diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml
index e2f15d96db..a0701bdbcf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 name: Benchmarking
 
 on:
-  # uncomment to run on push for debugging your PR
-  # push:
-  #   branches: [ your branch ]
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - bayandin/pg16-bench
   schedule:
     # * is a special character in YAML so you have to quote this string
     #          ┌───────────── minute (0 - 59)
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ jobs:
       TEST_PG_BENCH_DURATIONS_MATRIX: "300"
       TEST_PG_BENCH_SCALES_MATRIX: "10,100"
       POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR: /tmp/neon/pg_install
-      DEFAULT_PG_VERSION: 14
+      DEFAULT_PG_VERSION: 16
       TEST_OUTPUT: /tmp/test_output
       BUILD_TYPE: remote
-      SAVE_PERF_REPORT: ${{ github.event.inputs.save_perf_report || ( github.ref_name == 'main' ) }}
+      SAVE_PERF_REPORT: ${{ github.event.inputs.save_perf_report || ( github.ref_name == 'bayandin/pg16-bench' ) }}
       PLATFORM: "neon-staging"
 
     runs-on: [ self-hosted, us-east-2, x64 ]
@@ -116,8 +116,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       pgbench-compare-matrix: ${{ steps.pgbench-compare-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
-      olap-compare-matrix: ${{ steps.olap-compare-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
-      tpch-compare-matrix: ${{ steps.tpch-compare-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
 
     steps:
     - name: Generate matrix for pgbench benchmark
@@ -143,41 +141,6 @@ jobs:
 
         echo "matrix=$(echo "$matrix" | jq --compact-output '.')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-    - name: Generate matrix for OLAP benchmarks
-      id: olap-compare-matrix
-      run: |
-        matrix='{
-          "platform": [
-            "neon-captest-reuse"
-          ]
-        }'
-
-        if [ "$(date +%A)" = "Saturday" ]; then
-          matrix=$(echo "$matrix" | jq '.include += [{ "platform": "rds-postgres" },
-                                                   { "platform": "rds-aurora"   }]')
-        fi
-
-        echo "matrix=$(echo "$matrix" | jq --compact-output '.')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-    - name: Generate matrix for TPC-H benchmarks
-      id: tpch-compare-matrix
-      run: |
-        matrix='{
-          "platform": [
-            "neon-captest-reuse"
-          ],
-          "scale": [
-            "10"
-          ]
-        }'
-
-        if [ "$(date +%A)" = "Saturday" ]; then
-          matrix=$(echo "$matrix" | jq '.include += [{ "platform": "rds-postgres", "scale": "10" },
-                                                   { "platform": "rds-aurora",   "scale": "10" }]')
-        fi
-
-        echo "matrix=$(echo "$matrix" | jq --compact-output '.')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
   pgbench-compare:
     needs: [ generate-matrices ]
 
@@ -189,10 +152,10 @@ jobs:
       TEST_PG_BENCH_DURATIONS_MATRIX: "60m"
       TEST_PG_BENCH_SCALES_MATRIX: ${{ matrix.db_size }}
       POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR: /tmp/neon/pg_install
-      DEFAULT_PG_VERSION: 14
+      DEFAULT_PG_VERSION: 16
       TEST_OUTPUT: /tmp/test_output
       BUILD_TYPE: remote
-      SAVE_PERF_REPORT: ${{ github.event.inputs.save_perf_report || ( github.ref_name == 'main' ) }}
+      SAVE_PERF_REPORT: ${{ github.event.inputs.save_perf_report || ( github.ref_name == 'bayandin/pg16-bench' ) }}
       PLATFORM: ${{ matrix.platform }}
 
     runs-on: [ self-hosted, us-east-2, x64 ]
@@ -215,8 +178,11 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Add Postgres binaries to PATH
       run: |
-        ${POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR}/v${DEFAULT_PG_VERSION}/bin/pgbench --version
-        echo "${POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR}/v${DEFAULT_PG_VERSION}/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+        # We don't have Postgres 16 binaries in the Neon artifact yet, so use pgbench from v15
+        # (the binaries will be uploaded after the release)
+
+        ${POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR}/v15/bin/pgbench --version
+        echo "${POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR}/v15/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
 
     - name: Create Neon Project
       if: contains(fromJson('["neon-captest-new", "neon-captest-freetier", "neonvm-captest-new", "neonvm-captest-freetier"]'), matrix.platform)
@@ -317,293 +283,3 @@ jobs:
         slack-message: "Periodic perf testing ${{ matrix.platform }}: ${{ job.status }}\n${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}"
       env:
         SLACK_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN }}
-
-  clickbench-compare:
-    # ClichBench DB for rds-aurora and rds-Postgres deployed to the same clusters
-    # we use for performance testing in pgbench-compare.
-    # Run this job only when pgbench-compare is finished to avoid the intersection.
-    # We might change it after https://github.com/neondatabase/neon/issues/2900.
-    #
-    # *_CLICKBENCH_CONNSTR: Genuine ClickBench DB with ~100M rows
-    # *_CLICKBENCH_10M_CONNSTR: DB with the first 10M rows of ClickBench DB
-    if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
-    needs: [ generate-matrices, pgbench-compare ]
-
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix: ${{ fromJson(needs.generate-matrices.outputs.olap-compare-matrix) }}
-
-    env:
-      POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR: /tmp/neon/pg_install
-      DEFAULT_PG_VERSION: 14
-      TEST_OUTPUT: /tmp/test_output
-      BUILD_TYPE: remote
-      SAVE_PERF_REPORT: ${{ github.event.inputs.save_perf_report || ( github.ref_name == 'main' ) }}
-      PLATFORM: ${{ matrix.platform }}
-
-    runs-on: [ self-hosted, us-east-2, x64 ]
-    container:
-      image: 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/rust:pinned
-      options: --init
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-    - name: Download Neon artifact
-      uses: ./.github/actions/download
-      with:
-        name: neon-${{ runner.os }}-release-artifact
-        path: /tmp/neon/
-        prefix: latest
-
-    - name: Add Postgres binaries to PATH
-      run: |
-        ${POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR}/v${DEFAULT_PG_VERSION}/bin/pgbench --version
-        echo "${POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR}/v${DEFAULT_PG_VERSION}/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
-
-    - name: Set up Connection String
-      id: set-up-connstr
-      run: |
-        case "${PLATFORM}" in
-          neon-captest-reuse)
-            CONNSTR=${{ secrets.BENCHMARK_CAPTEST_CLICKBENCH_10M_CONNSTR }}
-            ;;
-          rds-aurora)
-            CONNSTR=${{ secrets.BENCHMARK_RDS_AURORA_CLICKBENCH_10M_CONNSTR }}
-            ;;
-          rds-postgres)
-            CONNSTR=${{ secrets.BENCHMARK_RDS_POSTGRES_CLICKBENCH_10M_CONNSTR }}
-            ;;
-          *)
-            echo >&2 "Unknown PLATFORM=${PLATFORM}. Allowed only 'neon-captest-reuse', 'rds-aurora', or 'rds-postgres'"
-            exit 1
-            ;;
-        esac
-
-        echo "connstr=${CONNSTR}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-        QUERY="SELECT version();"
-        if [[ "${PLATFORM}" = "neon"* ]]; then
-          QUERY="${QUERY} SHOW neon.tenant_id; SHOW neon.timeline_id;"
-        fi
-        psql ${CONNSTR} -c "${QUERY}"
-
-    - name: ClickBench benchmark
-      uses: ./.github/actions/run-python-test-set
-      with:
-        build_type: ${{ env.BUILD_TYPE }}
-        test_selection: performance/test_perf_olap.py
-        run_in_parallel: false
-        save_perf_report: ${{ env.SAVE_PERF_REPORT }}
-        extra_params: -m remote_cluster --timeout 21600 -k test_clickbench
-      env:
-        VIP_VAP_ACCESS_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.VIP_VAP_ACCESS_TOKEN }}"
-        PERF_TEST_RESULT_CONNSTR: "${{ secrets.PERF_TEST_RESULT_CONNSTR }}"
-        BENCHMARK_CONNSTR: ${{ steps.set-up-connstr.outputs.connstr }}
-        TEST_OLAP_SCALE: 10
-
-    - name: Create Allure report
-      if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
-      uses: ./.github/actions/allure-report-generate
-
-    - name: Post to a Slack channel
-      if: ${{ github.event.schedule && failure() }}
-      uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@v1
-      with:
-        channel-id: "C033QLM5P7D" # dev-staging-stream
-        slack-message: "Periodic OLAP perf testing ${{ matrix.platform }}: ${{ job.status }}\n${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}"
-      env:
-        SLACK_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN }}
-
-  tpch-compare:
-    # TCP-H DB for rds-aurora and rds-Postgres deployed to the same clusters
-    # we use for performance testing in pgbench-compare & clickbench-compare.
-    # Run this job only when clickbench-compare is finished to avoid the intersection.
-    # We might change it after https://github.com/neondatabase/neon/issues/2900.
-    #
-    # *_TPCH_S10_CONNSTR: DB generated with scale factor 10 (~10 GB)
-    if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
-    needs: [ generate-matrices, clickbench-compare ]
-
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix: ${{ fromJson(needs.generate-matrices.outputs.tpch-compare-matrix) }}
-
-    env:
-      POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR: /tmp/neon/pg_install
-      DEFAULT_PG_VERSION: 14
-      TEST_OUTPUT: /tmp/test_output
-      BUILD_TYPE: remote
-      SAVE_PERF_REPORT: ${{ github.event.inputs.save_perf_report || ( github.ref_name == 'main' ) }}
-      PLATFORM: ${{ matrix.platform }}
-      TEST_OLAP_SCALE: ${{ matrix.scale }}
-
-    runs-on: [ self-hosted, us-east-2, x64 ]
-    container:
-      image: 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/rust:pinned
-      options: --init
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-    - name: Download Neon artifact
-      uses: ./.github/actions/download
-      with:
-        name: neon-${{ runner.os }}-release-artifact
-        path: /tmp/neon/
-        prefix: latest
-
-    - name: Add Postgres binaries to PATH
-      run: |
-        ${POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR}/v${DEFAULT_PG_VERSION}/bin/pgbench --version
-        echo "${POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR}/v${DEFAULT_PG_VERSION}/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
-
-    - name: Get Connstring Secret Name
-      run: |
-        case "${PLATFORM}" in
-          neon-captest-reuse)
-            ENV_PLATFORM=CAPTEST_TPCH
-            ;;
-          rds-aurora)
-            ENV_PLATFORM=RDS_AURORA_TPCH
-            ;;
-          rds-postgres)
-            ENV_PLATFORM=RDS_AURORA_TPCH
-            ;;
-          *)
-            echo >&2 "Unknown PLATFORM=${PLATFORM}. Allowed only 'neon-captest-reuse', 'rds-aurora', or 'rds-postgres'"
-            exit 1
-            ;;
-        esac
-
-        CONNSTR_SECRET_NAME="BENCHMARK_${ENV_PLATFORM}_S${TEST_OLAP_SCALE}_CONNSTR"
-        echo "CONNSTR_SECRET_NAME=${CONNSTR_SECRET_NAME}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-    - name: Set up Connection String
-      id: set-up-connstr
-      run: |
-        CONNSTR=${{ secrets[env.CONNSTR_SECRET_NAME] }}
-
-        echo "connstr=${CONNSTR}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-        QUERY="SELECT version();"
-        if [[ "${PLATFORM}" = "neon"* ]]; then
-          QUERY="${QUERY} SHOW neon.tenant_id; SHOW neon.timeline_id;"
-        fi
-        psql ${CONNSTR} -c "${QUERY}"
-
-    - name: Run TPC-H benchmark
-      uses: ./.github/actions/run-python-test-set
-      with:
-        build_type: ${{ env.BUILD_TYPE }}
-        test_selection: performance/test_perf_olap.py
-        run_in_parallel: false
-        save_perf_report: ${{ env.SAVE_PERF_REPORT }}
-        extra_params: -m remote_cluster --timeout 21600 -k test_tpch
-      env:
-        VIP_VAP_ACCESS_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.VIP_VAP_ACCESS_TOKEN }}"
-        PERF_TEST_RESULT_CONNSTR: "${{ secrets.PERF_TEST_RESULT_CONNSTR }}"
-        BENCHMARK_CONNSTR: ${{ steps.set-up-connstr.outputs.connstr }}
-        TEST_OLAP_SCALE: ${{ matrix.scale }}
-
-    - name: Create Allure report
-      if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
-      uses: ./.github/actions/allure-report-generate
-
-    - name: Post to a Slack channel
-      if: ${{ github.event.schedule && failure() }}
-      uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@v1
-      with:
-        channel-id: "C033QLM5P7D" # dev-staging-stream
-        slack-message: "Periodic TPC-H perf testing ${{ matrix.platform }}: ${{ job.status }}\n${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}"
-      env:
-        SLACK_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN }}
-
-  user-examples-compare:
-    if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
-    needs: [ generate-matrices, tpch-compare ]
-
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix: ${{ fromJson(needs.generate-matrices.outputs.olap-compare-matrix) }}
-
-    env:
-      POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR: /tmp/neon/pg_install
-      DEFAULT_PG_VERSION: 14
-      TEST_OUTPUT: /tmp/test_output
-      BUILD_TYPE: remote
-      SAVE_PERF_REPORT: ${{ github.event.inputs.save_perf_report || ( github.ref_name == 'main' ) }}
-      PLATFORM: ${{ matrix.platform }}
-
-    runs-on: [ self-hosted, us-east-2, x64 ]
-    container:
-      image: 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/rust:pinned
-      options: --init
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-    - name: Download Neon artifact
-      uses: ./.github/actions/download
-      with:
-        name: neon-${{ runner.os }}-release-artifact
-        path: /tmp/neon/
-        prefix: latest
-
-    - name: Add Postgres binaries to PATH
-      run: |
-        ${POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR}/v${DEFAULT_PG_VERSION}/bin/pgbench --version
-        echo "${POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR}/v${DEFAULT_PG_VERSION}/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
-
-    - name: Set up Connection String
-      id: set-up-connstr
-      run: |
-        case "${PLATFORM}" in
-          neon-captest-reuse)
-            CONNSTR=${{ secrets.BENCHMARK_USER_EXAMPLE_CAPTEST_CONNSTR }}
-            ;;
-          rds-aurora)
-            CONNSTR=${{ secrets.BENCHMARK_USER_EXAMPLE_RDS_AURORA_CONNSTR }}
-            ;;
-          rds-postgres)
-            CONNSTR=${{ secrets.BENCHMARK_USER_EXAMPLE_RDS_POSTGRES_CONNSTR }}
-            ;;
-          *)
-            echo >&2 "Unknown PLATFORM=${PLATFORM}. Allowed only 'neon-captest-reuse', 'rds-aurora', or 'rds-postgres'"
-            exit 1
-            ;;
-        esac
-
-        echo "connstr=${CONNSTR}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-        QUERY="SELECT version();"
-        if [[ "${PLATFORM}" = "neon"* ]]; then
-          QUERY="${QUERY} SHOW neon.tenant_id; SHOW neon.timeline_id;"
-        fi
-        psql ${CONNSTR} -c "${QUERY}"
-
-    - name: Run user examples
-      uses: ./.github/actions/run-python-test-set
-      with:
-        build_type: ${{ env.BUILD_TYPE }}
-        test_selection: performance/test_perf_olap.py
-        run_in_parallel: false
-        save_perf_report: ${{ env.SAVE_PERF_REPORT }}
-        extra_params: -m remote_cluster --timeout 21600 -k test_user_examples
-      env:
-        VIP_VAP_ACCESS_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.VIP_VAP_ACCESS_TOKEN }}"
-        PERF_TEST_RESULT_CONNSTR: "${{ secrets.PERF_TEST_RESULT_CONNSTR }}"
-        BENCHMARK_CONNSTR: ${{ steps.set-up-connstr.outputs.connstr }}
-
-    - name: Create Allure report
-      if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
-      uses: ./.github/actions/allure-report-generate
-
-    - name: Post to a Slack channel
-      if: ${{ github.event.schedule && failure() }}
-      uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@v1
-      with:
-        channel-id: "C033QLM5P7D" # dev-staging-stream
-        slack-message: "Periodic User example perf testing ${{ matrix.platform }}: ${{ job.status }}\n${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}"
-      env:
-        SLACK_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN }}