diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 120e8b2..2bb01a0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ install:
   
 script:
   - vendor/bin/phpunit --coverage-text
+  - php examples/13-benchmark-throughput.php
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 68286f9..81b9b2e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ as [Streams](https://github.com/reactphp/stream).
 
 **Table of contents**
 
+* [Quickstart example](#quickstart-example)
 * [Processes](#processes)
   * [EventEmitter Events](#eventemitter-events)
   * [Methods](#methods)
   * [Stream Properties](#stream-properties)
-* [Usage](#usage)
   * [Prepending Commands with `exec`](#prepending-commands-with-exec)
   * [Sigchild Compatibility](#sigchild-compatibility)
   * [Command Chaining](#command-chaining)
@@ -25,6 +25,27 @@ as [Streams](https://github.com/reactphp/stream).
 * [Tests](#tests)
 * [License](#license)
 
+## Quickstart example
+
+```php
+$loop = React\EventLoop\Factory::create();
+
+$process = new React\ChildProcess\Process('echo foo');
+$process->start($loop);
+
+$process->stdout->on('data', function ($chunk) {
+    echo $chunk;
+});
+
+$process->on('exit', function($exitCode, $termSignal) {
+    echo 'Process exited with code ' . $exitCode . PHP_EOL;
+});
+
+$loop->run();
+```
+
+See also the [examples](examples).
+
 ## Processes
 
 ### EventEmitter Events
@@ -81,26 +102,6 @@ $process->stdin->close();
 For more details, see the
 [`DuplexStreamInterface`](https://github.com/reactphp/stream#duplexstreaminterface).
 
-## Usage
-```php
-    $loop = React\EventLoop\Factory::create();
-
-    $process = new React\ChildProcess\Process('echo foo');
-
-    $process->on('exit', function($exitCode, $termSignal) {
-        // ...
-    });
-
-    $loop->addTimer(0.001, function($timer) use ($process) {
-        $process->start($timer->getLoop());
-
-        $process->stdout->on('data', function($output) {
-            // ...
-        });
-    });
-
-    $loop->run();
-```
 ### Prepending Commands with `exec`
 
 Symfony pull request [#5759](https://github.com/symfony/symfony/issues/5759)
diff --git a/examples/01-stdio.php b/examples/01-stdio.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..217e7f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/01-stdio.php
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?php
+
+use React\EventLoop\Factory;
+use React\ChildProcess\Process;
+
+require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
+
+$loop = Factory::create();
+
+$process = new Process('cat');
+$process->start($loop);
+
+$process->stdout->on('data', function ($chunk) {
+    echo $chunk;
+});
+
+$process->on('exit', function ($code) {
+    echo 'EXIT with code ' . $code . PHP_EOL;
+});
+
+// periodically send something to stream
+$periodic = $loop->addPeriodicTimer(0.2, function () use ($process) {
+    $process->stdin->write('hello');
+});
+
+// stop sending after a few seconds
+$loop->addTimer(2.0, function () use ($periodic, $loop, $process) {
+    $loop->cancelTimer($periodic);
+    $process->stdin->end();
+});
+
+$loop->run();
diff --git a/examples/02-race.php b/examples/02-race.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e4062c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/02-race.php
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?php
+
+use React\EventLoop\Factory;
+use React\ChildProcess\Process;
+
+require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
+
+$loop = Factory::create();
+
+$first = new Process('sleep 2; echo welt');
+$first->start($loop);
+
+$second = new Process('sleep 1; echo hallo');
+$second->start($loop);
+
+$first->stdout->on('data', function ($chunk) {
+    echo $chunk;
+});
+
+$second->stdout->on('data', function ($chunk)  {
+    echo $chunk;
+});
+
+$loop->run();
diff --git a/examples/03-stdout-stderr.php b/examples/03-stdout-stderr.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37fe837
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/03-stdout-stderr.php
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?php
+
+use React\EventLoop\Factory;
+use React\ChildProcess\Process;
+
+require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
+
+$loop = Factory::create();
+
+$process = new Process('echo hallo;sleep 1;echo welt >&2;sleep 1;echo error;sleep 1;nope');
+$process->start($loop);
+
+$process->stdout->on('data', function ($chunk) {
+    echo '(' . $chunk . ')';
+});
+
+$process->stderr->on('data', function ($chunk) {
+    echo '[' . $chunk . ']';
+});
+
+$process->on('exit', function ($code) {
+    echo 'EXIT with code ' . $code . PHP_EOL;
+});
+
+$loop->run();
diff --git a/examples/11-benchmark-read.php b/examples/11-benchmark-read.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..996a153
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/11-benchmark-read.php
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<?php
+
+// $ php examples/11-benchmark.php
+// $ php examples/11-benchmark.php echo test
+// $ php examples/11-benchmark.php dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=1000
+
+use React\EventLoop\Factory;
+use React\ChildProcess\Process;
+
+require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
+
+$cmd = isset($argv[1]) ? implode(' ', array_slice($argv, 1)) : 'dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=1000';
+
+$loop = Factory::create();
+
+$info = new React\Stream\Stream(STDERR, $loop);
+$info->pause();
+$info->write('Counts number of chunks/bytes received from process STDOUT' . PHP_EOL);
+$info->write('Command: ' . $cmd . PHP_EOL);
+if (extension_loaded('xdebug')) {
+    $info->write('NOTICE: The "xdebug" extension is loaded, this has a major impact on performance.' . PHP_EOL);
+}
+
+$process = new Process($cmd);
+$process->start($loop);
+$start = microtime(true);
+
+$chunks = 0;
+$bytes = 0;
+$process->stdout->on('data', function ($chunk) use (&$chunks, &$bytes) {
+    ++$chunks;
+    $bytes += strlen($chunk);
+});
+
+// print stream position once stream closes
+$process->on('exit', function () use (&$chunks, &$bytes, $start, $info) {
+    $t = microtime(true) - $start;
+
+    $info->write('read ' . $chunks . ' chunks with ' . $bytes . ' byte(s) in ' . round($t, 3) . ' second(s) => ' . round($bytes / 1024 / 1024 / $t, 1) . ' MiB/s' . PHP_EOL);
+    $info->write('peak memory usage of ' . round(memory_get_peak_usage(true) / 1024 / 1024, 1) . ' MiB' . PHP_EOL);
+});
+
+// report any other output/errors
+$process->stdout->on('error', array($info, 'write'));
+$process->stderr->on('data', 'printf');
+$process->stdout->on('error', 'printf');
+
+$loop->run();
diff --git a/examples/12-benchmark-write.php b/examples/12-benchmark-write.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f88e5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/12-benchmark-write.php
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?php
+
+use React\EventLoop\Factory;
+use React\ChildProcess\Process;
+use React\Stream\Stream;
+
+require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
+
+$loop = Factory::create();
+
+$info = new React\Stream\Stream(STDERR, $loop);
+$info->pause();
+$info->write('Pipes data to process STDIN' . PHP_EOL);
+if (extension_loaded('xdebug')) {
+    $info->write('NOTICE: The "xdebug" extension is loaded, this has a major impact on performance.' . PHP_EOL);
+}
+
+$process = new Process('dd of=/dev/zero');
+$process->start($loop);
+
+// 10000 * 100 KB => 1 GB
+$i = 10000;
+$chunk = str_repeat("\0", 100 * 1000);
+$write = function () use ($chunk, $process, &$i, &$write) {
+    do {
+        --$i;
+        $continue = $process->stdin->write($chunk);
+    } while ($i && $continue);
+
+    if ($i > 0) {
+        // buffer full => wait for drain to continue
+        $process->stdin->once('drain', $write);
+    } else {
+        $process->stdin->end();
+    }
+};
+$write();
+
+// report any other output/errors
+$process->stdout->on('data', 'printf');
+$process->stdout->on('error', 'printf');
+$process->stderr->on('data', 'printf');
+$process->stdout->on('error', 'printf');
+
+$loop->run();
diff --git a/examples/13-benchmark-throughput.php b/examples/13-benchmark-throughput.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4c936c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/13-benchmark-throughput.php
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+<?php
+
+use React\EventLoop\Factory;
+use React\ChildProcess\Process;
+use React\Stream\Stream;
+
+require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
+
+$loop = Factory::create();
+
+$info = new React\Stream\Stream(STDERR, $loop);
+$info->pause();
+$info->write('Pipes data through process STDIN and reads STDOUT again' . PHP_EOL);
+if (extension_loaded('xdebug')) {
+    $info->write('NOTICE: The "xdebug" extension is loaded, this has a major impact on performance.' . PHP_EOL);
+}
+
+$process = new Process('cat');
+$process->start($loop);
+$start = microtime(true);
+
+$chunks = 0;
+$bytes = 0;
+$process->stdout->on('data', function ($chunk) use (&$chunks, &$bytes) {
+    ++$chunks;
+    $bytes += strlen($chunk);
+});
+
+// 10000 * 100 KB => 1 GB
+$i = 10000;
+$chunk = str_repeat("\0", 100 * 1000);
+$write = function () use ($chunk, $process, &$i, &$write) {
+    do {
+        --$i;
+        $continue = $process->stdin->write($chunk);
+    } while ($i && $continue);
+
+    if ($i > 0) {
+        // buffer full => wait for drain to continue
+        $process->stdin->once('drain', $write);
+    } else {
+        $process->stdin->end();
+    }
+};
+$write();
+
+// print stream position once process exits
+$process->on('exit', function () use (&$chunks, &$bytes, $start, $info) {
+    $t = microtime(true) - $start;
+
+    $info->write('read ' . $chunks . ' chunks with ' . $bytes . ' byte(s) in ' . round($t, 3) . ' second(s) => ' . round($bytes / 1024 / 1024 / $t, 1) . ' MiB/s' . PHP_EOL);
+    $info->write('peak memory usage of ' . round(memory_get_peak_usage(true) / 1024 / 1024, 1) . ' MiB' . PHP_EOL);
+});
+
+// report any other output/errors
+$process->stdout->on('error', 'printf');
+$process->stderr->on('data', 'printf');
+$process->stdout->on('error', 'printf');
+
+$loop->run();