diff --git a/storage/remote/queue_manager_test.go b/storage/remote/queue_manager_test.go
index 6121fb6c03..5b240579d6 100644
--- a/storage/remote/queue_manager_test.go
+++ b/storage/remote/queue_manager_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
+	"math/rand"
 	"os"
 	"runtime/pprof"
 	"sort"
@@ -611,6 +612,30 @@ func createTimeseries(numSamples, numSeries int, extraLabels ...labels.Label) ([
 	return samples, series
 }
 
+func createProtoTimeseriesWithOld(numSamples, baseTs int64, extraLabels ...labels.Label) []prompb.TimeSeries {
+	samples := make([]prompb.TimeSeries, numSamples)
+	// use a fixed rand source so tests are consistent
+	r := rand.New(rand.NewSource(99))
+	for j := int64(0); j < numSamples; j++ {
+		name := fmt.Sprintf("test_metric_%d", j)
+
+		samples[j] = prompb.TimeSeries{
+			Labels: []prompb.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: name}},
+			Samples: []prompb.Sample{
+				{
+					Timestamp: baseTs + int64(j),
+					Value:     float64(j),
+				},
+			},
+		}
+		// 10% of the time use a ts that is too old
+		if r.Intn(10) == 0 {
+			samples[j].Samples[0].Timestamp = baseTs - 5
+		}
+	}
+	return samples
+}
+
 func createExemplars(numExemplars, numSeries int) ([]record.RefExemplar, []record.RefSeries) {
 	exemplars := make([]record.RefExemplar, 0, numExemplars)
 	series := make([]record.RefSeries, 0, numSeries)
@@ -1668,3 +1693,14 @@ func TestBuildTimeSeries(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func BenchmarkBuildTimeSeries(b *testing.B) {
+	// Send one sample per series, which is the typical remote_write case
+	const numSamples = 10000
+	filter := func(ts prompb.TimeSeries) bool { return filterTsLimit(99, ts) }
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		samples := createProtoTimeseriesWithOld(numSamples, 100, extraLabels...)
+		_, _, result, _, _, _ := buildTimeSeries(samples, filter)
+		require.NotNil(b, result)
+	}
+}