diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
index ea05c89e73..04961b83df 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Benchmark tests
         run: |
           npm run test:bench
-          find . -name benchmarks.txt -exec cat {} + > combined_benchmarks.txt
+          find . -name .benchmark-results.txt -exec cat {} + > combined_benchmarks.txt
 
       - name: Store benchmark results
         uses: benchmark-action/github-action-benchmark@v1
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 90ef9bd3f2..59141394bb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -89,3 +89,6 @@ package.json.lerna_backup
 #IDEA
 .idea
 *.iml
+
+# non-aggregated benchmark results
+.benchmark-results.txt
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/package.json
index 97d034bfef..10aa4f830e 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/package.json
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     "test": "nyc ts-mocha -p tsconfig.json 'test/**/*.test.ts' --exclude 'test/browser/**/*.ts'",
     "test:browser": "karma start --single-run",
     "test:webworker": "karma start karma.worker.js --single-run",
-    "test:bench": "node test/performance/benchmark/index.js",
+    "test:bench": "node test/performance/benchmark/index.js | tee .benchmark-results.txt",
     "tdd": "npm run tdd:node",
     "tdd:node": "npm run test -- --watch-extensions ts --watch",
     "tdd:browser": "karma start",