diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
index 0c0ee74de..493218b52 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
@@ -122,6 +122,29 @@ jobs:
             -run='^TestSpamoorSuite$/^TestDeFiSimulation$' -v -timeout=15m \
             ./benchmark/ --evm-binary=../../../build/evm
 
+  # TODO: wire up to publish results once additional tests are in place.
+  state-pressure-benchmark:
+    name: State Pressure Benchmark
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 30
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@4b73464bb391d4059bd26b0524d20df3927bd417 # v6.3.0
+        with:
+          go-version-file: ./go.mod
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@4d04d5d9486b7bd6fa91e7baf45bbb4f8b9deedd # v4.0.0
+      - name: Install just
+        uses: extractions/setup-just@v3
+      - name: Build binaries
+        run: just build-evm build-da
+      - name: Run state pressure test
+        run: |
+          cd test/e2e && go test -tags evm \
+            -run='^TestSpamoorSuite$/^TestStatePressure$' -v -timeout=15m \
+            ./benchmark/ --evm-binary=../../../build/evm
+
   # single job to push all results to gh-pages sequentially, avoiding race conditions
   publish-benchmarks:
     name: Publish Benchmark Results
diff --git a/test/e2e/benchmark/spamoor_state_pressure_test.go b/test/e2e/benchmark/spamoor_state_pressure_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e3bd9cae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/benchmark/spamoor_state_pressure_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+//go:build evm
+
+package benchmark
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/celestiaorg/tastora/framework/docker/evstack/spamoor"
+)
+
+// TestStatePressure measures throughput under maximum storage write pressure.
+// Each tx maximizes SSTORE operations, creating rapid state growth that stresses
+// the state trie and disk I/O.
+//
+// Shares system configuration with TestERC20Throughput (100ms blocks, 100M gas,
+// 25ms scrape) so results are directly comparable. The gap between
+// TestEVMComputeCeiling and this test isolates state root + storage I/O cost.
+//
+// Primary metrics: MGas/s.
+// Diagnostic metrics: Engine.NewPayload latency, ev-node overhead %.
+func (s *SpamoorSuite) TestStatePressure() {
+	cfg := newBenchConfig("ev-node-state-pressure")
+
+	t := s.T()
+	ctx := t.Context()
+	cfg.log(t)
+	w := newResultWriter(t, "StatePressure")
+	defer w.flush()
+
+	e := s.setupEnv(cfg)
+
+	storageSpamConfig := map[string]any{
+		"throughput":        cfg.Throughput,
+		"total_count":       cfg.CountPerSpammer,
+		"gas_units_to_burn": cfg.GasUnitsToBurn,
+		"max_pending":       50000,
+		"max_wallets":       cfg.MaxWallets,
+		"base_fee":          20,
+		"tip_fee":           2,
+		"refill_amount":     "5000000000000000000", // 5 ETH
+		"refill_balance":    "2000000000000000000", // 2 ETH
+		"refill_interval":   600,
+	}
+
+	s.Require().NoError(deleteAllSpammers(e.spamoorAPI), "failed to delete stale spammers")
+
+	var spammerIDs []int
+	for i := range cfg.NumSpammers {
+		name := fmt.Sprintf("bench-storage-%d", i)
+		id, err := e.spamoorAPI.CreateSpammer(name, spamoor.ScenarioStorageSpam, storageSpamConfig, true)
+		s.Require().NoError(err, "failed to create spammer %s", name)
+		spammerIDs = append(spammerIDs, id)
+		t.Cleanup(func() { _ = e.spamoorAPI.DeleteSpammer(id) })
+	}
+
+	// allow spamoor time to initialise spammer goroutines before polling status
+	time.Sleep(3 * time.Second)
+	requireSpammersRunning(t, e.spamoorAPI, spammerIDs)
+
+	// wait for wallet funding to finish before recording start block
+	pollSentTotal := func() (float64, error) {
+		metrics, mErr := e.spamoorAPI.GetMetrics()
+		if mErr != nil {
+			return 0, mErr
+		}
+		return sumCounter(metrics["spamoor_transactions_sent_total"]), nil
+	}
+	waitForMetricTarget(t, "spamoor_transactions_sent_total (warmup)", pollSentTotal, float64(cfg.WarmupTxs), cfg.WaitTimeout)
+
+	// reset trace window to exclude warmup spans
+	e.traces.resetStartTime()
+
+	startHeader, err := e.ethClient.HeaderByNumber(ctx, nil)
+	s.Require().NoError(err, "failed to get start block header")
+	startBlock := startHeader.Number.Uint64()
+	loadStart := time.Now()
+	t.Logf("start block: %d (after warmup)", startBlock)
+
+	// wait for all transactions to be sent
+	waitForMetricTarget(t, "spamoor_transactions_sent_total", pollSentTotal, float64(cfg.totalCount()), cfg.WaitTimeout)
+
+	// wait for pending txs to drain
+	drainCtx, drainCancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 30*time.Second)
+	defer drainCancel()
+	if err := waitForDrain(drainCtx, t.Logf, e.ethClient, 10); err != nil {
+		t.Logf("warning: %v", err)
+	}
+	wallClock := time.Since(loadStart)
+
+	endHeader, err := e.ethClient.HeaderByNumber(ctx, nil)
+	s.Require().NoError(err, "failed to get end block header")
+	endBlock := endHeader.Number.Uint64()
+	t.Logf("end block: %d (range %d blocks)", endBlock, endBlock-startBlock)
+
+	// collect block-level gas/tx metrics
+	bm, err := collectBlockMetrics(ctx, e.ethClient, startBlock, endBlock)
+	s.Require().NoError(err, "failed to collect block metrics")
+
+	traces := s.collectTraces(e, cfg.ServiceName)
+
+	result := newBenchmarkResult("StatePressure", bm, traces)
+	s.Require().Greater(result.summary.SteadyState, time.Duration(0), "expected non-zero steady-state duration")
+	result.log(t, wallClock)
+	w.addEntries(result.entries())
+
+	metrics, mErr := e.spamoorAPI.GetMetrics()
+	s.Require().NoError(mErr, "failed to get final metrics")
+	sent := sumCounter(metrics["spamoor_transactions_sent_total"])
+	failed := sumCounter(metrics["spamoor_transactions_failed_total"])
+	s.Require().Greater(sent, float64(0), "at least one transaction should have been sent")
+	s.Require().Zero(failed, "no transactions should have failed")
+}