diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3067c322..80c30db9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ install:
       -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=$CPP \
       -DSPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON \
       -DSPDLOG_SANITIZE_ADDRESS=$ASAN
-  - VERBOSE=1 make -j2
+  -  make VERBOSE=1-j2
 
 script:
   - if [ "$ASAN" != "On" ]; then CTEST_FLAGS="-DExperimentalMemCheck"; fi
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a5cceb70..5166d39f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,17 @@ include(CTest)
 include(CMakeDependentOption)
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# set default build to release
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+if (NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
+    set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Release" CACHE STRING "Choose Release or Debug" FORCE)
+endif()
+
+message("Build type: " ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE})
+
+
+
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # compiler config
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -17,9 +28,13 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
 
 if("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "GNU" OR "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "Clang")
-    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-Wall -O3 ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-Wall -Wextra ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
 endif()
 
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# address sanitizers check
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 include(cmake/sanitizers.cmake)
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -28,7 +43,9 @@ include(cmake/sanitizers.cmake)
 add_library(spdlog INTERFACE)
 add_library(spdlog::spdlog ALIAS spdlog)
 
-option(SPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLES "Build examples" OFF)
+option(SPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLES "Build examples" ON)
+option(SPDLOG_BUILD_BENCH "Build benchmarks" ON)
+
 cmake_dependent_option(SPDLOG_BUILD_TESTING
     "Build spdlog tests" ON
     "BUILD_TESTING" OFF
@@ -51,6 +68,10 @@ if(SPDLOG_BUILD_TESTING)
     add_subdirectory(tests)
 endif()
 
+if(SPDLOG_BUILD_BENCH)
+    add_subdirectory(bench)
+endif()
+
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Install/export targets and files
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/bench/CMakeLists.txt b/bench/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f596d27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# *************************************************************************/
+# * Copyright (c) 2015 Ruslan Baratov.                                    */
+# *                                                                       */
+# * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining */
+# * a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the       */
+# * "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including   */
+# * without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,   */
+# * distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to    */
+# * permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to */
+# * the following conditions:                                             */
+# *                                                                       */
+# * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be        */
+# * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.       */
+# *                                                                       */
+# * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,       */
+# * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF    */
+# * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.*/
+# * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY  */
+# * CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,  */
+# * TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE     */
+# * SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.                */
+# *************************************************************************/
+
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
+project(SpdlogBench CXX)
+
+if(NOT TARGET spdlog)
+  # Stand-alone build
+  find_package(spdlog CONFIG REQUIRED)
+endif()
+
+find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
+
+add_executable(bench bench.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(bench spdlog::spdlog Threads::Threads)
+
+add_executable(async_bench async_bench.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(async_bench spdlog::spdlog Threads::Threads)
+
+add_executable(latency latency.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(latency spdlog::spdlog Threads::Threads)
+
+file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/logs")
+
diff --git a/example/CMakeLists.txt b/example/CMakeLists.txt
index 11dc2d98..69eb374e 100644
--- a/example/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/example/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,4 +40,3 @@ target_link_libraries(multisink spdlog::spdlog Threads::Threads)
 enable_testing()
 file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/logs")
 add_test(NAME example COMMAND example)
-add_test(NAME multisink COMMAND multisink)