diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify_runner_perf.yml b/.github/workflows/verify_runner_perf.yml
index e121d10b83..49fe30e6f4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify_runner_perf.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify_runner_perf.yml
@@ -90,8 +90,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/sysbench/src/sysbench" memory \
             --memory-block-size=1M \
-            --memory-total-size=8G \
+            --memory-total-size=0 \
             --threads=8 \
-            --time=60 run
+            --time=60 \
+            --memory-oper=write \
+            run