diff --git a/examples/run_perf_test_reads.py b/examples/run_perf_test_reads.py
index e5dee85f..87c7f450 100644
--- a/examples/run_perf_test_reads.py
+++ b/examples/run_perf_test_reads.py
@@ -40,13 +40,21 @@
 poetry run python ./examples/run_perf_test_reads.py -e=5 --destination=e2e
 ```
 
+Testing raw PyAirbyte throughput with and without caching:
+
+```bash
+# Test raw PyAirbyte throughput with caching (Source->Cache):
+poetry run python ./examples/run_perf_test_reads.py -e=5
+# Test raw PyAirbyte throughput without caching (Source->Destination):
+poetry run python ./examples/run_perf_test_reads.py -e=5 --destination=e2e --no-cache
+```
+
 Note:
 - The Faker stream ('purchases') is assumed to be 220 bytes, meaning 4_500 records is
   approximately 1 MB. Based on this: 25K records/second is approximately 5.5 MB/s.
 - The E2E stream is assumed to be 180 bytes, meaning 5_500 records is
   approximately 1 MB. Based on this: 40K records/second is approximately 7.2 MB/s
-  and 61K records/second is approximately 11 MB/s.
-
+  and 60K records/second is approximately 10.5 MB/s.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
@@ -58,6 +66,7 @@
 import airbyte as ab
 from airbyte.caches import BigQueryCache, CacheBase, SnowflakeCache
 from airbyte.secrets.google_gsm import GoogleGSMSecretManager
+from typing_extensions import Literal
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from airbyte.sources.base import Source
@@ -78,7 +87,12 @@ def get_gsm_secret_json(secret_name: str) -> dict:
     return secret.parse_json()
 
 
-def get_cache(cache_type: str) -> CacheBase:
+def get_cache(
+    cache_type: Literal["duckdb", "snowflake", "bigquery", False],
+) -> CacheBase | Literal[False]:
+    if cache_type is False:
+        return False
+
     if cache_type == "duckdb":
         return ab.new_local_cache()
 
@@ -168,14 +182,14 @@ def get_destination(destination_type: str) -> ab.Destination:
 def main(
     e: int | None = None,
     n: int | None = None,
-    cache_type: str = "duckdb",
+    cache_type: Literal["duckdb", "bigquery", "snowflake", False] = "duckdb",
     source_alias: str = "e2e",
     destination_type: str | None = None,
 ) -> None:
     num_records: int = n or 5 * (10 ** (e or 3))
-    cache_type = cache_type or "duckdb"
+    cache_type = "duckdb" if cache_type is None else cache_type
 
-    cache: CacheBase = get_cache(
+    cache: CacheBase | Literal[False] = get_cache(
         cache_type=cache_type,
     )
     source: Source = get_source(
@@ -183,10 +197,14 @@ def main(
         num_records=num_records,
     )
     source.check()
-    read_result = source.read(cache)
     if destination_type:
         destination = get_destination(destination_type=destination_type)
-        destination.write(read_result)
+    if cache is not False:
+        read_result = source.read(cache)
+        if destination_type:
+            destination.write(read_result)
+    else:
+        destination.write(source, cache=False)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
@@ -216,6 +234,11 @@ def main(
         choices=["duckdb", "snowflake", "bigquery"],
         default="duckdb",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--no-cache",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Disable caching.",
+    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--source",
         type=str,
@@ -238,7 +261,7 @@ def main(
     main(
         e=args.e,
         n=args.n,
-        cache_type=args.cache,
+        cache_type=args.cache if not args.no_cache else False,
         source_alias=args.source,
         destination_type=args.destination,
     )