diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0e51e88e3b..0be6d5d183 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2106,6 +2106,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "hashbrown 0.13.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hdrhistogram"
+version = "7.5.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "765c9198f173dd59ce26ff9f95ef0aafd0a0fe01fb9d72841bc5066a4c06511d"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64 0.21.1",
+ "byteorder",
+ "crossbeam-channel",
+ "flate2",
+ "nom",
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "heapless"
 version = "0.8.0"
@@ -3057,6 +3071,28 @@ dependencies = [
  "sha2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pagebench"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "clap",
+ "futures",
+ "hdrhistogram",
+ "humantime",
+ "humantime-serde",
+ "pageserver",
+ "pageserver_api",
+ "pageserver_client",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "tokio",
+ "tracing",
+ "utils",
+ "workspace_hack",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pagectl"
 version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6884de7bf5..5de636778a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ members = [
     "pageserver",
     "pageserver/ctl",
     "pageserver/client",
+    "pageserver/pagebench",
     "proxy",
     "safekeeper",
     "storage_broker",
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ futures-util = "0.3"
 git-version = "0.3"
 hashbrown = "0.13"
 hashlink = "0.8.1"
+hdrhistogram = "7.5.2"
 hex = "0.4"
 hex-literal = "0.4"
 hmac = "0.12.1"
diff --git a/libs/pageserver_api/src/shard.rs b/libs/pageserver_api/src/shard.rs
index 3668f7939d..3e4936eec4 100644
--- a/libs/pageserver_api/src/shard.rs
+++ b/libs/pageserver_api/src/shard.rs
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ impl TenantShardId {
     pub fn is_zero(&self) -> bool {
         self.shard_number == ShardNumber(0)
     }
+
+    pub fn is_unsharded(&self) -> bool {
+        self.shard_number == ShardNumber(0) && self.shard_count == ShardCount(0)
+    }
 }
 
 /// Formatting helper
diff --git a/libs/utils/src/lsn.rs b/libs/utils/src/lsn.rs
index 262dcb8a8a..b3269ae049 100644
--- a/libs/utils/src/lsn.rs
+++ b/libs/utils/src/lsn.rs
@@ -366,6 +366,49 @@ impl MonotonicCounter<Lsn> for RecordLsn {
     }
 }
 
+/// Implements  [`rand::distributions::uniform::UniformSampler`] so we can sample [`Lsn`]s.
+///
+/// This is used by the `pagebench` pageserver benchmarking tool.
+pub struct LsnSampler(<u64 as rand::distributions::uniform::SampleUniform>::Sampler);
+
+impl rand::distributions::uniform::SampleUniform for Lsn {
+    type Sampler = LsnSampler;
+}
+
+impl rand::distributions::uniform::UniformSampler for LsnSampler {
+    type X = Lsn;
+
+    fn new<B1, B2>(low: B1, high: B2) -> Self
+    where
+        B1: rand::distributions::uniform::SampleBorrow<Self::X> + Sized,
+        B2: rand::distributions::uniform::SampleBorrow<Self::X> + Sized,
+    {
+        Self(
+            <u64 as rand::distributions::uniform::SampleUniform>::Sampler::new(
+                low.borrow().0,
+                high.borrow().0,
+            ),
+        )
+    }
+
+    fn new_inclusive<B1, B2>(low: B1, high: B2) -> Self
+    where
+        B1: rand::distributions::uniform::SampleBorrow<Self::X> + Sized,
+        B2: rand::distributions::uniform::SampleBorrow<Self::X> + Sized,
+    {
+        Self(
+            <u64 as rand::distributions::uniform::SampleUniform>::Sampler::new_inclusive(
+                low.borrow().0,
+                high.borrow().0,
+            ),
+        )
+    }
+
+    fn sample<R: rand::prelude::Rng + ?Sized>(&self, rng: &mut R) -> Self::X {
+        Lsn(self.0.sample(rng))
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use crate::bin_ser::BeSer;
diff --git a/pageserver/client/src/mgmt_api.rs b/pageserver/client/src/mgmt_api.rs
index 0ad4e1551e..87e4ed8efd 100644
--- a/pageserver/client/src/mgmt_api.rs
+++ b/pageserver/client/src/mgmt_api.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ use utils::{
     id::{TenantId, TimelineId},
 };
 
+pub mod util;
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Client {
     mgmt_api_endpoint: String,
diff --git a/pageserver/client/src/mgmt_api/util.rs b/pageserver/client/src/mgmt_api/util.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..048a3bb7cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pageserver/client/src/mgmt_api/util.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+//! Helpers to do common higher-level tasks with the [`Client`].
+
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use tokio::task::JoinSet;
+use utils::id::{TenantId, TenantTimelineId};
+
+use super::Client;
+
+/// Retrieve a list of all of the pageserver's timelines.
+///
+/// Fails if there are sharded tenants present on the pageserver.
+pub async fn get_pageserver_tenant_timelines_unsharded(
+    api_client: &Arc<Client>,
+) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<TenantTimelineId>> {
+    let mut timelines: Vec<TenantTimelineId> = Vec::new();
+    let mut tenants: Vec<TenantId> = Vec::new();
+    for ti in api_client.list_tenants().await? {
+        if !ti.id.is_unsharded() {
+            anyhow::bail!(
+                "only unsharded tenants are supported at this time: {}",
+                ti.id
+            );
+        }
+        tenants.push(ti.id.tenant_id)
+    }
+    let mut js = JoinSet::new();
+    for tenant_id in tenants {
+        js.spawn({
+            let mgmt_api_client = Arc::clone(api_client);
+            async move {
+                (
+                    tenant_id,
+                    mgmt_api_client.tenant_details(tenant_id).await.unwrap(),
+                )
+            }
+        });
+    }
+    while let Some(res) = js.join_next().await {
+        let (tenant_id, details) = res.unwrap();
+        for timeline_id in details.timelines {
+            timelines.push(TenantTimelineId {
+                tenant_id,
+                timeline_id,
+            });
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(timelines)
+}
diff --git a/pageserver/pagebench/Cargo.toml b/pageserver/pagebench/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..169d9b7f8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pageserver/pagebench/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+[package]
+name = "pagebench"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+anyhow.workspace = true
+clap.workspace = true
+futures.workspace = true
+hdrhistogram.workspace = true
+humantime.workspace = true
+humantime-serde.workspace = true
+rand.workspace = true
+serde.workspace = true
+serde_json.workspace = true
+tracing.workspace = true
+tokio.workspace = true
+
+pageserver = { path = ".." }
+pageserver_client.workspace = true
+pageserver_api.workspace = true
+utils = { path = "../../libs/utils/" }
+workspace_hack = { version = "0.1", path = "../../workspace_hack" }
diff --git a/pageserver/pagebench/src/cmd/basebackup.rs b/pageserver/pagebench/src/cmd/basebackup.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..85a3e695de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pageserver/pagebench/src/cmd/basebackup.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,272 @@
+use anyhow::Context;
+use pageserver_client::page_service::BasebackupRequest;
+
+use utils::id::TenantTimelineId;
+use utils::lsn::Lsn;
+
+use rand::prelude::*;
+use tokio::sync::Barrier;
+use tokio::task::JoinSet;
+use tracing::{debug, info, instrument};
+
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::num::NonZeroUsize;
+use std::ops::Range;
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, AtomicUsize, Ordering};
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+use std::time::Instant;
+
+use crate::util::tokio_thread_local_stats::AllThreadLocalStats;
+use crate::util::{request_stats, tokio_thread_local_stats};
+
+/// basebackup@LatestLSN
+#[derive(clap::Parser)]
+pub(crate) struct Args {
+    #[clap(long, default_value = "http://localhost:9898")]
+    mgmt_api_endpoint: String,
+    #[clap(long, default_value = "localhost:64000")]
+    page_service_host_port: String,
+    #[clap(long)]
+    pageserver_jwt: Option<String>,
+    #[clap(long, default_value = "1")]
+    num_clients: NonZeroUsize,
+    #[clap(long, default_value = "1.0")]
+    gzip_probability: f64,
+    #[clap(long)]
+    runtime: Option<humantime::Duration>,
+    #[clap(long)]
+    limit_to_first_n_targets: Option<usize>,
+    targets: Option<Vec<TenantTimelineId>>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Default)]
+struct LiveStats {
+    completed_requests: AtomicU64,
+}
+
+impl LiveStats {
+    fn inc(&self) {
+        self.completed_requests.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+    }
+}
+
+struct Target {
+    timeline: TenantTimelineId,
+    lsn_range: Option<Range<Lsn>>,
+}
+
+#[derive(serde::Serialize)]
+struct Output {
+    total: request_stats::Output,
+}
+
+tokio_thread_local_stats::declare!(STATS: request_stats::Stats);
+
+pub(crate) fn main(args: Args) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    tokio_thread_local_stats::main!(STATS, move |thread_local_stats| {
+        main_impl(args, thread_local_stats)
+    })
+}
+
+async fn main_impl(
+    args: Args,
+    all_thread_local_stats: AllThreadLocalStats<request_stats::Stats>,
+) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let args: &'static Args = Box::leak(Box::new(args));
+
+    let mgmt_api_client = Arc::new(pageserver_client::mgmt_api::Client::new(
+        args.mgmt_api_endpoint.clone(),
+        args.pageserver_jwt.as_deref(),
+    ));
+
+    // discover targets
+    let timelines: Vec<TenantTimelineId> = crate::util::cli::targets::discover(
+        &mgmt_api_client,
+        crate::util::cli::targets::Spec {
+            limit_to_first_n_targets: args.limit_to_first_n_targets,
+            targets: args.targets.clone(),
+        },
+    )
+    .await?;
+    let mut js = JoinSet::new();
+    for timeline in &timelines {
+        js.spawn({
+            let timeline = *timeline;
+            // FIXME: this triggers initial logical size calculation
+            // https://github.com/neondatabase/neon/issues/6168
+            let info = mgmt_api_client
+                .timeline_info(timeline.tenant_id, timeline.timeline_id)
+                .await
+                .unwrap();
+            async move {
+                anyhow::Ok(Target {
+                    timeline,
+                    // TODO: support lsn_range != latest LSN
+                    lsn_range: Some(info.last_record_lsn..(info.last_record_lsn + 1)),
+                })
+            }
+        });
+    }
+    let mut all_targets: Vec<Target> = Vec::new();
+    while let Some(res) = js.join_next().await {
+        all_targets.push(res.unwrap().unwrap());
+    }
+
+    let live_stats = Arc::new(LiveStats::default());
+
+    let num_client_tasks = timelines.len();
+    let num_live_stats_dump = 1;
+    let num_work_sender_tasks = 1;
+
+    let start_work_barrier = Arc::new(tokio::sync::Barrier::new(
+        num_client_tasks + num_live_stats_dump + num_work_sender_tasks,
+    ));
+    let all_work_done_barrier = Arc::new(tokio::sync::Barrier::new(num_client_tasks));
+
+    tokio::spawn({
+        let stats = Arc::clone(&live_stats);
+        let start_work_barrier = Arc::clone(&start_work_barrier);
+        async move {
+            start_work_barrier.wait().await;
+            loop {
+                let start = std::time::Instant::now();
+                tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
+                let completed_requests = stats.completed_requests.swap(0, Ordering::Relaxed);
+                let elapsed = start.elapsed();
+                info!(
+                    "RPS: {:.0}",
+                    completed_requests as f64 / elapsed.as_secs_f64()
+                );
+            }
+        }
+    });
+
+    let mut work_senders = HashMap::new();
+    let mut tasks = Vec::new();
+    for tl in &timelines {
+        let (sender, receiver) = tokio::sync::mpsc::channel(1); // TODO: not sure what the implications of this are
+        work_senders.insert(tl, sender);
+        tasks.push(tokio::spawn(client(
+            args,
+            *tl,
+            Arc::clone(&start_work_barrier),
+            receiver,
+            Arc::clone(&all_work_done_barrier),
+            Arc::clone(&live_stats),
+        )));
+    }
+
+    let work_sender = async move {
+        start_work_barrier.wait().await;
+        loop {
+            let (timeline, work) = {
+                let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
+                let target = all_targets.choose(&mut rng).unwrap();
+                let lsn = target.lsn_range.clone().map(|r| rng.gen_range(r));
+                (
+                    target.timeline,
+                    Work {
+                        lsn,
+                        gzip: rng.gen_bool(args.gzip_probability),
+                    },
+                )
+            };
+            let sender = work_senders.get(&timeline).unwrap();
+            // TODO: what if this blocks?
+            sender.send(work).await.ok().unwrap();
+        }
+    };
+
+    if let Some(runtime) = args.runtime {
+        match tokio::time::timeout(runtime.into(), work_sender).await {
+            Ok(()) => unreachable!("work sender never terminates"),
+            Err(_timeout) => {
+                // this implicitly drops the work_senders, making all the clients exit
+            }
+        }
+    } else {
+        work_sender.await;
+        unreachable!("work sender never terminates");
+    }
+
+    for t in tasks {
+        t.await.unwrap();
+    }
+
+    let output = Output {
+        total: {
+            let mut agg_stats = request_stats::Stats::new();
+            for stats in all_thread_local_stats.lock().unwrap().iter() {
+                let stats = stats.lock().unwrap();
+                agg_stats.add(&stats);
+            }
+            agg_stats.output()
+        },
+    };
+
+    let output = serde_json::to_string_pretty(&output).unwrap();
+    println!("{output}");
+
+    anyhow::Ok(())
+}
+
+#[derive(Copy, Clone)]
+struct Work {
+    lsn: Option<Lsn>,
+    gzip: bool,
+}
+
+#[instrument(skip_all)]
+async fn client(
+    args: &'static Args,
+    timeline: TenantTimelineId,
+    start_work_barrier: Arc<Barrier>,
+    mut work: tokio::sync::mpsc::Receiver<Work>,
+    all_work_done_barrier: Arc<Barrier>,
+    live_stats: Arc<LiveStats>,
+) {
+    start_work_barrier.wait().await;
+
+    let client = pageserver_client::page_service::Client::new(crate::util::connstring::connstring(
+        &args.page_service_host_port,
+        args.pageserver_jwt.as_deref(),
+    ))
+    .await
+    .unwrap();
+
+    while let Some(Work { lsn, gzip }) = work.recv().await {
+        let start = Instant::now();
+        let copy_out_stream = client
+            .basebackup(&BasebackupRequest {
+                tenant_id: timeline.tenant_id,
+                timeline_id: timeline.timeline_id,
+                lsn,
+                gzip,
+            })
+            .await
+            .with_context(|| format!("start basebackup for {timeline}"))
+            .unwrap();
+
+        use futures::StreamExt;
+        let size = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));
+        copy_out_stream
+            .for_each({
+                |r| {
+                    let size = Arc::clone(&size);
+                    async move {
+                        let size = Arc::clone(&size);
+                        size.fetch_add(r.unwrap().len(), Ordering::Relaxed);
+                    }
+                }
+            })
+            .await;
+        debug!("basebackup size is {} bytes", size.load(Ordering::Relaxed));
+        let elapsed = start.elapsed();
+        live_stats.inc();
+        STATS.with(|stats| {
+            stats.borrow().lock().unwrap().observe(elapsed).unwrap();
+        });
+    }
+
+    all_work_done_barrier.wait().await;
+}
diff --git a/pageserver/pagebench/src/cmd/getpage_latest_lsn.rs b/pageserver/pagebench/src/cmd/getpage_latest_lsn.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..16d198ab0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pageserver/pagebench/src/cmd/getpage_latest_lsn.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,335 @@
+use anyhow::Context;
+use futures::future::join_all;
+use pageserver::pgdatadir_mapping::key_to_rel_block;
+use pageserver::repository;
+use pageserver_api::key::is_rel_block_key;
+use pageserver_client::page_service::RelTagBlockNo;
+
+use utils::id::TenantTimelineId;
+use utils::lsn::Lsn;
+
+use rand::prelude::*;
+use tokio::sync::Barrier;
+use tokio::task::JoinSet;
+use tracing::{info, instrument};
+
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::future::Future;
+use std::num::NonZeroUsize;
+use std::pin::Pin;
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, Ordering};
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+
+use crate::util::tokio_thread_local_stats::AllThreadLocalStats;
+use crate::util::{request_stats, tokio_thread_local_stats};
+
+/// GetPage@LatestLSN, uniformly distributed across the compute-accessible keyspace.
+#[derive(clap::Parser)]
+pub(crate) struct Args {
+    #[clap(long, default_value = "http://localhost:9898")]
+    mgmt_api_endpoint: String,
+    #[clap(long, default_value = "postgres://postgres@localhost:64000")]
+    page_service_connstring: String,
+    #[clap(long)]
+    pageserver_jwt: Option<String>,
+    #[clap(long, default_value = "1")]
+    num_clients: NonZeroUsize,
+    #[clap(long)]
+    runtime: Option<humantime::Duration>,
+    #[clap(long)]
+    per_target_rate_limit: Option<usize>,
+    #[clap(long)]
+    limit_to_first_n_targets: Option<usize>,
+    targets: Option<Vec<TenantTimelineId>>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Default)]
+struct LiveStats {
+    completed_requests: AtomicU64,
+}
+
+impl LiveStats {
+    fn inc(&self) {
+        self.completed_requests.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+struct KeyRange {
+    timeline: TenantTimelineId,
+    timeline_lsn: Lsn,
+    start: i128,
+    end: i128,
+}
+
+impl KeyRange {
+    fn len(&self) -> i128 {
+        self.end - self.start
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(serde::Serialize)]
+struct Output {
+    total: request_stats::Output,
+}
+
+tokio_thread_local_stats::declare!(STATS: request_stats::Stats);
+
+pub(crate) fn main(args: Args) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    tokio_thread_local_stats::main!(STATS, move |thread_local_stats| {
+        main_impl(args, thread_local_stats)
+    })
+}
+
+async fn main_impl(
+    args: Args,
+    all_thread_local_stats: AllThreadLocalStats<request_stats::Stats>,
+) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let args: &'static Args = Box::leak(Box::new(args));
+
+    let mgmt_api_client = Arc::new(pageserver_client::mgmt_api::Client::new(
+        args.mgmt_api_endpoint.clone(),
+        args.pageserver_jwt.as_deref(),
+    ));
+
+    // discover targets
+    let timelines: Vec<TenantTimelineId> = crate::util::cli::targets::discover(
+        &mgmt_api_client,
+        crate::util::cli::targets::Spec {
+            limit_to_first_n_targets: args.limit_to_first_n_targets,
+            targets: args.targets.clone(),
+        },
+    )
+    .await?;
+
+    let mut js = JoinSet::new();
+    for timeline in &timelines {
+        js.spawn({
+            let mgmt_api_client = Arc::clone(&mgmt_api_client);
+            let timeline = *timeline;
+            async move {
+                let partitioning = mgmt_api_client
+                    .keyspace(timeline.tenant_id, timeline.timeline_id)
+                    .await?;
+                let lsn = partitioning.at_lsn;
+
+                let ranges = partitioning
+                    .keys
+                    .ranges
+                    .iter()
+                    .filter_map(|r| {
+                        let start = r.start;
+                        let end = r.end;
+                        // filter out non-relblock keys
+                        match (is_rel_block_key(&start), is_rel_block_key(&end)) {
+                            (true, true) => Some(KeyRange {
+                                timeline,
+                                timeline_lsn: lsn,
+                                start: start.to_i128(),
+                                end: end.to_i128(),
+                            }),
+                            (true, false) | (false, true) => {
+                                unimplemented!("split up range")
+                            }
+                            (false, false) => None,
+                        }
+                    })
+                    .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+                anyhow::Ok(ranges)
+            }
+        });
+    }
+    let mut all_ranges: Vec<KeyRange> = Vec::new();
+    while let Some(res) = js.join_next().await {
+        all_ranges.extend(res.unwrap().unwrap());
+    }
+
+    let live_stats = Arc::new(LiveStats::default());
+
+    let num_client_tasks = timelines.len();
+    let num_live_stats_dump = 1;
+    let num_work_sender_tasks = 1;
+
+    let start_work_barrier = Arc::new(tokio::sync::Barrier::new(
+        num_client_tasks + num_live_stats_dump + num_work_sender_tasks,
+    ));
+    let all_work_done_barrier = Arc::new(tokio::sync::Barrier::new(num_client_tasks));
+
+    tokio::spawn({
+        let stats = Arc::clone(&live_stats);
+        let start_work_barrier = Arc::clone(&start_work_barrier);
+        async move {
+            start_work_barrier.wait().await;
+            loop {
+                let start = std::time::Instant::now();
+                tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
+                let completed_requests = stats.completed_requests.swap(0, Ordering::Relaxed);
+                let elapsed = start.elapsed();
+                info!(
+                    "RPS: {:.0}",
+                    completed_requests as f64 / elapsed.as_secs_f64()
+                );
+            }
+        }
+    });
+
+    let mut work_senders = HashMap::new();
+    let mut tasks = Vec::new();
+    for tl in &timelines {
+        let (sender, receiver) = tokio::sync::mpsc::channel(10); // TODO: not sure what the implications of this are
+        work_senders.insert(tl, sender);
+        tasks.push(tokio::spawn(client(
+            args,
+            *tl,
+            Arc::clone(&start_work_barrier),
+            receiver,
+            Arc::clone(&all_work_done_barrier),
+            Arc::clone(&live_stats),
+        )));
+    }
+
+    let work_sender: Pin<Box<dyn Send + Future<Output = ()>>> = match args.per_target_rate_limit {
+        None => Box::pin(async move {
+            let weights = rand::distributions::weighted::WeightedIndex::new(
+                all_ranges.iter().map(|v| v.len()),
+            )
+            .unwrap();
+
+            start_work_barrier.wait().await;
+
+            loop {
+                let (range, key) = {
+                    let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
+                    let r = &all_ranges[weights.sample(&mut rng)];
+                    let key: i128 = rng.gen_range(r.start..r.end);
+                    let key = repository::Key::from_i128(key);
+                    let (rel_tag, block_no) =
+                        key_to_rel_block(key).expect("we filter non-rel-block keys out above");
+                    (r, RelTagBlockNo { rel_tag, block_no })
+                };
+                let sender = work_senders.get(&range.timeline).unwrap();
+                // TODO: what if this blocks?
+                sender.send((key, range.timeline_lsn)).await.ok().unwrap();
+            }
+        }),
+        Some(rps_limit) => Box::pin(async move {
+            let period = Duration::from_secs_f64(1.0 / (rps_limit as f64));
+
+            let make_timeline_task: &dyn Fn(
+                TenantTimelineId,
+            )
+                -> Pin<Box<dyn Send + Future<Output = ()>>> = &|timeline| {
+                let sender = work_senders.get(&timeline).unwrap();
+                let ranges: Vec<KeyRange> = all_ranges
+                    .iter()
+                    .filter(|r| r.timeline == timeline)
+                    .cloned()
+                    .collect();
+                let weights = rand::distributions::weighted::WeightedIndex::new(
+                    ranges.iter().map(|v| v.len()),
+                )
+                .unwrap();
+
+                Box::pin(async move {
+                    let mut ticker = tokio::time::interval(period);
+                    ticker.set_missed_tick_behavior(
+                        /* TODO review this choice */
+                        tokio::time::MissedTickBehavior::Burst,
+                    );
+                    loop {
+                        ticker.tick().await;
+                        let (range, key) = {
+                            let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
+                            let r = &ranges[weights.sample(&mut rng)];
+                            let key: i128 = rng.gen_range(r.start..r.end);
+                            let key = repository::Key::from_i128(key);
+                            let (rel_tag, block_no) = key_to_rel_block(key)
+                                .expect("we filter non-rel-block keys out above");
+                            (r, RelTagBlockNo { rel_tag, block_no })
+                        };
+                        sender.send((key, range.timeline_lsn)).await.ok().unwrap();
+                    }
+                })
+            };
+
+            let tasks: Vec<_> = work_senders
+                .keys()
+                .map(|tl| make_timeline_task(**tl))
+                .collect();
+
+            start_work_barrier.wait().await;
+
+            join_all(tasks).await;
+        }),
+    };
+
+    if let Some(runtime) = args.runtime {
+        match tokio::time::timeout(runtime.into(), work_sender).await {
+            Ok(()) => unreachable!("work sender never terminates"),
+            Err(_timeout) => {
+                // this implicitly drops the work_senders, making all the clients exit
+            }
+        }
+    } else {
+        work_sender.await;
+        unreachable!("work sender never terminates");
+    }
+
+    for t in tasks {
+        t.await.unwrap();
+    }
+
+    let output = Output {
+        total: {
+            let mut agg_stats = request_stats::Stats::new();
+            for stats in all_thread_local_stats.lock().unwrap().iter() {
+                let stats = stats.lock().unwrap();
+                agg_stats.add(&stats);
+            }
+            agg_stats.output()
+        },
+    };
+
+    let output = serde_json::to_string_pretty(&output).unwrap();
+    println!("{output}");
+
+    anyhow::Ok(())
+}
+
+#[instrument(skip_all)]
+async fn client(
+    args: &'static Args,
+    timeline: TenantTimelineId,
+    start_work_barrier: Arc<Barrier>,
+    mut work: tokio::sync::mpsc::Receiver<(RelTagBlockNo, Lsn)>,
+    all_work_done_barrier: Arc<Barrier>,
+    live_stats: Arc<LiveStats>,
+) {
+    start_work_barrier.wait().await;
+
+    let client = pageserver_client::page_service::Client::new(args.page_service_connstring.clone())
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    let mut client = client
+        .pagestream(timeline.tenant_id, timeline.timeline_id)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+    while let Some((key, lsn)) = work.recv().await {
+        let start = Instant::now();
+        client
+            .getpage(key, lsn)
+            .await
+            .with_context(|| format!("getpage for {timeline}"))
+            .unwrap();
+        let elapsed = start.elapsed();
+        live_stats.inc();
+        STATS.with(|stats| {
+            stats.borrow().lock().unwrap().observe(elapsed).unwrap();
+        });
+    }
+
+    all_work_done_barrier.wait().await;
+}
diff --git a/pageserver/pagebench/src/cmd/trigger_initial_size_calculation.rs b/pageserver/pagebench/src/cmd/trigger_initial_size_calculation.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d46ae94e8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pageserver/pagebench/src/cmd/trigger_initial_size_calculation.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use humantime::Duration;
+use tokio::task::JoinSet;
+use utils::id::TenantTimelineId;
+
+#[derive(clap::Parser)]
+pub(crate) struct Args {
+    #[clap(long, default_value = "http://localhost:9898")]
+    mgmt_api_endpoint: String,
+    #[clap(long, default_value = "localhost:64000")]
+    page_service_host_port: String,
+    #[clap(long)]
+    pageserver_jwt: Option<String>,
+    #[clap(
+        long,
+        help = "if specified, poll mgmt api to check whether init logical size calculation has completed"
+    )]
+    poll_for_completion: Option<Duration>,
+    #[clap(long)]
+    limit_to_first_n_targets: Option<usize>,
+    targets: Option<Vec<TenantTimelineId>>,
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn main(args: Args) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let rt = tokio::runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread()
+        .enable_all()
+        .build()
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let main_task = rt.spawn(main_impl(args));
+    rt.block_on(main_task).unwrap()
+}
+
+async fn main_impl(args: Args) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let args: &'static Args = Box::leak(Box::new(args));
+
+    let mgmt_api_client = Arc::new(pageserver_client::mgmt_api::Client::new(
+        args.mgmt_api_endpoint.clone(),
+        args.pageserver_jwt.as_deref(),
+    ));
+
+    // discover targets
+    let timelines: Vec<TenantTimelineId> = crate::util::cli::targets::discover(
+        &mgmt_api_client,
+        crate::util::cli::targets::Spec {
+            limit_to_first_n_targets: args.limit_to_first_n_targets,
+            targets: args.targets.clone(),
+        },
+    )
+    .await?;
+
+    // kick it off
+
+    let mut js = JoinSet::new();
+    for tl in timelines {
+        let mgmt_api_client = Arc::clone(&mgmt_api_client);
+        js.spawn(async move {
+            // TODO: API to explicitly trigger initial logical size computation.
+            // Should probably also avoid making it a side effect of timeline details to trigger initial logical size calculation.
+            // => https://github.com/neondatabase/neon/issues/6168
+            let info = mgmt_api_client
+                .timeline_info(tl.tenant_id, tl.timeline_id)
+                .await
+                .unwrap();
+
+            if let Some(period) = args.poll_for_completion {
+                let mut ticker = tokio::time::interval(period.into());
+                ticker.set_missed_tick_behavior(tokio::time::MissedTickBehavior::Delay);
+                let mut info = info;
+                while !info.current_logical_size_is_accurate {
+                    ticker.tick().await;
+                    info = mgmt_api_client
+                        .timeline_info(tl.tenant_id, tl.timeline_id)
+                        .await
+                        .unwrap();
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    }
+    while let Some(res) = js.join_next().await {
+        let _: () = res.unwrap();
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/pageserver/pagebench/src/main.rs b/pageserver/pagebench/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e0120c9212
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pageserver/pagebench/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+use clap::Parser;
+use utils::logging;
+
+/// Re-usable pieces of code that aren't CLI-specific.
+mod util {
+    pub(crate) mod connstring;
+    pub(crate) mod request_stats;
+    #[macro_use]
+    pub(crate) mod tokio_thread_local_stats;
+    /// Re-usable pieces of CLI-specific code.
+    pub(crate) mod cli {
+        pub(crate) mod targets;
+    }
+}
+
+/// The pagebench CLI sub-commands, dispatched in [`main`] below.
+mod cmd {
+    pub(super) mod basebackup;
+    pub(super) mod getpage_latest_lsn;
+    pub(super) mod trigger_initial_size_calculation;
+}
+
+/// Component-level performance test for pageserver.
+#[derive(clap::Parser)]
+enum Args {
+    Basebackup(cmd::basebackup::Args),
+    GetPageLatestLsn(cmd::getpage_latest_lsn::Args),
+    TriggerInitialSizeCalculation(cmd::trigger_initial_size_calculation::Args),
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    logging::init(
+        logging::LogFormat::Plain,
+        logging::TracingErrorLayerEnablement::Disabled,
+        logging::Output::Stderr,
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+
+    let args = Args::parse();
+    match args {
+        Args::Basebackup(args) => cmd::basebackup::main(args),
+        Args::GetPageLatestLsn(args) => cmd::getpage_latest_lsn::main(args),
+        Args::TriggerInitialSizeCalculation(args) => {
+            cmd::trigger_initial_size_calculation::main(args)
+        }
+    }
+    .unwrap()
+}
diff --git a/pageserver/pagebench/src/util/cli/targets.rs b/pageserver/pagebench/src/util/cli/targets.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..848eae27cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pageserver/pagebench/src/util/cli/targets.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use pageserver_client::mgmt_api;
+use tracing::info;
+use utils::id::TenantTimelineId;
+
+pub(crate) struct Spec {
+    pub(crate) limit_to_first_n_targets: Option<usize>,
+    pub(crate) targets: Option<Vec<TenantTimelineId>>,
+}
+
+pub(crate) async fn discover(
+    api_client: &Arc<mgmt_api::Client>,
+    spec: Spec,
+) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<TenantTimelineId>> {
+    let mut timelines = if let Some(targets) = spec.targets {
+        targets
+    } else {
+        mgmt_api::util::get_pageserver_tenant_timelines_unsharded(api_client).await?
+    };
+
+    if let Some(limit) = spec.limit_to_first_n_targets {
+        timelines.sort(); // for determinism
+        timelines.truncate(limit);
+        if timelines.len() < limit {
+            anyhow::bail!("pageserver has less than limit_to_first_n_targets={limit} tenants");
+        }
+    }
+
+    info!("timelines:\n{:?}", timelines);
+    info!("number of timelines:\n{:?}", timelines.len());
+
+    Ok(timelines)
+}
diff --git a/pageserver/pagebench/src/util/connstring.rs b/pageserver/pagebench/src/util/connstring.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..07a0ff042d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pageserver/pagebench/src/util/connstring.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+pub(crate) fn connstring(host_port: &str, jwt: Option<&str>) -> String {
+    let colon_and_jwt = if let Some(jwt) = jwt {
+        format!(":{jwt}") // TODO: urlescape
+    } else {
+        String::new()
+    };
+    format!("postgres://postgres{colon_and_jwt}@{host_port}")
+}
diff --git a/pageserver/pagebench/src/util/request_stats.rs b/pageserver/pagebench/src/util/request_stats.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5ecf1cbf24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pageserver/pagebench/src/util/request_stats.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use anyhow::Context;
+
+pub(crate) struct Stats {
+    latency_histo: hdrhistogram::Histogram<u64>,
+}
+
+impl Stats {
+    pub(crate) fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            // Initialize with fixed bounds so that we panic at runtime instead of resizing the histogram,
+            // which would skew the benchmark results.
+            latency_histo: hdrhistogram::Histogram::new_with_bounds(1, 1_000_000_000, 3).unwrap(),
+        }
+    }
+    pub(crate) fn observe(&mut self, latency: Duration) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        let micros: u64 = latency
+            .as_micros()
+            .try_into()
+            .context("latency greater than u64")?;
+        self.latency_histo
+            .record(micros)
+            .context("add to histogram")?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+    pub(crate) fn output(&self) -> Output {
+        let latency_percentiles = std::array::from_fn(|idx| {
+            let micros = self
+                .latency_histo
+                .value_at_percentile(LATENCY_PERCENTILES[idx]);
+            Duration::from_micros(micros)
+        });
+        Output {
+            request_count: self.latency_histo.len(),
+            latency_mean: Duration::from_micros(self.latency_histo.mean() as u64),
+            latency_percentiles: LatencyPercentiles {
+                latency_percentiles,
+            },
+        }
+    }
+    pub(crate) fn add(&mut self, other: &Self) {
+        let Self {
+            ref mut latency_histo,
+        } = self;
+        latency_histo.add(&other.latency_histo).unwrap();
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for Stats {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self::new()
+    }
+}
+
+const LATENCY_PERCENTILES: [f64; 4] = [95.0, 99.00, 99.90, 99.99];
+
+struct LatencyPercentiles {
+    latency_percentiles: [Duration; 4],
+}
+
+impl serde::Serialize for LatencyPercentiles {
+    fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+    where
+        S: serde::Serializer,
+    {
+        use serde::ser::SerializeMap;
+        let mut ser = serializer.serialize_map(Some(LATENCY_PERCENTILES.len()))?;
+        for p in LATENCY_PERCENTILES {
+            ser.serialize_entry(
+                &format!("p{p}"),
+                &format!(
+                    "{}",
+                    &humantime::format_duration(self.latency_percentiles[0])
+                ),
+            )?;
+        }
+        ser.end()
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(serde::Serialize)]
+pub(crate) struct Output {
+    request_count: u64,
+    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
+    latency_mean: Duration,
+    latency_percentiles: LatencyPercentiles,
+}
diff --git a/pageserver/pagebench/src/util/tokio_thread_local_stats.rs b/pageserver/pagebench/src/util/tokio_thread_local_stats.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..82526213b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pageserver/pagebench/src/util/tokio_thread_local_stats.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+pub(crate) type ThreadLocalStats<T> = Arc<Mutex<T>>;
+pub(crate) type AllThreadLocalStats<T> = Arc<Mutex<Vec<ThreadLocalStats<T>>>>;
+
+macro_rules! declare {
+    ($THREAD_LOCAL_NAME:ident: $T:ty) => {
+        thread_local! {
+            pub static $THREAD_LOCAL_NAME: std::cell::RefCell<crate::util::tokio_thread_local_stats::ThreadLocalStats<$T>> = std::cell::RefCell::new(
+                std::sync::Arc::new(std::sync::Mutex::new(Default::default()))
+            );
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+
+pub(crate) use declare;
+
+macro_rules! main {
+    ($THREAD_LOCAL_NAME:ident, $main_impl:expr) => {{
+        let main_impl = $main_impl;
+        let all = Arc::new(Mutex::new(Vec::new()));
+
+        let rt = tokio::runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread()
+            .on_thread_start({
+                let all = Arc::clone(&all);
+                move || {
+                    // pre-initialize the thread local stats by accessesing them
+                    // (some stats like requests_stats::Stats are quite costly to initialize,
+                    //  we don't want to pay that cost during the measurement period)
+                    $THREAD_LOCAL_NAME.with(|stats| {
+                        let stats: Arc<_> = Arc::clone(&*stats.borrow());
+                        all.lock().unwrap().push(stats);
+                    });
+                }
+            })
+            .enable_all()
+            .build()
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let main_task = rt.spawn(main_impl(all));
+        rt.block_on(main_task).unwrap()
+    }};
+}
+
+pub(crate) use main;
diff --git a/pageserver/src/pgdatadir_mapping.rs b/pageserver/src/pgdatadir_mapping.rs
index b81037ae47..e9884a15f5 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/pgdatadir_mapping.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/pgdatadir_mapping.rs
@@ -1776,6 +1776,7 @@ pub fn is_inherited_key(key: Key) -> bool {
     key != AUX_FILES_KEY
 }
 
+/// Guaranteed to return `Ok()` if [[is_rel_block_key]] returns `true` for `key`.
 pub fn key_to_rel_block(key: Key) -> anyhow::Result<(RelTag, BlockNumber)> {
     Ok(match key.field1 {
         0x00 => (
@@ -1790,7 +1791,6 @@ pub fn key_to_rel_block(key: Key) -> anyhow::Result<(RelTag, BlockNumber)> {
         _ => anyhow::bail!("unexpected value kind 0x{:02x}", key.field1),
     })
 }
-
 pub fn is_rel_fsm_block_key(key: Key) -> bool {
     key.field1 == 0x00 && key.field4 != 0 && key.field5 == FSM_FORKNUM && key.field6 != 0xffffffff
 }