diff --git a/bench-orchestrator/bench_orchestrator/ci_matrix/catalog.py b/bench-orchestrator/bench_orchestrator/ci_matrix/catalog.py
index 9f8f0fee915..08483980e54 100644
--- a/bench-orchestrator/bench_orchestrator/ci_matrix/catalog.py
+++ b/bench-orchestrator/bench_orchestrator/ci_matrix/catalog.py
@@ -93,14 +93,14 @@
             "develop": FULL_LOCAL,
         },
     ),
+    # Not in the "pr" preset: the sorted variant is excluded from the default PR benchmark run.
     BenchmarkCase(
         id="clickbench-sorted-nvme",
         benchmark=Benchmark.CLICKBENCH_SORTED,
         name="Clickbench Sorted on NVME",
         runs={
-            "pr": DEFAULT,
             "pr-compact": COMPACT,
-            "pr-all": STANDARD,
+            "pr-all": COMPACT,
             "pr-full": DEFAULT_WITH_DUCKDB_PR_FULL,
             "develop": FULL_LOCAL,
         },
diff --git a/bench-orchestrator/tests/test_matrix.py b/bench-orchestrator/tests/test_matrix.py
index d0f765be246..4b6c270b5c1 100644
--- a/bench-orchestrator/tests/test_matrix.py
+++ b/bench-orchestrator/tests/test_matrix.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     "pr": tuple(
         benchmark_id
         for benchmark_id in REGULAR_IDS
-        if benchmark_id not in {"tpch-s3-10", "appian-nvme", "vortex-queries"}
+        if benchmark_id not in {"clickbench-sorted-nvme", "tpch-s3-10", "appian-nvme", "vortex-queries"}
     ),
     "pr-compact": COMPACT_IDS,
     "pr-all": PR_ALL_IDS,