diff --git a/system-test/sanity-testcases/colo-cpu-only-quick-sanity-test.yml b/system-test/sanity-testcases/colo-cpu-only-quick-sanity-test.yml
index 57c73e5b71..83454300de 100755
--- a/system-test/sanity-testcases/colo-cpu-only-quick-sanity-test.yml
+++ b/system-test/sanity-testcases/colo-cpu-only-quick-sanity-test.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ steps:
       TEST_DURATION_SECONDS: 60
       NUMBER_OF_VALIDATOR_NODES: 1
       NUMBER_OF_CLIENT_NODES: 1
-      CLIENT_OPTIONS: "bench-tps=1=--tx_count 40000 --thread-batch-sleep-ms 250"
+      CLIENT_OPTIONS: "bench-tps=1=--tx_count 10000 --thread-batch-sleep-ms 250"
       ADDITIONAL_FLAGS: ""
       BOOTSTRAP_VALIDATOR_MAX_STAKE_THRESHOLD: 99
       TEST_TYPE: "fixed_duration"
diff --git a/system-test/sanity-testcases/colo-partition-sanity-test.yml b/system-test/sanity-testcases/colo-partition-sanity-test.yml
index 006052ed1b..61f6ab99f6 100755
--- a/system-test/sanity-testcases/colo-partition-sanity-test.yml
+++ b/system-test/sanity-testcases/colo-partition-sanity-test.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ steps:
       NUMBER_OF_VALIDATOR_NODES: 3
       ENABLE_GPU: "false"
       NUMBER_OF_CLIENT_NODES: 1
-      CLIENT_OPTIONS: "bench-tps=1=--tx_count 15000 --thread-batch-sleep-ms 250"
+      CLIENT_OPTIONS: "bench-tps=1=--tx_count 10000 --thread-batch-sleep-ms 250"
       ADDITIONAL_FLAGS: ""
       APPLY_PARTITIONS: "true"
       NETEM_CONFIG_FILE: "system-test/netem-configs/partial-loss-three-partitions"
diff --git a/system-test/stability-testcases/colo-long-duration-cpu-only-perf.yml b/system-test/stability-testcases/colo-long-duration-cpu-only-perf.yml
index de36fa8aff..d324d30314 100755
--- a/system-test/stability-testcases/colo-long-duration-cpu-only-perf.yml
+++ b/system-test/stability-testcases/colo-long-duration-cpu-only-perf.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ steps:
       TEST_DURATION_SECONDS: 3600
       NUMBER_OF_VALIDATOR_NODES: 3
       NUMBER_OF_CLIENT_NODES: 1
-      CLIENT_OPTIONS: "bench-tps=1=--tx_count 30000 --thread-batch-sleep-ms 250"
+      CLIENT_OPTIONS: "bench-tps=1=--tx_count 10000 --thread-batch-sleep-ms 250"
       ADDITIONAL_FLAGS: ""
       TEST_TYPE: "fixed_duration"
     agents:
diff --git a/system-test/stability-testcases/colo-long-duration-gpu-perf.yml b/system-test/stability-testcases/colo-long-duration-gpu-perf.yml
index 8f5c576cd2..9d552caf29 100755
--- a/system-test/stability-testcases/colo-long-duration-gpu-perf.yml
+++ b/system-test/stability-testcases/colo-long-duration-gpu-perf.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ steps:
       TEST_DURATION_SECONDS: 3600
       NUMBER_OF_VALIDATOR_NODES: 3
       NUMBER_OF_CLIENT_NODES: 1
-      CLIENT_OPTIONS: "bench-tps=1=--tx_count 30000 --thread-batch-sleep-ms 250"
+      CLIENT_OPTIONS: "bench-tps=1=--tx_count 10000 --thread-batch-sleep-ms 250"
       ADDITIONAL_FLAGS: ""
       TEST_TYPE: "fixed_duration"
     agents:
diff --git a/system-test/stability-testcases/gce-perf-stability-5-node-single-region.yml b/system-test/stability-testcases/gce-perf-stability-5-node-single-region.yml
index a4b7f8fd8b..7970c27d15 100755
--- a/system-test/stability-testcases/gce-perf-stability-5-node-single-region.yml
+++ b/system-test/stability-testcases/gce-perf-stability-5-node-single-region.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ steps:
       ENABLE_GPU: "false"
       VALIDATOR_NODE_MACHINE_TYPE: "--machine-type n1-standard-16"
       NUMBER_OF_CLIENT_NODES: 1
-      CLIENT_OPTIONS: "bench-tps=1=--tx_count 20000 --thread-batch-sleep-ms 250"
+      CLIENT_OPTIONS: "bench-tps=1=--tx_count 10000 --thread-batch-sleep-ms 250"
       TESTNET_ZONES: "us-west1-a"
       USE_PUBLIC_IP_ADDRESSES: "false"
       ADDITIONAL_FLAGS: "--dedicated"