diff --git a/test_runner/performance/test_pageserver_startup_many_tenants.py b/test_runner/performance/test_pageserver_startup_many_tenants.py
index 03fd5aee75..149af88ffd 100644
--- a/test_runner/performance/test_pageserver_startup_many_tenants.py
+++ b/test_runner/performance/test_pageserver_startup_many_tenants.py
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
-import asyncio
-from pathlib import Path
 import queue
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import threading
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List, Optional
+
 from fixtures.neon_fixtures import (
     NeonEnv,
     NeonEnvBuilder,
     PgBin,
     last_flush_lsn_upload,
 )
-from fixtures.types import TenantId
-from fixtures.remote_storage import LocalFsStorage, RemoteStorageKind
-from fixtures.log_helper import log
 from fixtures.pageserver.utils import wait_until_tenant_active
+from fixtures.remote_storage import LocalFsStorage, RemoteStorageKind
+from fixtures.types import TenantId
 
 
 def duplicate_tenant(
@@ -59,6 +58,24 @@ def test_pageserver_startup_many_tenants(neon_env_builder: NeonEnvBuilder, pg_bi
 
     TEST_OUTPUT=/mnt/many_tenants NEON_BIN=$PWD/target/release DEFAULT_PG_VERSION=15 ./scripts/pytest --preserve-database-files --timeout=0 ./test_runner/performance/test_pageserver_startup_many_tenants.py
 
+    Then
+
+    export NEON_REPO_DIR=/mnt/many_tenants/test_pageserver_startup_many_tenants/repo
+
+    # edit $NEON_REPO_DIR/pageserver_1/pageserver.toml to use metric collection,
+    # with intervals from prod:
+    #
+    # metric_collection_endpoint = "https://127.0.0.1:6666"
+    # metric_collection_interval: 10min
+    # cached_metric_collection_interval: 0s
+
+    # run a fake metric collection endpoint in some other terminal using
+    # python3 -m http.server 6666
+
+    # then start pageserver
+    ./target/release/neon_local start
+
+
 
     """
     neon_env_builder.enable_pageserver_remote_storage(RemoteStorageKind.LOCAL_FS)
@@ -71,7 +88,6 @@ def test_pageserver_startup_many_tenants(neon_env_builder: NeonEnvBuilder, pg_bi
     # cleanup initial tenant
     env.pageserver.tenant_detach(env.initial_tenant)
 
-
     # create our template tenant
     tenant_config_mgmt_api = {
         "gc_period": "0s",
@@ -89,7 +105,7 @@ def test_pageserver_startup_many_tenants(neon_env_builder: NeonEnvBuilder, pg_bi
     template_tenant, template_timeline = env.neon_cli.create_tenant(conf=tenant_config_cli)
     ep = env.endpoints.create_start("main", tenant_id=template_tenant)
     ep.safe_psql("create table foo(b text)")
-    for i in range(0, 8):
+    for _i in range(0, 8):
         ep.safe_psql("insert into foo(b) values ('some text')")
         last_flush_lsn_upload(env, ep, template_tenant, template_timeline)
     ep.stop_and_destroy()
@@ -117,9 +133,20 @@ def test_pageserver_startup_many_tenants(neon_env_builder: NeonEnvBuilder, pg_bi
     for w in workers:
         w.join()
 
+    # for evaluation, use the same background loop periods as in prod
+    benchmark_tenant_config = {k: v for k, v in tenant_config_mgmt_api.items()}
+    del benchmark_tenant_config["compaction_period"]
+    del benchmark_tenant_config["gc_period"]
+    benchmark_tenant_config["eviction_policy"] = {
+        "kind": "LayerAccessThreshold",
+        "period": "10m",
+        # don't do evictions
+        "threshold": "1000d",
+    }
+
     assert ps_http.tenant_list() == []
     for tenant in new_tenants:
-        env.pageserver.tenant_attach(tenant, config=tenant_config_mgmt_api)
+        env.pageserver.tenant_attach(tenant, config=benchmark_tenant_config)
     for tenant in new_tenants:
         wait_until_tenant_active(ps_http, tenant)