diff --git a/tools/memcached_ping.rb b/tools/memcached_ping.rb
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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+require 'dalli'
+require 'benchmark'
+
+server_host    = ENV.fetch("MEMCACHED_SERVICE_HOST", "localhost")
+server_port    = ENV.fetch("MEMCACHED_SERVICE_PORT", "11211")
+server_address = "#{server_host}:#{server_port}"
+
+begin
+  client = Dalli::Client.new(server_address)
+  avg = 10.times.map { Benchmark.realtime { client.get("test") } }.inject(:+) / 10.0
+
+  puts "Average: #{avg.round(8)} seconds"
+rescue => err
+  puts "Failed: #{err}"
+end