diff --git a/internal/beater/beater.go b/internal/beater/beater.go
index 05549a5a45a..1c3e376ffca 100644
--- a/internal/beater/beater.go
+++ b/internal/beater/beater.go
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ func docappenderConfig(
 	// This formula yields the following max requests for APM Server sized:
 	// 1	2 	4	8	15	30
 	// 10	12	14	19	28	46
-	maxRequests := int(float64(10) + memLimit*1.5)
+	maxRequests := int(float64(10) + memLimit * 8.0)
 	if maxRequests > 60 {
 		maxRequests = 60
 	}
diff --git a/testing/benchmark/system-profiles/v5.tfvars b/testing/benchmark/system-profiles/v5.tfvars
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2b253f88843
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/benchmark/system-profiles/v5.tfvars
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+user_name = "USER"
+
+# APM bench
+
+stack_version = "8.16.0-SNAPSHOT"
+ess_region = "gcp-us-west2"
+deployment_template = "gcp-cpu-optimized"
+
+worker_instance_type = "c6i.xlarge"
+worker_region = "us-west-2"
+
+# Elastic Cloud
+
+apm_server_size = "8g"
+apm_server_zone_count = 1
+
+elasticsearch_size = "64g"
+elasticsearch_zone_count = 2
+
+docker_image_override = {
+    "elasticsearch":"docker.elastic.co/cloud-release/elasticsearch-cloud-ess",
+    "kibana":"docker.elastic.co/cloud-release/kibana-cloud",
+    "apm":"docker.elastic.co/observability-ci/elastic-agent",
+}
+
+docker_image_tag_override = {
+    "elasticsearch":"8.16.0-SNAPSHOT",
+    "kibana":"8.16.0-SNAPSHOT",
+    "apm":"8.16.0-SNAPSHOT-rubenvanstaden-1729630226",
+}
+
+# Standalone
+
+standalone_apm_server_instance_size = "c6i.xlarge"
+standalone_moxy_instance_size       = "c6i.2xlarge"