diff --git a/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/Tests/Runtime/NetworkObject/NetworkObjectSpawnManyObjectsTests.cs b/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/Tests/Runtime/NetworkObject/NetworkObjectSpawnManyObjectsTests.cs
index cf786bd0c4..e055a53e9b 100644
--- a/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/Tests/Runtime/NetworkObject/NetworkObjectSpawnManyObjectsTests.cs
+++ b/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/Tests/Runtime/NetworkObject/NetworkObjectSpawnManyObjectsTests.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 using System.Collections;
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using NUnit.Framework;
 using Unity.Netcode.TestHelpers.Runtime;
+using Unity.PerformanceTesting;
 using UnityEngine;
 using UnityEngine.TestTools;
+using Debug = UnityEngine.Debug;
 
 namespace Unity.Netcode.RuntimeTests
 {
@@ -16,11 +19,22 @@ internal class NetworkObjectSpawnManyObjectsTests : NetcodeIntegrationTest
 
         private NetworkPrefab m_PrefabToSpawn;
 
-        public NetworkObjectSpawnManyObjectsTests(NetworkTopologyTypes networkTopologyType) : base(networkTopologyType) { }
+        public NetworkObjectSpawnManyObjectsTests(NetworkTopologyTypes topology) : base(topology)
+        {
+        }
+
+        private static void ResetTracking()
+        {
+            SpawnObjectTrackingComponent.SpawnedObjects = 0;
+            SpawnObjectTrackingComponent.DespawnedObjects = 0;
+        }
+
         // Using this component assures we will know precisely how many prefabs were spawned on the client
         internal class SpawnObjectTrackingComponent : NetworkBehaviour
         {
             public static int SpawnedObjects;
+            public static int DespawnedObjects;
+
             public override void OnNetworkSpawn()
             {
                 if (!IsOwner)
@@ -28,11 +42,19 @@ public override void OnNetworkSpawn()
                     SpawnedObjects++;
                 }
             }
+
+            public override void OnNetworkDespawn()
+            {
+                if (!IsOwner)
+                {
+                    DespawnedObjects++;
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         protected override void OnServerAndClientsCreated()
         {
-            SpawnObjectTrackingComponent.SpawnedObjects = 0;
+            ResetTracking();
             // create prefab
             var gameObject = new GameObject("TestObject");
             var networkObject = gameObject.AddComponent<NetworkObject>();
@@ -44,6 +66,8 @@ protected override void OnServerAndClientsCreated()
 
             foreach (var client in m_NetworkManagers)
             {
+                client.NetworkConfig.RecycleNetworkIds = true;
+                client.NetworkConfig.NetworkIdRecycleDelay = 0.01f;
                 client.NetworkConfig.Prefabs.Add(m_PrefabToSpawn);
             }
         }
@@ -51,7 +75,6 @@ protected override void OnServerAndClientsCreated()
         [UnityTest]
         public IEnumerator WhenManyObjectsAreSpawnedAtOnce_AllAreReceived()
         {
-            var timeStarted = Time.realtimeSinceStartup;
             var authority = GetAuthorityNetworkManager();
             for (int x = 0; x < k_SpawnedObjects; x++)
             {
@@ -61,13 +84,66 @@ public IEnumerator WhenManyObjectsAreSpawnedAtOnce_AllAreReceived()
                 serverObject.Spawn();
             }
 
-            var timeSpawned = Time.realtimeSinceStartup - timeStarted;
-            // Provide plenty of time to spawn all 1500 objects in case the CI VM is running slow
             var timeoutHelper = new TimeoutHelper(30);
             // ensure all objects are replicated
             yield return WaitForConditionOrTimeOut(() => SpawnObjectTrackingComponent.SpawnedObjects == k_SpawnedObjects, timeoutHelper);
+            AssertOnTimeout($"Timed out waiting for the client to spawn {k_SpawnedObjects} objects! expected: {k_SpawnedObjects} | have: {SpawnObjectTrackingComponent.SpawnedObjects}", timeoutHelper);
+
+            // Provide one full tick for all messages to finish being processed.
+            // DANGO-TODO: Determine if this is only when testing against Rust server (i.e. messages still pending and clients shutting down before they are dequeued)
+            // yield return s_DefaultWaitForTick;
+        }
+
+        [UnityTest, Performance]
+        public IEnumerator PerformanceWhenManyObjectsAreSpawnedAndDespawned()
+        {
+            var authority = GetAuthorityNetworkManager();
+            SampleGroup sampleGroup = new SampleGroup($"ManyObjectsSpawnedAndDespawned");
+            for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++)
+            {
+                ResetTracking();
+                var objects = new NetworkObject[k_SpawnedObjects];
+
+                Stopwatch stopwatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+                for (int x = 0; x < k_SpawnedObjects; x++)
+                {
+                    NetworkObject serverObject = Object.Instantiate(m_PrefabToSpawn.Prefab).GetComponent<NetworkObject>();
+                    serverObject.NetworkManagerOwner = authority;
+                    serverObject.SpawnWithObservers = true;
+                    serverObject.Spawn();
+                    objects[x] = serverObject;
+
+                    if (x % 100 == 0)
+                    {
+                        yield return null;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                for (int x = 0; x < k_SpawnedObjects; x++)
+                {
+                    var serverObject = objects[x];
+                    serverObject.Despawn();
+
+                    if (x % 100 == 0)
+                    {
+                        yield return null;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                // Provide plenty of time to spawn all objects in case the CI VM is running slow
+                var timeoutHelper = new TimeoutHelper(30);
+                // ensure all objects are replicated
+                yield return WaitForConditionOrTimeOut(() => SpawnObjectTrackingComponent.SpawnedObjects == k_SpawnedObjects, timeoutHelper);
+                AssertOnTimeout($"Timed out waiting for the client to spawn {k_SpawnedObjects} objects! expected: {k_SpawnedObjects} | have: {SpawnObjectTrackingComponent.SpawnedObjects}", timeoutHelper);
+
+                yield return WaitForConditionOrTimeOut(() => SpawnObjectTrackingComponent.DespawnedObjects == k_SpawnedObjects, timeoutHelper);
+                AssertOnTimeout($"Timed out waiting for the client to despawn {k_SpawnedObjects} objects! expected: {k_SpawnedObjects} | have: {SpawnObjectTrackingComponent.DespawnedObjects}", timeoutHelper);
+                stopwatch.Stop();
+                Measure.Custom(sampleGroup, stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds);
+                yield return null;
+            }
 
-            AssertOnTimeout($"Timed out waiting for the client to spawn {k_SpawnedObjects} objects! Time to spawn: {timeSpawned} | Time to timeout: {timeStarted - Time.realtimeSinceStartup}", timeoutHelper);
+            yield return s_DefaultWaitForTick;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/Tests/Runtime/com.unity.netcode.runtimetests.asmdef b/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/Tests/Runtime/com.unity.netcode.runtimetests.asmdef
index 7153a15480..fb8e99a82d 100644
--- a/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/Tests/Runtime/com.unity.netcode.runtimetests.asmdef
+++ b/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/Tests/Runtime/com.unity.netcode.runtimetests.asmdef
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
         "Unity.Netcode.TestHelpers.Runtime",
         "Unity.Mathematics",
         "UnityEngine.TestRunner",
-        "UnityEditor.TestRunner"
+        "UnityEditor.TestRunner",
+        "Unity.PerformanceTesting"
     ],
     "includePlatforms": [],
     "excludePlatforms": [],
diff --git a/testproject/Packages/manifest.json b/testproject/Packages/manifest.json
index 50e5a2a32e..3104811f43 100644
--- a/testproject/Packages/manifest.json
+++ b/testproject/Packages/manifest.json
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
     "com.unity.modules.xr": "1.0.0"
   },
   "testables": [
-    "com.unity.netcode.gameobjects"
+    "com.unity.netcode.gameobjects",
+    "com.unity.test-framework.performance"
   ]
 }