diff --git a/lib/ref/version.rb b/lib/ref/version.rb
index 0a79870..c1012b7 100644
--- a/lib/ref/version.rb
+++ b/lib/ref/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Ref
-  VERSION = '1.0.5'
+  VERSION = '2.0.0.pre1'
 end
diff --git a/ref_speed_test.rb b/ref_speed_test.rb
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a587af2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ref_speed_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+require 'ref'
+require 'benchmark'
+
+REF_CLASSES = [
+    Ref::SoftReference,
+    Ref::WeakReference
+]
+
+NUM      = 50_000_000
+WARM_UPS = NUM
+
+def jruby?
+  defined? JRUBY_VERSION
+end
+
+def version
+  if defined? Ref::VERSION
+    Ref::VERSION
+  else
+    gem_dir = Gem::Specification.find_by_name('ref').gem_dir
+    File.open(File.join(gem_dir, 'VERSION'), 'r').read
+  end
+rescue
+  'unknown'
+end
+
+puts "~~~ Ruby version: #{RUBY_VERSION}"
+if jruby?
+  puts "~~~ JRuby version: #{JRUBY_VERSION}"
+else
+  puts "~~~ Ruby engine: #{RUBY_ENGINE}"
+end
+puts "~~~ Gem version: #{version}"
+
+Benchmark.bm do |stats|
+
+  REF_CLASSES.each do |clazz|
+
+    puts "Benchmarking #{clazz}..."
+
+    ref   = clazz.new('foo')
+    value = nil
+
+    puts 'Before JVM warm-up...' if jruby?
+    stats.report do
+      NUM.times { value = ref.object }
+    end
+
+    if jruby?
+      WARM_UPS.times { value = ref.object }
+
+      puts 'After JVM warm-up...'
+      stats.report do
+        NUM.times { value = ref.object }
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+__END__
+
+$ jruby --server ref_speed_test.rb
+~~~ Ruby version: 1.9.3
+~~~ JRuby version: 1.7.18
+~~~ Gem version: 1.0.5
+       user     system      total        real
+Benchmarking Ref::SoftReference...
+Before JVM warm-up...
+   2.210000   0.010000   2.220000 (  1.989000)
+After JVM warm-up...
+   2.390000   0.010000   2.400000 (  2.339000)
+Benchmarking Ref::WeakReference...
+Before JVM warm-up...
+   2.210000   0.000000   2.210000 (  2.208000)
+After JVM warm-up...
+   2.330000   0.010000   2.340000 (  2.335000)
+
+$ be ruby --server ref_speed_test.rb
+~~~ Ruby version: 1.9.3
+~~~ JRuby version: 1.7.18
+~~~ Gem version: 2.0.0.pre1
+       user     system      total        real
+Benchmarking Ref::SoftReference...
+Before JVM warm-up...
+  17.230000   0.090000  17.320000 ( 16.411000)
+After JVM warm-up...
+  17.260000   0.050000  17.310000 ( 17.566000)
+Benchmarking Ref::WeakReference...
+Before JVM warm-up...
+   5.820000   0.010000   5.830000 (  5.865000)
+After JVM warm-up...
+   5.460000   0.000000   5.460000 (  5.525000)
+
+
+$ be ruby ref_speed_test.rb
+~~~ Ruby version: 2.2.0
+~~~ Ruby engine: ruby
+~~~ Gem version: 2.0.0.pre1
+       user     system      total        real
+Benchmarking Ref::SoftReference...
+ 108.620000   0.220000 108.840000 (110.627922)
+Benchmarking Ref::WeakReference...
+  23.450000   0.050000  23.500000 ( 23.859564)
+
+
+
+$ be ruby ref_speed_test.rb
+~~~ Ruby version: 2.1.0
+~~~ Ruby engine: rbx
+~~~ Gem version: 2.0.0.pre1
+       user     system      total        real
+Benchmarking Ref::SoftReference...
+ 109.086397   0.202284 109.288681 (109.015337)
+Benchmarking Ref::WeakReference...
+   7.204607   0.011526   7.216133 (  7.070819)