diff --git a/substrate/client/cli/src/config.rs b/substrate/client/cli/src/config.rs
index cc3b059056..b5470db91d 100644
--- a/substrate/client/cli/src/config.rs
+++ b/substrate/client/cli/src/config.rs
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ pub trait CliConfiguration<DCV: DefaultConfigurationValues = ()>: Sized {
 		let config_dir = base_path.config_dir(chain_spec.id());
 		let net_config_dir = config_dir.join(DEFAULT_NETWORK_CONFIG_PATH);
 		let client_id = C::client_id();
-		let database_cache_size = self.database_cache_size()?.unwrap_or(128);
+		let database_cache_size = self.database_cache_size()?.unwrap_or(1024);
 		let database = self.database()?.unwrap_or(Database::RocksDb);
 		let node_key = self.node_key(&net_config_dir)?;
 		let role = self.role(is_dev)?;
diff --git a/substrate/utils/frame/benchmarking-cli/src/lib.rs b/substrate/utils/frame/benchmarking-cli/src/lib.rs
index c331dea34c..664e526ae0 100644
--- a/substrate/utils/frame/benchmarking-cli/src/lib.rs
+++ b/substrate/utils/frame/benchmarking-cli/src/lib.rs
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ pub struct BenchmarkCmd {
 	pub wasm_method: WasmExecutionMethod,
 
 	/// Limit the memory the database cache can use.
-	#[structopt(long = "db-cache", value_name = "MiB", default_value = "128")]
+	#[structopt(long = "db-cache", value_name = "MiB", default_value = "1024")]
 	pub database_cache_size: u32,
 
 	/// List the benchmarks that match your query rather than running them.