diff --git a/beacon_chain/consensus_object_pools/blockchain_dag.nim b/beacon_chain/consensus_object_pools/blockchain_dag.nim
index e97c85bc3..3d78da66e 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/consensus_object_pools/blockchain_dag.nim
+++ b/beacon_chain/consensus_object_pools/blockchain_dag.nim
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import
   ../beacon_clock,
   "."/[block_pools_types, block_quarantine]
 
+from std/times import getTime, `-`
 export block_pools_types, helpers
 
 # https://github.com/ethereum/eth2.0-metrics/blob/master/metrics.md#interop-metrics
@@ -847,6 +848,8 @@ proc pruneBlocksDAG(dag: ChainDAGRef) =
 
   # Clean up block refs, walking block by block
   if dag.lastPrunePoint != dag.finalizedHead:
+    let start = getTime()
+
     # Finalization means that we choose a single chain as the canonical one -
     # it also means we're no longer interested in any branches from that chain
     # up to the finalization point
@@ -875,8 +878,12 @@ proc pruneBlocksDAG(dag: ChainDAGRef) =
 
       dag.heads.del(n)
 
+    let stop = getTime()
+    let dur = stop - start
+
     debug "Pruned the blockchain DAG",
-      currentCandidateHeads = dag.heads.len
+      currentCandidateHeads = dag.heads.len,
+      dagPruningDuration = dur
 
 func needStateCachesAndForkChoicePruning*(dag: ChainDAGRef): bool =
   dag.lastPrunePoint != dag.finalizedHead
@@ -889,6 +896,7 @@ proc pruneStateCachesDAG*(dag: ChainDAGRef) =
   ## This updates the `dag.lastPrunePoint` variable
   doAssert dag.needStateCachesAndForkChoicePruning()
 
+  let startState = getTime()
   block: # Remove states, walking slot by slot
     # We remove all state checkpoints that come _before_ the current finalized
     # head, as we might frequently be asked to replay states from the
@@ -906,7 +914,10 @@ proc pruneStateCachesDAG*(dag: ChainDAGRef) =
       if cur.slot.epoch mod 32 != 0 and cur.slot != dag.tail.slot:
         dag.delState(cur)
       cur = cur.parentOrSlot
+  let stopState = getTime()
+  let durState = stopState - startState
 
+  let startEpochRef = getTime()
   block: # Clean up old EpochRef instances
     # After finalization, we can clear up the epoch cache and save memory -
     # it will be recomputed if needed
@@ -917,10 +928,14 @@ proc pruneStateCachesDAG*(dag: ChainDAGRef) =
       tmp = tmp.parent
       if tmp.parent != nil:
         tmp.parent.epochRefs = @[]
+  let stopEpochRef = getTime()
+  let durEpochRef = stopEpochRef - startEpochRef
 
   dag.lastPrunePoint = dag.finalizedHead
 
-  debug "Pruned the state checkpoints and DAG caches."
+  debug "Pruned the state checkpoints and DAG caches.",
+    statePruningDur = durState,
+    epochRefPruningDur = durEpochRef
 
 proc updateHead*(
       dag: ChainDAGRef,