diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-performance.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-performance.yml
index 3fd2200d02..438f5b1233 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-performance.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-performance.yml
@@ -304,9 +304,9 @@ jobs:
           echo "" >> comment.md
           echo "</details>" >> comment.md
           echo "" >> comment.md
-          echo "*Benchmarks ran with ${BENCHMARK_ITERATIONS:-10000} iterations per test on Node.js ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }} (production mode, CPU pinned)*" >> comment.md
+          echo "*Benchmarks ran with ${BENCHMARK_ITERATIONS:-1000} iterations per test on Node.js ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }} (production mode, CPU pinned)*" >> comment.md
           echo "" >> comment.md
-          echo "> **Note:** Using 10k iterations with CPU affinity for measurement stability. Thresholds: ⚠️ >50%, ❌ >100%." >> comment.md
+          echo "> **Note:** Using 1k iterations with CPU affinity for measurement stability. Thresholds: ⚠️ >50%, ❌ >100%." >> comment.md
 
       - name: Comment PR with results
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 30050f87a6..8e3db29efa 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ Performance benchmarks are located in [`benchmark/performance.js`](benchmark/per
 4. **Test locally**: Run the benchmarks locally to verify they work:
    ```bash
    npm run benchmark:quick  # Quick test with 10 iterations
-   npm run benchmark        # Full test with 10,000 iterations
+   npm run benchmark        # Full test with 1,000 iterations
    ```
 
 For new features where no baseline exists, the CI will establish new benchmarks that future PRs will be compared against.
diff --git a/benchmark/performance.js b/benchmark/performance.js
index 7021ed35b3..d6984560bb 100644
--- a/benchmark/performance.js
+++ b/benchmark/performance.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const MONGODB_URI = process.env.MONGODB_URI || 'mongodb://localhost:27017/parse_
 const SERVER_URL = 'http://localhost:1337/parse';
 const APP_ID = 'benchmark-app-id';
 const MASTER_KEY = 'benchmark-master-key';
-const ITERATIONS = parseInt(process.env.BENCHMARK_ITERATIONS || '10000', 10);
+const ITERATIONS = parseInt(process.env.BENCHMARK_ITERATIONS || '1000', 10);
 
 // Parse Server instance
 let parseServer;