diff --git a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/BenchmarkTests.java b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/BenchmarkTests.java
index 4071edc3e5..d1057e59e9 100644
--- a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/BenchmarkTests.java
+++ b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/BenchmarkTests.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public class BenchmarkTests<
     T785 extends TableRecord<T785>>
 extends BaseTest<A, AP, B, S, B2S, BS, L, X, DATE, BOOL, D, T, U, UU, I, IPK, T725, T639, T785> {
 
-    private static final int    REPETITIONS_NEW_RECORD   = 100000000;
+    private static final int    REPETITIONS_NEW_RECORD   = 1000000;
     private static final int    REPETITIONS_RECORD_INTO  = 2000;
     private static final int    REPETITIONS_FIELD_ACCESS = 1000000;
     private static final int    REPETITIONS_SELECT       = 100;