diff --git a/benchmarks/bench.sh b/benchmarks/bench.sh
index ca58e49f6043..f50640f6fcc2 100755
--- a/benchmarks/bench.sh
+++ b/benchmarks/bench.sh
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ run_tpch() {
     RESULTS_FILE="${RESULTS_DIR}/tpch.json"
     echo "RESULTS_FILE: ${RESULTS_FILE}"
     echo "Running tpch benchmark..."
-    $CARGO_COMMAND --bin tpch -- benchmark datafusion --iterations 10 --path "${TPCH_DIR}" --format parquet -o ${RESULTS_FILE}
+    $CARGO_COMMAND --bin tpch -- benchmark datafusion --iterations 5 --path "${TPCH_DIR}" --format parquet -o ${RESULTS_FILE}
 }
 
 # Runs the tpch in memory
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ run_tpch_mem() {
     echo "RESULTS_FILE: ${RESULTS_FILE}"
     echo "Running tpch_mem benchmark..."
     # -m means in memory
-    $CARGO_COMMAND --bin tpch -- benchmark datafusion --iterations 10 --path "${TPCH_DIR}" -m --format parquet -o ${RESULTS_FILE}
+    $CARGO_COMMAND --bin tpch -- benchmark datafusion --iterations 5 --path "${TPCH_DIR}" -m --format parquet -o ${RESULTS_FILE}
 }
 
 # Runs the parquet filter benchmark
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ run_parquet() {
     RESULTS_FILE="${RESULTS_DIR}/parquet.json"
     echo "RESULTS_FILE: ${RESULTS_FILE}"
     echo "Running parquet filter benchmark..."
-    $CARGO_COMMAND --bin parquet -- filter --path "${DATA_DIR}" --scale-factor 1.0 --iterations 10 -o ${RESULTS_FILE}
+    $CARGO_COMMAND --bin parquet -- filter --path "${DATA_DIR}" --scale-factor 1.0 --iterations 5 -o ${RESULTS_FILE}
 }
 
 # Runs the sort benchmark
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ run_sort() {
     RESULTS_FILE="${RESULTS_DIR}/sort.json"
     echo "RESULTS_FILE: ${RESULTS_FILE}"
     echo "Running sort benchmark..."
-    $CARGO_COMMAND --bin parquet -- sort --path "${DATA_DIR}" --scale-factor 1.0 --iterations 10 -o ${RESULTS_FILE}
+    $CARGO_COMMAND --bin parquet -- sort --path "${DATA_DIR}" --scale-factor 1.0 --iterations 5 -o ${RESULTS_FILE}
 }
 
 
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ run_clickbench_1() {
     RESULTS_FILE="${RESULTS_DIR}/clickbench_1.json"
     echo "RESULTS_FILE: ${RESULTS_FILE}"
     echo "Running clickbench (1 file) benchmark..."
-    $CARGO_COMMAND --bin dfbench -- clickbench  --iterations 10 --path "${DATA_DIR}/hits.parquet" --queries-path "${SCRIPT_DIR}/queries/clickbench/queries.sql" -o ${RESULTS_FILE}
+    $CARGO_COMMAND --bin dfbench -- clickbench  --iterations 5 --path "${DATA_DIR}/hits.parquet" --queries-path "${SCRIPT_DIR}/queries/clickbench/queries.sql" -o ${RESULTS_FILE}
 }
 
  # Runs the clickbench benchmark with a single large parquet file
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ run_clickbench_partitioned() {
     RESULTS_FILE="${RESULTS_DIR}/clickbench_1.json"
     echo "RESULTS_FILE: ${RESULTS_FILE}"
     echo "Running clickbench (partitioned, 100 files) benchmark..."
-    $CARGO_COMMAND --bin dfbench -- clickbench  --iterations 10 --path "${DATA_DIR}/hits_partitioned" --queries-path "${SCRIPT_DIR}/queries/clickbench/queries.sql" -o ${RESULTS_FILE}
+    $CARGO_COMMAND --bin dfbench -- clickbench  --iterations 5 --path "${DATA_DIR}/hits_partitioned" --queries-path "${SCRIPT_DIR}/queries/clickbench/queries.sql" -o ${RESULTS_FILE}
 }
 
 compare_benchmarks() {