diff --git a/tests/integration_tests/performance/test_snapshot_ab.py b/tests/integration_tests/performance/test_snapshot_ab.py
index 830ad844d20a..5fc31476a39f 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests/performance/test_snapshot_ab.py
+++ b/tests/integration_tests/performance/test_snapshot_ab.py
@@ -16,7 +16,15 @@
 from framework.properties import global_props
 
 USEC_IN_MSEC = 1000
-ITERATIONS = 30
+
+# On Intel instances for kv>=5.10 we get very scattered results. To avoid false positives, collect more samples
+if global_props.instance in (
+    "m5d.metal",
+    "m6i.metal",
+) and global_props.host_linux_version in ("5.10", "6.1"):
+    ITERATIONS = 50
+else:
+    ITERATIONS = 30
 
 
 @lru_cache