diff --git a/tools/EmptyKernelTest/EmptyKernelTest.cpp b/tools/EmptyKernelTest/EmptyKernelTest.cpp
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+/*
+Copyright (c) 2023 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved.
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+THE SOFTWARE.
+*/
+
+#include <hip/hip_runtime.h>
+#include <iostream>
+
+// Helper macro for catching HIP errors
+#define HIP_CALL(cmd)                                                                   \
+    do {                                                                                \
+        hipError_t error = (cmd);                                                       \
+        if (error != hipSuccess)                                                        \
+        {                                                                               \
+            std::cerr << "Encountered HIP error (" << hipGetErrorString(error)          \
+                      << ") at line " << __LINE__ << " in file " << __FILE__ << "\n";   \
+            exit(-1);                                                                   \
+        }                                                                               \
+    } while (0)
+
+
+__global__ void EmptyKernel(){};
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+  int numIterations = (argc > 1 ? atoi(argv[1]) : 10);
+  int gridSize      = (argc > 2 ? atoi(argv[2]) : 1);
+  int blockSize     = (argc > 3 ? atoi(argv[3]) : 1);
+  int numWarmups    = 3;
+  printf("Running %d iterations <<<%d,%d>>>\n", numIterations, gridSize, blockSize);
+
+  // Create events and stream
+  hipEvent_t startEvent, stopEvent;
+  HIP_CALL(hipEventCreate(&startEvent));
+  HIP_CALL(hipEventCreate(&stopEvent));
+  hipStream_t stream;
+  HIP_CALL(hipStreamCreate(&stream));
+
+  // Run untimed warmup iterations (to cache kernel code)
+  for (int iteration = 0; iteration < numWarmups; iteration++)
+  {
+    EmptyKernel<<<gridSize, blockSize, 0, stream>>>();
+  }
+  HIP_CALL(hipStreamSynchronize(stream));
+
+  // Launch empty kernel
+  // NOTE: Timing is done per-iteration, instead of batching multiple iterations
+  double cpuSum = 0.0;
+  double gpuSum = 0.0;
+  for (int iteration = 0; iteration < numIterations; iteration++)
+  {
+    // Start timing
+    auto cpuStart = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
+    HIP_CALL(hipEventRecord(startEvent, stream));
+
+    // Launch kernel and wait for completion
+    EmptyKernel<<<gridSize, blockSize, 0, stream>>>();
+    HIP_CALL(hipEventRecord(stopEvent, stream));
+    HIP_CALL(hipStreamSynchronize(stream));
+
+    // Collect timing info
+    auto cpuDelta = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now() - cpuStart;
+    double cpuDeltaMsec = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::duration<double>>(cpuDelta).count() * 1000.0;
+    float gpuDeltaMsec;
+    HIP_CALL(hipEventElapsedTime(&gpuDeltaMsec, startEvent, stopEvent));
+
+    // Report timing
+    printf("Iteration %03d Kernel Launch Time (usec) %10.5f (CPU) %10.5f (GPU)\n", iteration, cpuDeltaMsec *1000.0, gpuDeltaMsec * 1000.0);
+    cpuSum += cpuDeltaMsec * 1000.0;
+    gpuSum += gpuDeltaMsec * 1000.0;
+  }
+  printf("\n");
+
+  // Report averages
+  double avgCpuUsec = cpuSum / numIterations;
+  double avgGpuUsec = gpuSum / numIterations;
+  printf("Average       Kernel Launch time (usec) %10.5f (CPU) %10.5f (GPU)\n", avgCpuUsec, avgGpuUsec);
+
+  // Cleanup events and stream
+  HIP_CALL(hipStreamDestroy(stream));
+  HIP_CALL(hipEventDestroy(startEvent));
+  HIP_CALL(hipEventDestroy(stopEvent));
+
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/EmptyKernelTest/Makefile b/tools/EmptyKernelTest/Makefile
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+++ b/tools/EmptyKernelTest/Makefile
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+
+CXX=/opt/rocm/bin/hipcc
+
+EmptyKernelTest: EmptyKernelTest.cpp
+	$(CXX) EmptyKernelTest.cpp -o EmptyKernelTest
+
+clean:
+	rm -f ./EmptyKernelTest