diff --git a/book/src/performance-metrics.md b/book/src/performance-metrics.md
index e6088ac711..a3390cbfef 100644
--- a/book/src/performance-metrics.md
+++ b/book/src/performance-metrics.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ it on the dashboard.
 
 ## TPS
 
-The leader node's banking stage maintains a count of transactions that it processed.
+The leader node's banking stage maintains a count of transactions that it recorded.
 The dashboard displays the count averaged over 2 second period in the TPS time series
 graph. The dashboard also shows per second mean, maximum and total TPS as a running
 counter.
diff --git a/ci/testnet-automation.sh b/ci/testnet-automation.sh
index f37bc9832f..d998494739 100755
--- a/ci/testnet-automation.sh
+++ b/ci/testnet-automation.sh
@@ -52,14 +52,14 @@ launchTestnet() {
   declare q_mean_tps='
     SELECT round(mean("sum_count")) AS "mean_tps" FROM (
       SELECT sum("count") AS "sum_count"
-        FROM "testnet-automation"."autogen"."banking_stage-process_transactions"
+        FROM "testnet-automation"."autogen"."banking_stage-record_transactions"
         WHERE time > now() - 300s GROUP BY time(1s)
     )'
 
   declare q_max_tps='
     SELECT round(max("sum_count")) AS "max_tps" FROM (
       SELECT sum("count") AS "sum_count"
-        FROM "testnet-automation"."autogen"."banking_stage-process_transactions"
+        FROM "testnet-automation"."autogen"."banking_stage-record_transactions"
         WHERE time > now() - 300s GROUP BY time(1s)
     )'
 
diff --git a/core/src/bank_forks.rs b/core/src/bank_forks.rs
index d420c037a9..e3d4c6be8c 100644
--- a/core/src/bank_forks.rs
+++ b/core/src/bank_forks.rs
@@ -114,13 +114,23 @@ impl BankForks {
             .banks
             .get(&root)
             .expect("root bank didn't exist in bank_forks");
+        let root_tx_count = root_bank
+            .parents()
+            .last()
+            .map(|bank| bank.transaction_count())
+            .unwrap_or(0);
         root_bank.squash();
+        let new_tx_count = root_bank.transaction_count();
         self.prune_non_root(root);
 
         inc_new_counter_info!(
             "bank-forks_set_root_ms",
             timing::duration_as_ms(&set_root_start.elapsed()) as usize
         );
+        inc_new_counter_info!(
+            "bank-forks_set_root_tx_count",
+            (new_tx_count - root_tx_count) as usize
+        );
     }
 
     pub fn root(&self) -> u64 {
diff --git a/core/src/banking_stage.rs b/core/src/banking_stage.rs
index b68b5e9734..97f3011681 100644
--- a/core/src/banking_stage.rs
+++ b/core/src/banking_stage.rs
@@ -357,6 +357,10 @@ impl BankingStage {
         debug!("processed: {} ", processed_transactions.len());
         // unlock all the accounts with errors which are filtered by the above `filter_map`
         if !processed_transactions.is_empty() {
+            inc_new_counter_info!(
+                "banking_stage-record_transactions",
+                processed_transactions.len()
+            );
             let hash = hash_transactions(&processed_transactions);
             // record and unlock will unlock all the successful transactions
             poh.lock()
diff --git a/metrics/testnet-monitor.json b/metrics/testnet-monitor.json
index ade19b4fdc..a37629939f 100644
--- a/metrics/testnet-monitor.json
+++ b/metrics/testnet-monitor.json
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@
           "hide": false,
           "orderByTime": "ASC",
           "policy": "default",
-          "query": "SELECT ROUND(MEAN(\"sum\")) FROM ( SELECT sum(\"count\") FROM \"$testnet\".\"autogen\".\"banking_stage-process_transactions\" WHERE $timeFilter GROUP BY time(1s) )\n\n",
+          "query": "SELECT ROUND(MEAN(\"sum\")) FROM ( SELECT sum(\"count\") FROM \"$testnet\".\"autogen\".\"banking_stage-record_transactions\" WHERE $timeFilter GROUP BY time(1s) )\n\n",
           "rawQuery": true,
           "refId": "A",
           "resultFormat": "time_series",
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@
           "hide": false,
           "orderByTime": "ASC",
           "policy": "default",
-          "query": "SELECT MAX(\"sum\") FROM ( SELECT sum(\"count\") FROM \"$testnet\".\"autogen\".\"banking_stage-process_transactions\" WHERE $timeFilter GROUP BY time(1s) )\n\n",
+          "query": "SELECT MAX(\"sum\") FROM ( SELECT sum(\"count\") FROM \"$testnet\".\"autogen\".\"banking_stage-record_transactions\" WHERE $timeFilter GROUP BY time(1s) )\n\n",
           "rawQuery": true,
           "refId": "A",
           "resultFormat": "time_series",
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@
           "hide": false,
           "orderByTime": "ASC",
           "policy": "default",
-          "query": "SELECT sum(\"count\") AS \"transactions\" FROM \"$testnet\".\"autogen\".\"banking_stage-process_transactions\" WHERE $timeFilter \n\n",
+          "query": "SELECT sum(\"count\") AS \"transactions\" FROM \"$testnet\".\"autogen\".\"banking_stage-record_transactions\" WHERE $timeFilter \n\n",
           "rawQuery": true,
           "refId": "A",
           "resultFormat": "time_series",
@@ -1556,7 +1556,7 @@
           ],
           "orderByTime": "ASC",
           "policy": "default",
-          "query": "SELECT sum(\"count\") / 2 AS \"transactions\" FROM \"$testnet\".\"autogen\".\"banking_stage-process_transactions\" WHERE $timeFilter GROUP BY time(2s) FILL(0)\n",
+          "query": "SELECT sum(\"count\") / 2 AS \"transactions\" FROM \"$testnet\".\"autogen\".\"banking_stage-record_transactions\" WHERE $timeFilter GROUP BY time(2s) FILL(0)\n",
           "rawQuery": true,
           "refId": "A",
           "resultFormat": "time_series",