diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 914453f..26eab2a 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -22,4 +22,5 @@ end
 group :test do
   gem 'rspec'
   gem 'rack-test'
+  gem 'database_cleaner-sequel'
 end
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index eff2464..050ccb5 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ GEM
     ast (2.4.3)
     base64 (0.3.0)
     bigdecimal (3.2.2)
+    database_cleaner-core (2.0.1)
+    database_cleaner-sequel (2.0.2)
+      database_cleaner-core (~> 2.0.0)
+      sequel
     diff-lcs (1.6.2)
     ffi (1.17.2-aarch64-linux-gnu)
     ffi (1.17.2-aarch64-linux-musl)
@@ -129,6 +133,7 @@ PLATFORMS
   x86_64-linux-musl
 
 DEPENDENCIES
+  database_cleaner-sequel
   logger
   puma (~> 6.6)
   rack-test
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 2b4fe1e..3060dcc 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ end
 
 namespace :test do
   task :unit do
+    ENV['RACK_ENV'] = 'testing'
     system("rspec")
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/models/benchmark_model_spec.rb b/spec/models/benchmark_model_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df8ebe7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/models/benchmark_model_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require_relative '../spec_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe(Benchmark) do
+  describe 'Benchmark Creation' do
+    it 'Benchmark creation updates model count.' do
+      expect{ Benchmark.create(name: 'Test Benchmark', scoring: 'fps') }.to(change { Benchmark.count }.by(1))
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe 'Benchmark Read' do
+    before { Benchmark.create(name: 'Test Benchmark', scoring: 'fps') }
+
+    it 'Benchmark model has name.' do
+      bench = Benchmark.first()
+      expect(bench.name).to(eq('Test Benchmark'))
+    end
+
+    it 'Benchmark model has scoring.' do
+      bench = Benchmark.first()
+      expect(bench.scoring).to(eq('fps'))
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/models/hardware_model_spec.rb b/spec/models/hardware_model_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4681a22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/models/hardware_model_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require_relative '../spec_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe(Hardware) do
+  describe 'Hardware Creation' do
+    it 'Hardware creation updates model count.' do
+      expect{ Hardware.create(name: 'Test Hardware', type: 'gpu') }.to(change { Hardware.count }.by(1))
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe 'Hardware Read' do
+    before { Hardware.create(name: 'Test Hardware', type: 'gpu') }
+
+    it 'Hardware model has name.' do
+      hardware = Hardware.first()
+      expect(hardware.name).to(eq('Test Hardware'))
+    end
+
+    it 'Hardware model has scoring.' do
+      hardware = Hardware.first()
+      expect(hardware.type).to(eq('gpu'))
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/models/test_model_spec.rb b/spec/models/test_model_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12d9ec9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/models/test_model_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require_relative '../spec_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe(Test) do
+  describe 'Test Creation' do
+    it 'Test creation updates model count.' do
+      expect{ Test.create(name: 'Test Test') }.to(change { Test.count }.by(1))
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe 'Test Read' do
+    before do
+      Test.create(name: 'Test Test')
+    end
+
+    it 'Test model has name.' do
+      tst = Test.first()
+      expect(tst.name).to(eq('Test Test'))
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 368e68a..7252aa4 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ ENV['APP_ENV'] = 'test'
 require_relative '../src/server'
 require 'rspec'
 require 'rack/test'
+require 'database_cleaner/sequel'
 
 # setting this here so all redirect tests can reference the same base URL
 BASE_URL = 'http://example.org'
@@ -21,4 +22,15 @@ end
 
 RSpec.configure do |config|
   config.include(RSpecMixin)
+
+  config.before(:suite) do
+    DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :truncation
+    DatabaseCleaner.clean_with(:truncation)
+  end
+
+  config.around(:each) do |suite|
+    DatabaseCleaner.cleaning do
+      suite.run
+    end
+  end
 end