diff --git a/test/perf/passt_tcp b/test/perf/passt_tcp
index bee4f9e..5f0aa3a 100644
--- a/test/perf/passt_tcp
+++ b/test/perf/passt_tcp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ hout	FREQ [ -n "__FREQ_CPUFREQ__" ] && echo __FREQ_CPUFREQ__ || echo __FREQ_PROC
 
 set	THREADS 1
 set	STREAMS 8
-set	TIME 30
+set	TIME 10
 hout	OMIT echo __TIME__ / 6 | bc -l
 set	OPTS -Z -P __STREAMS__ -l 1M -i1 -O__OMIT__ --pacing-timer 1000000
 
diff --git a/test/perf/passt_udp b/test/perf/passt_udp
index 80731d1..6bd86ff 100644
--- a/test/perf/passt_udp
+++ b/test/perf/passt_udp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ hout	FREQ [ -n "__FREQ_CPUFREQ__" ] && echo __FREQ_CPUFREQ__ || echo __FREQ_PROC
 
 set	THREADS 4
 set	STREAMS 1
-set	TIME 30
+set	TIME 10
 set	OPTS -u -i1 -P __STREAMS__ --pacing-timer 1000
 
 info	Throughput in Gbps, latency in µs, __THREADS__ threads at __FREQ__ GHz, one stream each
diff --git a/test/perf/pasta_tcp b/test/perf/pasta_tcp
index cc21075..44c5e54 100644
--- a/test/perf/pasta_tcp
+++ b/test/perf/pasta_tcp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ ns	/sbin/sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_timestamps=0
 
 set	THREADS 2
 set	STREAMS 2
-set	TIME 30
+set	TIME 10
 hout	OMIT echo __TIME__ / 6 | bc -l
 set	OPTS -Z -w 4M -l 1M -P __STREAMS__ -i1 -O__OMIT__ --pacing-timer 10000
 
diff --git a/test/perf/pasta_udp b/test/perf/pasta_udp
index ae898b1..abb88b0 100644
--- a/test/perf/pasta_udp
+++ b/test/perf/pasta_udp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ hout	FREQ [ -n "__FREQ_CPUFREQ__" ] && echo __FREQ_CPUFREQ__ || echo __FREQ_PROC
 
 set	THREADS 1
 set	STREAMS 4
-set	TIME 30
+set	TIME 10
 set	OPTS -u -i1 -P __STREAMS__
 
 info	Throughput in Gbps, latency in µs, one thread at __FREQ__ GHz, __STREAMS__ streams