diff --git a/tests/internal_bench/var-6.2-instance-speciallookup.py b/tests/internal_bench/var-6.2-instance-speciallookup.py
index 71845f3aaa..fee12b2f93 100644
--- a/tests/internal_bench/var-6.2-instance-speciallookup.py
+++ b/tests/internal_bench/var-6.2-instance-speciallookup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ class Foo:
     def __init__(self):
         self.num = 20000000
 
-    def __getattr__(self, name):  # just trigger the 'special lookups' flag on the class
+    def __delattr__(self, name):  # just trigger the 'special lookups' flag on the class
         pass
 
 
diff --git a/tests/internal_bench/var-9-getattr.py b/tests/internal_bench/var-9-getattr.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..69d2bfed2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/internal_bench/var-9-getattr.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import bench
+
+
+class Foo:
+    pass
+
+
+def test(num):
+    o = Foo()
+    o.num = num
+    i = 0
+    while i < getattr(o, "num", num):
+        i += 1
+
+
+bench.run(test)
diff --git a/tests/internal_bench/var-9.1-getattr_default.py b/tests/internal_bench/var-9.1-getattr_default.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e803d39b32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/internal_bench/var-9.1-getattr_default.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import bench
+
+
+class Foo:
+    pass
+
+
+def test(num):
+    o = Foo()
+    i = 0
+    while i < getattr(o, "num", num):
+        i += 1
+
+
+bench.run(test)
diff --git a/tests/internal_bench/var-9.2-getattr_default_special.py b/tests/internal_bench/var-9.2-getattr_default_special.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c48ec0742c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/internal_bench/var-9.2-getattr_default_special.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import bench
+
+
+class Foo:
+    def __delattr__(self, name):  # just trigger the 'special lookups' flag on the class
+        pass
+
+
+def test(num):
+    o = Foo()
+    i = 0
+    while i < getattr(o, "num", num):
+        i += 1
+
+
+bench.run(test)
diff --git a/tests/internal_bench/var-9.3-except_ok.py b/tests/internal_bench/var-9.3-except_ok.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..efc1a8f858
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/internal_bench/var-9.3-except_ok.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import bench
+
+
+class Foo:
+    pass
+
+
+def test(num):
+    o = Foo()
+    o.num = num
+
+    def get():
+        try:
+            return o.num
+        except AttributeError:
+            return num
+
+    i = 0
+    while i < get():
+        i += 1
+
+
+bench.run(test)
diff --git a/tests/internal_bench/var-9.4-except_selfinduced.py b/tests/internal_bench/var-9.4-except_selfinduced.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..544609ca4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/internal_bench/var-9.4-except_selfinduced.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import bench
+
+
+class Foo:
+    pass
+
+
+def test(num):
+    o = Foo()
+
+    def get():
+        try:
+            raise AttributeError
+        except AttributeError:
+            return num
+
+    i = 0
+    while i < get():
+        i += 1
+
+
+bench.run(test)
diff --git a/tests/internal_bench/var-9.5-except_error.py b/tests/internal_bench/var-9.5-except_error.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..caf83fa46a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/internal_bench/var-9.5-except_error.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import bench
+
+
+class Foo:
+    pass
+
+
+def test(num):
+    o = Foo()
+
+    def get():
+        try:
+            return o.num
+        except AttributeError:
+            return num
+
+    i = 0
+    while i < get():
+        i += 1
+
+
+bench.run(test)
diff --git a/tests/internal_bench/var-9.6-except_error_special.py b/tests/internal_bench/var-9.6-except_error_special.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8bc395b4d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/internal_bench/var-9.6-except_error_special.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import bench
+
+
+class Foo:
+    def __delattr__(self, name):  # just trigger the 'special lookups' flag on the class
+        pass
+
+
+def test(num):
+    o = Foo()
+
+    def get():
+        try:
+            return o.num
+        except AttributeError:
+            return num
+
+    i = 0
+    while i < get():
+        i += 1
+
+
+bench.run(test)