diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/tests/performance/requests/shopper/my-account-orders.js b/plugins/woocommerce/tests/performance/requests/shopper/my-account-orders.js
index 789a3eb185f..7d20bebfe79 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce/tests/performance/requests/shopper/my-account-orders.js
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/tests/performance/requests/shopper/my-account-orders.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /**
  * External dependencies
  */
-import { sleep, group } from 'k6';
+import { sleep, group, check } from 'k6';
 import http from 'k6/http';
 import {
 	randomIntBetween,
@@ -77,11 +77,18 @@ export function myAccountOrders() {
 			'my-account/view-order/',
 			'/"'
 		);
+
+		check( my_account_order_id, {
+			'order ID is not undefined': () => {
+				console.log( `order id: ${ my_account_order_id }` );
+				return !! my_account_order_id;
+			},
+		} );
 	} );
 
 	sleep( randomIntBetween( `${ think_time_min }`, `${ think_time_max }` ) );
 
-	group( 'My Account Open Order', function () {
+	group( `My Account Open Order ${ my_account_order_id }`, function () {
 		const requestHeaders = Object.assign(
 			{},
 			htmlRequestHeader,
@@ -99,8 +106,8 @@ export function myAccountOrders() {
 		);
 
 		checkResponse( response, 200, {
-			title: `My account – ${ STORE_NAME }`,
-			body: my_account_order_id,
+			title: `Order #${ my_account_order_id } – ${ STORE_NAME }`,
+			body: `Order #<mark class="order-number">${ my_account_order_id }</mark> was placed`,
 			footer: FOOTER_TEXT,
 		} );
 	} );
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/tests/performance/setup/test-data-setup.js b/plugins/woocommerce/tests/performance/setup/test-data-setup.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f680ff4ee1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/tests/performance/setup/test-data-setup.js
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/**
+ * External dependencies
+ */
+import encoding from 'k6/encoding';
+import http from 'k6/http';
+import { check } from 'k6';
+import { findBetween } from 'https://jslib.k6.io/k6-utils/1.2.0/index.js';
+
+/**
+ * Internal dependencies
+ */
+import {
+	base_url,
+	admin_username,
+	admin_password,
+	addresses_customer_billing_first_name,
+	addresses_customer_billing_last_name,
+	addresses_customer_billing_country,
+	addresses_customer_billing_address_1,
+	addresses_customer_billing_address_2,
+	addresses_customer_billing_city,
+	addresses_customer_billing_state,
+	addresses_customer_billing_postcode,
+	addresses_customer_billing_phone,
+	addresses_customer_billing_email,
+} from '../config.js';
+
+export function createCustomerTestOrder() {
+	const credentials = `${ admin_username }:${ admin_password }`;
+	const encodedCredentials = encoding.b64encode( credentials );
+	const requestHeaders = {
+		Authorization: `Basic ${ encodedCredentials }`,
+		'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+	};
+
+	const createData = {
+		billing: {
+			first_name: `${ addresses_customer_billing_first_name }`,
+			last_name: `${ addresses_customer_billing_last_name }`,
+			address_1: `${ addresses_customer_billing_address_1 }`,
+			address_2: `${ addresses_customer_billing_address_2 }`,
+			city: `${ addresses_customer_billing_city }`,
+			state: `${ addresses_customer_billing_state }`,
+			postcode: `${ addresses_customer_billing_postcode }`,
+			country: `${ addresses_customer_billing_country }`,
+			email: `${ addresses_customer_billing_email }`,
+			phone: `${ addresses_customer_billing_phone }`,
+		},
+		shipping: {
+			first_name: `${ addresses_customer_billing_first_name }`,
+			last_name: `${ addresses_customer_billing_last_name }`,
+			address_1: `${ addresses_customer_billing_address_1 }`,
+			address_2: `${ addresses_customer_billing_address_2 }`,
+			city: `${ addresses_customer_billing_city }`,
+			state: `${ addresses_customer_billing_state }`,
+			postcode: `${ addresses_customer_billing_postcode }`,
+			country: `${ addresses_customer_billing_country }`,
+		},
+		customer_id: 2,
+	};
+	const response = http.post(
+		`${ base_url }/wp-json/wc/v3/orders`,
+		JSON.stringify( createData ),
+		{
+			headers: requestHeaders,
+			tags: { name: 'API - Create Order' },
+		}
+	);
+
+	check( response, {
+		'status is 201': ( r ) => r.status === 201,
+		"body contains: 'Pending' Status": ( r ) =>
+			r.body.includes( '"status":"pending"' ),
+	} );
+
+	const orderId = findBetween( response.body, '{"id":', ',' );
+
+	console.log( `Test order created: ${ orderId }` );
+}
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/tests/performance/tests/gh-action-pr-requests.js b/plugins/woocommerce/tests/performance/tests/gh-action-pr-requests.js
index c06aed22d2b..3f8c3048f23 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce/tests/performance/tests/gh-action-pr-requests.js
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/tests/performance/tests/gh-action-pr-requests.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import { addOrder } from '../requests/merchant/add-order.js';
 import { ordersAPI } from '../requests/api/orders.js';
 import { homeWCAdmin } from '../requests/merchant/home-wc-admin.js';
 import { useCartCheckoutShortcodes } from '../setup/cart-checkout-shortcode.js';
+import { createCustomerTestOrder } from '../setup/test-data-setup.js';
 
 const shopper_request_threshold = 'p(95)<10000';
 const merchant_request_threshold = 'p(95)<10000';
@@ -251,6 +252,7 @@ export const options = {
 
 export function setup() {
 	useCartCheckoutShortcodes();
+	createCustomerTestOrder();
 }
 
 export function shopperBrowseFlow() {