diff --git a/atlas-jmh/src/main/scala/com/netflix/atlas/webapi/PublishPayloadsBench.scala b/atlas-jmh/src/main/scala/com/netflix/atlas/webapi/PublishPayloadsBench.scala
index 8e76a4e33..96b7928eb 100644
--- a/atlas-jmh/src/main/scala/com/netflix/atlas/webapi/PublishPayloadsBench.scala
+++ b/atlas-jmh/src/main/scala/com/netflix/atlas/webapi/PublishPayloadsBench.scala
@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@ class PublishPayloadsBench {
     }
   }
 
+  // Skips the ID calculation.
+  private def decodeBatchDatapoints(data: Array[Byte]): List[Datapoint] = {
+    Using.resource(Json.newSmileParser(new ByteArrayInputStream(data))) { parser =>
+      PublishPayloads.decodeBatchDatapoints(parser)
+    }
+  }
+
   private def encodeBatch(values: List[DatapointTuple]): Array[Byte] = {
     Streams.byteArray { out =>
       Using.resource(Json.newSmileGenerator(out)) { gen =>
@@ -126,6 +133,14 @@ class PublishPayloadsBench {
     }
   }
 
+  @Benchmark
+  def decodeBatchDatapoints(bh: Blackhole): Unit = {
+    val consumer = new BlackholePublishConsumer(bh)
+    decodeBatchDatapoints(encodedBatch).foreach { d =>
+      consumer.consume(null, d.tags, d.timestamp, d.value)
+    }
+  }
+
   @Benchmark
   def decodeCompactBatch(bh: Blackhole): Unit = {
     val consumer = new BlackholePublishConsumer(bh)