diff --git a/benchmarks/db_bench.cc b/benchmarks/db_bench.cc
index 8e3f4e7..717fd77 100644
--- a/benchmarks/db_bench.cc
+++ b/benchmarks/db_bench.cc
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static int FLAGS_reads = -1;
 static int FLAGS_threads = 1;
 
 // Size of each value
-static int FLAGS_value_size = 100;
+static int FLAGS_value_size = 1000;
 
 // Arrange to generate values that shrink to this fraction of
 // their original size after compression