diff --git a/src/benchmarks/loop.py b/src/benchmarks/loop.py
index be0def831cc78be2089474f7e20b3fcad00ed794..69621f1aea076049b1302c7a3a6319d164cc5656 100644
--- a/src/benchmarks/loop.py
+++ b/src/benchmarks/loop.py
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ class Benchmark_Loop(Benchmark):
         self.descrition = """This benchmark allocates and frees n blocks in t concurrent
                              threads."""
 
-        self.cmd = "loop{binary_suffix} {nthreads} 1000000 {maxsize}"
+        self.cmd = "loop{version}{binary_suffix} {nthreads} 1000000 {maxsize} 100"
 
         self.args = {"maxsize":  [2 ** x for x in range(6, 16)],
-                     "nthreads": Benchmark.scale_threads_for_cpus(2)}
+                     "nthreads": Benchmark.scale_threads_for_cpus(2),
+                     "version": ("", "KeepAllocs")}
 
         self.requirements = ["loop"]
         super().__init__()
diff --git a/src/benchmarks/loop/Makefile b/src/benchmarks/loop/Makefile
index b29793366b301cd7b7993dc2bb4df90dc3d8ebfc..9bcb247cd3d435277a7d7d0e0e027795a00ea7a3 100644
--- a/src/benchmarks/loop/Makefile
+++ b/src/benchmarks/loop/Makefile
@@ -12,12 +12,16 @@ LDFLAGS ?= -pthread -static-libgcc
 
 .PHONY = all clean
 
-all: $(OBJDIR)/loop
+all: $(OBJDIR)/loop $(OBJDIR)/loopKeepAllocs
 
 $(OBJDIR)/loop: loop.c | $(OBJDIR)
 	@echo compiling $@...
 	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $<
 
+$(OBJDIR)/loopKeepAllocs: loop.c | $(OBJDIR)
+	@echo compiling $@...
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -DKEEP_ALLOCS $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $<
+
 $(OBJDIR):
 	mkdir -p $@
 
diff --git a/src/benchmarks/loop/loop.c b/src/benchmarks/loop/loop.c
index 6297e49bc5b7d036bab699f279876b65e79821cd..9593cd535bf3eaf131984cb9b1812023db6ae019 100644
--- a/src/benchmarks/loop/loop.c
+++ b/src/benchmarks/loop/loop.c
@@ -19,26 +19,29 @@ typedef struct ThreadArgs {
 	double benchmark;
 	int allocations;
 	int max_size;
+#ifdef KEEP_ALLOCS
+	int num_to_keep;
+#endif
 } ThreadArgs;
 
-static void* malloc_then_write(size_t size) {
-	void* ptr = malloc(size);
-	// Write to ptr
-	/* *((char*)ptr) = '!'; */
-	return ptr;
-}
-
-static void read_then_free(void* ptr) {
-	// Read before free
-	/* char s __attribute__((unused)) = *((char*)ptr); */
-	free(ptr);
-}
 static void* test_thread_func(void* arg) {
 	ThreadArgs* args = (ThreadArgs*)arg;
+#ifdef KEEP_ALLOCS
+	void** ptrs = (void**)calloc(args->num_to_keep, sizeof(void*));
+#endif
 
 	for(int i = 0; i < args->allocations; i++) {
-		void* ptr = malloc_then_write((_rand() % args->max_size) + 1);
-		read_then_free(ptr);
+#ifdef KEEP_ALLOCS
+		int pos = i % args->num_to_keep;
+		if (0 == pos && i > 0) {
+			for (int j = 0; j < args->num_to_keep; j++)
+				free(ptrs[j]);
+		}
+		ptrs[pos] = malloc((_rand() % args->max_size) + 1);
+#else
+		void* ptr = malloc((_rand() % args->max_size) + 1);
+		free(ptr);
+#endif
 	}
 	return NULL;
 }
@@ -48,14 +51,24 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
 	int num_threads;
 	struct ThreadArgs thread_args;
 
+#ifdef KEEP_ALLOCS
+	if (argc < 5) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <num threads> <num allocations> <max size> <allocs to keep>\n", argv[0]);
+		return 1;
+	}
+#else
 	if (argc < 4) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <num threads> <num allocations> <max size>\n", argv[0]);
 		return 1;
 	}
+#endif
 
 	num_threads = atoi(argv[1]);
 	thread_args.allocations = atoi(argv[2]);
 	thread_args.max_size = atoi(argv[3]);
+#ifdef KEEP_ALLOCS
+	thread_args.num_to_keep = atoi(argv[4]);
+#endif
 
 	threads = (pthread_t*)malloc(num_threads * sizeof(pthread_t));
 
@@ -73,7 +86,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (argc == 5)
+	if (argc == 6)
 	{
 		FILE* f = stdout;
 		if (strcmp(argv[4],"stdout") != 0)