diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/response_bench_test.go b/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/response_bench_test.go
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index 00000000000..e5ffd1ae57f
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+++ b/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/response_bench_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+package elasticsearch
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+// To avoid compiler optimizations eliminating the function under test
+// we are storing the result to a package level variable
+var Result queryDataTestResult
+
+func BenchmarkSimpleMetricResponse(b *testing.B) {
+	queriesBytes := getQueriesBytesFromTestsDataFile("metric_simple")
+	responseBytes := getResponseBytesFromTestsDataFile("metric_simple")
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		result, err := queryDataTest(queriesBytes, responseBytes)
+		require.NoError(b, err)
+		Result = result
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkComplexMetricResponse(b *testing.B) {
+	queriesBytes := getQueriesBytesFromTestsDataFile("metric_complex")
+	responseBytes := getResponseBytesFromTestsDataFile("metric_complex")
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		result, err := queryDataTest(queriesBytes, responseBytes)
+		require.NoError(b, err)
+		Result = result
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkMultiMetricResponse(b *testing.B) {
+	queriesBytes := getQueriesBytesFromTestsDataFile("metric_multi")
+	responseBytes := getResponseBytesFromTestsDataFile("metric_multi")
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		result, err := queryDataTest(queriesBytes, responseBytes)
+		require.NoError(b, err)
+		Result = result
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkRawDataResponse(b *testing.B) {
+	queriesBytes := getQueriesBytesFromTestsDataFile("raw_data")
+	responseBytes := getResponseBytesFromTestsDataFile("raw_data")
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		result, err := queryDataTest(queriesBytes, responseBytes)
+		require.NoError(b, err)
+		Result = result
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkRawDocumentResponse(b *testing.B) {
+	queriesBytes := getQueriesBytesFromTestsDataFile("raw_document")
+	responseBytes := getResponseBytesFromTestsDataFile("raw_document")
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		result, err := queryDataTest(queriesBytes, responseBytes)
+		require.NoError(b, err)
+		Result = result
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkLogsResponse(b *testing.B) {
+	queriesBytes := getQueriesBytesFromTestsDataFile("logs")
+	responseBytes := getResponseBytesFromTestsDataFile("logs")
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		result, err := queryDataTest(queriesBytes, responseBytes)
+		require.NoError(b, err)
+		Result = result
+	}
+}
+
+func getQueriesBytesFromTestsDataFile(fileName string) []byte {
+	queriesName := filepath.Join("testdata_response", fileName+".queries.json")
+	queriesBytes, _ := os.ReadFile(filepath.Clean(queriesName))
+	return queriesBytes
+}
+
+func getResponseBytesFromTestsDataFile(fileName string) []byte {
+	responseName := filepath.Join("testdata_response", fileName+".response.json")
+	responseBytes, _ := os.ReadFile(filepath.Clean(responseName))
+	return responseBytes
+}