diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 22f50057248..38b107a6540 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ _testmain.go
 
 *coverage.out
 coverage.all
+cpu.out
 
 /modules/options/bindata.go
 /modules/options/bindata.go.hash
diff --git a/integrations/api_branch_test.go b/integrations/api_branch_test.go
index 26d8fb4b451..d898266afee 100644
--- a/integrations/api_branch_test.go
+++ b/integrations/api_branch_test.go
@@ -151,22 +151,28 @@ func testAPICreateBranches(t *testing.T, giteaURL *url.URL) {
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		defer resetFixtures(t)
 		session := ctx.Session
-		token := getTokenForLoggedInUser(t, session)
-		req := NewRequestWithJSON(t, "POST", "/api/v1/repos/user2/my-noo-repo/branches?token="+token, &api.CreateBranchRepoOption{
-			BranchName:    test.NewBranch,
-			OldBranchName: test.OldBranch,
-		})
-		resp := session.MakeRequest(t, req, test.ExpectedHTTPStatus)
-
-		var branch api.Branch
-		DecodeJSON(t, resp, &branch)
-
-		if test.ExpectedHTTPStatus == http.StatusCreated {
-			assert.EqualValues(t, test.NewBranch, branch.Name)
-		}
+		testAPICreateBranch(t, session, "user2", "my-noo-repo", test.OldBranch, test.NewBranch, test.ExpectedHTTPStatus)
 	}
 }
 
+func testAPICreateBranch(t testing.TB, session *TestSession, user, repo, oldBranch, newBranch string, status int) bool {
+	token := getTokenForLoggedInUser(t, session)
+	req := NewRequestWithJSON(t, "POST", "/api/v1/repos/"+user+"/"+repo+"/branches?token="+token, &api.CreateBranchRepoOption{
+		BranchName:    newBranch,
+		OldBranchName: oldBranch,
+	})
+	resp := session.MakeRequest(t, req, status)
+
+	var branch api.Branch
+	DecodeJSON(t, resp, &branch)
+
+	if status == http.StatusCreated {
+		assert.EqualValues(t, newBranch, branch.Name)
+	}
+
+	return resp.Result().StatusCode == status
+}
+
 func TestAPIBranchProtection(t *testing.T) {
 	defer prepareTestEnv(t)()
 
diff --git a/integrations/api_repo_file_create_test.go b/integrations/api_repo_file_create_test.go
index 853224f0919..17ed6cb7cf4 100644
--- a/integrations/api_repo_file_create_test.go
+++ b/integrations/api_repo_file_create_test.go
@@ -105,6 +105,36 @@ func getExpectedFileResponseForCreate(commitID, treePath string) *api.FileRespon
 	}
 }
 
+func BenchmarkAPICreateFileSmall(b *testing.B) {
+	onGiteaRunTB(b, func(t testing.TB, u *url.URL) {
+		b := t.(*testing.B)
+		user2 := models.AssertExistsAndLoadBean(t, &models.User{ID: 2}).(*models.User)             // owner of the repo1 & repo16
+		repo1 := models.AssertExistsAndLoadBean(t, &models.Repository{ID: 1}).(*models.Repository) // public repo
+
+		for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+			treePath := fmt.Sprintf("update/file%d.txt", n)
+			createFileInBranch(user2, repo1, treePath, repo1.DefaultBranch, treePath)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func BenchmarkAPICreateFileMedium(b *testing.B) {
+	data := make([]byte, 10*1024*1024)
+
+	onGiteaRunTB(b, func(t testing.TB, u *url.URL) {
+		b := t.(*testing.B)
+		user2 := models.AssertExistsAndLoadBean(t, &models.User{ID: 2}).(*models.User)             // owner of the repo1 & repo16
+		repo1 := models.AssertExistsAndLoadBean(t, &models.Repository{ID: 1}).(*models.Repository) // public repo
+
+		b.ResetTimer()
+		for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+			treePath := fmt.Sprintf("update/file%d.txt", n)
+			copy(data, treePath)
+			createFileInBranch(user2, repo1, treePath, repo1.DefaultBranch, treePath)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
 func TestAPICreateFile(t *testing.T) {
 	onGiteaRun(t, func(t *testing.T, u *url.URL) {
 		user2 := models.AssertExistsAndLoadBean(t, &models.User{ID: 2}).(*models.User)               // owner of the repo1 & repo16
diff --git a/integrations/api_repo_file_helpers.go b/integrations/api_repo_file_helpers.go
index 80fefe8ab37..1dba136de95 100644
--- a/integrations/api_repo_file_helpers.go
+++ b/integrations/api_repo_file_helpers.go
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ import (
 	api "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/structs"
 )
 
-func createFileInBranch(user *models.User, repo *models.Repository, treePath, branchName string) (*api.FileResponse, error) {
+func createFileInBranch(user *models.User, repo *models.Repository, treePath, branchName, content string) (*api.FileResponse, error) {
 	opts := &repofiles.UpdateRepoFileOptions{
 		OldBranch: branchName,
 		TreePath:  treePath,
-		Content:   "This is a NEW file",
+		Content:   content,
 		IsNewFile: true,
 		Author:    nil,
 		Committer: nil,
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ func createFileInBranch(user *models.User, repo *models.Repository, treePath, br
 }
 
 func createFile(user *models.User, repo *models.Repository, treePath string) (*api.FileResponse, error) {
-	return createFileInBranch(user, repo, treePath, repo.DefaultBranch)
+	return createFileInBranch(user, repo, treePath, repo.DefaultBranch, "This is a NEW file")
 }
diff --git a/integrations/benchmarks_test.go b/integrations/benchmarks_test.go
index 7c7aff994e4..841ecbf7eee 100644
--- a/integrations/benchmarks_test.go
+++ b/integrations/benchmarks_test.go
@@ -7,64 +7,14 @@ package integrations
 import (
 	"math/rand"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
 	"testing"
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models"
 	api "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/structs"
 )
 
-func BenchmarkRepo(b *testing.B) {
-	samples := []struct {
-		url       string
-		name      string
-		skipShort bool
-	}{
-		{url: "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea.git", name: "gitea"},
-		{url: "https://github.com/ethantkoenig/manyfiles.git", name: "manyfiles"},
-		{url: "https://github.com/moby/moby.git", name: "moby", skipShort: true},
-		{url: "https://github.com/golang/go.git", name: "go", skipShort: true},
-		{url: "https://github.com/torvalds/linux.git", name: "linux", skipShort: true},
-	}
-	defer prepareTestEnv(b)()
-	session := loginUser(b, "user2")
-	b.ResetTimer()
-
-	for _, s := range samples {
-		b.Run(s.name, func(b *testing.B) {
-			if testing.Short() && s.skipShort {
-				b.Skip("skipping test in short mode.")
-			}
-			b.Run("Migrate", func(b *testing.B) {
-				for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-					testRepoMigrate(b, session, s.url, s.name)
-				}
-			})
-			b.Run("Access", func(b *testing.B) {
-				var branches []*api.Branch
-				b.Run("APIBranchList", func(b *testing.B) {
-					for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-						req := NewRequestf(b, "GET", "/api/v1/repos/%s/%s/branches", "user2", s.name)
-						resp := session.MakeRequest(b, req, http.StatusOK)
-						b.StopTimer()
-						if len(branches) == 0 {
-							DecodeJSON(b, resp, &branches) //Store for next phase
-						}
-						b.StartTimer()
-					}
-				})
-				branchCount := len(branches)
-				b.Run("WebViewCommit", func(b *testing.B) {
-					for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-						req := NewRequestf(b, "GET", "/%s/%s/commit/%s", "user2", s.name, branches[i%branchCount].Commit.ID)
-						session.MakeRequest(b, req, http.StatusOK)
-					}
-				})
-			})
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-//StringWithCharset random string (from https://www.calhoun.io/creating-random-strings-in-go/)
+// StringWithCharset random string (from https://www.calhoun.io/creating-random-strings-in-go/)
 func StringWithCharset(length int, charset string) string {
 	b := make([]byte, length)
 	for i := range b {
@@ -74,40 +24,48 @@ func StringWithCharset(length int, charset string) string {
 }
 
 func BenchmarkRepoBranchCommit(b *testing.B) {
-	samples := []int64{1, 3, 15, 16}
-	defer prepareTestEnv(b)()
-	b.ResetTimer()
+	onGiteaRunTB(b, func(t testing.TB, u *url.URL) {
+		b := t.(*testing.B)
+
+		samples := []int64{1, 2, 3}
+		b.ResetTimer()
 
-	for _, repoID := range samples {
-		b.StopTimer()
-		repo := models.AssertExistsAndLoadBean(b, &models.Repository{ID: repoID}).(*models.Repository)
-		b.StartTimer()
-		b.Run(repo.Name, func(b *testing.B) {
-			owner := models.AssertExistsAndLoadBean(b, &models.User{ID: repo.OwnerID}).(*models.User)
-			session := loginUser(b, owner.LoginName)
-			b.ResetTimer()
-			b.Run("Create", func(b *testing.B) {
-				for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		for _, repoID := range samples {
+			b.StopTimer()
+			repo := models.AssertExistsAndLoadBean(b, &models.Repository{ID: repoID}).(*models.Repository)
+			b.StartTimer()
+			b.Run(repo.Name, func(b *testing.B) {
+				session := loginUser(b, "user2")
+				b.ResetTimer()
+				b.Run("CreateBranch", func(b *testing.B) {
 					b.StopTimer()
 					branchName := StringWithCharset(5+rand.Intn(10), "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789")
 					b.StartTimer()
-					testCreateBranch(b, session, owner.LoginName, repo.Name, "branch/master", branchName, http.StatusFound)
-				}
-			})
-			b.Run("Access", func(b *testing.B) {
-				var branches []*api.Branch
-				req := NewRequestf(b, "GET", "/api/v1/%s/branches", repo.FullName())
-				resp := session.MakeRequest(b, req, http.StatusOK)
-				DecodeJSON(b, resp, &branches)
-				branchCount := len(branches)
-				b.ResetTimer() //We measure from here
-				for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-					req := NewRequestf(b, "GET", "/%s/%s/commits/%s", owner.Name, repo.Name, branches[i%branchCount].Name)
+					for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+						b.Run("new_"+branchName, func(b *testing.B) {
+							b.Skip("benchmark broken") // TODO fix
+							testAPICreateBranch(b, session, repo.OwnerName, repo.Name, repo.DefaultBranch, "new_"+branchName, http.StatusCreated)
+						})
+					}
+				})
+				b.Run("GetBranches", func(b *testing.B) {
+					req := NewRequestf(b, "GET", "/api/v1/repos/%s/branches", repo.FullName())
 					session.MakeRequest(b, req, http.StatusOK)
-				}
+				})
+				b.Run("AccessCommits", func(b *testing.B) {
+					var branches []*api.Branch
+					req := NewRequestf(b, "GET", "/api/v1/repos/%s/branches", repo.FullName())
+					resp := session.MakeRequest(b, req, http.StatusOK)
+					DecodeJSON(b, resp, &branches)
+					b.ResetTimer() //We measure from here
+					if len(branches) != 0 {
+						for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+							req := NewRequestf(b, "GET", "/api/v1/repos/%s/commits?sha=%s", repo.FullName(), branches[i%len(branches)].Name)
+							session.MakeRequest(b, req, http.StatusOK)
+						}
+					}
+				})
 			})
-		})
-	}
+		}
+	})
 }
-
-//TODO list commits /repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits
diff --git a/integrations/git_helper_for_declarative_test.go b/integrations/git_helper_for_declarative_test.go
index d99d80a7c70..5a5b1314c64 100644
--- a/integrations/git_helper_for_declarative_test.go
+++ b/integrations/git_helper_for_declarative_test.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func allowLFSFilters() []string {
 	return filteredLFSGlobalArgs[:j]
 }
 
-func onGiteaRun(t *testing.T, callback func(*testing.T, *url.URL), prepare ...bool) {
+func onGiteaRunTB(t testing.TB, callback func(testing.TB, *url.URL), prepare ...bool) {
 	if len(prepare) == 0 || prepare[0] {
 		defer prepareTestEnv(t, 1)()
 	}
@@ -108,6 +108,12 @@ func onGiteaRun(t *testing.T, callback func(*testing.T, *url.URL), prepare ...bo
 	callback(t, u)
 }
 
+func onGiteaRun(t *testing.T, callback func(*testing.T, *url.URL), prepare ...bool) {
+	onGiteaRunTB(t, func(t testing.TB, u *url.URL) {
+		callback(t.(*testing.T), u)
+	}, prepare...)
+}
+
 func doGitClone(dstLocalPath string, u *url.URL) func(*testing.T) {
 	return func(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.NoError(t, git.CloneWithArgs(context.Background(), u.String(), dstLocalPath, allowLFSFilters(), git.CloneRepoOptions{}))