diff --git a/src/cli/listeners/performance-log/format-helpers.js b/src/cli/listeners/performance-log/format-helpers.js
index ed15c3aaae..20f0c35bc1 100644
--- a/src/cli/listeners/performance-log/format-helpers.js
+++ b/src/cli/listeners/performance-log/format-helpers.js
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ function formatMemory(pBytes) {
 
 function formatPerfLine(pTime, pPreviousTime, pMessage) {
   return `${formatTime(pTime - pPreviousTime)} ${formatMemory(
-    process.memoryUsage().heapTotal
-  )} ${formatMemory(process.memoryUsage().heapUsed)} ${pMessage}\n`;
+    process.memoryUsage().rss
+  )} ${formatMemory(process.memoryUsage().heapTotal)} ${formatMemory(
+    process.memoryUsage().heapUsed
+  )} ${formatMemory(process.memoryUsage().external)} ${pMessage}\n`;
 }
 
 module.exports = {
diff --git a/src/cli/listeners/performance-log/handlers.js b/src/cli/listeners/performance-log/handlers.js
index 859230b6af..c981fc4bf3 100644
--- a/src/cli/listeners/performance-log/handlers.js
+++ b/src/cli/listeners/performance-log/handlers.js
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ const { formatTime, formatPerfLine } = require("./format-helpers");
 
 function getHeader(pLevel, pMaxLevel) {
   if (pLevel <= pMaxLevel) {
-    return chalk.bold("  elapsed heapTotal  heapUsed after step...\n");
+    return chalk.bold(
+      "  elapsed       rss heapTotal  heapUsed  external after step...\n"
+    );
   }
   return "";
 }
diff --git a/test/cli/listeners/performance-log-listener/format-helpers.spec.mjs b/test/cli/listeners/performance-log-listener/format-helpers.spec.mjs
index 66f47a58e7..707242e61a 100644
--- a/test/cli/listeners/performance-log-listener/format-helpers.spec.mjs
+++ b/test/cli/listeners/performance-log-listener/format-helpers.spec.mjs
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ describe("[U] cli/ears/performance-log-listener/format-helpers - formatPerfLine"
   it("produces neat columns with time, memmory and a message", () => {
     expect(
       formatHelpers.formatPerfLine(14.88041018, 7.245436738, "sim sala bim")
-    ).to.match(/ {3}7635ms {0,}\d+Mb {0,}\d+Mb sim sala bim\n/);
+    ).to.match(
+      / {3}7635ms {0,}\d+Mb {0,}\d+Mb {0,}\d+Mb {0,}\d+Mb sim sala bim\n/
+    );
   });
 });