diff --git a/benchmarks/perf-tool/release-configs/faiss-hnswpq/index.json b/benchmarks/perf-tool/release-configs/faiss-hnswpq/index.json
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+{
+  "settings": {
+    "index": {
+      "knn": true,
+      "number_of_shards": 24,
+      "number_of_replicas": 1
+    }
+  },
+  "mappings": {
+    "properties": {
+      "target_field": {
+          "type": "knn_vector",
+          "model_id": "test-model"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/benchmarks/perf-tool/release-configs/faiss-hnswpq/method-spec.json b/benchmarks/perf-tool/release-configs/faiss-hnswpq/method-spec.json
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+{
+  "name":"hnsw",
+  "engine":"faiss",
+  "space_type": "l2",
+    "parameters":{
+      "ef_construction": 256,
+      "m": 16,
+      "encoder": {
+        "name": "pq",
+        "parameters": {
+          "m": 16
+        }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/benchmarks/perf-tool/release-configs/faiss-hnswpq/test.yml b/benchmarks/perf-tool/release-configs/faiss-hnswpq/test.yml
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+endpoint: [ENDPOINT]
+test_name: "index-workflow"
+test_id: "index workflow"
+num_runs: 10
+show_runs: false
+setup:
+  - name: delete_index
+    index_name: train_index
+  - name: create_index
+    index_name: train_index
+    index_spec: /home/ec2-user/[PATH]/train-index-spec.json
+  - name: ingest
+    index_name: train_index
+    field_name: train_field
+    bulk_size: 500
+    dataset_format: hdf5
+    dataset_path: /home/ec2-user/data/sift-128-euclidean.hdf5
+    doc_count: 50000
+  - name: refresh_index
+    index_name: train_index
+steps:
+  - name: delete_model
+    model_id: test-model
+  - name: delete_index
+    index_name: target_index
+  - name: train_model
+    model_id: test-model
+    train_index: train_index
+    train_field: train_field
+    dimension: 128
+    method_spec: /home/ec2-user/[PATH]/method-spec.json
+    max_training_vector_count: 50000
+  - name: create_index
+    index_name: target_index
+    index_spec: /home/ec2-user/[PATH]/index.json
+  - name: ingest
+    index_name: target_index
+    field_name: target_field
+    bulk_size: 500
+    dataset_format: hdf5
+    dataset_path: /home/ec2-user/data/sift-128-euclidean.hdf5
+  - name: refresh_index
+    index_name: target_index
+  - name: query
+    k: 100
+    r: 1
+    calculate_recall: true
+    index_name: target_index
+    field_name: target_field
+    dataset_format: hdf5
+    dataset_path: /home/ec2-user/data/sift-128-euclidean.hdf5
+    neighbors_format: hdf5
+    neighbors_path: /home/ec2-user/data/sift-128-euclidean.hdf5
diff --git a/benchmarks/perf-tool/release-configs/faiss-hnswpq/train-index-spec.json b/benchmarks/perf-tool/release-configs/faiss-hnswpq/train-index-spec.json
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+{
+  "settings": {
+    "index": {
+      "number_of_shards": 24,
+      "number_of_replicas": 0
+    }
+  },
+  "mappings": {
+    "properties": {
+      "train_field": {
+        "type": "knn_vector",
+        "dimension": 128
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}