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diff --git a/src/arrow/python/benchmarks/array_ops.py b/src/arrow/python/benchmarks/array_ops.py
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+# 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.
+
+import pyarrow as pa
+
+
+class ScalarAccess(object):
+    n = 10 ** 5
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self._array = pa.array(list(range(self.n)), type=pa.int64())
+        self._array_items = list(self._array)
+
+    def time_getitem(self):
+        for i in range(self.n):
+            self._array[i]
+
+    def time_as_py(self):
+        for item in self._array_items:
+            item.as_py()