public void SetPropertyPerformanceTest() { var times = 1000000; var obj = new SampleObject() { Property = -1, SampleProperty = -1 }; var stopwatch = Stopwatch.StartNew(); for (int i = 0; i < times; i++) { obj.SampleProperty = i; } var stringSetter = stopwatch.ElapsedTicks; stopwatch.Restart(); for (int i = 0; i < times; i++) { obj.Property = i; } var lambdaSetter = stopwatch.ElapsedTicks; Assert.IsTrue(lambdaSetter > stringSetter); Assert.IsTrue(lambdaSetter < 2 * stringSetter); }