diff --git a/envelopes_benchmark_test.go b/envelopes_benchmark_test.go
index 68fa2bf..4f7da82 100644
--- a/envelopes_benchmark_test.go
+++ b/envelopes_benchmark_test.go
@@ -1,114 +1,257 @@
 package nostr
 
 import (
-	"bufio"
-	"os"
+	"fmt"
+	"math/rand/v2"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/minio/simdjson-go"
 )
 
-// benchmarkParseMessage benchmarks the ParseMessage function
 func BenchmarkParseMessage(b *testing.B) {
-	messages := getTestMessages()
-	b.ResetTimer()
-	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-		for _, msg := range messages {
-			_ = ParseMessage(msg)
+	messages := generateTestMessages(2000)
+
+	for i := range 15 {
+		fmt.Println(string(messages[i]))
+	}
+
+	b.Run("golang", func(b *testing.B) {
+		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+			for _, msg := range messages {
+				_ = ParseMessage(msg)
+			}
+		}
+	})
+
+	b.Run("simdjson", func(b *testing.B) {
+		pj := &simdjson.ParsedJson{}
+		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+			for _, msg := range messages {
+				_, _ = ParseMessageSIMD(msg, pj)
+			}
 		}
+	})
+}
+
+func generateTestMessages(count int) [][]byte {
+	messages := make([][]byte, 0, count)
+
+	for i := 0; i < count; i++ {
+		var msg []byte
+
+		switch rand.IntN(12) {
+		case 1:
+			msg = generateAuthMessage()
+		case 2:
+			msg = generateNoticeMessage()
+		case 3:
+			msg = generateEOSEMessage()
+		case 4:
+			msg = generateOKMessage()
+		case 5:
+			msg = generateCountMessage()
+		case 6:
+			msg = generateReqMessage()
+		default:
+			msg = generateEventMessage()
+		}
+
+		messages = append(messages, msg)
 	}
+
+	return messages
 }
 
-// benchmarkParseMessageSIMD benchmarks the ParseMessageSIMD function
-func BenchmarkParseMessageSIMD(b *testing.B) {
-	messages := getTestMessages()
-	var pj *simdjson.ParsedJson
-	b.ResetTimer()
-	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-		for _, msg := range messages {
-			_, _ = ParseMessageSIMD(msg, pj)
+func generateEventMessage() []byte {
+	event := generateRandomEvent()
+	eventJSON, _ := json.Marshal(event)
+
+	if rand.IntN(2) == 0 {
+		subID := fmt.Sprintf("sub_%d", rand.IntN(1000))
+		return []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`["EVENT","%s",%s]`, subID, string(eventJSON)))
+	}
+
+	return []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`["EVENT",%s]`, string(eventJSON)))
+}
+
+func generateRandomEvent() Event {
+	tagCount := rand.IntN(10)
+	tags := make(Tags, tagCount)
+	for i := 0; i < tagCount; i++ {
+		tagType := string([]byte{byte('a' + rand.IntN(26))})
+		tagValues := make([]string, rand.IntN(5)+1)
+		for j := range tagValues {
+			tagValues[j] = fmt.Sprintf("value_%d_%d", i, j)
 		}
+		tags[i] = append([]string{tagType}, tagValues...)
 	}
+
+	contentLength := rand.IntN(200) + 10
+	content := make([]byte, contentLength)
+	for i := range content {
+		content[i] = byte('a' + rand.IntN(26))
+	}
+
+	event := Event{
+		ID:        generateRandomHex(64),
+		PubKey:    generateRandomHex(64),
+		CreatedAt: Timestamp(time.Now().Unix() - int64(rand.IntN(10000000))),
+		Kind:      rand.IntN(10000),
+		Tags:      tags,
+		Content:   string(content),
+		Sig:       generateRandomHex(128),
+	}
+
+	return event
 }
 
-// benchmarkParseMessageSIMDWithReuse benchmarks the ParseMessageSIMD function with reusing the ParsedJson object
-func BenchmarkParseMessageSIMDWithReuse(b *testing.B) {
-	messages := getTestMessages()
-	pj, _ := simdjson.Parse(make([]byte, 1024), nil) // initialize with some capacity
-	b.ResetTimer()
-	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-		for _, msg := range messages {
-			_, _ = ParseMessageSIMD(msg, pj)
+func generateAuthMessage() []byte {
+	if rand.IntN(2) == 0 {
+		challenge := fmt.Sprintf("challenge_%d", rand.IntN(1000000))
+		return []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`["AUTH","%s"]`, challenge))
+	} else {
+		event := generateRandomEvent()
+		eventJSON, _ := json.Marshal(event)
+		return []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`["AUTH",%s]`, string(eventJSON)))
+	}
+}
+
+func generateNoticeMessage() []byte {
+	noticeLength := rand.IntN(100) + 5
+	notice := make([]byte, noticeLength)
+	for i := range notice {
+		notice[i] = byte('a' + rand.IntN(26))
+	}
+
+	return []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`["NOTICE","%s"]`, string(notice)))
+}
+
+func generateEOSEMessage() []byte {
+	subID := fmt.Sprintf("sub_%d", rand.IntN(1000))
+	return []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`["EOSE","%s"]`, subID))
+}
+
+func generateOKMessage() []byte {
+	eventID := generateRandomHex(64)
+	success := rand.IntN(2) == 0
+
+	var reason string
+	if !success {
+		reasons := []string{
+			"blocked",
+			"rate-limited",
+			"invalid: signature verification failed",
+			"error: could not connect to the database",
+			"pow: difficulty too low",
 		}
+		reason = reasons[rand.IntN(len(reasons))]
 	}
+
+	return []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`["OK","%s",%t,"%s"]`, eventID, success, reason))
 }
 
-// getTestMessages returns a slice of test messages for benchmarking
-func getTestMessages() [][]byte {
-	// these are sample messages from the test cases
-	return [][]byte{
-		[]byte(`["EVENT","_",{"kind":1,"id":"dc90c95f09947507c1044e8f48bcf6350aa6bff1507dd4acfc755b9239b5c962","pubkey":"3bf0c63fcb93463407af97a5e5ee64fa883d107ef9e558472c4eb9aaaefa459d","created_at":1644271588,"tags":[],"content":"now that https://blueskyweb.org/blog/2-7-2022-overview was announced we can stop working on nostr?","sig":"230e9d8f0ddaf7eb70b5f7741ccfa37e87a455c9a469282e3464e2052d3192cd63a167e196e381ef9d7e69e9ea43af2443b839974dc85d8aaab9efe1d9296524"}]`),
-		[]byte(`["EVENT",{"kind":1,"id":"dc90c95f09947507c1044e8f48bcf6350aa6bff1507dd4acfc755b9239b5c962","pubkey":"3bf0c63fcb93463407af97a5e5ee64fa883d107ef9e558472c4eb9aaaefa459d","created_at":1644271588,"tags":[],"content":"now that https://blueskyweb.org/blog/2-7-2022-overview was announced we can stop working on nostr?","sig":"230e9d8f0ddaf7eb70b5f7741ccfa37e87a455c9a469282e3464e2052d3192cd63a167e196e381ef9d7e69e9ea43af2443b839974dc85d8aaab9efe1d9296524"}]`),
-		[]byte(`["AUTH","challenge-string"]`),
-		[]byte(`["AUTH",{"kind":22242,"id":"9b86ca5d2a9b4aa09870e710438c2fd2fcdeca12a18b6f17ab9ebcdbc43f1d4a","pubkey":"79be667ef9dcbbac55a06295ce870b07029bfcdb2dce28d959f2815b16f81798","created_at":1740505646,"tags":[["relay","ws://localhost:7777","2"],["challenge","3027526784722639360"]],"content":"","sig":"eceb827c4bba1de0ab8ee43f3e98df71194f5bdde0af27b5cda38e5c4338b5f63d31961acb5e3c119fd00ecef8b469867d060b697dbaa6ecee1906b483bc307d"}]`),
-		[]byte(`["NOTICE","test notice message"]`),
-		[]byte(`["EOSE","subscription123"]`),
-		[]byte(`["CLOSE","subscription123"]`),
-		[]byte(`["CLOSED","subscription123","reason: test closed"]`),
-		[]byte(`["OK","3bf0c63fcb93463407af97a5e5ee64fa883d107ef9e558472c4eb9aaaefaaaaa",true,""]`),
-		[]byte(`["COUNT","sub1",{"count":42}]`),
-		[]byte(`["REQ","sub1",{"until":999999,"kinds":[1]}]`),
-		[]byte(`["REQ","sub1z\\\"zzz",{"authors":["9b86ca5d2a9b4aa09870e710438c2fd2fcdeca12a18b6f17ab9ebcdbc43f1d4a","8eee10b2ce1162b040fdcfdadb4f888c64aaf87531dab28cc0c09fbdea1b663e","0deadebefb3c1a760f036952abf675076343dd8424efdeaa0f1d9803a359ed46"],"since":1740425099,"limit":2,"#x":["<","as"]},{"kinds":[2345,112],"#plic":["a"],"#ploc":["blblb","wuwuw"]}]`),
+func generateCountMessage() []byte {
+	subID := fmt.Sprintf("sub_%d", rand.IntN(1000))
+	count := rand.IntN(10000)
+
+	if rand.IntN(5) == 0 {
+		hll := generateRandomHex(512)
+		return []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`["COUNT","%s",{"count":%d,"hll":"%s"}]`, subID, count, hll))
 	}
+
+	return []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`["COUNT","%s",{"count":%d}]`, subID, count))
 }
 
-// benchmarkParseMessagesFromFile benchmarks parsing messages from a file
-// this function can be used if you have a file with messages
-func BenchmarkParseMessagesFromFile(b *testing.B) {
-	// read all messages into memory
-	file, err := os.Open("testdata/messages.json")
-	if err != nil {
-		b.Fatal(err)
+func generateReqMessage() []byte {
+	subID := fmt.Sprintf("sub_%d", rand.IntN(1000))
+
+	filterCount := rand.IntN(3) + 1
+	filters := make([]string, filterCount)
+
+	for i := range filters {
+		filter := generateRandomFilter()
+		filterJSON, _ := json.Marshal(filter)
+		filters[i] = string(filterJSON)
 	}
-	var messages [][]byte
-	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
-	for scanner.Scan() {
-		messages = append(messages, []byte(scanner.Text()))
+
+	result := fmt.Sprintf(`["REQ","%s"`, subID)
+	for _, f := range filters {
+		result += "," + f
 	}
-	if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {
-		b.Fatal(err)
+	result += "]"
+
+	return []byte(result)
+}
+
+func generateRandomFilter() Filter {
+	filter := Filter{}
+
+	if rand.IntN(2) == 0 {
+		count := rand.IntN(5) + 1
+		filter.IDs = make([]string, count)
+		for i := range filter.IDs {
+			filter.IDs[i] = generateRandomHex(64)
+		}
 	}
-	file.Close()
 
-	// benchmark ParseMessage
-	b.Run("ParseMessage", func(b *testing.B) {
-		b.ResetTimer()
-		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-			for _, msg := range messages {
-				_ = ParseMessage(msg)
-			}
+	if rand.IntN(2) == 0 {
+		count := rand.IntN(5) + 1
+		filter.Kinds = make([]int, count)
+		for i := range filter.Kinds {
+			filter.Kinds[i] = rand.IntN(10000)
 		}
-	})
+	}
 
-	// benchmark ParseMessageSIMD
-	b.Run("ParseMessageSIMD", func(b *testing.B) {
-		var pj *simdjson.ParsedJson
-		b.ResetTimer()
-		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-			for _, msg := range messages {
-				_, _ = ParseMessageSIMD(msg, pj)
-			}
+	if rand.IntN(2) == 0 {
+		count := rand.IntN(5) + 1
+		filter.Authors = make([]string, count)
+		for i := range filter.Authors {
+			filter.Authors[i] = generateRandomHex(64)
 		}
-	})
+	}
 
-	// benchmark ParseMessageSIMD with reuse
-	b.Run("ParseMessageSIMDWithReuse", func(b *testing.B) {
-		pj, _ := simdjson.Parse(make([]byte, 1024), nil) // initialize with some capacity
-		b.ResetTimer()
-		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-			for _, msg := range messages {
-				_, _ = ParseMessageSIMD(msg, pj)
+	if rand.IntN(2) == 0 {
+		tagCount := rand.IntN(3) + 1
+		filter.Tags = make(TagMap)
+
+		for i := 0; i < tagCount; i++ {
+			tagName := string([]byte{byte('a' + rand.IntN(26))})
+			valueCount := rand.IntN(3) + 1
+			values := make([]string, valueCount)
+
+			for j := range values {
+				values[j] = fmt.Sprintf("tag_value_%d", rand.IntN(100))
 			}
+
+			filter.Tags[tagName] = values
 		}
-	})
+	}
+
+	if rand.IntN(2) == 0 {
+		ts := Timestamp(time.Now().Unix() - int64(rand.IntN(10000000)))
+		filter.Since = &ts
+	}
+
+	if rand.IntN(2) == 0 {
+		ts := Timestamp(time.Now().Unix() - int64(rand.IntN(1000000)))
+		filter.Until = &ts
+	}
+
+	if rand.IntN(2) == 0 {
+		filter.Limit = rand.IntN(100) + 1
+	}
+
+	return filter
+}
+
+func generateRandomHex(length int) string {
+	const hexChars = "0123456789abcdef"
+	result := make([]byte, length)
+
+	for i := range result {
+		result[i] = hexChars[rand.IntN(len(hexChars))]
+	}
+
+	return string(result)
 }
diff --git a/envelopes_test.go b/envelopes_test.go
index 10732b1..ca64dcd 100644
--- a/envelopes_test.go
+++ b/envelopes_test.go
@@ -321,8 +321,7 @@ func TestParseMessageSIMD(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			require.NotNil(t, envelope, "expected non-nil envelope but got nil")
-			require.Equal(t, testCase.ExpectedEnvelope.Label(), envelope.Label())
-			require.Equal(t, testCase.ExpectedEnvelope.String(), envelope.String())
+			require.Equal(t, testCase.ExpectedEnvelope, envelope)
 		})
 	}
 }