diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 8cc5c528..a0fa2f97 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -612,6 +612,82 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}
         run: make bench
 
+  benchmark-run:
+    name: Run benchmarks
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout sources
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Fetch submodules
+        run: make submodules
+
+      - name: Setup nodejs + yarn
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 18.20.2
+          cache-dependency-path: |
+            ${{ github.workspace }}/zksync-era/contracts-test-data/yarn.lock
+            ${{ github.workspace }}/zksync-era/contracts/l1-contracts/yarn.lock
+            ${{ github.workspace }}/zksync-era/contracts/l2-contracts/yarn.lock
+            ${{ github.workspace }}/zksync-era/contracts/system-contracts/yarn.lock
+
+      - name: Build benchmark contracts
+        if: steps.contracts-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        id: bench-setup
+        run: make bench-setup
+
+      - name: Fetch toolchain version from zksync-era
+        run: |
+          cd ${{ github.workspace }}/zksync-era
+          echo "ERA_TOOLCHAIN=$(head ./rust-toolchain)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Rustup toolchain install
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@nightly
+        with:
+          toolchain: ${{ env.ERA_TOOLCHAIN }}
+
+      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+        with:
+          workspaces: |
+            era_vm/zksync-era/core/tests/vm-benchmark
+
+      - name: Zksync-era dependencies
+        uses: awalsh128/cache-apt-pkgs-action@latest
+        with:
+          packages: clang clang-tools build-essential librocksdb-dev
+          version: 1.0
+
+      - name: Check benchmarks build
+        run: |
+          cd ${{ github.workspace }}/zksync-era
+          cargo build --benches
+
+      # Download previous benchmark result from cache (if exists)
+      - name: Download previous benchmark data
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: ./cache
+          key: main-${{ runner.os }}-benchmark
+
+      # Run `github-action-benchmark` action
+      - name: Store benchmark result
+        uses: benchmark-action/github-action-benchmark@v1
+        with:
+          # What benchmark tool the output.txt came from
+          tool: 'cargo'
+          # Where the output from the benchmark tool is stored
+          output-file-path: "${{github.workspace}}/output.txt"
+          # Where the previous data file is stored
+          external-data-json-path: ./cache/benchmark-data.json
+          # Workflow will fail when an alert happens
+          fail-on-alert: true
+          # GitHub API token to make a commit comment
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          # Enable alert commit comment
+          comment-on-alert: true
+          # Enable Job Summary for PRs
+          summary-always: true
 
   zksync_era_tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/src/execution.rs b/src/execution.rs
index 34af025b..fa96a665 100644
--- a/src/execution.rs
+++ b/src/execution.rs
@@ -415,20 +415,15 @@ impl Heap {
     }
 
     pub fn store(&mut self, address: u32, value: U256) {
-        let mut bytes: [u8; 32] = [0; 32];
-        value.to_big_endian(&mut bytes);
-        for (i, item) in bytes.iter().enumerate() {
-            self.heap[address as usize + i] = *item;
-        }
+        let start = address as usize;
+        let end = start + 32;
+        value.to_big_endian(&mut self.heap[start..end]);
     }
 
     pub fn read(&self, address: u32) -> U256 {
-        let mut result = U256::zero();
-
-        for i in 0..32 {
-            result |= U256::from(self.heap[address as usize + (31 - i)]) << (i * 8);
-        }
-        result
+        let start = address as usize;
+        let end = start + 32;
+        U256::from_big_endian(&self.heap[start..end])
     }
 
     pub fn expanded_read(&mut self, address: u32) -> (U256, u32) {
@@ -445,24 +440,15 @@ impl Heap {
         let mut result = U256::zero();
         for i in 0..32 {
             let addr = pointer.start + pointer.offset + (31 - i);
-            if addr < pointer.start + pointer.len {
-                result |= U256::from(self.heap[addr as usize]) << (i * 8);
-            }
+            result |= U256::from(self.heap[addr as usize]) << (i * 8);
         }
         result
     }
 
     pub fn read_unaligned_from_pointer(&self, pointer: &FatPointer) -> Result<Vec<u8>, HeapError> {
-        let mut result = Vec::new();
-        let start = pointer.start + pointer.offset;
-        let finish = start + pointer.len;
-        for i in start..finish {
-            if i as usize >= self.heap.len() {
-                return Err(HeapError::ReadOutOfBounds);
-            }
-            result.push(self.heap[i as usize]);
-        }
-        Ok(result)
+        let start = (pointer.start + pointer.offset) as usize;
+        let finish = (start + pointer.len as usize).min(self.heap.len());
+        Ok(self.heap[start..finish].into())
     }
 
     pub fn len(&self) -> usize {