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+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+
+if (!common.enoughTestMem)
+  common.skip('Insufficient memory for Worker benchmark test');
+
+// Because the worker benchmarks can run on different threads,
+// this should be in sequential rather than parallel to make sure
+// it does not conflict with tests that choose random available ports.
+
+const runBenchmark = require('../common/benchmark');
+
+runBenchmark('worker',
+             [
+               'n=1',
+               'sendsPerBroadcast=1',
+               'workers=1',
+               'payload=string'
+             ],
+             {
+               NODEJS_BENCHMARK_ZERO_ALLOWED: 1
+             });