diff --git a/node/metrics.go b/node/metrics.go
index 940b0a1300..1b72e14069 100644
--- a/node/metrics.go
+++ b/node/metrics.go
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ type Metrics struct {
 	EigenMetrics eigenmetrics.Metrics
 	// Reachability gauge to monitoring the reachability of the node's retrieval/dispersal sockets
 	ReachabilityGauge *prometheus.GaugeVec
+	// The throughput (bytes per second) at which the data is written to database.
+	DBWriteThroughput prometheus.Gauge
 
 	registry *prometheus.Registry
 	// socketAddr is the address at which the metrics server will be listening.
@@ -139,6 +141,14 @@ func NewMetrics(eigenMetrics eigenmetrics.Metrics, reg *prometheus.Registry, log
 			},
 			[]string{"service"},
 		),
+		DBWriteThroughput: promauto.With(reg).NewGauge(
+			prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+				Namespace: Namespace,
+				Name:      "db_write_throughput_bytes_per_second",
+				Help:      "the throughput (bytes per second) at which the data is written to database",
+			},
+		),
+
 		EigenMetrics:           eigenMetrics,
 		logger:                 logger.With("component", "NodeMetrics"),
 		registry:               reg,
diff --git a/node/store.go b/node/store.go
index 06849a7848..0e38be43d1 100644
--- a/node/store.go
+++ b/node/store.go
@@ -311,7 +311,9 @@ func (s *Store) StoreBatch(ctx context.Context, header *core.BatchHeader, blobs
 		log.Error("Failed to write the batch into local database:", "err", err)
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	log.Debug("StoreBatch succeeded", "chunk serialization duration", serializationDuration, "bytes encoding duration", encodingDuration, "write batch duration", time.Since(start), "total store batch duration", time.Since(storeBatchStart), "total bytes", size)
+	throughput := float64(size) / time.Since(start).Seconds()
+	s.metrics.DBWriteThroughput.Set(throughput)
+	log.Debug("StoreBatch succeeded", "chunk serialization duration", serializationDuration, "bytes encoding duration", encodingDuration, "num blobs", len(blobs), "num of key-value pair entries", len(keys), "write batch duration", time.Since(start), "write throughput (MB/s)", throughput/1000_000, "total store batch duration", time.Since(storeBatchStart), "total bytes", size)
 
 	return &keys, nil
 }