diff --git a/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-clh-kata-metric8.toml b/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-clh-kata-metric8.toml
index a7217274bf..c852b6ec37 100644
--- a/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-clh-kata-metric8.toml
+++ b/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-clh-kata-metric8.toml
@@ -111,14 +111,15 @@ midval = 38656.0
 minpercent = 20.0
 maxpercent = 20.0
 
-name = "iperf"
+[[metric]]
+name = "network-iperf3"
 type = "json"
 description = "iperf"
 # Min and Max values to set a 'range' that
 # the median of the CSV Results data must fall
 # within (inclusive)
-checkvar = ".\"iperf\".Results | .[] | .jitter.Result"
+checkvar = ".\"network-iperf3\".Results | .[] | .jitter.Result"
 checktype = "mean"
-midval = 0.039
-minpercent = 20.0
-maxpercent = 20.0
+midval = 0.044
+minpercent = 30.0
+maxpercent = 30.0
diff --git a/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-qemu-kata-metric8.toml b/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-qemu-kata-metric8.toml
index f3a1bf52ee..66e8f0e22d 100644
--- a/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-qemu-kata-metric8.toml
+++ b/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-qemu-kata-metric8.toml
@@ -108,15 +108,18 @@ description = "measure write 90 percentile using fio"
 checkvar = ".\"fio\".Results | .[] | .write90percentile.Result"
 checktype = "mean"
 midval = 37120.0
+minpercent = 20.0
+maxpercent = 20.0
 
-name = "iperf"
+[[metric]]
+name = "network-iperf3"
 type = "json"
 description = "iperf"
 # Min and Max values to set a 'range' that
 # the median of the CSV Results data must fall
 # within (inclusive)
-checkvar = ".\"iperf\".Results | .[] | .jitter.Result"
+checkvar = ".\"network-iperf3\".Results | .[] | .jitter.Result"
 checktype = "mean"
-midval = 0.50
-minpercent = 20.0
-maxpercent = 20.0
+midval = 0.041
+minpercent = 30.0
+maxpercent = 30.0
diff --git a/tests/metrics/gha-run.sh b/tests/metrics/gha-run.sh
index e17736266c..77ef0fc256 100755
--- a/tests/metrics/gha-run.sh
+++ b/tests/metrics/gha-run.sh
@@ -87,14 +87,14 @@ function run_test_fio() {
 	info "Running FIO test using ${KATA_HYPERVISOR} hypervisor"
 
 	bash tests/metrics/storage/fio-k8s/fio-test-ci.sh
-
-	check_metrics
 }
 
 function run_test_iperf() {
 	info "Running Iperf test using ${KATA_HYPERVISOR} hypervisor"
 
 	bash tests/metrics/network/iperf3_kubernetes/k8s-network-metrics-iperf3.sh -a
+
+	check_metrics
 }
 
 function main() {
diff --git a/tests/metrics/network/iperf3_kubernetes/k8s-network-metrics-iperf3.sh b/tests/metrics/network/iperf3_kubernetes/k8s-network-metrics-iperf3.sh
index f9d24463b4..9d434e9123 100755
--- a/tests/metrics/network/iperf3_kubernetes/k8s-network-metrics-iperf3.sh
+++ b/tests/metrics/network/iperf3_kubernetes/k8s-network-metrics-iperf3.sh
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 # case 2"
 #  container-server <----> host-client
 
-set -x
-
 set -o pipefail
 
 SCRIPT_PATH=$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")
@@ -179,6 +177,8 @@ function iperf3_start_deployment() {
 	cmds=("bc" "jq")
 	check_cmds "${cmds[@]}"
 
+	init_env
+
 	# Check no processes are left behind
 	check_processes