diff --git a/central/alert/datastore/internal/store/postgres/bench_test.go b/central/alert/datastore/internal/store/postgres/bench_test.go
index 4c03c562679ce..3a654cb7f925f 100644
--- a/central/alert/datastore/internal/store/postgres/bench_test.go
+++ b/central/alert/datastore/internal/store/postgres/bench_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ package postgres
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"runtime"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/stackrox/rox/generated/storage"
 	"github.com/stackrox/rox/pkg/postgres/pgtest"
@@ -39,12 +41,27 @@ func BenchmarkMany(b *testing.B) {
 
 	for n := 1; n < alertsNum; n = n * 2 {
 		b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("upsert %d alerts", n), func(b *testing.B) {
+			startHeap, startHeapObj := getHeapAllocAndObjects(0, 0)
+			var maxHeap uint64
+			var maxHeapObj uint64
+			ticker := time.NewTicker(10 * time.Millisecond)
+			go func() {
+				for range ticker.C {
+					maxHeap, maxHeapObj = getHeapAllocAndObjects(maxHeap, maxHeapObj)
+				}
+			}()
+
 			for b.Loop() {
 				err := store.UpsertMany(ctx, alerts[:n])
 				if err != nil {
 					b.Fatal(err)
 				}
 			}
+			ticker.Stop()
+			b.ReportMetric(float64(maxHeap-startHeap), "max_heap_bytes")
+			b.ReportMetric(float64(maxHeapObj-startHeapObj), "max_heap_objects")
+			b.ReportMetric(float64(startHeap), "start_heap_bytes")
+			b.ReportMetric(float64(startHeapObj), "start_heap_objects")
 		})
 		b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("get %d alerts", n), func(b *testing.B) {
 			for b.Loop() {
@@ -71,3 +88,12 @@ func BenchmarkMany(b *testing.B) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func getHeapAllocAndObjects(maxHeap uint64, maxHeapObj uint64) (uint64, uint64) {
+	runtime.GC()
+	var m runtime.MemStats
+	runtime.ReadMemStats(&m)
+	maxHeap = max(maxHeap, m.HeapAlloc)
+	maxHeapObj = max(maxHeapObj, m.HeapObjects)
+	return maxHeap, maxHeapObj
+}