diff --git a/bench/store.go b/bench/store.go
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+package bench
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/session"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/s3"
+)
+
+type Uploader interface {
+	Write(p []byte) (n int, err error)
+}
+
+func NewS3Uploader(key string) *S3Uploader {
+	region := "us-east-1"
+	return &S3Uploader{
+		region,
+		"benchmarks-pilosa",
+		s3.New(session.New(&aws.Config{Region: aws.String(region)})),
+		key,
+	}
+}
+
+type S3Uploader struct {
+	region  string
+	bucket  string
+	service *s3.S3
+	key     string
+}
+
+// pilosa-sandbox is "us-east-1"
+// benchmarks go to benchmarks-pilosa/run-uuid/??.txt
+// first return value of PutObject contains an ETag (hash) of the uploaded object, returned here but not needed
+func (u *S3Uploader) Write(data []byte) (int, error) {
+	fmt.Println(string(data))
+	_, err := u.service.PutObject(&s3.PutObjectInput{
+		Body:   strings.NewReader(string(data)),
+		Bucket: &u.bucket,
+		Key:    &u.key,
+	})
+
+	return 0, err
+}