README.asciidoc
index 7d56a104..8dd88d55 100644
--- a/README.asciidoc
+++ b/README.asciidoc
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Alternative installation via clcache.bat
 This method is especially handy when there are multiple Python installations
 on a system.
 
-Create a clcache.bat and put it in a directory in PATH (e.g. %HOME%\bin):
+Create a clcache.bat and put it in a directory in PATH (e.g. %USERPROFILE%\bin):
 
     @echo off
     @setlocal
diff --git a/benchmark/benchmark_project.py b/benchmark/benchmark_project.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..96a6d4b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/benchmark_project.py
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+from contextlib import contextmanager
+import multiprocessing
+import os
+import subprocess
+import time
+import urllib.request
+import shutil
+import sys
+import zipfile
+
+PYTHON_BINARY = sys.executable
+SCRIPT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+CLCACHE_SCRIPT = os.path.join(SCRIPT_DIR, "..", "clcache.py")
+CLCACHE_CMD = [PYTHON_BINARY, CLCACHE_SCRIPT]
+
+PROJECT_URL = "https://github.com/randombit/botan/archive/1.11.31.zip"
+PROJECT_ZIP_FILENAME = "botan.zip"
+
+TMP_DIR = os.path.join(SCRIPT_DIR, "botan_tmp")
+
+WORKING_DIR = os.getcwd()
+JOBS = multiprocessing.cpu_count()
+
+def ensure_downloaded(url, localfile):
+    """
+    Download the given url and save it at localfile. If the local file already exists, do nothing.
+    :param url:
+    :param localfile:
+    :return:
+    """
+    if not os.path.exists(localfile):
+        tmppath = localfile + ".part"
+        urllib.request.urlretrieve(url, filename=tmppath)
+        os.rename(tmppath, localfile)
+
+def extract(archive_path, root_path):
+    """
+    Never extract archives from untrusted sources without prior inspection using this method.
+    """
+    archive_path = os.path.abspath(archive_path)
+    root_path = os.path.abspath(root_path)
+    with cd(root_path):
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(archive_path, "r") as unzip:
+            root_folder = unzip.namelist()[0]
+            unzip.extractall()
+    return root_folder
+
+@contextmanager
+def cd(targetDirectory):
+    oldDirectory = os.getcwd()
+    os.chdir(os.path.expanduser(targetDirectory))
+    try:
+        yield
+    finally:
+        os.chdir(oldDirectory)
+
+@contextmanager
+def benchmark(title):
+    start = time.time()
+
+    yield # Execute code block in 'with'. If an exception occurs, we stop here.
+
+    end = time.time()
+    s = end - start
+    print('Runtime {}: {}s'.format(title, round(s)))
+
+
+def reset(log):
+    if os.path.exists("build"):
+        log.write("Removing build dir ...\n")
+        log.flush()
+        shutil.rmtree("build")
+
+    log.write("Configuring Botan ...\n")
+    log.flush()
+    subprocess.check_call([
+        PYTHON_BINARY,
+        "configure.py",
+        "--cc-bin=clcache.bat",
+        "--no-autoload",
+        "--enable-modules=tls,auto_rng", # add auto_rng because of bug https://github.com/randombit/botan/issues/615
+    ], stdout=log)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    print("Running {} parallel jobs".format(JOBS))
+
+    with open("log.txt", "w") as logfile:
+        if os.path.exists(TMP_DIR):
+            shutil.rmtree(TMP_DIR)
+        os.mkdir(TMP_DIR)
+
+        with cd(TMP_DIR):
+            ensure_downloaded(PROJECT_URL, os.path.join(WORKING_DIR, PROJECT_ZIP_FILENAME))
+            root_folder_name = extract(os.path.join(WORKING_DIR, PROJECT_ZIP_FILENAME), ".")
+
+            with cd(root_folder_name):
+
+                #time.sleep(30)
+
+                reset(logfile)
+                with benchmark("cold cache"):
+                    subprocess.check_call(["jom", "/nologo", "-j{}".format(JOBS)], stdout=logfile)
+
+                for i in range(3):
+                    number = i+1
+                    reset(logfile)
+                    with benchmark("hot cache " + str(number)):
+                        subprocess.check_call(["jom", "/nologo", "-j{}".format(JOBS)], stdout=logfile)