diff --git a/pulsar/default_router.go b/pulsar/default_router.go
index 82be98207..0e1a35482 100644
--- a/pulsar/default_router.go
+++ b/pulsar/default_router.go
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ func NewDefaultRouter(
 		lastChangeTimestamp:    math.MinInt64,
 	}
 
+	readClockAfterNumMessages := uint32(maxBatchingMessages / 10)
 	return func(message *ProducerMessage, numPartitions uint32) int {
 		if numPartitions == 1 {
 			// When there are no partitions, don't even bother
@@ -72,23 +73,34 @@ func NewDefaultRouter(
 		// Note that it is possible that we skip more than one partition if multiple goroutines increment
 		// currentPartitionCursor at the same time. If that happens it shouldn't be a problem because we only want to
 		// spread the data on different partitions but not necessarily in a specific sequence.
+		var now int64
 		size := uint32(len(message.Payload))
 		previousMessageCount := atomic.LoadUint32(&state.msgCounter)
 		previousBatchingMaxSize := atomic.LoadUint32(&state.cumulativeBatchSize)
 		previousLastChange := atomic.LoadInt64(&state.lastChangeTimestamp)
-		if (previousMessageCount >= uint32(maxBatchingMessages-1)) ||
-			(size >= uint32(maxBatchingSize)-previousBatchingMaxSize) ||
-			(time.Now().UnixNano()-previousLastChange >= maxBatchingDelay.Nanoseconds()) {
+
+		messageCountReached := previousMessageCount >= uint32(maxBatchingMessages-1)
+		sizeReached := (size >= uint32(maxBatchingSize)-previousBatchingMaxSize)
+		durationReached := false
+		if readClockAfterNumMessages == 0 || previousMessageCount%readClockAfterNumMessages == 0 {
+			now = time.Now().UnixNano()
+			durationReached = now-previousLastChange >= maxBatchingDelay.Nanoseconds()
+		}
+		if messageCountReached || sizeReached || durationReached {
 			atomic.AddUint32(&state.currentPartitionCursor, 1)
-			atomic.StoreInt64(&state.lastChangeTimestamp, time.Now().UnixNano())
-			atomic.StoreUint32(&state.cumulativeBatchSize, 0)
 			atomic.StoreUint32(&state.msgCounter, 0)
+			atomic.StoreUint32(&state.cumulativeBatchSize, 0)
+			if now != 0 {
+				atomic.StoreInt64(&state.lastChangeTimestamp, now)
+			}
 			return int(state.currentPartitionCursor % numPartitions)
 		}
 
-		atomic.StoreInt64(&state.lastChangeTimestamp, time.Now().UnixNano())
 		atomic.AddUint32(&state.msgCounter, 1)
 		atomic.AddUint32(&state.cumulativeBatchSize, size)
+		if now != 0 {
+			atomic.StoreInt64(&state.lastChangeTimestamp, now)
+		}
 		return int(state.currentPartitionCursor % numPartitions)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pulsar/default_router_bench_test.go b/pulsar/default_router_bench_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d7ec17562
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pulsar/default_router_bench_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+package pulsar
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/apache/pulsar-client-go/pulsar/internal"
+)
+
+var (
+	targetPartition int
+)
+
+func BenchmarkDefaultRouter(b *testing.B) {
+	const (
+		numPartitions       = uint32(200)
+		maxBatchingMessages = 2000
+		maxBatchingSize     = 524288
+		maxBatchingDelay    = 100 * time.Millisecond
+	)
+	msg := &ProducerMessage{
+		Payload: []byte("message 1"),
+	}
+	router := NewDefaultRouter(internal.JavaStringHash, maxBatchingMessages, maxBatchingSize, maxBatchingDelay, false)
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		targetPartition = router(msg, numPartitions)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pulsar/default_router_test.go b/pulsar/default_router_test.go
index 60e10c706..31b27aff9 100644
--- a/pulsar/default_router_test.go
+++ b/pulsar/default_router_test.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func TestDefaultRouterRoutingBecauseBatchingDisabled(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestDefaultRouterRoutingBecauseMaxPublishDelayReached(t *testing.T) {
 	maxPublishDelay := time.Nanosecond * 10
-	router := NewDefaultRouter(internal.JavaStringHash, 20, 100, maxPublishDelay, false)
+	router := NewDefaultRouter(internal.JavaStringHash, 10, 100, maxPublishDelay, false)
 	const numPartitions = uint32(3)
 	p1 := router(&ProducerMessage{
 		Payload: []byte("message 1"),