diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ca0a668f580..f2a2380f2e4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -576,6 +576,9 @@ if(_gRPC_PLATFORM_LINUX OR _gRPC_PLATFORM_MAC OR _gRPC_PLATFORM_POSIX)
 add_dependencies(buildtests_cxx bm_cq)
 endif()
 if(_gRPC_PLATFORM_LINUX OR _gRPC_PLATFORM_MAC OR _gRPC_PLATFORM_POSIX)
+add_dependencies(buildtests_cxx bm_error)
+endif()
+if(_gRPC_PLATFORM_LINUX OR _gRPC_PLATFORM_MAC OR _gRPC_PLATFORM_POSIX)
 add_dependencies(buildtests_cxx bm_fullstack)
 endif()
 add_dependencies(buildtests_cxx channel_arguments_test)
@@ -7475,6 +7478,44 @@ endif (gRPC_BUILD_TESTS)
 if (gRPC_BUILD_TESTS)
 if(_gRPC_PLATFORM_LINUX OR _gRPC_PLATFORM_MAC OR _gRPC_PLATFORM_POSIX)
 
+add_executable(bm_error
+  test/cpp/microbenchmarks/bm_error.cc
+  third_party/googletest/src/gtest-all.cc
+)
+
+
+target_include_directories(bm_error
+  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include
+  PRIVATE ${BORINGSSL_ROOT_DIR}/include
+  PRIVATE ${PROTOBUF_ROOT_DIR}/src
+  PRIVATE ${BENCHMARK_ROOT_DIR}/include
+  PRIVATE ${ZLIB_ROOT_DIR}
+  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/third_party/zlib
+  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/third_party/gflags/include
+  PRIVATE third_party/googletest/include
+  PRIVATE third_party/googletest
+  PRIVATE ${_gRPC_PROTO_GENS_DIR}
+)
+
+target_link_libraries(bm_error
+  ${_gRPC_PROTOBUF_LIBRARIES}
+  ${_gRPC_ALLTARGETS_LIBRARIES}
+  benchmark
+  grpc++_test_util
+  grpc_test_util
+  grpc++
+  grpc
+  gpr_test_util
+  gpr
+  ${_gRPC_GFLAGS_LIBRARIES}
+)
+
+endif()
+endif (gRPC_BUILD_TESTS)
+if (gRPC_BUILD_TESTS)
+if(_gRPC_PLATFORM_LINUX OR _gRPC_PLATFORM_MAC OR _gRPC_PLATFORM_POSIX)
+
 add_executable(bm_fullstack
   test/cpp/microbenchmarks/bm_fullstack.cc
   third_party/googletest/src/gtest-all.cc
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 93486bd2e4c..0d8b9608f2e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1043,6 +1043,7 @@ auth_property_iterator_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/auth_property_iterator_test
 bm_call_create: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bm_call_create
 bm_closure: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bm_closure
 bm_cq: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bm_cq
+bm_error: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bm_error
 bm_fullstack: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bm_fullstack
 channel_arguments_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/channel_arguments_test
 channel_filter_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/channel_filter_test
@@ -1450,6 +1451,7 @@ buildtests_cxx: privatelibs_cxx \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bm_call_create \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bm_closure \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bm_cq \
+  $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bm_error \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bm_fullstack \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/channel_arguments_test \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/channel_filter_test \
@@ -1558,6 +1560,7 @@ buildtests_cxx: privatelibs_cxx \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bm_call_create \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bm_closure \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bm_cq \
+  $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bm_error \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bm_fullstack \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/channel_arguments_test \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/channel_filter_test \
@@ -1880,6 +1883,8 @@ test_cxx: buildtests_cxx
 	$(Q) $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bm_closure || ( echo test bm_closure failed ; exit 1 )
 	$(E) "[RUN]     Testing bm_cq"
 	$(Q) $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bm_cq || ( echo test bm_cq failed ; exit 1 )
+	$(E) "[RUN]     Testing bm_error"
+	$(Q) $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bm_error || ( echo test bm_error failed ; exit 1 )
 	$(E) "[RUN]     Testing bm_fullstack"
 	$(Q) $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bm_fullstack || ( echo test bm_fullstack failed ; exit 1 )
 	$(E) "[RUN]     Testing channel_arguments_test"
@@ -12426,6 +12431,49 @@ endif
 endif
 
 
+BM_ERROR_SRC = \
+    test/cpp/microbenchmarks/bm_error.cc \
+
+BM_ERROR_OBJS = $(addprefix $(OBJDIR)/$(CONFIG)/, $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $(BM_ERROR_SRC))))
+ifeq ($(NO_SECURE),true)
+
+# You can't build secure targets if you don't have OpenSSL.
+
+$(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bm_error: openssl_dep_error
+
+else
+
+
+
+
+ifeq ($(NO_PROTOBUF),true)
+
+# You can't build the protoc plugins or protobuf-enabled targets if you don't have protobuf 3.0.0+.
+
+$(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bm_error: protobuf_dep_error
+
+else
+
+$(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bm_error: $(PROTOBUF_DEP) $(BM_ERROR_OBJS) $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libbenchmark.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc++_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc++.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr.a
+	$(E) "[LD]      Linking $@"
+	$(Q) mkdir -p `dirname $@`
+	$(Q) $(LDXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(BM_ERROR_OBJS) $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libbenchmark.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc++_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc++.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr.a $(LDLIBSXX) $(LDLIBS_PROTOBUF) $(LDLIBS) $(LDLIBS_SECURE) $(GTEST_LIB) -o $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bm_error
+
+endif
+
+endif
+
+$(OBJDIR)/$(CONFIG)/test/cpp/microbenchmarks/bm_error.o:  $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libbenchmark.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc++_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc++.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr.a
+
+deps_bm_error: $(BM_ERROR_OBJS:.o=.dep)
+
+ifneq ($(NO_SECURE),true)
+ifneq ($(NO_DEPS),true)
+-include $(BM_ERROR_OBJS:.o=.dep)
+endif
+endif
+
+
 BM_FULLSTACK_SRC = \
     test/cpp/microbenchmarks/bm_fullstack.cc \
 
diff --git a/build.yaml b/build.yaml
index 55f011129a5..33cd692b455 100644
--- a/build.yaml
+++ b/build.yaml
@@ -3016,6 +3016,25 @@ targets:
   - mac
   - linux
   - posix
+- name: bm_error
+  build: test
+  language: c++
+  src:
+  - test/cpp/microbenchmarks/bm_error.cc
+  deps:
+  - benchmark
+  - grpc++_test_util
+  - grpc_test_util
+  - grpc++
+  - grpc
+  - gpr_test_util
+  - gpr
+  args:
+  - --benchmark_min_time=0
+  platforms:
+  - mac
+  - linux
+  - posix
 - name: bm_fullstack
   build: test
   language: c++
diff --git a/test/cpp/microbenchmarks/bm_error.cc b/test/cpp/microbenchmarks/bm_error.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8a4b86f281a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cpp/microbenchmarks/bm_error.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,248 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2015, Google Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+ * met:
+ *
+ *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+ * copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+ * in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ * distribution.
+ *     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+ * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+ * this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ */
+
+/* Test various operations on grpc_error */
+
+#include <memory>
+
+extern "C" {
+#include "src/core/lib/iomgr/error.h"
+#include "src/core/lib/transport/error_utils.h"
+}
+
+#include "third_party/benchmark/include/benchmark/benchmark.h"
+
+class ErrorDeleter {
+ public:
+  void operator()(grpc_error* error) { GRPC_ERROR_UNREF(error); }
+};
+typedef std::unique_ptr<grpc_error, ErrorDeleter> ErrorPtr;
+
+static void BM_ErrorCreate(benchmark::State& state) {
+  while (state.KeepRunning()) {
+    GRPC_ERROR_UNREF(GRPC_ERROR_CREATE("Error"));
+  }
+}
+BENCHMARK(BM_ErrorCreate);
+
+static void BM_ErrorCreateAndSetStatus(benchmark::State& state) {
+  while (state.KeepRunning()) {
+    GRPC_ERROR_UNREF(grpc_error_set_int(GRPC_ERROR_CREATE("Error"),
+                                        GRPC_ERROR_INT_GRPC_STATUS,
+                                        GRPC_STATUS_ABORTED));
+  }
+}
+BENCHMARK(BM_ErrorCreateAndSetStatus);
+
+static void BM_ErrorRefUnref(benchmark::State& state) {
+  grpc_error* error = GRPC_ERROR_CREATE("Error");
+  while (state.KeepRunning()) {
+    GRPC_ERROR_UNREF(GRPC_ERROR_REF(error));
+  }
+  GRPC_ERROR_UNREF(error);
+}
+BENCHMARK(BM_ErrorRefUnref);
+
+static void BM_ErrorUnrefNone(benchmark::State& state) {
+  while (state.KeepRunning()) {
+    GRPC_ERROR_UNREF(GRPC_ERROR_NONE);
+  }
+}
+BENCHMARK(BM_ErrorUnrefNone);
+
+static void BM_ErrorGetIntFromNoError(benchmark::State& state) {
+  while (state.KeepRunning()) {
+    intptr_t value;
+    grpc_error_get_int(GRPC_ERROR_NONE, GRPC_ERROR_INT_GRPC_STATUS, &value);
+  }
+}
+BENCHMARK(BM_ErrorGetIntFromNoError);
+
+static void BM_ErrorGetMissingInt(benchmark::State& state) {
+  ErrorPtr error(
+      grpc_error_set_int(GRPC_ERROR_CREATE("Error"), GRPC_ERROR_INT_INDEX, 1));
+  while (state.KeepRunning()) {
+    intptr_t value;
+    grpc_error_get_int(error.get(), GRPC_ERROR_INT_OFFSET, &value);
+  }
+}
+BENCHMARK(BM_ErrorGetMissingInt);
+
+static void BM_ErrorGetPresentInt(benchmark::State& state) {
+  ErrorPtr error(
+      grpc_error_set_int(GRPC_ERROR_CREATE("Error"), GRPC_ERROR_INT_OFFSET, 1));
+  while (state.KeepRunning()) {
+    intptr_t value;
+    grpc_error_get_int(error.get(), GRPC_ERROR_INT_OFFSET, &value);
+  }
+}
+BENCHMARK(BM_ErrorGetPresentInt);
+
+// Fixtures for tests: generate different kinds of errors
+class ErrorNone {
+ public:
+  gpr_timespec deadline() const { return deadline_; }
+  grpc_error* error() const { return GRPC_ERROR_NONE; }
+
+ private:
+  const gpr_timespec deadline_ = gpr_inf_future(GPR_CLOCK_MONOTONIC);
+};
+
+class ErrorCancelled {
+ public:
+  gpr_timespec deadline() const { return deadline_; }
+  grpc_error* error() const { return GRPC_ERROR_CANCELLED; }
+
+ private:
+  const gpr_timespec deadline_ = gpr_inf_future(GPR_CLOCK_MONOTONIC);
+};
+
+class SimpleError {
+ public:
+  gpr_timespec deadline() const { return deadline_; }
+  grpc_error* error() const { return error_.get(); }
+
+ private:
+  const gpr_timespec deadline_ = gpr_inf_future(GPR_CLOCK_MONOTONIC);
+  ErrorPtr error_{GRPC_ERROR_CREATE("Error")};
+};
+
+class ErrorWithGrpcStatus {
+ public:
+  gpr_timespec deadline() const { return deadline_; }
+  grpc_error* error() const { return error_.get(); }
+
+ private:
+  const gpr_timespec deadline_ = gpr_inf_future(GPR_CLOCK_MONOTONIC);
+  ErrorPtr error_{grpc_error_set_int(GRPC_ERROR_CREATE("Error"),
+                                     GRPC_ERROR_INT_GRPC_STATUS,
+                                     GRPC_STATUS_UNIMPLEMENTED)};
+};
+
+class ErrorWithHttpError {
+ public:
+  gpr_timespec deadline() const { return deadline_; }
+  grpc_error* error() const { return error_.get(); }
+
+ private:
+  const gpr_timespec deadline_ = gpr_inf_future(GPR_CLOCK_MONOTONIC);
+  ErrorPtr error_{grpc_error_set_int(GRPC_ERROR_CREATE("Error"),
+                                     GRPC_ERROR_INT_HTTP2_ERROR,
+                                     GRPC_HTTP2_COMPRESSION_ERROR)};
+};
+
+class ErrorWithNestedGrpcStatus {
+ public:
+  gpr_timespec deadline() const { return deadline_; }
+  grpc_error* error() const { return error_.get(); }
+
+ private:
+  const gpr_timespec deadline_ = gpr_inf_future(GPR_CLOCK_MONOTONIC);
+  ErrorPtr nested_error_{grpc_error_set_int(GRPC_ERROR_CREATE("Error"),
+                                            GRPC_ERROR_INT_GRPC_STATUS,
+                                            GRPC_STATUS_UNIMPLEMENTED)};
+  grpc_error* nested_errors_[1] = {nested_error_.get()};
+  ErrorPtr error_{GRPC_ERROR_CREATE_REFERENCING("Error", nested_errors_, 1)};
+};
+
+template <class Fixture>
+static void BM_ErrorStringOnNewError(benchmark::State& state) {
+  while (state.KeepRunning()) {
+    Fixture fixture;
+    grpc_error_string(fixture.error());
+  }
+}
+
+template <class Fixture>
+static void BM_ErrorStringRepeatedly(benchmark::State& state) {
+  Fixture fixture;
+  while (state.KeepRunning()) {
+    grpc_error_string(fixture.error());
+  }
+}
+
+template <class Fixture>
+static void BM_ErrorGetStatus(benchmark::State& state) {
+  Fixture fixture;
+  while (state.KeepRunning()) {
+    grpc_status_code status;
+    const char* msg;
+    grpc_error_get_status(fixture.error(), fixture.deadline(), &status, &msg,
+                          NULL);
+  }
+}
+
+template <class Fixture>
+static void BM_ErrorGetStatusCode(benchmark::State& state) {
+  Fixture fixture;
+  while (state.KeepRunning()) {
+    grpc_status_code status;
+    grpc_error_get_status(fixture.error(), fixture.deadline(), &status, NULL,
+                          NULL);
+  }
+}
+
+template <class Fixture>
+static void BM_ErrorHttpError(benchmark::State& state) {
+  Fixture fixture;
+  while (state.KeepRunning()) {
+    grpc_http2_error_code error;
+    grpc_error_get_status(fixture.error(), fixture.deadline(), NULL, NULL,
+                          &error);
+  }
+}
+
+template <class Fixture>
+static void BM_HasClearGrpcStatus(benchmark::State& state) {
+  Fixture fixture;
+  while (state.KeepRunning()) {
+    grpc_error_has_clear_grpc_status(fixture.error());
+  }
+}
+
+#define BENCHMARK_SUITE(fixture)                         \
+  BENCHMARK_TEMPLATE(BM_ErrorStringOnNewError, fixture); \
+  BENCHMARK_TEMPLATE(BM_ErrorStringRepeatedly, fixture); \
+  BENCHMARK_TEMPLATE(BM_ErrorGetStatus, fixture);        \
+  BENCHMARK_TEMPLATE(BM_ErrorGetStatusCode, fixture);    \
+  BENCHMARK_TEMPLATE(BM_ErrorHttpError, fixture);        \
+  BENCHMARK_TEMPLATE(BM_HasClearGrpcStatus, fixture)
+
+BENCHMARK_SUITE(ErrorNone);
+BENCHMARK_SUITE(ErrorCancelled);
+BENCHMARK_SUITE(SimpleError);
+BENCHMARK_SUITE(ErrorWithGrpcStatus);
+BENCHMARK_SUITE(ErrorWithHttpError);
+BENCHMARK_SUITE(ErrorWithNestedGrpcStatus);
+
+BENCHMARK_MAIN();
diff --git a/tools/profiling/microbenchmarks/bm2bq.py b/tools/profiling/microbenchmarks/bm2bq.py
index b65aebc97ff..3aa700388e7 100755
--- a/tools/profiling/microbenchmarks/bm2bq.py
+++ b/tools/profiling/microbenchmarks/bm2bq.py
@@ -104,6 +104,30 @@ bm_specs = {
     'tpl': [],
     'dyn': ['request_size', 'bandwidth_kilobits'],
   },
+  'BM_ErrorStringOnNewError': {
+    'tpl': ['fixture'],
+    'dyn': [],
+  },
+  'BM_ErrorStringRepeatedly': {
+    'tpl': ['fixture'],
+    'dyn': [],
+  },
+  'BM_ErrorGetStatus': {
+    'tpl': ['fixture'],
+    'dyn': [],
+  },
+  'BM_ErrorGetStatusCode': {
+    'tpl': ['fixture'],
+    'dyn': [],
+  },
+  'BM_ErrorHttpError': {
+    'tpl': ['fixture'],
+    'dyn': [],
+  },
+  'BM_HasClearGrpcStatus': {
+    'tpl': ['fixture'],
+    'dyn': [],
+  },
   'BM_IsolatedFilter' : {
     'tpl': ['fixture', 'client_mutator'],
     'dyn': [],
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/generated/sources_and_headers.json b/tools/run_tests/generated/sources_and_headers.json
index 462353cb50a..b04e4bd06fa 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/generated/sources_and_headers.json
+++ b/tools/run_tests/generated/sources_and_headers.json
@@ -2370,6 +2370,26 @@
     "third_party": false, 
     "type": "target"
   }, 
+  {
+    "deps": [
+      "benchmark", 
+      "gpr", 
+      "gpr_test_util", 
+      "grpc", 
+      "grpc++", 
+      "grpc++_test_util", 
+      "grpc_test_util"
+    ], 
+    "headers": [], 
+    "is_filegroup": false, 
+    "language": "c++", 
+    "name": "bm_error", 
+    "src": [
+      "test/cpp/microbenchmarks/bm_error.cc"
+    ], 
+    "third_party": false, 
+    "type": "target"
+  }, 
   {
     "deps": [
       "benchmark", 
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/generated/tests.json b/tools/run_tests/generated/tests.json
index c8d0f040738..103a379c5c5 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/generated/tests.json
+++ b/tools/run_tests/generated/tests.json
@@ -2513,6 +2513,28 @@
       "posix"
     ]
   }, 
+  {
+    "args": [
+      "--benchmark_min_time=0"
+    ], 
+    "ci_platforms": [
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix"
+    ], 
+    "cpu_cost": 1.0, 
+    "exclude_configs": [], 
+    "exclude_iomgrs": [], 
+    "flaky": false, 
+    "gtest": false, 
+    "language": "c++", 
+    "name": "bm_error", 
+    "platforms": [
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix"
+    ]
+  }, 
   {
     "args": [
       "--benchmark_min_time=0"
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/run_microbenchmark.py b/tools/run_tests/run_microbenchmark.py
index b090847820c..c5247761ef6 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/run_microbenchmark.py
+++ b/tools/run_tests/run_microbenchmark.py
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ argp.add_argument('-c', '--collect',
                   default=sorted(collectors.keys()),
                   help='Which collectors should be run against each benchmark')
 argp.add_argument('-b', '--benchmarks',
-                  default=['bm_fullstack', 'bm_closure', 'bm_cq', 'bm_call_create'],
+                  default=['bm_fullstack', 'bm_closure', 'bm_cq', 'bm_call_create', 'bm_error'],
                   nargs='+',
                   type=str,
                   help='Which microbenchmarks should be run')