diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 3d530505c1..f2aaf8d04e 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ set_property(TEST gelf_test PROPERTY LABELS nonparallelizable_tests)
 
 add_test(NAME performance_test_bp COMMAND tests/PerformanceHarnessScenarioRunner.py findMax testBpOpMode --max-tps-to-test 50 --test-iteration-min-step 10 --test-iteration-duration-sec 10 --final-iterations-duration-sec 10 --calc-chain-threads lmax overrideBasicTestConfig -v --tps-limit-per-generator 25 --chain-state-db-size-mb 200 ${UNSHARE} WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
 add_test(NAME performance_test_api COMMAND tests/PerformanceHarnessScenarioRunner.py findMax testApiOpMode --max-tps-to-test 50 --test-iteration-min-step 10 --test-iteration-duration-sec 10 --final-iterations-duration-sec 10 --calc-chain-threads lmax overrideBasicTestConfig -v --tps-limit-per-generator 25 --chain-state-db-size-mb 200 ${UNSHARE} WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
-add_test(NAME performance_test_read_only_trxs COMMAND tests/PerformanceHarnessScenarioRunner.py findMax testApiOpMode --max-tps-to-test 50 --test-iteration-min-step 10 --test-iteration-duration-sec 10 --final-iterations-duration-sec 10 overrideBasicTestConfig -v --tps-limit-per-generator 25 --api-nodes-read-only-threads 2 --account-name "payloadless" --abi-file payloadless.abi --wasm-file payloadless.wasm --contract-dir unittests/test-contracts/payloadless --user-trx-data-file tests/PerformanceHarness/readOnlyTrxData.json --chain-state-db-size-mb 200 ${UNSHARE} WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
+add_test(NAME performance_test_read_only_trxs COMMAND tests/PerformanceHarnessScenarioRunner.py findMax testApiOpMode --max-tps-to-test 50 --test-iteration-min-step 10 --test-iteration-duration-sec 10 --final-iterations-duration-sec 10 overrideBasicTestConfig -v --tps-limit-per-generator 25 --api-nodes-read-only-threads 2 --read-only-write-window-time-us 1000 --read-only-read-window-time-us 165000 --account-name "payloadless" --abi-file payloadless.abi --wasm-file payloadless.wasm --contract-dir unittests/test-contracts/payloadless --user-trx-data-file tests/PerformanceHarness/readOnlyTrxData.json --chain-state-db-size-mb 200 ${UNSHARE} WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
 add_test(NAME performance_test_cpu_trx_spec COMMAND tests/PerformanceHarnessScenarioRunner.py findMax testBpOpMode --max-tps-to-test 50 --test-iteration-min-step 10 --test-iteration-duration-sec 10 --final-iterations-duration-sec 10 overrideBasicTestConfig -v --tps-limit-per-generator 25 --chain-state-db-size-mb 200 --account-name "c" --abi-file eosmechanics.abi --wasm-file eosmechanics.wasm --contract-dir unittests/contracts/eosio.mechanics --user-trx-data-file tests/PerformanceHarness/cpuTrxData.json ${UNSHARE} WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
 add_test(NAME performance_test_basic_p2p COMMAND tests/PerformanceHarnessScenarioRunner.py singleTest -v --producer-nodes 1 --validation-nodes 1 --target-tps 20 --tps-limit-per-generator 10 --test-duration-sec 5 --chain-state-db-size-mb 200 ${UNSHARE} WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
 add_test(NAME performance_test_basic_http COMMAND tests/PerformanceHarnessScenarioRunner.py singleTest -v --endpoint-mode http --producer-nodes 1 --validation-nodes 1 --api-nodes 1 --target-tps 10 --tps-limit-per-generator 10 --test-duration-sec 5 --chain-state-db-size-mb 200 ${UNSHARE} WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
diff --git a/tests/PerformanceHarness/performance_test_basic.py b/tests/PerformanceHarness/performance_test_basic.py
index 7e4b59346e..02f9e9b3bf 100755
--- a/tests/PerformanceHarness/performance_test_basic.py
+++ b/tests/PerformanceHarness/performance_test_basic.py
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ def setupClusterConfig(args) -> ClusterConfig:
 
 class PtbArgumentsHandler(object):
     @staticmethod
-    def _createBaseArgumentParser(defEndpointApiDef: str, defProdNodeCnt: int, defValidationNodeCnt: int, defApiNodeCnt: int, defRoWriteWindowTimeUs: int, defRoReadWindowTimeUs: int, suppressHelp: bool=False):
+    def _createBaseArgumentParser(defEndpointApiDef: str, defProdNodeCnt: int, defValidationNodeCnt: int, defApiNodeCnt: int, suppressHelp: bool=False):
         testHelperArgParser=TestHelper.createArgumentParser(includeArgs={"-d","--dump-error-details","-v","--leave-running"
                                                             ,"--unshared"}, suppressHelp=suppressHelp)
         ptbBaseParser = argparse.ArgumentParser(parents=[testHelperArgParser], add_help=False, formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter)
@@ -697,8 +697,8 @@ def _createBaseArgumentParser(defEndpointApiDef: str, defProdNodeCnt: int, defVa
         ptbBaseParserGroup.add_argument("--disable-subjective-billing", type=bool, help=argparse.SUPPRESS if suppressHelp else "Disable subjective CPU billing for API/P2P transactions", default=True)
         ptbBaseParserGroup.add_argument("--cpu-effort-percent", type=int, help=argparse.SUPPRESS if suppressHelp else "Percentage of cpu block production time used to produce block. Whole number percentages, e.g. 80 for 80%%", default=100)
         ptbBaseParserGroup.add_argument("--producer-threads", type=int, help=argparse.SUPPRESS if suppressHelp else "Number of worker threads in producer thread pool", default=2)
-        ptbBaseParserGroup.add_argument("--read-only-write-window-time-us", type=int, help=argparse.SUPPRESS if suppressHelp else "Time in microseconds the write window lasts.", default=defRoWriteWindowTimeUs)
-        ptbBaseParserGroup.add_argument("--read-only-read-window-time-us", type=int, help=argparse.SUPPRESS if suppressHelp else "Time in microseconds the read window lasts.", default=defRoReadWindowTimeUs)
+        ptbBaseParserGroup.add_argument("--read-only-write-window-time-us", type=int, help=argparse.SUPPRESS if suppressHelp else "Time in microseconds the write window lasts.", default=200000)
+        ptbBaseParserGroup.add_argument("--read-only-read-window-time-us", type=int, help=argparse.SUPPRESS if suppressHelp else "Time in microseconds the read window lasts.", default=60000)
         ptbBaseParserGroup.add_argument("--http-max-in-flight-requests", type=int, help=argparse.SUPPRESS if suppressHelp else "Maximum number of requests http_plugin should use for processing http requests. 429 error response when exceeded. -1 for unlimited", default=-1)
         ptbBaseParserGroup.add_argument("--http-max-response-time-ms", type=int, help=argparse.SUPPRESS if suppressHelp else "Maximum time for processing a request, -1 for unlimited", default=-1)
         ptbBaseParserGroup.add_argument("--http-max-bytes-in-flight-mb", type=int, help=argparse.SUPPRESS if suppressHelp else "Maximum size in megabytes http_plugin should use for processing http requests. -1 for unlimited. 429\
@@ -732,11 +732,11 @@ def _createBaseArgumentParser(defEndpointApiDef: str, defProdNodeCnt: int, defVa
 
     @staticmethod
     def createBaseBpP2pArgumentParser(suppressHelp: bool=False):
-        return PtbArgumentsHandler._createBaseArgumentParser(defEndpointApiDef="p2p", defProdNodeCnt=1, defValidationNodeCnt=1, defApiNodeCnt=0, defRoWriteWindowTimeUs=200000, defRoReadWindowTimeUs=60000, suppressHelp=suppressHelp)
+        return PtbArgumentsHandler._createBaseArgumentParser(defEndpointApiDef="p2p", defProdNodeCnt=1, defValidationNodeCnt=1, defApiNodeCnt=0, suppressHelp=suppressHelp)
 
     @staticmethod
     def createBaseApiHttpArgumentParser(suppressHelp: bool=False):
-        return PtbArgumentsHandler._createBaseArgumentParser(defEndpointApiDef="http", defProdNodeCnt=1, defValidationNodeCnt=1, defApiNodeCnt=1, defRoWriteWindowTimeUs=1000, defRoReadWindowTimeUs=165000, suppressHelp=suppressHelp)
+        return PtbArgumentsHandler._createBaseArgumentParser(defEndpointApiDef="http", defProdNodeCnt=1, defValidationNodeCnt=1, defApiNodeCnt=1, suppressHelp=suppressHelp)
 
     @staticmethod
     def createArgumentParser():