diff --git a/trace-resources/bench/trace-resources-bench.hs b/trace-resources/bench/trace-resources-bench.hs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..57509904db9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trace-resources/bench/trace-resources-bench.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
+
+import           Criterion.Main
+import           Criterion.Types
+
+
+#if defined(linux_HOST_OS)
+import qualified Cardano.Logging.Resources.Linux as Platform
+#elif defined(mingw32_HOST_OS)
+import qualified Cardano.Logging.Resources.Windows as Platform
+#elif defined(darwin_HOST_OS)
+import qualified Cardano.Logging.Resources.Darwin as Platform
+#else
+import qualified Cardano.Logging.Resources.Dummy as Platform
+#endif
+
+
+main :: IO ()
+main =
+  defaultMainWith defaultConfig{ timeLimit = 15 }
+    [ bench "create record ResourceStats" (whnfIO Platform.readResourceStatsInternal)
+    ]
diff --git a/trace-resources/src/Cardano/Logging/Resources/Linux.hs b/trace-resources/src/Cardano/Logging/Resources/Linux.hs
index c18e6fe6701..0c02a9be047 100644
--- a/trace-resources/src/Cardano/Logging/Resources/Linux.hs
+++ b/trace-resources/src/Cardano/Logging/Resources/Linux.hs
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ module Cardano.Logging.Resources.Linux
 
 import           Cardano.Logging.Resources.Types
 import           Data.Maybe (fromMaybe)
+import           qualified Data.Text as T
+import           qualified Data.Text.IO as T (readFile)
+import           qualified Data.Text.Read as T (decimal)
 import           Data.Word
 import qualified GHC.Stats as GhcStats
 import           System.Posix.Files (fileMode, getFileStatus, intersectFileModes, ownerReadMode)
-import           Text.Read (readMaybe)
 
 -- * Disk IO stats:
 -- /proc/[pid]/io (since kernel 2.6.20)
@@ -146,9 +148,15 @@ readProcList fp = do
     fs <- getFileStatus fp
     if readable fs
     then do
-        cs <- readFile fp
-        return $ map (\s -> fromMaybe 0 (readMaybe s :: Maybe Integer)) (words cs)
+        cs <- T.readFile fp
+        return $ map (fromMaybe 0 . readMaybeText) (T.words cs)
     else
         return []
   where
     readable fs = intersectFileModes (fileMode fs) ownerReadMode == ownerReadMode
+
+readMaybeText :: Integral a => T.Text -> Maybe a
+readMaybeText t =
+  case T.decimal t of
+    Right (v, _)  -> Just v
+    _             -> Nothing
diff --git a/trace-resources/trace-resources.cabal b/trace-resources/trace-resources.cabal
index e48db579c60..fe3e6deac01 100644
--- a/trace-resources/trace-resources.cabal
+++ b/trace-resources/trace-resources.cabal
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cabal-version: 3.0
 
 name:                   trace-resources
-version:                0.2.0.2
+version:                0.2.1.0
 synopsis:               Package for tracing resources for linux, mac and windows
 description:            Package for tracing resources for linux, mac and windows.
 category:               Cardano,
@@ -84,3 +84,17 @@ test-suite trace-resources-test
                         -Wredundant-constraints
                         -Wmissing-export-lists
                         -Wno-incomplete-patterns
+
+benchmark bench
+    import:           project-config
+    type:             exitcode-stdio-1.0
+    main-is:          trace-resources-bench.hs
+    hs-source-dirs:   bench
+    build-depends:        base >=4.12 && <5
+                        , criterion
+                        , trace-resources
+    ghc-options:
+        -Wall -Wcompat -Wincomplete-record-updates
+        -Wincomplete-uni-patterns -Wpartial-fields -Wredundant-constraints
+        -Wunused-packages -threaded -rtsopts -O2
+        "-with-rtsopts=-T"