diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/SocketSendBufferPool.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/SocketSendBufferPool.java
index 6fec6306bc..2d7c3a0ef1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/SocketSendBufferPool.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/SocketSendBufferPool.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ final class SocketSendBufferPool {
         }
 
         if (src instanceof CompositeChannelBuffer && DetectionUtil.javaVersion() >= 7) {
-            return new GatheringSendBuffer(src.toByteBuffers());
+            //return new GatheringSendBuffer(src.toByteBuffers());
         }
         if (src.isDirect()) {
             return new UnpooledSendBuffer(src.toByteBuffer());
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/NioGatheringWriteBenchmark.java b/src/test/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/NioGatheringWriteBenchmark.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..409a045791
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/NioGatheringWriteBenchmark.java
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+package org.jboss.netty.channel.socket;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.net.ServerSocket;
+import java.net.Socket;
+
+import org.jboss.netty.bootstrap.ClientBootstrap;
+import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffer;
+import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffers;
+import org.jboss.netty.channel.Channel;
+import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelFuture;
+import org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioClientSocketChannelFactory;
+
+public class NioGatheringWriteBenchmark {
+    
+    final static byte[] first = new byte[1024];
+    final static byte[] second = new byte[1024 * 10];
+
+    final static ChannelBuffer firstDirect = ChannelBuffers.directBuffer(first.length);
+    final static ChannelBuffer secondDirect = ChannelBuffers.directBuffer(second.length);
+
+
+    
+    static {
+        for (int i = 0; i < first.length; i++) {
+            first[i] = (byte) i;
+        }
+        
+        for (int i = 0; i < second.length; i++) {
+            second[i] = (byte) i;
+        }
+        
+        firstDirect.writeBytes(first);
+        secondDirect.writeBytes(second);
+    }
+    
+    final static ChannelBuffer firstHeap = ChannelBuffers.wrappedBuffer(second);
+    final static ChannelBuffer secondHeap = ChannelBuffers.wrappedBuffer(second);
+
+    public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException {
+        if (args.length != 2) {
+            System.err.println("Give argument direct|heap|mixed $rounds");
+            System.exit(1);
+            
+        }
+        final ServerSocket socket = new ServerSocket();
+        socket.bind(new InetSocketAddress(0));
+
+        Thread serverThread = new Thread(new Runnable() {
+            public void run() {
+                while(!Thread.interrupted()) {
+                    try {
+                        final Socket acceptedSocket = socket.accept();
+                        new Thread(new Runnable() {
+                            
+                            public void run() {
+                                InputStream in = null;
+                                try {
+                                    in = acceptedSocket.getInputStream();
+                                    int i = 0;
+                                    
+                                    while ((i = in.read()) != -1) {
+                                        //System.out.print(i);
+                                    }
+                                } catch (IOException e) {
+                                    if (in != null) {
+                                        try {
+                                            in.close();
+                                        } catch (IOException e1) {
+                                            // ignore
+                                        }
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }).start();
+                    } catch (IOException e) {
+                        // ignore
+                    }
+
+                   
+                }
+            } 
+        });
+        serverThread.start();
+        
+        ClientBootstrap cb = new ClientBootstrap(new NioClientSocketChannelFactory());
+        ChannelFuture future = cb.connect(socket.getLocalSocketAddress());
+        assertTrue(future.awaitUninterruptibly().isSuccess());
+        Channel channel = future.getChannel();
+        
+        
+        ChannelFuture f = null;
+        long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        
+        ChannelBuffer firstBuf;
+        ChannelBuffer secondBuf;
+        
+        String type = args[0];
+        if (type.equalsIgnoreCase("direct")) {
+            firstBuf = firstDirect;
+            secondBuf = secondDirect;
+        } else if (type.equalsIgnoreCase("heap")) {
+            firstBuf = firstHeap;
+            secondBuf = secondHeap;
+        } else if (type.equalsIgnoreCase("mixed")) {
+            firstBuf = firstDirect;
+            secondBuf = secondHeap;
+        } else {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Use direct|heap|mixed as arguments");
+        }
+        
+        int rounds = Integer.parseInt(args[1]);
+        
+        for (int i = 0; i < rounds; i++) {
+            f = channel.write(ChannelBuffers.wrappedBuffer(firstBuf.duplicate(), secondBuf.duplicate()));
+        }
+        assertTrue(f.awaitUninterruptibly().isSuccess());
+        long stop = System.currentTimeMillis() - start;
+        ChannelFuture cf = channel.close();
+        assertTrue(cf.awaitUninterruptibly().isSuccess());
+        socket.close();
+        serverThread.interrupt();
+        
+        System.out.println("Execute " + rounds + " in " + stop + "ms");
+
+
+    }
+
+}