diff --git a/src/Makefile.bench.include b/src/Makefile.bench.include
index be8864076c..1bc2d9a340 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.bench.include
+++ b/src/Makefile.bench.include
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ BENCH_SRCDIR = bench
 BENCH_BINARY = bench/bench_unite$(EXEEXT)
 
 RAW_BENCH_FILES = \
-  bench/data/block413567.raw
+  bench/data/test_block.raw
 GENERATED_BENCH_FILES = $(RAW_BENCH_FILES:.raw=.raw.h)
 
 bench_bench_unite_SOURCES = \
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ CLEAN_UNITE_BENCH = bench/*.gcda bench/*.gcno $(GENERATED_BENCH_FILES)
 
 CLEANFILES += $(CLEAN_UNITE_BENCH)
 
-bench/checkblock.cpp: bench/data/block413567.raw.h
+bench/checkblock.cpp: bench/data/test_block.raw.h
 
 unite_bench: $(BENCH_BINARY)
 
diff --git a/src/bench/checkblock.cpp b/src/bench/checkblock.cpp
index 124da1a0b8..c119f1661c 100644
--- a/src/bench/checkblock.cpp
+++ b/src/bench/checkblock.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <consensus/validation.h>
 
 namespace block_bench {
-#include <bench/data/block413567.raw.h>
+#include <bench/data/test_block.raw.h>
 } // namespace block_bench
 
 // These are the two major time-sinks which happen after we have fully received
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ namespace block_bench {
 
 static void DeserializeBlockTest(benchmark::State& state)
 {
-    CDataStream stream((const char*)block_bench::block413567,
-            (const char*)&block_bench::block413567[sizeof(block_bench::block413567)],
+    CDataStream stream((const char*)block_bench::test_block,
+            (const char*)&block_bench::test_block[sizeof(block_bench::test_block)],
             SER_NETWORK, PROTOCOL_VERSION);
     char a = '\0';
     stream.write(&a, 1); // Prevent compaction
@@ -28,24 +28,25 @@ static void DeserializeBlockTest(benchmark::State& state)
     while (state.KeepRunning()) {
         CBlock block;
         stream >> block;
-        assert(stream.Rewind(sizeof(block_bench::block413567)));
+        assert(stream.Rewind(sizeof(block_bench::test_block)));
     }
 }
 
 static void DeserializeAndCheckBlockTest(benchmark::State& state)
 {
-    CDataStream stream((const char*)block_bench::block413567,
-            (const char*)&block_bench::block413567[sizeof(block_bench::block413567)],
+    // UNIT-E TODO: This is a synthetic block, it makes sense to change it to a real block later on.
+    CDataStream stream((const char*)block_bench::test_block,
+            (const char*)&block_bench::test_block[sizeof(block_bench::test_block)],
             SER_NETWORK, PROTOCOL_VERSION);
     char a = '\0';
     stream.write(&a, 1); // Prevent compaction
 
-    const auto chainParams = CreateChainParams(CBaseChainParams::TESTNET);
+    const auto chainParams = CreateChainParams(CBaseChainParams::REGTEST);
 
     while (state.KeepRunning()) {
         CBlock block; // Note that CBlock caches its checked state, so we need to recreate it here
         stream >> block;
-        assert(stream.Rewind(sizeof(block_bench::block413567)));
+        assert(stream.Rewind(sizeof(block_bench::test_block)));
 
         CValidationState validationState;
         assert(CheckBlock(block, validationState, chainParams->GetConsensus()));
diff --git a/src/bench/data/test_block.raw b/src/bench/data/test_block.raw
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..69faaa6391
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