diff --git a/.github/workflows/github-actions-essential-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/github-actions-essential-ci.yml
index 3fd2bdaca675..a7730545c54e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github-actions-essential-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github-actions-essential-ci.yml
@@ -344,3 +344,53 @@ jobs:
       - name: clean up
         run: ./build/github/cleanup-engflow-keys.sh
         if: always()
+  cockroach-microbench-ci:
+    runs-on: [ self-hosted, basic_runner_group ]
+    timeout-minutes: 60
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 1  # Fetch only the latest commit
+
+      - name: Get the latest commit of the target branch
+        id: get_latest_commit_target_branch
+        run: |
+          # Get the target branch name
+          TARGET_BRANCH=${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
+          
+          # Fetch the latest commit of the target branch
+          git fetch origin $TARGET_BRANCH --depth=1
+          
+          # Get the latest commit hash of the target branch
+          LATEST_COMMIT=$(git rev-parse FETCH_HEAD)
+          
+          # Output the latest commit hash
+          echo "Latest commit on target branch ($TARGET_BRANCH): $LATEST_COMMIT"
+          
+          # Set the latest commit hash as an output variable
+          echo "::set-output name=latest_commit::$LATEST_COMMIT"
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.ref }}
+      - name: compute metadata
+        run: echo GITHUB_ACTIONS_BRANCH=${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref_name}} >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+      - run: ./build/github/get-engflow-keys.sh
+      - run: ./build/github/prepare-summarize-build.sh
+      - name: run scripts
+        run: ./build/github/cockroach-microbench-ci.sh
+        env:
+          COMPARE_THRESHOLD: "5.00"
+          PUSH_STEP: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' }}
+          BASE_SHA: ${{ steps.get_latest_commit_target_branch.outputs.latest_commit }}
+
+          # TODO(sambhav-jain-16): add Performance note check and use this flag. Currently set to false (https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/issues/106661)
+          SKIP_COMPARISON: false
+      - name: upload build results
+        run: ./build/github/summarize-build.sh bes.bin
+        if: always()
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: clean up
+        run: ./build/github/cleanup-engflow-keys.sh
+        if: always()
+
diff --git a/build/github/cockroach-microbench-ci.sh b/build/github/cockroach-microbench-ci.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..9ef680ed5a94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/github/cockroach-microbench-ci.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -euxo pipefail
+
+# Directories and file names
+output_dir="./artifacts/microbench"
+cleaned_current_dir="$output_dir/current"
+cleaned_base_dir="$output_dir/base"
+
+# hardcoded the file name as of now since `compare` requires a particular format for the file name.
+benchmark_file_name="pkg_sql-report.log"
+log_output_file_path="$output_dir/microbench.log"
+storage_bucket_url="gs://cockroach-microbench-ci"
+
+# Threshold for comparison
+threshold=${COMPARE_THRESHOLD:-0}
+success_exit_status=0
+error_exit_status=1
+
+# Exit early if SKIP_COMPARISON is true and not a push step
+if $SKIP_COMPARISON && ! $PUSH_STEP; then
+  echo "Exiting since skip comparison is enabled and this is not a push step."
+  exit $success_exit_status
+fi
+
+# Build binary with Bazel
+bazel build --config crosslinux $(./build/github/engflow-args.sh) --jobs 100 //pkg/cmd/roachprod-microbench
+
+roachprod_microbench_dir="_bazel/bin/pkg/cmd/roachprod-microbench/roachprod-microbench_"
+
+mkdir -p "$output_dir"
+
+# Run benchmarks and clean output
+# running count=4 here because that's the minimum required for a comparison
+bazel test //pkg/sql/tests:tests_test \
+  --config=use_ci_timeouts \
+  --strategy=TestRunner=sandboxed \
+  --jobs 100 \
+  --config=crosslinux \
+  --remote_download_minimal \
+  $(./build/github/engflow-args.sh) \
+  --test_arg=-test.run=- \
+  --test_arg='-test.bench=^BenchmarkKV$' \
+  --test_sharding_strategy=disabled \
+  --test_arg=-test.cpu --test_arg=1 \
+  --test_arg=-test.v \
+  --test_arg=-test.count=4 \
+  --test_arg=-test.benchmem \
+  --crdb_test_off \
+  --test_output=all > "$log_output_file_path"
+
+$roachprod_microbench_dir/roachprod-microbench clean "$log_output_file_path" "$cleaned_current_dir/$benchmark_file_name"
+
+# Push artifact if this is a base merge and skip comparison
+if $PUSH_STEP; then
+  gcloud storage cp "$cleaned_current_dir/$benchmark_file_name" "$storage_bucket_url/$GITHUB_HEAD_REF/$GITHUB_SHA.log"
+  echo "Skipping comparison since this is a base merge."
+  exit $success_exit_status
+fi
+
+# Compare benchmarks
+if ! gcloud storage cp "$storage_bucket_url/$GITHUB_BASE_REF/$BASE_SHA.log" "$cleaned_base_dir/$benchmark_file_name"; then
+  echo "Couldn't download base bench file, exiting."
+  exit $success_exit_status
+fi
+
+if ! $roachprod_microbench_dir/roachprod-microbench compare "$cleaned_current_dir" "$cleaned_base_dir" --threshold "$threshold"; then
+  echo "There is an error during comparison. If it's a perf regression, please try to fix it. This won't block your change for merging currently."
+  exit $error_exit_status
+fi
+
+rm -rf "$output_dir"
+exit $success_exit_status