diff --git a/storage/operation/reads_bench_test.go b/storage/operation/reads_bench_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7b490254e73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/storage/operation/reads_bench_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package operation_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/onflow/flow-go/storage"
+	"github.com/onflow/flow-go/storage/operation"
+	"github.com/onflow/flow-go/storage/operation/dbtest"
+)
+
+func BenchmarkRetrieve(t *testing.B) {
+	dbtest.BenchWithStorages(t, func(t *testing.B, r storage.Reader, withWriter dbtest.WithWriter) {
+		e := Entity{ID: 1337}
+		require.NoError(t, withWriter(operation.Upsert(e.Key(), e)))
+
+		t.ResetTimer()
+
+		for i := 0; i < t.N; i++ {
+			var readBack Entity
+			require.NoError(t, operation.Retrieve(e.Key(), &readBack)(r))
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func BenchmarkNonExist(t *testing.B) {
+	dbtest.BenchWithStorages(t, func(t *testing.B, r storage.Reader, withWriter dbtest.WithWriter) {
+		for i := 0; i < t.N; i++ {
+			e := Entity{ID: uint64(i)}
+			require.NoError(t, withWriter(operation.Upsert(e.Key(), e)))
+		}
+
+		t.ResetTimer()
+		nonExist := Entity{ID: uint64(t.N + 1)}
+		for i := 0; i < t.N; i++ {
+			var exists bool
+			require.NoError(t, operation.Exists(nonExist.Key(), &exists)(r))
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func BenchmarkIterate(t *testing.B) {
+	dbtest.BenchWithStorages(t, func(t *testing.B, r storage.Reader, withWriter dbtest.WithWriter) {
+		prefix1 := []byte("prefix-1")
+		prefix2 := []byte("prefix-2")
+		for i := 0; i < t.N; i++ {
+			e := Entity{ID: uint64(i)}
+			key1 := append(prefix1, e.Key()...)
+			key2 := append(prefix2, e.Key()...)
+
+			require.NoError(t, withWriter(operation.Upsert(key1, e)))
+			require.NoError(t, withWriter(operation.Upsert(key2, e)))
+		}
+
+		t.ResetTimer()
+		var found [][]byte
+		require.NoError(t, operation.IterateKeysInPrefixRange(prefix1, prefix2, func(key []byte) error {
+			found = append(found, key)
+			return nil
+		})(r), "should iterate forward without error")
+	})
+}
diff --git a/storage/operation/writes_bench_test.go b/storage/operation/writes_bench_test.go
index 694f1aa92a5..4c569d397f0 100644
--- a/storage/operation/writes_bench_test.go
+++ b/storage/operation/writes_bench_test.go
@@ -10,20 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/onflow/flow-go/storage/operation/dbtest"
 )
 
-func BenchmarkRetrieve(t *testing.B) {
-	dbtest.BenchWithStorages(t, func(t *testing.B, r storage.Reader, withWriter dbtest.WithWriter) {
-		e := Entity{ID: 1337}
-		require.NoError(t, withWriter(operation.Upsert(e.Key(), e)))
-
-		t.ResetTimer()
-
-		for i := 0; i < t.N; i++ {
-			var readBack Entity
-			require.NoError(t, operation.Retrieve(e.Key(), &readBack)(r))
-		}
-	})
-}
-
 func BenchmarkUpsert(t *testing.B) {
 	dbtest.BenchWithStorages(t, func(t *testing.B, r storage.Reader, withWriter dbtest.WithWriter) {
 		for i := 0; i < t.N; i++ {