diff --git a/services/tests/literpc_tpu_quic_server_integrationtest.rs b/services/tests/literpc_tpu_quic_server_integrationtest.rs
index 1d5eeeda..3f7b5e41 100644
--- a/services/tests/literpc_tpu_quic_server_integrationtest.rs
+++ b/services/tests/literpc_tpu_quic_server_integrationtest.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use futures::future::join_all;
 use itertools::join;
 use log::{debug, error, info};
 use quinn::TokioRuntime;
+use serde::de::Unexpected::Option;
 use solana_rpc_client::rpc_client::SerializableTransaction;
 use solana_sdk::hash::Hash;
 use solana_sdk::instruction::Instruction;
@@ -37,16 +38,22 @@ use solana_lite_rpc_core::structures::identity_stakes::IdentityStakes;
 use solana_lite_rpc_core::tx_store::empty_tx_store;
 use solana_lite_rpc_services::tpu_utils::tpu_connection_manager::TpuConnectionManager;
 
-
-const SAMPLE_TX_COUNT: u32 = 10;
+// note: logging will be auto-adjusted
+const SAMPLE_TX_COUNT: u32 = 1000;
 
 const MAXIMUM_TRANSACTIONS_IN_QUEUE: usize = 200_000;
 const MAX_QUIC_CONNECTIONS_PER_PEER: usize = 2; // prod=8
 
 #[test]
 pub fn wireup_and_send_txs_via_channel() {
+    let env_filter = if SAMPLE_TX_COUNT < 100 {
+        "trace,rustls=info"
+    } else {
+        "trace,rustls=info,quinn_proto=debug"
+    };
     tracing_subscriber::fmt::fmt()
-        .with_max_level(LevelFilter::DEBUG)
+        // .with_max_level(LevelFilter::DEBUG)
+        .with_env_filter(env_filter)
         .init();
 
     // solana quic streamer - see quic.rs -> rt()
@@ -105,20 +112,36 @@ pub fn wireup_and_send_txs_via_channel() {
     let packet_consumer_jh = thread::spawn(move || {
         info!("start pulling packets...");
         let mut packet_count = 0;
+        let time_to_first = Instant::now();
+        let timer = Instant::now();
+        // second half
+        let mut timer2 = None;
+        let mut packet_count2 = 0;
+        const WARMUP_TX_COUNT: u32 = SAMPLE_TX_COUNT / 2;
         while packet_count != SAMPLE_TX_COUNT {
             match inbound_packets_receiver.recv() {
                 Ok(packet_batch) => {
+                    if packet_count == 0 {
+                        info!("time to first packet {}ms", time_to_first.elapsed().as_millis());
+                    }
+
                     packet_count = packet_count + packet_batch.len() as u32;
+                    if timer2.is_some() {
+                        packet_count2 = packet_count2 + packet_batch.len() as u32;
+                    }
 
                     for packet in packet_batch.iter() {
                         let tx = packet.deserialize_slice::<VersionedTransaction, _>(..).unwrap();
-                        debug!("read transaction from quic streaming server: {:?}", tx.get_signature());
+                        // debug!("read transaction from quic streaming server: {:?}", tx.get_signature());
                         // for ix in tx.message.instructions() {
                         //     info!("instruction: {:?}", ix.data);
                         // }
                     }
 
-                    info!("received packets so far: {}", packet_count);
+                    if packet_count == WARMUP_TX_COUNT {
+                        timer2 = Some(Instant::now());
+                    }
+                    // info!("received packets so far: {}", packet_count);
                     if packet_count == SAMPLE_TX_COUNT {
                         break;
                     }
@@ -129,6 +152,16 @@ pub fn wireup_and_send_txs_via_channel() {
             }
         }
 
+        let total_duration = timer.elapsed();
+        let half_duration = timer2.unwrap().elapsed();
+
+        // throughput_50 is second half of transactions - should iron out startup effects
+        info!("consumed {} packets in {}us - throughput {:.2} tps, throughput_50 {:.2} tps, "
+            , packet_count, total_duration.as_micros(),
+            packet_count as f64 / total_duration.as_secs_f64(),
+            packet_count2 as f64 / half_duration.as_secs_f64(),
+        );
+
         info!("got all expected packets - shutting down tokio runtime with lite-rpc client");
         runtime2.shutdown_timeout(Duration::from_millis(100));
     });