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+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common.js');
+
+const { styleText } = require('node:util');
+
+const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
+  messageType: ['string', 'number', 'boolean', 'invalid'],
+  format: ['red', 'italic', 'invalid'],
+  n: [1e3],
+});
+
+function main({ messageType, format, n }) {
+  let str;
+  switch (messageType) {
+    case 'string':
+      str = 'hello world';
+      break;
+    case 'number':
+      str = 10;
+      break;
+    case 'boolean':
+      str = true;
+      break;
+    case 'invalid':
+      str = undefined;
+      break;
+  }
+
+  bench.start();
+  for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+    try {
+      styleText(format, str);
+    } catch {
+      // eslint-disable no-empty
+    }
+  }
+  bench.end(n);
+}