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 ca1c4355ea..632493344e 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
@@ -45,3 +45,29 @@ checktype = "mean"
 midval = 4135244.0
 minpercent = 20.0
 maxpercent = 20.0
+
+[[metric]]
+name = "blogbench"
+type = "json"
+description = "measure container average of blogbench write"
+# Min and Max values to set a 'range' that
+# the median of the CSV Results data must fall
+# within (inclusive)
+checkvar = ".\"blogbench\".Results | .[] | .write.Result"
+checktype = "mean"
+midval = 1623.0
+minpercent = 20.0
+maxpercent = 20.0
+
+[[metric]]
+name = "blogbench"
+type = "json"
+description = "measure container average of blogbench read"
+# Min and Max values to set a 'range' that
+# the median of the CSV Results data must fall
+# within (inclusive)
+checkvar = ".\"blogbench\".Results | .[] | .read.Result"
+checktype = "mean"
+midval = 96939.0
+minpercent = 20.0
+maxpercent = 20.0
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 e599ee2657..c84aa1d2b9 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
@@ -45,3 +45,29 @@ checktype = "mean"
 midval = 3677280.0
 minpercent = 25.0
 maxpercent = 25.0
+
+[[metric]]
+name = "blogbench"
+type = "json"
+description = "measure container average of blogbench write"
+# Min and Max values to set a 'range' that
+# the median of the CSV Results data must fall
+# within (inclusive)
+checkvar = ".\"blogbench\".Results | .[] | .write.Result"
+checktype = "mean"
+midval = 1639.0
+minpercent = 20.0
+maxpercent = 20.0
+
+[[metric]]
+name = "blogbench"
+type = "json"
+description = "measure container average of blogbench read"
+# Min and Max values to set a 'range' that
+# the median of the CSV Results data must fall
+# within (inclusive)
+checkvar = ".\"blogbench\".Results | .[] | .read.Result"
+checktype = "mean"
+midval = 98687.0
+minpercent = 20.0
+maxpercent = 20.0
diff --git a/tests/metrics/gha-run.sh b/tests/metrics/gha-run.sh
index 1ea5cd19cf..cfba540f0f 100755
--- a/tests/metrics/gha-run.sh
+++ b/tests/metrics/gha-run.sh
@@ -72,17 +72,15 @@ function run_test_memory_usage_inside_container() {
 
 	create_symbolic_links ${KATA_HYPERVISOR}
 	bash tests/metrics/density/memory_usage_inside_container.sh 5
-
-	check_metrics
 }
 
 function run_test_blogbench() {
 	info "Running Blogbench test using ${KATA_HYPERVISOR} hypervisor"
 
-	# ToDo: remove the exit once the metrics workflow is stable
-	exit 0
 	create_symbolic_links ${KATA_HYPERVISOR}
 	bash tests/metrics/storage/blogbench.sh
+
+	check_metrics
 }
 
 function main() {
diff --git a/tests/metrics/storage/blogbench.sh b/tests/metrics/storage/blogbench.sh
index 19a960103d..21e3a546d9 100755
--- a/tests/metrics/storage/blogbench.sh
+++ b/tests/metrics/storage/blogbench.sh
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ function main() {
 	init_env
 	check_cmds "${cmds[@]}"
 	check_ctr_images "${IMAGE}" "${DOCKERFILE}"
+	sudo systemctl restart containerd
 	metrics_json_init
 
 	local output=$(sudo -E ${CTR_EXE} run --rm --runtime=${CTR_RUNTIME} ${IMAGE} test ${CMD})
@@ -83,11 +84,11 @@ EOF
 	local json="$(cat << EOF
 	{
 		"write": {
-			"Result" : "${writes}",
+			"Result" : ${writes},
 			"Units"  : "items"
 		},
 		"read": {
-			"Result" : "${reads}",
+			"Result" : ${reads},
 			"Units"  : "items"
 		},
 		"Nb blogs": {
diff --git a/tests/metrics/storage/blogbench_dockerfile/Dockerfile b/tests/metrics/storage/blogbench_dockerfile/Dockerfile
index 593063798b..08d06cec56 100644
--- a/tests/metrics/storage/blogbench_dockerfile/Dockerfile
+++ b/tests/metrics/storage/blogbench_dockerfile/Dockerfile
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ FROM docker.io/library/ubuntu:latest
 # Version of the Dockerfile
 LABEL DOCKERFILE_VERSION="1.0"
 
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
 # URL for blogbench test and blogbench version
 ENV BLOGBENCH_URL "https://download.pureftpd.org/pub/blogbench"
 ENV BLOGBENCH_VERSION 1.1