diff --git a/benches/banking_stage.rs b/benches/banking_stage.rs
index bc834e35b9..82e7054926 100644
--- a/benches/banking_stage.rs
+++ b/benches/banking_stage.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ extern crate bincode;
 extern crate rand;
 extern crate rayon;
 extern crate solana;
+extern crate solana_program_interface;
 extern crate test;
 
 use rand::{thread_rng, Rng};
@@ -11,11 +12,11 @@ use solana::bank::Bank;
 use solana::banking_stage::{BankingStage, NUM_THREADS};
 use solana::entry::Entry;
 use solana::mint::Mint;
-use solana::packet::{to_packets_chunked, PacketRecycler};
-use solana::pubkey::Pubkey;
+use solana::packet::to_packets_chunked;
 use solana::signature::{KeypairUtil, Signature};
 use solana::system_transaction::SystemTransaction;
 use solana::transaction::Transaction;
+use solana_program_interface::pubkey::Pubkey;
 use std::iter;
 use std::sync::mpsc::{channel, Receiver};
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -47,7 +48,6 @@ fn bench_banking_stage_multi_accounts(bencher: &mut Bencher) {
     let mint = Mint::new(mint_total);
 
     let (verified_sender, verified_receiver) = channel();
-    let packet_recycler = PacketRecycler::default();
     let bank = Arc::new(Bank::new(&mint));
     let dummy = Transaction::system_move(
         &mint.keypair(),
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ fn bench_banking_stage_multi_accounts(bencher: &mut Bencher) {
         assert!(r.is_ok(), "sanity parallel execution");
     }
     bank.clear_signatures();
-    let verified: Vec<_> = to_packets_chunked(&packet_recycler, &transactions.clone(), 192)
+    let verified: Vec<_> = to_packets_chunked(&transactions.clone(), 192)
         .into_iter()
         .map(|x| {
-            let len = x.read().packets.len();
+            let len = x.read().unwrap().packets.len();
             (x, iter::repeat(1).take(len).collect())
         }).collect();
     let (_stage, signal_receiver) =
diff --git a/benches/ledger.rs b/benches/ledger.rs
index c9cedb46bb..dd885c4eaa 100644
--- a/benches/ledger.rs
+++ b/benches/ledger.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ extern crate test;
 
 use solana::hash::{hash, Hash};
 use solana::ledger::{next_entries, reconstruct_entries_from_blobs, Block};
-use solana::packet::BlobRecycler;
 use solana::signature::{Keypair, KeypairUtil};
 use solana::system_transaction::SystemTransaction;
 use solana::transaction::Transaction;
@@ -19,9 +18,8 @@ fn bench_block_to_blobs_to_block(bencher: &mut Bencher) {
     let transactions = vec![tx0; 10];
     let entries = next_entries(&zero, 1, transactions);
 
-    let blob_recycler = BlobRecycler::default();
     bencher.iter(|| {
-        let blobs = entries.to_blobs(&blob_recycler);
+        let blobs = entries.to_blobs();
         assert_eq!(reconstruct_entries_from_blobs(blobs).unwrap(), entries);
     });
 }
diff --git a/benches/sigverify.rs b/benches/sigverify.rs
index a7552b3406..e4687f8c7c 100644
--- a/benches/sigverify.rs
+++ b/benches/sigverify.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ extern crate rayon;
 extern crate solana;
 extern crate test;
 
-use solana::packet::{to_packets, PacketRecycler};
+use solana::packet::to_packets;
 use solana::sigverify;
 use solana::system_transaction::test_tx;
 use test::Bencher;
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ fn bench_sigverify(bencher: &mut Bencher) {
     let tx = test_tx();
 
     // generate packet vector
-    let packet_recycler = PacketRecycler::default();
-    let batches = to_packets(&packet_recycler, &vec![tx; 128]);
+    let batches = to_packets(&vec![tx; 128]);
 
     // verify packets
     bencher.iter(|| {
diff --git a/ci/buildkite.yml b/ci/buildkite.yml
index 9e36d39d89..bfcdbc0ee6 100644
--- a/ci/buildkite.yml
+++ b/ci/buildkite.yml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ steps:
     env:
       CARGO_TARGET_CACHE_NAME: "stable"
     timeout_in_minutes: 30
-    #  - command: "ci/docker-run.sh solanalabs/rust-nightly ci/test-bench.sh"
-    #    name: "bench [public]"
-    #    env:
-    #      CARGO_TARGET_CACHE_NAME: "nightly"
-    #    timeout_in_minutes: 30
+  - command: "ci/docker-run.sh solanalabs/rust-nightly ci/test-bench.sh"
+    name: "bench [public]"
+    env:
+      CARGO_TARGET_CACHE_NAME: "nightly"
+    timeout_in_minutes: 30
   - command: "ci/shellcheck.sh"
     name: "shellcheck [public]"
     timeout_in_minutes: 20
diff --git a/ci/test-bench.sh b/ci/test-bench.sh
index c03c6b3b2b..2e3442655a 100755
--- a/ci/test-bench.sh
+++ b/ci/test-bench.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ _() {
   "$@"
 }
 
+set -o pipefail
+
 BENCH_FILE=bench_output.log
 _ cargo bench --features=unstable --verbose -- -Z unstable-options --format=json | tee $BENCH_FILE
 _ cargo run --release --bin solana-upload-perf -- $BENCH_FILE
diff --git a/src/bin/upload-perf.rs b/src/bin/upload-perf.rs
index 30bf48be69..9ed4480841 100644
--- a/src/bin/upload-perf.rs
+++ b/src/bin/upload-perf.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ fn main() {
                 let median = v["median"].to_string().parse().unwrap();
                 let deviation = v["deviation"].to_string().parse().unwrap();
                 metrics::submit(
-                    influxdb::Point::new(&v["name"].to_string())
+                    influxdb::Point::new(&v["name"].as_str().unwrap().trim_matches('\"'))
                         .add_field("median", influxdb::Value::Integer(median))
                         .add_field("deviation", influxdb::Value::Integer(deviation))
                         .add_field(