diff --git a/cmd/zfs_object_agent/Cargo.lock b/cmd/zfs_object_agent/Cargo.lock
index 0bc0939cfb5c..5766650871ff 100644
--- a/cmd/zfs_object_agent/Cargo.lock
+++ b/cmd/zfs_object_agent/Cargo.lock
@@ -2458,6 +2458,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "metered",
  "serde 1.0.127",
  "tokio",
+ "uuid",
  "zettaobject",
 ]
 
diff --git a/cmd/zfs_object_agent/object_perf/Cargo.toml b/cmd/zfs_object_agent/object_perf/Cargo.toml
index b6514eafe104..7659ac83b57f 100644
--- a/cmd/zfs_object_agent/object_perf/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cmd/zfs_object_agent/object_perf/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@ log = "0.4"
 metered = "0.8"
 futures = "0.3.16"
 serde = { version = "1.0.125", features = ["derive"] }
+uuid = {version = "0.8"}
 tokio = { version = "1.4", features = ["full"] }
 zettaobject = { path = "../zettaobject" }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmd/zfs_object_agent/object_perf/src/main.rs b/cmd/zfs_object_agent/object_perf/src/main.rs
index 14601219812d..3d1e8290ef76 100644
--- a/cmd/zfs_object_agent/object_perf/src/main.rs
+++ b/cmd/zfs_object_agent/object_perf/src/main.rs
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ use clap::AppSettings;
 use clap::Arg;
 use clap::SubCommand;
 use std::time::Duration;
+use uuid::Uuid;
 use zettaobject::ObjectAccess;
 mod s3perf;
 
-// XXX this and the arg parsing copied from client/src/main.rs should be made common
 const ENDPOINT: &str = "https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com";
 const REGION: &str = "us-west-2";
 const BUCKET_NAME: &str = "cloudburst-data-2";
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ async fn main() {
                 .default_value("/var/tmp/perflog"),
         )
         .subcommand(SubCommand::with_name("write").about("write test"))
+        .subcommand(SubCommand::with_name("read").about("read test"))
         .get_matches();
 
     zettaobject::init::setup_logging(
@@ -100,13 +101,13 @@ async fn main() {
     let region_str = matches.value_of("region").unwrap();
     let bucket_name = matches.value_of("bucket").unwrap();
     let profile = matches.value_of("profile").unwrap();
-    let objsize_bytes: i32 = matches
+    let objsize_bytes: u64 = matches
         .value_of("object-size")
         .unwrap()
-        .parse::<i32>()
+        .parse::<u64>()
         .unwrap()
         * 1024;
-    let qdepth: i32 = matches.value_of("qdepth").unwrap().parse().unwrap();
+    let qdepth: u64 = matches.value_of("qdepth").unwrap().parse().unwrap();
     let duration = Duration::from_secs(matches.value_of("runtime").unwrap().parse().unwrap());
 
     println!(
@@ -122,9 +123,16 @@ async fn main() {
         false,
     );
 
+    let key_prefix = format!("zfs_object_perf/{}/", Uuid::new_v4());
+    println!("Using prefix: '{}'", key_prefix);
     match matches.subcommand() {
         ("write", Some(_matches)) => {
-            s3perf::write_test(&object_access, objsize_bytes, qdepth, duration)
+            s3perf::write_test(&object_access, &key_prefix, objsize_bytes, qdepth, duration)
+                .await
+                .unwrap();
+        }
+        ("read", Some(_matches)) => {
+            s3perf::read_test(&object_access, &key_prefix, objsize_bytes, qdepth, duration)
                 .await
                 .unwrap();
         }
diff --git a/cmd/zfs_object_agent/object_perf/src/s3perf.rs b/cmd/zfs_object_agent/object_perf/src/s3perf.rs
index f28a2024176f..f29e920936ab 100644
--- a/cmd/zfs_object_agent/object_perf/src/s3perf.rs
+++ b/cmd/zfs_object_agent/object_perf/src/s3perf.rs
@@ -5,53 +5,17 @@ use metered::common::*;
 use metered::hdr_histogram::AtomicHdrHistogram;
 use metered::metered;
 use metered::time_source::StdInstantMicros;
+use std::cmp::max;
 use std::convert::TryInto;
 use std::error::Error;
+use std::string::String;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 use zettaobject::ObjectAccess;
 
-pub async fn write_test(
-    object_access: &ObjectAccess,
-    objsize: i32,
-    qdepth: i32,
-    duration: Duration,
-) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
-    let perf = Perf::default();
-    let my_perf = perf.clone();
-    tokio::spawn(async move {
-        let mut interval = tokio::time::interval(Duration::from_secs(1));
-        loop {
-            interval.tick().await;
-            info!("metrics: {:#?}", my_perf.metrics);
-        }
-    });
-
-    let mut key_id: i32 = 0;
-    let start = Instant::now();
-    let data = vec![0; objsize.try_into().unwrap()];
-    stream::repeat_with(|| {
-        let my_object_access = object_access.clone();
-        let my_data = data.clone();
-        let my_perf = perf.clone();
-        key_id += 1;
-        tokio::spawn(async move {
-            my_perf
-                .put(
-                    &my_object_access,
-                    &format!("perftest/key{}", key_id),
-                    my_data,
-                )
-                .await;
-        })
-    })
-    .take_while(|_| future::ready(start.elapsed() < duration))
-    .buffer_unordered(qdepth.try_into().unwrap())
-    .for_each(|_| future::ready(()))
-    .await;
-
-    println!("metrics: {:#?}", perf.metrics);
-    Ok(())
+enum WriteTestBounds {
+    Time(Duration),
+    Objects(u64),
 }
 
 #[derive(Default, Clone)]
@@ -68,4 +32,159 @@ impl Perf {
     async fn put(&self, object_access: &ObjectAccess, key: &str, data: Vec<u8>) {
         object_access.put_object(&key.to_string(), data).await;
     }
+
+    #[measure(type = ResponseTime<AtomicHdrHistogram, StdInstantMicros>)]
+    #[measure(InFlight)]
+    #[measure(Throughput)]
+    #[measure(HitCount)]
+    async fn get(&self, object_access: &ObjectAccess, key: &str) {
+        object_access.get_object(&key.to_string()).await.unwrap();
+    }
+
+    fn log_metrics(&self, duration: Duration) {
+        let my_perf = self.clone();
+        tokio::spawn(async move {
+            let mut interval = tokio::time::interval(duration);
+            loop {
+                interval.tick().await;
+                info!("{:#?}", my_perf.metrics);
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    async fn read_objects(
+        &self,
+        object_access: &ObjectAccess,
+        key_prefix: String,
+        qdepth: u64,
+        duration: Duration,
+    ) {
+        let num_objects = object_access.collect_objects(&key_prefix, None).await.len();
+        let mut key_id = 0;
+        let start = Instant::now();
+        stream::repeat_with(|| {
+            let my_perf = self.clone();
+            let my_object_access = object_access.clone();
+            let my_key_prefix = key_prefix.clone();
+            key_id += 1;
+            tokio::spawn(async move {
+                my_perf
+                    .get(
+                        &my_object_access,
+                        &format!("{}{}", my_key_prefix, key_id % num_objects + 1),
+                    )
+                    .await;
+            })
+        })
+        .take_while(|_| future::ready(start.elapsed() < duration))
+        .buffer_unordered(qdepth.try_into().unwrap())
+        .for_each(|_| future::ready(()))
+        .await;
+    }
+
+    async fn write_objects(
+        &self,
+        object_access: &ObjectAccess,
+        key_prefix: String,
+        objsize: u64,
+        qdepth: u64,
+        bounds: WriteTestBounds,
+    ) {
+        let data = vec![0; objsize.try_into().unwrap()];
+        let mut key_id: u64 = 0;
+        let start = Instant::now();
+        let put_lambda = || {
+            let my_data = data.clone();
+            let my_perf = self.clone();
+            let my_object_access = object_access.clone();
+            let my_key_prefix = key_prefix.clone();
+            key_id += 1;
+            tokio::spawn(async move {
+                my_perf
+                    .put(
+                        &my_object_access,
+                        &format!("{}{}", my_key_prefix, key_id),
+                        my_data,
+                    )
+                    .await
+            })
+        };
+        let put_stream = stream::repeat_with(put_lambda);
+
+        match bounds {
+            WriteTestBounds::Time(duration) => {
+                put_stream
+                    .take_while(|_| future::ready(start.elapsed() < duration))
+                    .buffer_unordered(qdepth.try_into().unwrap())
+                    .for_each(|_| future::ready(()))
+                    .await;
+            }
+            WriteTestBounds::Objects(num_objects) => {
+                put_stream
+                    .take(num_objects.try_into().unwrap())
+                    .buffer_unordered(qdepth.try_into().unwrap())
+                    .for_each(|_| future::ready(()))
+                    .await;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub async fn write_test(
+    object_access: &ObjectAccess,
+    key_prefix: &str,
+    objsize: u64,
+    qdepth: u64,
+    duration: Duration,
+) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+    let perf = Perf::default();
+    let bounds = WriteTestBounds::Time(duration);
+    perf.log_metrics(Duration::from_secs(1));
+
+    perf.write_objects(
+        object_access,
+        key_prefix.to_string(),
+        objsize,
+        qdepth,
+        bounds,
+    )
+    .await;
+
+    println!("{:#?}", perf.metrics.put);
+
+    let object_keys = object_access.collect_all_objects(key_prefix).await;
+    object_access.delete_objects(&object_keys).await;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+pub async fn read_test(
+    object_access: &ObjectAccess,
+    key_prefix: &str,
+    objsize: u64,
+    qdepth: u64,
+    duration: Duration,
+) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+    let perf = Perf::default();
+    let bounds = WriteTestBounds::Objects(max(qdepth * 10, 200));
+    perf.log_metrics(Duration::from_secs(1));
+
+    perf.write_objects(
+        object_access,
+        key_prefix.to_string(),
+        objsize,
+        qdepth,
+        bounds,
+    )
+    .await;
+
+    perf.read_objects(object_access, key_prefix.to_string(), qdepth, duration)
+        .await;
+
+    println!("{:#?}", perf.metrics.get);
+
+    let object_keys = object_access.collect_all_objects(key_prefix).await;
+    object_access.delete_objects(&object_keys).await;
+
+    Ok(())
 }