diff --git a/bench/latency.cpp b/bench/latency.cpp
index cd8717d9..a3f12c48 100644
--- a/bench/latency.cpp
+++ b/bench/latency.cpp
@@ -51,11 +51,21 @@ void bench_disabled_macro(benchmark::State &state, std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logge
     }
 }
 
+#ifdef __linux__
+void bench_dev_null()
+{
+    auto dev_null_st = spdlog::basic_logger_st("/dev/null_st", "/dev/null");
+    benchmark::RegisterBenchmark("/dev/null_st", bench_logger, std::move(dev_null_st))->UseRealTime();
+    spdlog::drop("/dev/null_st");
+
+    auto dev_null_mt = spdlog::basic_logger_mt("/dev/null_mt", "/dev/null");
+    benchmark::RegisterBenchmark("/dev/null_mt", bench_logger, std::move(dev_null_mt))->UseRealTime();
+    spdlog::drop("/dev/null_mt");
+}
+#endif // __linux__
+
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-
-    using spdlog::sinks::basic_file_sink_mt;
-    using spdlog::sinks::basic_file_sink_st;
     using spdlog::sinks::null_sink_mt;
     using spdlog::sinks::null_sink_st;
 
@@ -63,6 +73,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     size_t rotating_files = 5;
     int n_threads = benchmark::CPUInfo::Get().num_cpus;
 
+    auto full_bench = argc > 1 && std::string(argv[1]) == "full";
+
     // disabled loggers
     auto disabled_logger = std::make_shared<spdlog::logger>("bench", std::make_shared<null_sink_mt>());
     disabled_logger->set_level(spdlog::level::off);
@@ -81,54 +93,61 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     tracing_null_logger_st->enable_backtrace(64);
     benchmark::RegisterBenchmark("null_sink_st/backtrace", bench_logger, tracing_null_logger_st);
 
-    // basic_st
-    auto basic_st = spdlog::basic_logger_st("basic_st", "latency_logs/basic_st.log", true);
-    benchmark::RegisterBenchmark("basic_st", bench_logger, std::move(basic_st))->UseRealTime();
-    spdlog::drop("basic_st");
-    // with backtrace of 64
-    auto tracing_basic_st = spdlog::basic_logger_st("tracing_basic_st", "latency_logs/tracing_basic_st.log", true);
-    tracing_basic_st->enable_backtrace(64);
-    benchmark::RegisterBenchmark("basic_st/backtrace", bench_logger, std::move(tracing_basic_st))->UseRealTime();
-    spdlog::drop("tracing_basic_st");
+#ifdef __linux
+    bench_dev_null();
+#endif // __linux__
 
-    // rotating st
-    auto rotating_st = spdlog::rotating_logger_st("rotating_st", "latency_logs/rotating_st.log", file_size, rotating_files);
-    benchmark::RegisterBenchmark("rotating_st", bench_logger, std::move(rotating_st))->UseRealTime();
-    spdlog::drop("rotating_st");
-    // with backtrace of 64
-    auto tracing_rotating_st =
-        spdlog::rotating_logger_st("tracing_rotating_st", "latency_logs/tracing_rotating_st.log", file_size, rotating_files);
-    benchmark::RegisterBenchmark("rotating_st/backtrace", bench_logger, std::move(tracing_rotating_st))->UseRealTime();
-    spdlog::drop("tracing_rotating_st");
+    if (full_bench)
+    {
+        // basic_st
+        auto basic_st = spdlog::basic_logger_st("basic_st", "latency_logs/basic_st.log", true);
+        benchmark::RegisterBenchmark("basic_st", bench_logger, std::move(basic_st))->UseRealTime();
+        spdlog::drop("basic_st");
+        // with backtrace of 64
+        auto tracing_basic_st = spdlog::basic_logger_st("tracing_basic_st", "latency_logs/tracing_basic_st.log", true);
+        tracing_basic_st->enable_backtrace(64);
+        benchmark::RegisterBenchmark("basic_st/backtrace", bench_logger, std::move(tracing_basic_st))->UseRealTime();
+        spdlog::drop("tracing_basic_st");
 
-    // daily st
-    auto daily_st = spdlog::daily_logger_mt("daily_st", "latency_logs/daily_st.log");
-    benchmark::RegisterBenchmark("daily_st", bench_logger, std::move(daily_st))->UseRealTime();
-    spdlog::drop("daily_st");
-    auto tracing_daily_st = spdlog::daily_logger_mt("tracing_daily_st", "latency_logs/daily_st.log");
-    benchmark::RegisterBenchmark("daily_st/backtrace", bench_logger, std::move(tracing_daily_st))->UseRealTime();
-    spdlog::drop("tracing_daily_st");
+        // rotating st
+        auto rotating_st = spdlog::rotating_logger_st("rotating_st", "latency_logs/rotating_st.log", file_size, rotating_files);
+        benchmark::RegisterBenchmark("rotating_st", bench_logger, std::move(rotating_st))->UseRealTime();
+        spdlog::drop("rotating_st");
+        // with backtrace of 64
+        auto tracing_rotating_st =
+            spdlog::rotating_logger_st("tracing_rotating_st", "latency_logs/tracing_rotating_st.log", file_size, rotating_files);
+        benchmark::RegisterBenchmark("rotating_st/backtrace", bench_logger, std::move(tracing_rotating_st))->UseRealTime();
+        spdlog::drop("tracing_rotating_st");
 
-    //
-    // Multi threaded bench, 10 loggers using same logger concurrently
-    //
-    auto null_logger_mt = std::make_shared<spdlog::logger>("bench", std::make_shared<null_sink_mt>());
-    benchmark::RegisterBenchmark("null_sink_mt", bench_logger, null_logger_mt)->Threads(n_threads)->UseRealTime();
+        // daily st
+        auto daily_st = spdlog::daily_logger_mt("daily_st", "latency_logs/daily_st.log");
+        benchmark::RegisterBenchmark("daily_st", bench_logger, std::move(daily_st))->UseRealTime();
+        spdlog::drop("daily_st");
+        auto tracing_daily_st = spdlog::daily_logger_mt("tracing_daily_st", "latency_logs/daily_st.log");
+        benchmark::RegisterBenchmark("daily_st/backtrace", bench_logger, std::move(tracing_daily_st))->UseRealTime();
+        spdlog::drop("tracing_daily_st");
 
-    // basic_mt
-    auto basic_mt = spdlog::basic_logger_mt("basic_mt", "latency_logs/basic_mt.log", true);
-    benchmark::RegisterBenchmark("basic_mt", bench_logger, std::move(basic_mt))->Threads(n_threads)->UseRealTime();
-    spdlog::drop("basic_mt");
+        //
+        // Multi threaded bench, 10 loggers using same logger concurrently
+        //
+        auto null_logger_mt = std::make_shared<spdlog::logger>("bench", std::make_shared<null_sink_mt>());
+        benchmark::RegisterBenchmark("null_sink_mt", bench_logger, null_logger_mt)->Threads(n_threads)->UseRealTime();
 
-    // rotating mt
-    auto rotating_mt = spdlog::rotating_logger_mt("rotating_mt", "latency_logs/rotating_mt.log", file_size, rotating_files);
-    benchmark::RegisterBenchmark("rotating_mt", bench_logger, std::move(rotating_mt))->Threads(n_threads)->UseRealTime();
-    spdlog::drop("rotating_mt");
+        // basic_mt
+        auto basic_mt = spdlog::basic_logger_mt("basic_mt", "latency_logs/basic_mt.log", true);
+        benchmark::RegisterBenchmark("basic_mt", bench_logger, std::move(basic_mt))->Threads(n_threads)->UseRealTime();
+        spdlog::drop("basic_mt");
 
-    // daily mt
-    auto daily_mt = spdlog::daily_logger_mt("daily_mt", "latency_logs/daily_mt.log");
-    benchmark::RegisterBenchmark("daily_mt", bench_logger, std::move(daily_mt))->Threads(n_threads)->UseRealTime();
-    spdlog::drop("daily_mt");
+        // rotating mt
+        auto rotating_mt = spdlog::rotating_logger_mt("rotating_mt", "latency_logs/rotating_mt.log", file_size, rotating_files);
+        benchmark::RegisterBenchmark("rotating_mt", bench_logger, std::move(rotating_mt))->Threads(n_threads)->UseRealTime();
+        spdlog::drop("rotating_mt");
+
+        // daily mt
+        auto daily_mt = spdlog::daily_logger_mt("daily_mt", "latency_logs/daily_mt.log");
+        benchmark::RegisterBenchmark("daily_mt", bench_logger, std::move(daily_mt))->Threads(n_threads)->UseRealTime();
+        spdlog::drop("daily_mt");
+    }
 
     // async
     auto queue_size = 1024 * 1024 * 3;