diff --git a/crates/re_arrow_store/benches/data_store.rs b/crates/re_arrow_store/benches/data_store.rs
index 779b4e3bd8834..6e9aeda7a922c 100644
--- a/crates/re_arrow_store/benches/data_store.rs
+++ b/crates/re_arrow_store/benches/data_store.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ use arrow2::array::UnionArray;
 use criterion::{criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion};
 
 use re_arrow_store::{
-    DataStore, DataStoreConfig, DataStoreStats, GarbageCollectionTarget, LatestAtQuery, RangeQuery,
-    TimeInt, TimeRange,
+    DataStore, DataStoreConfig, GarbageCollectionTarget, LatestAtQuery, RangeQuery, TimeInt,
+    TimeRange,
 };
 use re_log_types::{
     component_types::{InstanceKey, Rect2D},
@@ -262,66 +262,44 @@ fn range(c: &mut Criterion) {
 }
 
 fn gc(c: &mut Criterion) {
-    for &packed in packed() {
-        let mut group = c.benchmark_group(format!(
-            "datastore/num_rows={NUM_ROWS}/num_instances={NUM_INSTANCES}/packed={packed}/gc"
-        ));
-        group.throughput(criterion::Throughput::Elements(
-            (NUM_INSTANCES * NUM_ROWS) as _,
-        ));
-
-        let mut table = build_table(NUM_INSTANCES as usize, packed);
-        table.compute_all_size_bytes();
-
-        let bench = |store: &mut DataStore| {
-            let stats = DataStoreStats::from_store(store);
+    let mut group = c.benchmark_group(format!(
+        "datastore/num_rows={NUM_ROWS}/num_instances={NUM_INSTANCES}/gc"
+    ));
+    group.throughput(criterion::Throughput::Elements(
+        (NUM_INSTANCES * NUM_ROWS) as _,
+    ));
+
+    let mut table = build_table(NUM_INSTANCES as usize, false);
+    table.compute_all_size_bytes();
+
+    // Default config
+    group.bench_function("default", |b| {
+        let store = insert_table(Default::default(), InstanceKey::name(), &table);
+        b.iter(|| {
+            let mut store = store.clone();
             let (_, stats_diff) = store.gc(GarbageCollectionTarget::DropAtLeastFraction(1.0 / 3.0));
-
-            // NOTE: only temporal data and row metadata get purged!
-            let num_bytes_dropped =
-                (stats_diff.temporal.num_bytes + stats_diff.metadata_registry.num_bytes) as f64;
-            let num_bytes_dropped_expected_min =
-                (stats.temporal.num_bytes + stats.metadata_registry.num_bytes) as f64 * 0.95 / 3.0;
-            let num_bytes_dropped_expected_max =
-                (stats.temporal.num_bytes + stats.metadata_registry.num_bytes) as f64 * 1.05 / 3.0;
-            assert!(
-                num_bytes_dropped_expected_min <= num_bytes_dropped
-                    && num_bytes_dropped <= num_bytes_dropped_expected_max,
-                "{} <= {} <= {}",
-                re_format::format_bytes(num_bytes_dropped_expected_min),
-                re_format::format_bytes(num_bytes_dropped),
-                re_format::format_bytes(num_bytes_dropped_expected_max),
-            );
-
             stats_diff
-        };
+        });
+    });
 
-        // Default config
-        group.bench_function("default", |b| {
-            let store = insert_table(Default::default(), InstanceKey::name(), &table);
+    // Emulate more or less bucket
+    for &num_rows_per_bucket in num_rows_per_bucket() {
+        group.bench_function(format!("bucketsz={num_rows_per_bucket}"), |b| {
+            let store = insert_table(
+                DataStoreConfig {
+                    indexed_bucket_num_rows: num_rows_per_bucket,
+                    ..Default::default()
+                },
+                InstanceKey::name(),
+                &table,
+            );
             b.iter(|| {
                 let mut store = store.clone();
-                bench(&mut store)
+                let (_, stats_diff) =
+                    store.gc(GarbageCollectionTarget::DropAtLeastFraction(1.0 / 3.0));
+                stats_diff
             });
         });
-
-        // Emulate more or less bucket
-        for &num_rows_per_bucket in num_rows_per_bucket() {
-            group.bench_function(format!("bucketsz={num_rows_per_bucket}"), |b| {
-                let store = insert_table(
-                    DataStoreConfig {
-                        indexed_bucket_num_rows: num_rows_per_bucket,
-                        ..Default::default()
-                    },
-                    InstanceKey::name(),
-                    &table,
-                );
-                b.iter(|| {
-                    let mut store = store.clone();
-                    bench(&mut store)
-                });
-            });
-        }
     }
 }