diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-experiments/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/experiment/builder/PresetClusterPerfBuilder.java b/asterixdb/asterix-experiments/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/experiment/builder/PresetClusterPerfBuilder.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c136d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-experiments/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/experiment/builder/PresetClusterPerfBuilder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+/*
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+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
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+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.asterix.experiment.builder;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.experiment.action.base.SequentialActionList;
+import org.apache.asterix.experiment.action.derived.RunAQLFileAction;
+import org.apache.asterix.experiment.action.derived.RunSQLPPFileAction;
+import org.apache.asterix.experiment.action.derived.SleepAction;
+import org.apache.asterix.experiment.action.derived.TimedAction;
+import org.apache.asterix.experiment.client.LSMExperimentConstants;
+import org.apache.asterix.experiment.client.LSMExperimentSetRunner.LSMExperimentSetRunnerConfig;
+import org.apache.asterix.experiment.client.LSMPerfConstants;
+import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
+
+import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Scanner;
+
+/**
+ * This experiment simply runs the performance benchmark queries against
+ * a cluster which is presumed to already be running.
+ * Also, there is no orchestration server involved in this experiment builder.
+ *
+ * The only LSMExperimentSetRunner config command-line options used by this
+ * experiment are:
+ *   -ler  -rh  -rp
+ */
+public class PresetClusterPerfBuilder extends AbstractExperimentBuilder {
+
+    protected final HttpClient httpClient;
+
+    protected final String restHost;
+
+    protected final int restPort;
+
+    protected final Path localExperimentRoot;
+
+    private final String countFileName;
+
+    protected final String loadAQLFilePath;
+
+    protected final String querySQLPPFileName;
+
+    public PresetClusterPerfBuilder(LSMExperimentSetRunnerConfig config) {
+        super("PresetClusterPerfBuilder");
+        this.httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
+        this.restHost = config.getRESTHost();
+        this.restPort = config.getRESTPort();
+        this.localExperimentRoot = Paths.get(config.getLocalExperimentRoot());
+        this.countFileName = "bench_count.aql";
+        this.loadAQLFilePath = "bench_3_load_2.aql";
+        this.querySQLPPFileName = "agg_bench";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void doBuild(Experiment e) throws IOException, JAXBException {
+        SequentialActionList execs = new SequentialActionList();
+
+        //ddl statements
+        execs.add(new SleepAction(15000));
+        // TODO: implement retry handler
+        execs.add(new RunAQLFileAction(httpClient, restHost, restPort, localExperimentRoot.resolve(
+                LSMExperimentConstants.AQL_DIR).resolve(LSMPerfConstants.BASE_TYPES)));
+        execs.add(new RunAQLFileAction(httpClient, restHost, restPort, localExperimentRoot.resolve(
+                LSMExperimentConstants.AQL_DIR).resolve("bench_3.aql")));
+
+        //---------- main experiment body begins -----------
+
+        //run DDL + Load
+        execs.add(new TimedAction(new RunAQLFileAction(httpClient, restHost, restPort, localExperimentRoot.resolve(
+                LSMExperimentConstants.AQL_DIR).resolve(loadAQLFilePath))));
+
+        //execute SQL++ Queries
+        execs.add(new TimedAction(new RunSQLPPFileAction(httpClient, restHost, restPort, localExperimentRoot.resolve(
+                LSMExperimentConstants.AQL_DIR).resolve(querySQLPPFileName),
+                localExperimentRoot.resolve(LSMPerfConstants.RESULT_FILE))));
+
+        //---------- main experiment body ends -----------
+
+        //total record count
+        execs.add(new SleepAction(10000));
+        if (countFileName != null) {
+            execs.add(new RunAQLFileAction(httpClient, restHost, restPort, localExperimentRoot.resolve(
+                    LSMExperimentConstants.AQL_DIR).resolve(countFileName)));
+        }
+
+        e.addBody(execs);
+    }
+
+    protected Map<String, List<String>> readDatagenPairs(Path p) throws IOException {
+        Map<String, List<String>> dgenPairs = new HashMap<>();
+        Scanner s = new Scanner(p, StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name());
+        try {
+            while (s.hasNextLine()) {
+                String line = s.nextLine();
+                String[] pair = line.split("\\s+");
+                List<String> vals = dgenPairs.get(pair[0]);
+                if (vals == null) {
+                    vals = new ArrayList<>();
+                    dgenPairs.put(pair[0], vals);
+                }
+                vals.add(pair[1]);
+            }
+        } finally {
+            s.close();
+        }
+        return dgenPairs;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-experiments/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/experiment/client/LSMExperimentSetRunner.java b/asterixdb/asterix-experiments/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/experiment/client/LSMExperimentSetRunner.java
index 9f9115e..45073d9 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-experiments/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/experiment/client/LSMExperimentSetRunner.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-experiments/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/experiment/client/LSMExperimentSetRunner.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.experiment.action.base.SequentialActionList;
 import org.apache.asterix.experiment.builder.AbstractExperimentBuilder;
 import org.apache.asterix.experiment.builder.PerfTestAggBuilder;
+import org.apache.asterix.experiment.builder.PresetClusterPerfBuilder;
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.CmdLineException;
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.CmdLineParser;
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.Option;
@@ -104,14 +105,14 @@
             return sshKeyLocation;
         }
 
-        @Option(name = "-d", aliases = "--datagen-duartion", usage = "Data generation duration in seconds", metaVar = "DATAGENDURATION")
+        @Option(name = "-d", aliases = "--datagen-duration", usage = "Data generation duration in seconds", metaVar = "DATAGENDURATION")
         private int duration;
 
         public int getDuration() {
             return duration;
         }
 
-        @Option(name = "-qd", aliases = "--querygen-duartion", usage = "Query generation duration in seconds", metaVar = "QUERYGENDURATION")
+        @Option(name = "-qd", aliases = "--querygen-duration", usage = "Query generation duration in seconds", metaVar = "QUERYGENDURATION")
         private int queryDuration;
 
         public int getQueryDuration() {
@@ -287,6 +288,7 @@
                 suite.add(new Experiment5DBuilder(config));
         */
                 suite.add(new PerfTestAggBuilder(config));
+                suite.add(new PresetClusterPerfBuilder(config));
 
         Pattern p = config.getRegex() == null ? null : Pattern.compile(config.getRegex());
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-experiments/src/main/resources/ingestion-experiment-binary-and-configs/aql/bench_3_load_2.aql b/asterixdb/asterix-experiments/src/main/resources/ingestion-experiment-binary-and-configs/aql/bench_3_load_2.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5379ec2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-experiments/src/main/resources/ingestion-experiment-binary-and-configs/aql/bench_3_load_2.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+use dataverse SocialNetworkData;
+
+load dataset GleambookMessages using
+localfs(("path"="172.23.100.190:///hd1/datagen/gbook_messages.adm,172.23.100.191:///hd1/datagen/gbook_messages.adm,172.23.100.192:///hd1/datagen/gbook_messages.adm,172.23.100.193:///hd1/datagen/gbook_messages.adm"),("format"="adm"));
+
+load dataset GleambookUsers using
+localfs(("path"="172.23.100.190:///hd1/datagen/gbook_users.adm,172.23.100.191:///hd1/datagen/gbook_users.adm,172.23.100.192:///hd1/datagen/gbook_users.adm,172.23.100.193:///hd1/datagen/gbook_users.adm"),("format"="adm"));