diff --git a/client/go/main.go b/client/go/main.go
index 3912bb9dcf94ba4c6d3bcc7a3622c59273b061f4..d824a8931f5d109e770b2bb4d7a8f597d11589e2 100644
--- a/client/go/main.go
+++ b/client/go/main.go
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ func main() {
 
 	c := graph.NewDGraphClient(conn)
 
-	r, err := c.Query(context.Background(), &graph.Request{Query: *q})
+	resp, err := c.Query(context.Background(), &graph.Request{Query: *q})
 	if err != nil {
 		x.Err(glog, err).Fatal("Error in getting response from server")
 	}
 
 	// TODO(pawan): Remove this later
-	fmt.Printf("Subgraph %+v", r)
+	fmt.Printf("Subgraph %+v", resp.N)
 
 }
diff --git a/query/benchmark/README.txt b/query/benchmark/README.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..284e79e88fbf60c2b3046bbf9210758b2e72efb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/query/benchmark/README.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+The files in this folder contain gobencoded data for a processed SubGraph for
+the following queries. The number at the end(10,100,1000) of the files 
+represents the number of entities in the results of the query.
+
+Actors query
+{
+        me(_xid_:m.08624h) {
+         type.object.name.en
+         film.actor.film {
+             film.performance.film {
+                 type.object.name.en
+             }
+         }
+    }
+}
+
+Directors query
+{
+        me(_xid_:m.05dxl_) {
+          type.object.name.en
+          film.director.film  {
+                film.film.genre {
+                  type.object.name.en
+                }
+          }
+    }
+}
+
+14 May 2016
+Benchmarking tests were run for ToJson and ToProtocolBuffer methods. Results
+from the `go test` command are tabulated below.
+
+BenchmarkToJSON_10_Actor         20000       92797 ns/op     22616 B/op      319 allocs/op
+BenchmarkToJSON_10_Director      20000       87246 ns/op     21111 B/op      303 allocs/op
+BenchmarkToJSON_100_Actor         2000      774767 ns/op    207893 B/op     2670 allocs/op
+BenchmarkToJSON_100_Director      2000      579467 ns/op    142811 B/op     2103 allocs/op
+BenchmarkToJSON_1000_Actor         200     7903001 ns/op   1904863 B/op    24712 allocs/op
+BenchmarkToJSON_1000_Director      300     4335375 ns/op    957728 B/op    16115 allocs/op
+BenchmarkToPB_10_Actor          100000       19672 ns/op      3176 B/op       60 allocs/op
+BenchmarkToPB_10_Director       100000       17891 ns/op      3096 B/op       60 allocs/op
+BenchmarkToPB_100_Actor          10000      372288 ns/op     30728 B/op      556 allocs/op
+BenchmarkToPB_100_Director        5000      221506 ns/op     37272 B/op      701 allocs/op
+BenchmarkToPB_1000_Actor           500     2612757 ns/op    296486 B/op     5383 allocs/op
+BenchmarkToPB_1000_Director        300     3980677 ns/op    395600 B/op     7376 allocs/op
+
+We can see that ToProtocolBuffer method allocates less memory and takes lesser
+time than ToJson method.
diff --git a/query/benchmark/actors10.bin b/query/benchmark/actors10.bin
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7c8e357b4a004f2935c9d18f4df01445020f646a
Binary files /dev/null and b/query/benchmark/actors10.bin differ
diff --git a/query/benchmark/actors100.bin b/query/benchmark/actors100.bin
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1913d51d53728b2b3a25f0c1c2033c0309f2a95c
Binary files /dev/null and b/query/benchmark/actors100.bin differ
diff --git a/query/benchmark/actors1000.bin b/query/benchmark/actors1000.bin
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e68e12919c6211372b8ad5345ee05ba81f1b99b4
Binary files /dev/null and b/query/benchmark/actors1000.bin differ
diff --git a/query/benchmark/directors10.bin b/query/benchmark/directors10.bin
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..30626b0ddb0bc0f008d89eace50f25f51aa58dc5
Binary files /dev/null and b/query/benchmark/directors10.bin differ
diff --git a/query/benchmark/directors100.bin b/query/benchmark/directors100.bin
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f490b15013d0b8a59179c33591a9fcb6a0de6485
Binary files /dev/null and b/query/benchmark/directors100.bin differ
diff --git a/query/benchmark/directors1000.bin b/query/benchmark/directors1000.bin
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8e362902146e92ac589233ea614fbb4c1d019a51
Binary files /dev/null and b/query/benchmark/directors1000.bin differ
diff --git a/query/graph/graphresponse.pb.go b/query/graph/graphresponse.pb.go
index fefbbb2bb5a008e850922ce5325b4eeeb58062cf..aae952c586e6386ae21edd780510bb849336dae4 100644
--- a/query/graph/graphresponse.pb.go
+++ b/query/graph/graphresponse.pb.go
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ It is generated from these files:
 
 It has these top-level messages:
 	Request
-	Value
+	Latency
+	Property
 	Node
+	Response
 */
 package graph
 
@@ -42,29 +44,41 @@ func (m *Request) String() string            { return proto.CompactTextString(m)
 func (*Request) ProtoMessage()               {}
 func (*Request) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptor0, []int{0} }
 
-type Value struct {
-	Str string `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=str" json:"str,omitempty"`
+type Latency struct {
+	Parsing    string `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=parsing" json:"parsing,omitempty"`
+	Processing string `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=processing" json:"processing,omitempty"`
+	Pb         string `protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=pb" json:"pb,omitempty"`
 }
 
-func (m *Value) Reset()                    { *m = Value{} }
-func (m *Value) String() string            { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
-func (*Value) ProtoMessage()               {}
-func (*Value) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptor0, []int{1} }
+func (m *Latency) Reset()                    { *m = Latency{} }
+func (m *Latency) String() string            { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
+func (*Latency) ProtoMessage()               {}
+func (*Latency) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptor0, []int{1} }
+
+type Property struct {
+	Prop string `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=prop" json:"prop,omitempty"`
+	Val  []byte `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=val,proto3" json:"val,omitempty"`
+}
+
+func (m *Property) Reset()                    { *m = Property{} }
+func (m *Property) String() string            { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
+func (*Property) ProtoMessage()               {}
+func (*Property) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptor0, []int{2} }
 
 type Node struct {
-	Uid        uint64            `protobuf:"varint,1,opt,name=uid" json:"uid,omitempty"`
-	Xid        string            `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=xid" json:"xid,omitempty"`
-	Attribute  string            `protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=attribute" json:"attribute,omitempty"`
-	Properties map[string]*Value `protobuf:"bytes,4,rep,name=properties" json:"properties,omitempty" protobuf_key:"bytes,1,opt,name=key" protobuf_val:"bytes,2,opt,name=value"`
-	Children   []*Node           `protobuf:"bytes,5,rep,name=children" json:"children,omitempty"`
+	Uid        uint64      `protobuf:"varint,1,opt,name=uid" json:"uid,omitempty"`
+	Xid        string      `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=xid" json:"xid,omitempty"`
+	Attribute  string      `protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=attribute" json:"attribute,omitempty"`
+	Properties []*Property `protobuf:"bytes,4,rep,name=properties" json:"properties,omitempty"`
+	Children   []*Node     `protobuf:"bytes,5,rep,name=children" json:"children,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (m *Node) Reset()                    { *m = Node{} }
 func (m *Node) String() string            { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
 func (*Node) ProtoMessage()               {}
-func (*Node) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptor0, []int{2} }
+func (*Node) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptor0, []int{3} }
 
-func (m *Node) GetProperties() map[string]*Value {
+func (m *Node) GetProperties() []*Property {
 	if m != nil {
 		return m.Properties
 	}
@@ -78,10 +92,36 @@ func (m *Node) GetChildren() []*Node {
 	return nil
 }
 
+type Response struct {
+	N *Node    `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=n" json:"n,omitempty"`
+	L *Latency `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=l" json:"l,omitempty"`
+}
+
+func (m *Response) Reset()                    { *m = Response{} }
+func (m *Response) String() string            { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
+func (*Response) ProtoMessage()               {}
+func (*Response) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptor0, []int{4} }
+
+func (m *Response) GetN() *Node {
+	if m != nil {
+		return m.N
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (m *Response) GetL() *Latency {
+	if m != nil {
+		return m.L
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func init() {
 	proto.RegisterType((*Request)(nil), "graph.Request")
-	proto.RegisterType((*Value)(nil), "graph.Value")
+	proto.RegisterType((*Latency)(nil), "graph.Latency")
+	proto.RegisterType((*Property)(nil), "graph.Property")
 	proto.RegisterType((*Node)(nil), "graph.Node")
+	proto.RegisterType((*Response)(nil), "graph.Response")
 }
 
 // Reference imports to suppress errors if they are not otherwise used.
@@ -95,7 +135,7 @@ const _ = grpc.SupportPackageIsVersion2
 // Client API for DGraph service
 
 type DGraphClient interface {
-	Query(ctx context.Context, in *Request, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*Node, error)
+	Query(ctx context.Context, in *Request, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*Response, error)
 }
 
 type dGraphClient struct {
@@ -106,8 +146,8 @@ func NewDGraphClient(cc *grpc.ClientConn) DGraphClient {
 	return &dGraphClient{cc}
 }
 
-func (c *dGraphClient) Query(ctx context.Context, in *Request, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*Node, error) {
-	out := new(Node)
+func (c *dGraphClient) Query(ctx context.Context, in *Request, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*Response, error) {
+	out := new(Response)
 	err := grpc.Invoke(ctx, "/graph.DGraph/Query", in, out, c.cc, opts...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -118,7 +158,7 @@ func (c *dGraphClient) Query(ctx context.Context, in *Request, opts ...grpc.Call
 // Server API for DGraph service
 
 type DGraphServer interface {
-	Query(context.Context, *Request) (*Node, error)
+	Query(context.Context, *Request) (*Response, error)
 }
 
 func RegisterDGraphServer(s *grpc.Server, srv DGraphServer) {
@@ -156,22 +196,25 @@ var _DGraph_serviceDesc = grpc.ServiceDesc{
 }
 
 var fileDescriptor0 = []byte{
-	// 268 bytes of a gzipped FileDescriptorProto
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-	0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0xe1, 0x8a, 0xe7, 0x89, 0x90, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00,
+	// 310 bytes of a gzipped FileDescriptorProto
+	0x1f, 0x8b, 0x08, 0x00, 0x00, 0x09, 0x6e, 0x88, 0x02, 0xff, 0x5c, 0x51, 0xcd, 0x4e, 0xf3, 0x30,
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+	0xa3, 0x13, 0xec, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00,
 }
diff --git a/query/graph/graphresponse.proto b/query/graph/graphresponse.proto
index 81545972f2a51f0f440d2746e5b544411ab79890..225f4ae8934c92db072590ab0dd0104530a489e3 100644
--- a/query/graph/graphresponse.proto
+++ b/query/graph/graphresponse.proto
@@ -5,21 +5,33 @@ syntax="proto3";
 package graph;
 
 service DGraph {
-  rpc Query (Request) returns (Node) {}
+  rpc Query (Request) returns (Response) {}
 }
 
 message Request {
   string query = 1;
 }
 
-message Value {
-  string str = 1;
+message Latency {
+  string parsing = 1;
+  string processing = 2;
+  string pb = 3;
+}
+
+message Property {
+  string prop = 1;
+  bytes val = 2;
 }
 
 message Node {
   uint64 uid = 1;
   string xid = 2;
   string attribute = 3;
-  map<string, Value> properties = 4;
+  repeated Property properties = 4;
   repeated Node children = 5; // Each node can have multiple children
 }
+
+message Response {
+  Node n = 1;
+  Latency l = 2;
+}
diff --git a/query/query.go b/query/query.go
index 19ea07f8f40aef96f6f21d80af8a561d24ddaac9..83a869726119751bdcb35c4f9f3a7dfaff1855ba 100644
--- a/query/query.go
+++ b/query/query.go
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ type SubGraph struct {
 	Offset   int
 	Children []*SubGraph
 
-	query  []byte
-	result []byte
+	Query  []byte
+	Result []byte
 }
 
 func mergeInterfaces(i1 interface{}, i2 interface{}) interface{} {
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func mergeInterfaces(i1 interface{}, i2 interface{}) interface{} {
 }
 
 func postTraverse(g *SubGraph) (result map[uint64]interface{}, rerr error) {
-	if len(g.query) == 0 {
+	if len(g.Query) == 0 {
 		return result, nil
 	}
 
@@ -163,13 +163,13 @@ func postTraverse(g *SubGraph) (result map[uint64]interface{}, rerr error) {
 	}
 
 	// Now read the query and results at current node.
-	uo := flatbuffers.GetUOffsetT(g.query)
+	uo := flatbuffers.GetUOffsetT(g.Query)
 	q := new(task.Query)
-	q.Init(g.query, uo)
+	q.Init(g.Query, uo)
 
-	ro := flatbuffers.GetUOffsetT(g.result)
+	ro := flatbuffers.GetUOffsetT(g.Result)
 	r := new(task.Result)
-	r.Init(g.result, ro)
+	r.Init(g.Result, ro)
 
 	if q.UidsLength() != r.UidmatrixLength() {
 		glog.Fatalf("Result uidmatrixlength: %v. Query uidslength: %v",
@@ -277,18 +277,18 @@ func indexOf(uid uint64, q *task.Query) int {
 
 // This method gets the values and children for a subgraph.
 func (g *SubGraph) preTraverse(uid uint64, dst *graph.Node) error {
-	properties := make(map[string]*graph.Value)
+	var properties []*graph.Property
 	var children []*graph.Node
 
 	// We go through all predicate children of the subgraph.
 	for _, pc := range g.Children {
-		ro := flatbuffers.GetUOffsetT(pc.result)
+		ro := flatbuffers.GetUOffsetT(pc.Result)
 		r := new(task.Result)
-		r.Init(pc.result, ro)
+		r.Init(pc.Result, ro)
 
-		uo := flatbuffers.GetUOffsetT(pc.query)
+		uo := flatbuffers.GetUOffsetT(pc.Query)
 		q := new(task.Query)
-		q.Init(pc.query, uo)
+		q.Init(pc.Query, uo)
 
 		idx := indexOf(uid, q)
 
@@ -323,28 +323,21 @@ func (g *SubGraph) preTraverse(uid uint64, dst *graph.Node) error {
 				children = append(children, uc)
 			}
 		} else {
-			v := new(graph.Value)
 			if ok := r.Values(&tv, idx); !ok {
 				return fmt.Errorf("While parsing value")
 			}
 
-			var ival interface{}
-			if err := posting.ParseValue(&ival, tv.ValBytes()); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
+			v := tv.ValBytes()
 
-			if ival == nil {
-				ival = ""
+			if pc.Attr == "_xid_" {
+				dst.Xid = string(v)
+			} else {
+				p := &graph.Property{Prop: pc.Attr, Val: v}
+				properties = append(properties, p)
 			}
 
-			v.Str = ival.(string)
-			properties[pc.Attr] = v
 		}
 	}
-	if val, ok := properties["_xid_"]; ok {
-		dst.Xid = val.Str
-		delete(properties, "_xid_")
-	}
 	dst.Properties, dst.Children = properties, children
 	return nil
 }
@@ -354,13 +347,13 @@ func (g *SubGraph) preTraverse(uid uint64, dst *graph.Node) error {
 func (g *SubGraph) ToProtocolBuffer(l *Latency) (n *graph.Node, rerr error) {
 	n = &graph.Node{}
 	n.Attribute = g.Attr
-	if len(g.query) == 0 {
+	if len(g.Query) == 0 {
 		return n, nil
 	}
 
-	ro := flatbuffers.GetUOffsetT(g.result)
+	ro := flatbuffers.GetUOffsetT(g.Result)
 	r := new(task.Result)
-	r.Init(g.result, ro)
+	r.Init(g.Result, ro)
 
 	var ul task.UidList
 	r.Uidmatrix(&ul, 0)
@@ -448,9 +441,9 @@ func newGraph(euid uint64, exid string) (*SubGraph, error) {
 
 	sg := new(SubGraph)
 	sg.Attr = "_root_"
-	sg.result = b.Bytes[b.Head():]
+	sg.Result = b.Bytes[b.Head():]
 	// Also add query for consistency and to allow for ToJson() later.
-	sg.query = createTaskQuery(sg, []uint64{euid})
+	sg.Query = createTaskQuery(sg, []uint64{euid})
 	return sg, nil
 }
 
@@ -535,8 +528,8 @@ func ProcessGraph(sg *SubGraph, rch chan error, td time.Duration) {
 	timeout := time.Now().Add(td)
 
 	var err error
-	if len(sg.query) > 0 && sg.Attr != "_root_" {
-		sg.result, err = worker.ProcessTaskOverNetwork(sg.query)
+	if len(sg.Query) > 0 && sg.Attr != "_root_" {
+		sg.Result, err = worker.ProcessTaskOverNetwork(sg.Query)
 		if err != nil {
 			x.Err(glog, err).Error("While processing task.")
 			rch <- err
@@ -544,9 +537,9 @@ func ProcessGraph(sg *SubGraph, rch chan error, td time.Duration) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	uo := flatbuffers.GetUOffsetT(sg.result)
+	uo := flatbuffers.GetUOffsetT(sg.Result)
 	r := new(task.Result)
-	r.Init(sg.result, uo)
+	r.Init(sg.Result, uo)
 
 	if r.ValuesLength() > 0 {
 		var v task.Value
@@ -589,7 +582,7 @@ func ProcessGraph(sg *SubGraph, rch chan error, td time.Duration) {
 	childchan := make(chan error, len(sg.Children))
 	for i := 0; i < len(sg.Children); i++ {
 		child := sg.Children[i]
-		child.query = createTaskQuery(child, sorted)
+		child.Query = createTaskQuery(child, sorted)
 		go ProcessGraph(child, childchan, timeleft)
 	}
 
diff --git a/query/query_test.go b/query/query_test.go
index 01a676da31e89d3e0774ec0de3cc6c5062872a7a..bf8663ac419b14102a776670ce332ed36771b346 100644
--- a/query/query_test.go
+++ b/query/query_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 package query
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/gob"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/commit"
 	"github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/gql"
 	"github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/posting"
+	"github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/query/graph"
 	"github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/store"
 	"github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/task"
 	"github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/worker"
@@ -63,12 +66,12 @@ func checkName(t *testing.T, r *task.Result, idx int, expected string) {
 
 func checkSingleValue(t *testing.T, child *SubGraph,
 	attr string, value string) {
-	if child.Attr != attr || len(child.result) == 0 {
-		t.Error("Expected attr name with some result")
+	if child.Attr != attr || len(child.Result) == 0 {
+		t.Error("Expected attr name with some.Result")
 	}
-	uo := flatbuffers.GetUOffsetT(child.result)
+	uo := flatbuffers.GetUOffsetT(child.Result)
 	r := new(task.Result)
-	r.Init(child.result, uo)
+	r.Init(child.Result, uo)
 	if r.ValuesLength() != 1 {
 		t.Errorf("Expected value length 1. Got: %v", r.ValuesLength())
 	}
@@ -105,9 +108,9 @@ func TestNewGraph(t *testing.T) {
 
 	worker.Init(ps, nil, 0, 1)
 
-	uo := flatbuffers.GetUOffsetT(sg.result)
+	uo := flatbuffers.GetUOffsetT(sg.Result)
 	r := new(task.Result)
-	r.Init(sg.result, uo)
+	r.Init(sg.Result, uo)
 	if r.UidmatrixLength() != 1 {
 		t.Errorf("Expected length 1. Got: %v", r.UidmatrixLength())
 	}
@@ -230,13 +233,13 @@ func TestProcessGraph(t *testing.T) {
 	if child.Attr != "friend" {
 		t.Errorf("Expected attr friend. Got: %v", child.Attr)
 	}
-	if len(child.result) == 0 {
-		t.Errorf("Expected some result.")
+	if len(child.Result) == 0 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected some.Result.")
 		return
 	}
-	uo := flatbuffers.GetUOffsetT(child.result)
+	uo := flatbuffers.GetUOffsetT(child.Result)
 	r := new(task.Result)
-	r.Init(child.result, uo)
+	r.Init(child.Result, uo)
 
 	if r.UidmatrixLength() != 1 {
 		t.Errorf("Expected 1 matrix. Got: %v", r.UidmatrixLength())
@@ -257,8 +260,8 @@ func TestProcessGraph(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Expected attr name")
 	}
 	child = child.Children[0]
-	uo = flatbuffers.GetUOffsetT(child.result)
-	r.Init(child.result, uo)
+	uo = flatbuffers.GetUOffsetT(child.Result)
+	r.Init(child.Result, uo)
 	if r.ValuesLength() != 5 {
 		t.Errorf("Expected 5 names of 5 friends")
 	}
@@ -323,7 +326,16 @@ func TestToJson(t *testing.T) {
 	fmt.Printf(string(js))
 }
 
-func TestToProtocolBuffer(t *testing.T) {
+func getProperty(properties []*graph.Property, prop string) []byte {
+	for _, p := range properties {
+		if p.Prop == prop {
+			return p.Val
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func TestToPB(t *testing.T) {
 	dir, _ := populateGraph(t)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
 
@@ -371,16 +383,17 @@ func TestToProtocolBuffer(t *testing.T) {
 	if gr.Uid != 1 {
 		t.Errorf("Expected uid 1, Got: %v", gr.Uid)
 	}
-	if gr.Xid != "mich" {
+	// TODO(pawan) - Fix "" being stored in the the flatbuffer val.
+	if gr.Xid != `"mich"` {
 		t.Errorf("Expected xid mich, Got: %v", gr.Xid)
 	}
 	if len(gr.Properties) != 3 {
 		t.Errorf("Expected values map to contain 3 properties, Got: %v",
 			len(gr.Properties))
 	}
-	if gr.Properties["name"].Str != "Michonne" {
+	if string(getProperty(gr.Properties, "name")) != `"Michonne"` {
 		t.Errorf("Expected property name to have value Michonne, Got: %v",
-			gr.Properties["name"].Str)
+			string(getProperty(gr.Properties, "name")))
 	}
 	if len(gr.Children) != 10 {
 		t.Errorf("Expected 10 children, Got: %v", len(gr.Children))
@@ -397,9 +410,9 @@ func TestToProtocolBuffer(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Expected values map to contain 1 property, Got: %v",
 			len(child.Properties))
 	}
-	if child.Properties["name"].Str != "Rick Grimes" {
+	if string(getProperty(child.Properties, "name")) != `"Rick Grimes"` {
 		t.Errorf("Expected property name to have value Rick Grimes, Got: %v",
-			child.Properties["name"].Str)
+			string(getProperty(child.Properties, "name")))
 	}
 	if len(child.Children) != 0 {
 		t.Errorf("Expected 0 children, Got: %v", len(child.Children))
@@ -420,3 +433,67 @@ func TestToProtocolBuffer(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Expected 0 children, Got: %v", len(child.Children))
 	}
 }
+
+func benchmarkToJson(file string, b *testing.B) {
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	var sg SubGraph
+	var l Latency
+
+	f, err := ioutil.ReadFile(file)
+	if err != nil {
+		b.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(f)
+	dec := gob.NewDecoder(buf)
+	err = dec.Decode(&sg)
+	if err != nil {
+		b.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		if _, err := sg.ToJson(&l); err != nil {
+			b.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkToJSON_10_Actor(b *testing.B)      { benchmarkToJson("benchmark/actors10.bin", b) }
+func BenchmarkToJSON_10_Director(b *testing.B)   { benchmarkToJson("benchmark/directors10.bin", b) }
+func BenchmarkToJSON_100_Actor(b *testing.B)     { benchmarkToJson("benchmark/actors100.bin", b) }
+func BenchmarkToJSON_100_Director(b *testing.B)  { benchmarkToJson("benchmark/directors100.bin", b) }
+func BenchmarkToJSON_1000_Actor(b *testing.B)    { benchmarkToJson("benchmark/actors1000.bin", b) }
+func BenchmarkToJSON_1000_Director(b *testing.B) { benchmarkToJson("benchmark/directors1000.bin", b) }
+
+func benchmarkToPB(file string, b *testing.B) {
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	var sg SubGraph
+	var l Latency
+
+	f, err := ioutil.ReadFile(file)
+	if err != nil {
+		b.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(f)
+	dec := gob.NewDecoder(buf)
+	err = dec.Decode(&sg)
+	if err != nil {
+		b.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		if _, err := sg.ToProtocolBuffer(&l); err != nil {
+			b.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkToPB_10_Actor(b *testing.B)      { benchmarkToPB("benchmark/actors10.bin", b) }
+func BenchmarkToPB_10_Director(b *testing.B)   { benchmarkToPB("benchmark/directors10.bin", b) }
+func BenchmarkToPB_100_Actor(b *testing.B)     { benchmarkToPB("benchmark/actors100.bin", b) }
+func BenchmarkToPB_100_Director(b *testing.B)  { benchmarkToPB("benchmark/directors100.bin", b) }
+func BenchmarkToPB_1000_Actor(b *testing.B)    { benchmarkToPB("benchmark/actors1000.bin", b) }
+func BenchmarkToPB_1000_Director(b *testing.B) { benchmarkToPB("benchmark/directors1000.bin", b) }
diff --git a/server/main.go b/server/main.go
index 1cea3b82a86cef92c58184bfccff285f378927f1..3d399e4c4e7aa8a90e49d4f5e55740057ee46134 100644
--- a/server/main.go
+++ b/server/main.go
@@ -209,8 +209,8 @@ type server struct{}
 // This method is used to execute the query and return the response to the
 // client as a protocol buffer message.
 func (s *server) Query(ctx context.Context,
-	req *graph.Request) (*graph.Node, error) {
-	resp := new(graph.Node)
+	req *graph.Request) (*graph.Response, error) {
+	resp := new(graph.Response)
 	if len(req.Query) == 0 {
 		glog.Error("While reading query")
 		return resp, fmt.Errorf("Empty query")
@@ -245,11 +245,17 @@ func (s *server) Query(ctx context.Context,
 	l.Processing = time.Since(l.Start) - l.Parsing
 	glog.WithField("q", req.Query).Debug("Graph processed.")
 
-	resp, err = sg.ToProtocolBuffer(&l)
+	node, err := sg.ToProtocolBuffer(&l)
 	if err != nil {
 		x.Err(glog, err).Error("While converting to protocol buffer.")
 		return resp, err
 	}
+	resp.N = node
+
+	gl := new(graph.Latency)
+	gl.Parsing, gl.Processing, gl.Pb = l.Parsing.String(), l.Processing.String(),
+		l.ProtocolBuffer.String()
+	resp.L = gl
 
 	return resp, err
 }