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+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common.js');
+const { EventEmitter } = require('events');
+
+const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
+  events: [1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 20],
+  n: [1e6],
+});
+
+function main({ events, n }) {
+  const ee = new EventEmitter();
+  const listeners = [];
+
+  for (let k = 0; k < 10; k += 1)
+    listeners.push(() => {});
+
+  const eventNames = [];
+  for (let k = 0; k < events; ++k)
+    eventNames.push(`dummy${k}`);
+
+  bench.start();
+  for (let i = 0; i < n; i += 1) {
+    for (const eventName of eventNames) {
+      for (let k = listeners.length; --k >= 0; /* empty */) {
+        ee.on(eventName, listeners[k]);
+      }
+    }
+    for (const eventName of eventNames) {
+      for (let k = listeners.length; --k >= 0; /* empty */) {
+        ee.removeListener(eventName, listeners[k]);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  bench.end(n);
+}