diff --git a/agent/main.go b/agent/main.go
index fdd637a4b..c310aa16d 100644
--- a/agent/main.go
+++ b/agent/main.go
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ func pipeTapChannelToSocket(connection *websocket.Conn, messageDataChannel <-cha
 
 		// NOTE: This is where the `*tapApi.OutputChannelItem` leaves the code
 		// and goes into the intermediate WebSocket.
+		// (DEBUG_PERF 7) Comment out to disable writing to WebSocket
 		err = connection.WriteMessage(websocket.TextMessage, marshaledData)
 		if err != nil {
 			logger.Log.Errorf("error sending message through socket server %v, err: %s, (%v,%+v)", messageData, err, err, err)
diff --git a/agent/pkg/app/main.go b/agent/pkg/app/main.go
index 65b7cb41d..3fb7ff5fd 100644
--- a/agent/pkg/app/main.go
+++ b/agent/pkg/app/main.go
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ var (
 )
 
 func LoadExtensions() {
+	// (DEBUG_PERF 5) Comment out paragraphs to disable extensions
+	//   Remember to fix indices: Length of Extensions slice, index in assignment to Extensions
 	Extensions = make([]*tapApi.Extension, 4)
 	ExtensionsMap = make(map[string]*tapApi.Extension)
 
diff --git a/tap/api/api.go b/tap/api/api.go
index 74929210b..774abde90 100644
--- a/tap/api/api.go
+++ b/tap/api/api.go
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ type Emitter interface {
 }
 
 func (e *Emitting) Emit(item *OutputChannelItem) {
+	// (DEBUG_PERF 6) Comment out to disable emitting from tapper to api-server
 	e.OutputChannel <- item
 	e.AppStats.IncMatchedPairs()
 }
diff --git a/tap/source/packet_source_manager.go b/tap/source/packet_source_manager.go
index 9dcb60a27..2daf7f47a 100644
--- a/tap/source/packet_source_manager.go
+++ b/tap/source/packet_source_manager.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ func NewPacketSourceManager(procfs string, filename string, interfaceName string
 		behaviour:     behaviour,
 	}
 
+	// (DEBUG_PERF 1) Comment out to disable host pcap (do not pass --tls or --service-mesh)
 	go hostSource.readPackets(ipdefrag, packets)
 	return sourceManager, nil
 }
diff --git a/tap/tcp_assembler.go b/tap/tcp_assembler.go
index eee1dbbe0..0e3f0458a 100644
--- a/tap/tcp_assembler.go
+++ b/tap/tcp_assembler.go
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ func (a *tcpAssembler) processPackets(dumpPacket bool, packets <-chan source.Tcp
 			logger.Log.Debugf("Packet content (%d/0x%x) - %s", len(data), len(data), hex.Dump(data))
 		}
 
+		// (DEBUG_PERF 2) Comment out to disable assembler
 		tcp := packet.Layer(layers.LayerTypeTCP)
 		if tcp != nil {
 			diagnose.AppStats.IncTcpPacketsCount()
diff --git a/tap/tcp_reader.go b/tap/tcp_reader.go
index 5af4b828d..472d93f03 100644
--- a/tap/tcp_reader.go
+++ b/tap/tcp_reader.go
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ func NewTcpReader(msgQueue chan api.TcpReaderDataMsg, progress *api.ReadProgress
 func (reader *tcpReader) run(options *api.TrafficFilteringOptions, wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
 	defer wg.Done()
 	b := bufio.NewReader(reader)
+	// (DEBUG_PERF 4) Swap with next line to disable dissectors
+	// _, _ = io.ReadAll(b)
 	err := reader.extension.Dissector.Dissect(b, reader, options)
 	if err != nil {
 		_, err = io.Copy(ioutil.Discard, reader)
diff --git a/tap/tcp_stream.go b/tap/tcp_stream.go
index 753d00b20..13e0930d6 100644
--- a/tap/tcp_stream.go
+++ b/tap/tcp_stream.go
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ func (t *tcpStream) GetReqResMatchers() []api.RequestResponseMatcher {
 }
 
 func (t *tcpStream) GetIsTapTarget() bool {
+	// (DEBUG_PERF 3) Return false to disable Dissecting
 	return t.isTapTarget
 }