diff --git a/.github/workflows/bench.yml b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f862b17042
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+name: Tests
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    name: Run tests
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest-16-cores
+    services:
+      postgres:
+        image: postgres:12.1-alpine
+        ports:
+          - 5432:5432
+        # needed because the postgres container does not provide a healthcheck
+        options: --health-cmd pg_isready --health-interval 10s --health-timeout 5s --health-retries 5
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Setup
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup
+
+      - name: Build
+        uses: ./.github/actions/build
+
+      - name: Install end-to-end testing dependencies
+        working-directory: ./e2e
+        run: pnpm install
+
+      - name: Generate test data
+        working-directory: ./e2e
+        run: pnpm run generate-test-data-records
+
+      - name: Run benchmarks
+        run: pnpm run bench
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 35fca5ce0a..d61aae167f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -46,10 +46,3 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Outdated files, run `sort-package-json` and commit them
         uses: ./.github/actions/require-empty-diff
-
-      - name: Generate test data
-        working-directory: ./e2e
-        run: pnpm run generate-test-data-records
-
-      - name: Run benchmarks
-        run: pnpm run bench