diff --git a/stats/view/benchmark_test.go b/stats/view/benchmark_test.go
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+// Copyright 2018, OpenCensus Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+//
+
+package view
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"go.opencensus.io/stats"
+	"go.opencensus.io/tag"
+)
+
+var (
+	m, _  = stats.Float64("m", "", "")
+	k1, _ = tag.NewKey("k1")
+	k2, _ = tag.NewKey("k2")
+	k3, _ = tag.NewKey("k3")
+	k4, _ = tag.NewKey("k4")
+	k5, _ = tag.NewKey("k5")
+	k6, _ = tag.NewKey("k6")
+	k7, _ = tag.NewKey("k7")
+	k8, _ = tag.NewKey("k8")
+	view  = &View{
+		Measure:     m,
+		Aggregation: DistributionAggregation{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10},
+		TagKeys:     []tag.Key{k1, k2},
+	}
+)
+
+// BenchmarkRecordReqCommand benchmarks calling the internal recording machinery
+// directly.
+func BenchmarkRecordReqCommand(b *testing.B) {
+	w := newWorker()
+
+	subscribe := &subscribeToViewReq{views: []*View{view}, err: make(chan error, 1)}
+	subscribe.handleCommand(w)
+	if err := <-subscribe.err; err != nil {
+		b.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	const tagCount = 10
+	ctxs := make([]context.Context, 0, tagCount)
+	for i := 0; i < tagCount; i++ {
+		ctx, _ := tag.New(context.Background(),
+			tag.Upsert(k1, fmt.Sprintf("v%d", i)),
+			tag.Upsert(k2, fmt.Sprintf("v%d", i)),
+			tag.Upsert(k3, fmt.Sprintf("v%d", i)),
+			tag.Upsert(k4, fmt.Sprintf("v%d", i)),
+			tag.Upsert(k5, fmt.Sprintf("v%d", i)),
+			tag.Upsert(k6, fmt.Sprintf("v%d", i)),
+			tag.Upsert(k7, fmt.Sprintf("v%d", i)),
+			tag.Upsert(k8, fmt.Sprintf("v%d", i)),
+		)
+		ctxs = append(ctxs, ctx)
+	}
+
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	b.ResetTimer()
+
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		record := &recordReq{
+			ms: []stats.Measurement{
+				m.M(1),
+				m.M(1),
+				m.M(1),
+				m.M(1),
+				m.M(1),
+				m.M(1),
+				m.M(1),
+				m.M(1),
+			},
+			tm: tag.FromContext(ctxs[i%len(ctxs)]),
+		}
+		record.handleCommand(w)
+	}
+}