diff --git a/benchmark/js-versus-native-bench.js b/benchmark/js-versus-native-bench.js
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index b65fb98..0000000
--- a/benchmark/js-versus-native-bench.js
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@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-var pg = require(__dirname + '/../lib')
-var pgNative = require(__dirname + '/../lib/native');
-var bencher = require('bencher');
-var helper = require(__dirname + '/../test/test-helper')
-var conString = helper.connectionString()
-
-var round = function(num) {
-  return Math.round((num*1000))/1000
-}
-
-var doBenchmark = function() {
-  var bench = bencher({
-    name: 'js/native compare',
-    repeat: 1000,
-    actions: [{
-      name: 'javascript client - simple query',
-      run: function(next) {
-        var query = client.query('SELECT name, age FROM person WHERE age > 10');
-        query.on('end', function() {
-          next();
-        });
-      }
-    },{
-      name: 'native client - simple query',
-      run: function(next) {
-        var query = nativeClient.query('SELECT name FROM person WHERE age > $1', [10]);
-        query.on('end', function() {
-          next();
-        });
-      }
-    }, {
-      name: 'javascript client - parameterized query',
-      run: function(next) {
-        var query = client.query('SELECT name, age FROM person WHERE age > $1', [10]);
-        query.on('end', function() {
-          next();
-        });
-      }
-    },{
-      name: 'native client - parameterized query',
-      run: function(next) {
-        var query = nativeClient.query('SELECT name, age FROM person WHERE age > $1', [10]);
-        query.on('end', function() {
-          next();
-        });
-      }
-    }]
-  });
-  bench(function(result) {
-    console.log();
-    console.log("%s (%d repeats):", result.name, result.repeat)
-    result.actions.forEach(function(action) {
-      console.log("  %s: \n    average: %d ms\n    total: %d ms", action.name, round(action.meanTime), round(action.totalTime));
-    })
-    client.end();
-    nativeClient.end();
-  })
-}
-
-var client = new pg.Client(conString);
-var nativeClient = new pgNative.Client(conString);
-client.connect();
-client.on('connect', function() {
-  nativeClient.connect();
-  nativeClient.on('connect', function() {
-    doBenchmark();
-  });
-});
diff --git a/benchmark/large-datatset-bench.js b/benchmark/large-datatset-bench.js
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index a5e0346..0000000
--- a/benchmark/large-datatset-bench.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,125 +0,0 @@
-var pg = require(__dirname + '/../lib')
-var bencher = require('bencher');
-var helper = require(__dirname + '/../test/test-helper')
-var conString = helper.connectionString()
-
-var round = function(num) {
-  return Math.round((num*1000))/1000
-}
-
-var doBenchmark = function(cb) {
-  var bench = bencher({
-    name: 'select large sets',
-    repeat: 10,
-    actions: [{
-      name: 'selecting string',
-      run: function(next) {
-        var query = client.query('SELECT name FROM items');
-        query.on('error', function(er) {
-          console.log(er);throw er;
-        });
-
-        query.on('end', function() {
-          next();
-        });
-      }
-    }, {
-      name: 'selecting integer',
-      run: function(next) {
-        var query = client.query('SELECT count FROM items');
-        query.on('error', function(er) {
-          console.log(er);throw er;
-        });
-
-        query.on('end', function() {
-          next();
-        })
-      }
-    }, {
-      name: 'selecting date',
-      run: function(next) {
-        var query = client.query('SELECT created FROM items');
-        query.on('error', function(er) {
-          console.log(er);throw er;
-        });
-
-        query.on('end', function() {
-          next();
-        })
-      }
-    }, {
-      name: 'selecting row',
-      run: function(next) {
-        var query = client.query('SELECT * FROM items');
-        query.on('end', function() {
-          next();
-        })
-      }
-    }, {
-      name: 'loading all rows into memory',
-      run: function(next) {
-        var query = client.query('SELECT * FROM items', next);
-      }
-    }]
-  });
-  bench(function(result) {
-    console.log();
-    console.log("%s (%d repeats):", result.name, result.repeat)
-    result.actions.forEach(function(action) {
-      console.log("  %s: \n    average: %d ms\n    total: %d ms", action.name, round(action.meanTime), round(action.totalTime));
-    })
-    client.end();
-    cb();
-  })
-}
-
-
-var client = new pg.Client(conString);
-client.connect();
-console.log();
-console.log("creating temp table");
-client.query("CREATE TEMP TABLE items(name VARCHAR(10), created TIMESTAMPTZ, count INTEGER)");
-var count = 10000;
-console.log("inserting %d rows", count);
-for(var i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-  var query = {
-    name: 'insert',
-    text: "INSERT INTO items(name, created, count) VALUES($1, $2, $3)",
-    values: ["item"+i, new Date(2010, 01, 01, i, 0, 0), i]
-  };
-  client.query(query);
-}
-
-client.once('drain', function() {
-  console.log('done with insert. executing pure-javascript benchmark.');
-  doBenchmark(function() {
-    var oldclient = client;
-    client = new pg.native.Client(conString);
-    client.on('error', function(err) {
-      console.log(err);
-      throw err;
-    });
-
-    client.connect();
-    client.connect();
-    console.log();
-    console.log("creating temp table");
-    client.query("CREATE TEMP TABLE items(name VARCHAR(10), created TIMESTAMPTZ, count INTEGER)");
-    var count = 10000;
-    console.log("inserting %d rows", count);
-    for(var i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-      var query = {
-        name: 'insert',
-        text: "INSERT INTO items(name, created, count) VALUES($1, $2, $3)",
-        values: ["item"+i, new Date(2010, 01, 01, i, 0, 0), i]
-      };
-      client.query(query);
-    }
-    client.once('drain', function() {
-      console.log("executing native benchmark");
-      doBenchmark(function() {
-        console.log("all done");
-      })
-    })
-  });
-});
diff --git a/benchmark/simple-query-bench.js b/benchmark/simple-query-bench.js
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--- a/benchmark/simple-query-bench.js
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@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-var pg = require(__dirname + '/../lib')
-var bencher = require('bencher');
-var helper = require(__dirname + '/../test/test-helper')
-var conString = helper.connectionString()
-
-var round = function(num) {
-  return Math.round((num*1000))/1000
-}
-
-var doBenchmark = function() {
-  var bench = bencher({
-    name: 'query compare',
-    repeat: 1000,
-    actions: [{
-      name: 'simple query',
-      run: function(next) {
-        var query = client.query('SELECT name FROM person WHERE age > 10');
-        query.on('end', function() {
-          next();
-        });
-      }
-    },{
-      name: 'unnamed prepared statement',
-      run: function(next) {
-        var query = client.query('SELECT name FROM person WHERE age > $1', [10]);
-        query.on('end', function() {
-          next();
-        });
-      }
-    },{
-      name: 'named prepared statement',
-      run: function(next) {
-        var config = {
-          name: 'get peeps',
-          text: 'SELECT name FROM person WHERE age > $1',
-          values: [10]
-        }
-        client.query(config).on('end', function() {
-          next();
-        });
-      }
-    }]
-  });
-  bench(function(result) {
-    console.log();
-    console.log("%s (%d repeats):", result.name, result.repeat)
-    result.actions.forEach(function(action) {
-      console.log("  %s: \n    average: %d ms\n    total: %d ms", action.name, round(action.meanTime), round(action.totalTime));
-    })
-    client.end();
-  })
-}
-
-
-
-var client = new pg.Client(conString);
-client.connect();
-client.connection.once('readyForQuery', doBenchmark)