diff --git a/nson/README.md b/nson/README.md
index a22c1ea..96354e7 100644
--- a/nson/README.md
+++ b/nson/README.md
@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@ Some benchmarks:
 goos: linux
 goarch: amd64
 pkg: github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/nson
-cpu: AMD Ryzen 3 3200G with Radeon Vega Graphics
-BenchmarkNSONEncoding/json.Marshal-4                6214            230680 ns/op
-BenchmarkNSONEncoding/nson.Marshal-4                4520            319058 ns/op
-BenchmarkNSONDecoding/json.Unmarshal-4              3741            280641 ns/op
-BenchmarkNSONDecoding/nson.Unmarshal-4             46519             23762 ns/op
-BenchmarkNSONDecoding/json.Unmarshal_+_sig_verification-4                    352           3218583 ns/op
-BenchmarkNSONDecoding/nson.Unmarshal_+_sig_verification-4                    451           2739238 ns/op
+cpu: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13620H
+BenchmarkNSONEncoding/easyjson.Marshal-16                  18795             61397 ns/op
+BenchmarkNSONEncoding/nson.Marshal-16                       5985            205112 ns/op
+BenchmarkNSONDecoding/easyjson.Unmarshal-16                14928             83890 ns/op
+BenchmarkNSONDecoding/nson.Unmarshal-16                    24982             50527 ns/op
+BenchmarkNSONDecoding/easyjson.Unmarshal+sig-16              196           5898287 ns/op
+BenchmarkNSONDecoding/nson.Unmarshal+sig-16                  205           5802747 ns/op
 PASS
-ok      github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/nson        8.291s
+ok      github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/nson        10.227s
 ```
 
 It takes a little while more to encode (although it's probably possible to optimize that), but decodes at 10x the
diff --git a/nson/nson_test.go b/nson/nson_test.go
index 3deb32a..b224f3a 100644
--- a/nson/nson_test.go
+++ b/nson/nson_test.go
@@ -127,6 +127,12 @@ var nsonTestEvents = []string{
 	`{"id":"ec9345e2af4225aada296964fa6025a1666dcac8dba154f5591a81f7dee1f84a","pubkey":"79be667ef9dcbbac55a06295ce870b07029bfcdb2dce28d959f2815b16f81798","sig":"49f4b9edd7eff9e127b70077daff9a66da8c1ad974e5e6f47c094e8cc0c553071ff61c07b69d3db80c25f36248237ba6021038f5eb6b569ce79e3b024e8e358d","created_at":1688572819,"nson":"0401000400","kind":1,"content":"x\ty","tags":[]}`,
 }
 
+var (
+	EncodedEventEasyJson []byte
+	EncodedEventNSON     string
+	DecodedEvent         *nostr.Event
+)
+
 func BenchmarkNSONEncoding(b *testing.B) {
 	events := make([]*nostr.Event, len(test_common.NormalEvents))
 	for i, jevt := range test_common.NormalEvents {
@@ -135,20 +141,26 @@ func BenchmarkNSONEncoding(b *testing.B) {
 		events[i] = evt
 	}
 
+	b.ResetTimer()
+
 	b.Run("easyjson.Marshal", func(b *testing.B) {
+		var encodedEvent []byte
 		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
 			for _, evt := range events {
-				easyjson.Marshal(evt)
+				encodedEvent, _ = easyjson.Marshal(evt)
 			}
 		}
+		EncodedEventEasyJson = encodedEvent
 	})
 
 	b.Run("nson.Marshal", func(b *testing.B) {
+		var encodedEvent string
 		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
 			for _, evt := range events {
-				Marshal(evt)
+				encodedEvent, _ = Marshal(evt)
 			}
 		}
+		EncodedEventNSON = encodedEvent
 	})
 }
 
@@ -161,34 +173,38 @@ func BenchmarkNSONDecoding(b *testing.B) {
 		events[i] = nevt
 	}
 
+	b.ResetTimer()
+
 	b.Run("easyjson.Unmarshal", func(b *testing.B) {
+		evt := &nostr.Event{}
 		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
 			for _, nevt := range events {
-				evt := &nostr.Event{}
 				err := easyjson.Unmarshal([]byte(nevt), evt)
 				if err != nil {
 					b.Fatalf("failed to unmarshal: %s", err)
 				}
 			}
 		}
+		DecodedEvent = evt
 	})
 
 	b.Run("nson.Unmarshal", func(b *testing.B) {
+		evt := &nostr.Event{}
 		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
 			for _, nevt := range events {
-				evt := &nostr.Event{}
 				err := Unmarshal(nevt, evt)
 				if err != nil {
 					b.Fatalf("failed to unmarshal: %s", err)
 				}
 			}
 		}
+		DecodedEvent = evt
 	})
 
 	b.Run("easyjson.Unmarshal+sig", func(b *testing.B) {
+		evt := &nostr.Event{}
 		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
 			for _, nevt := range events {
-				evt := &nostr.Event{}
 				err := easyjson.Unmarshal([]byte(nevt), evt)
 				if err != nil {
 					b.Fatalf("failed to unmarshal: %s", err)
@@ -196,12 +212,13 @@ func BenchmarkNSONDecoding(b *testing.B) {
 				evt.CheckSignature()
 			}
 		}
+		DecodedEvent = evt
 	})
 
 	b.Run("nson.Unmarshal+sig", func(b *testing.B) {
+		evt := &nostr.Event{}
 		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
 			for _, nevt := range events {
-				evt := &nostr.Event{}
 				err := Unmarshal(nevt, evt)
 				if err != nil {
 					b.Fatalf("failed to unmarshal: %s", err)
@@ -209,5 +226,6 @@ func BenchmarkNSONDecoding(b *testing.B) {
 				evt.CheckSignature()
 			}
 		}
+		DecodedEvent = evt
 	})
 }