diff --git a/distributed/config.py b/distributed/config.py
index b6e5f3d0d3..659f147545 100644
--- a/distributed/config.py
+++ b/distributed/config.py
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ def _initialize_logging_old_style(config: dict[Any, Any]) -> None:
     loggers: dict[str, str | int] = {  # default values
         "distributed": "info",
         "distributed.client": "warning",
+        "distributed.gc": "warning",
         "bokeh": "error",
         "tornado": "critical",
         "tornado.application": "error",
diff --git a/distributed/distributed.yaml b/distributed/distributed.yaml
index a7ec037e27..26b88322d0 100644
--- a/distributed/distributed.yaml
+++ b/distributed/distributed.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ distributed:
   # logging:
   #   distributed: info
   #   distributed.client: warning
+  #   distributed.gc: warning
   #   bokeh: error
   #   # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21234772/python-tornado-disable-logging-to-stderr
   #   tornado: critical
diff --git a/distributed/utils_perf.py b/distributed/gc.py
similarity index 90%
rename from distributed/utils_perf.py
rename to distributed/gc.py
index ad406d6135..5a02411ae3 100644
--- a/distributed/utils_perf.py
+++ b/distributed/gc.py
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@
 from dask.utils import format_bytes
 
 from distributed.metrics import thread_time
+from distributed.utils import RateLimiterFilter
 
 logger = _logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logger.addFilter(RateLimiterFilter("full garbage collections took", rate="60s"))
 
 
 class ThrottledGC:
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ class ThrottledGC:
     collect() does nothing when repeated calls are so costly and so frequent
     that the thread would spend more than max_in_gc_frac doing GC.
 
-    warn_if_longer is a duration in seconds (10s by default) that can be used
+    warn_if_longer is a duration in seconds (1s by default) that can be used
     to log a warning level message whenever an actual call to gc.collect()
     lasts too long.
     """
@@ -160,8 +162,8 @@ class GCDiagnosis:
 
     N_SAMPLES = 30
 
-    def __init__(self, warn_over_frac=0.1, info_over_rss_win=10 * 1e6):
-        self._warn_over_frac = warn_over_frac
+    def __init__(self, info_over_frac=0.1, info_over_rss_win=10 * 1e6):
+        self._info_over_frac = info_over_frac
         self._info_over_rss_win = info_over_rss_win
         self._enabled = False
         self._fractional_timer = None
@@ -206,22 +208,25 @@ def _gc_callback(self, phase, info):
         assert phase == "stop"
         self._fractional_timer.stop_timing()
         frac = self._fractional_timer.running_fraction
-        if frac is not None and frac >= self._warn_over_frac:
-            logger.warning(
+        if frac is not None:
+            level = logging.INFO if frac >= self._info_over_frac else logging.DEBUG
+            logger.log(
+                level,
                 "full garbage collections took %d%% CPU time "
                 "recently (threshold: %d%%)",
                 100 * frac,
-                100 * self._warn_over_frac,
+                100 * self._info_over_frac,
             )
         rss_saved = self._gc_rss_before - rss
-        if rss_saved >= self._info_over_rss_win:
-            logger.info(
-                "full garbage collection released %s "
-                "from %d reference cycles (threshold: %s)",
-                format_bytes(rss_saved),
-                info["collected"],
-                format_bytes(self._info_over_rss_win),
-            )
+        level = logging.INFO if rss_saved >= self._info_over_rss_win else logging.DEBUG
+        logger.log(
+            level,
+            "full garbage collection released %s "
+            "from %d reference cycles (threshold: %s)",
+            format_bytes(rss_saved),
+            info["collected"],
+            format_bytes(self._info_over_rss_win),
+        )
         if info["uncollectable"] > 0:
             # This should ideally never happen on Python 3, but who knows?
             logger.warning(
diff --git a/distributed/http/scheduler/prometheus/core.py b/distributed/http/scheduler/prometheus/core.py
index 9240c98d7c..173c0c6200 100644
--- a/distributed/http/scheduler/prometheus/core.py
+++ b/distributed/http/scheduler/prometheus/core.py
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 from prometheus_client.core import CounterMetricFamily, GaugeMetricFamily
 
 from distributed.core import Status
+from distributed.gc import gc_collect_duration
 from distributed.http.prometheus import PrometheusCollector
 from distributed.http.scheduler.prometheus.semaphore import SemaphoreMetricCollector
 from distributed.http.scheduler.prometheus.stealing import WorkStealingMetricCollector
 from distributed.http.utils import RequestHandler
 from distributed.scheduler import ALL_TASK_STATES, Scheduler
-from distributed.utils_perf import gc_collect_duration
 
 
 class SchedulerMetricCollector(PrometheusCollector):
diff --git a/distributed/http/worker/prometheus/core.py b/distributed/http/worker/prometheus/core.py
index 4f0c2cb100..b6d7172c72 100644
--- a/distributed/http/worker/prometheus/core.py
+++ b/distributed/http/worker/prometheus/core.py
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 import prometheus_client
 from prometheus_client.core import CounterMetricFamily, GaugeMetricFamily, Metric
 
+from distributed.gc import gc_collect_duration
 from distributed.http.prometheus import PrometheusCollector
 from distributed.http.utils import RequestHandler
-from distributed.utils_perf import gc_collect_duration
 from distributed.worker import Worker
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("distributed.prometheus.worker")
diff --git a/distributed/scheduler.py b/distributed/scheduler.py
index 4f31ed44aa..7dc30b8893 100644
--- a/distributed/scheduler.py
+++ b/distributed/scheduler.py
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@
 from distributed.diagnostics.memory_sampler import MemorySamplerExtension
 from distributed.diagnostics.plugin import SchedulerPlugin, _get_plugin_name
 from distributed.event import EventExtension
+from distributed.gc import disable_gc_diagnosis, enable_gc_diagnosis
 from distributed.http import get_handlers
 from distributed.metrics import time
 from distributed.multi_lock import MultiLockExtension
@@ -136,7 +137,6 @@
     scatter_to_workers,
     unpack_remotedata,
 )
-from distributed.utils_perf import disable_gc_diagnosis, enable_gc_diagnosis
 from distributed.variable import VariableExtension
 from distributed.worker import _normalize_task
 
diff --git a/distributed/tests/test_utils_perf.py b/distributed/tests/test_gc.py
similarity index 91%
rename from distributed/tests/test_utils_perf.py
rename to distributed/tests/test_gc.py
index 2e66141b2a..3d8b4b7264 100644
--- a/distributed/tests/test_utils_perf.py
+++ b/distributed/tests/test_gc.py
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 
 import pytest
 
+from distributed.gc import FractionalTimer, GCDiagnosis, disable_gc_diagnosis
 from distributed.metrics import thread_time
-from distributed.utils_perf import FractionalTimer, GCDiagnosis, disable_gc_diagnosis
 from distributed.utils_test import captured_logger, run_for
 
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def enable_gc_diagnosis_and_log(diag, level="INFO"):
     if gc.callbacks:
         print("Unexpected gc.callbacks", gc.callbacks)
 
-    with captured_logger("distributed.utils_perf", level=level, propagate=False) as sio:
+    with captured_logger("distributed.gc", level=level, propagate=False) as sio:
         gc.disable()
         gc.collect()  # drain any leftover from previous tests
         diag.enable()
@@ -89,17 +89,18 @@ def enable_gc_diagnosis_and_log(diag, level="INFO"):
             gc.enable()
 
 
-@pytest.mark.slow
+# @pytest.mark.slow
 def test_gc_diagnosis_cpu_time():
-    diag = GCDiagnosis(warn_over_frac=0.75)
+    diag = GCDiagnosis(info_over_frac=0.75)
     diag.N_SAMPLES = 3  # shorten tests
 
-    with enable_gc_diagnosis_and_log(diag, level="WARN") as sio:
+    with enable_gc_diagnosis_and_log(diag, level="INFO") as sio:
         # Spend some CPU time doing only full GCs
         for _ in range(diag.N_SAMPLES):
             gc.collect()
         assert not sio.getvalue()
         gc.collect()
+        gc.collect()
         lines = sio.getvalue().splitlines()
         assert len(lines) == 1
         # Between 80% and 100%
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ def test_gc_diagnosis_cpu_time():
             lines[0],
         )
 
-    with enable_gc_diagnosis_and_log(diag, level="WARN") as sio:
+    with enable_gc_diagnosis_and_log(diag, level="INFO") as sio:
         # Spend half the CPU time doing full GCs
         for _ in range(diag.N_SAMPLES + 1):
             t1 = thread_time()
diff --git a/distributed/worker.py b/distributed/worker.py
index ac4231a2a6..5778d60dac 100644
--- a/distributed/worker.py
+++ b/distributed/worker.py
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
 from distributed.diagnostics.plugin import WorkerPlugin, _get_plugin_name
 from distributed.diskutils import WorkSpace
 from distributed.exceptions import Reschedule
+from distributed.gc import disable_gc_diagnosis, enable_gc_diagnosis
 from distributed.http import get_handlers
 from distributed.metrics import context_meter, thread_time, time
 from distributed.node import ServerNode
@@ -114,7 +115,6 @@
     wait_for,
 )
 from distributed.utils_comm import gather_from_workers, pack_data, retry_operation
-from distributed.utils_perf import disable_gc_diagnosis, enable_gc_diagnosis
 from distributed.versions import get_versions
 from distributed.worker_memory import (
     DeprecatedMemoryManagerAttribute,
diff --git a/distributed/worker_memory.py b/distributed/worker_memory.py
index 7484263a3d..ac2f3c8188 100644
--- a/distributed/worker_memory.py
+++ b/distributed/worker_memory.py
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@
 from distributed import system
 from distributed.compatibility import WINDOWS, PeriodicCallback
 from distributed.core import Status
+from distributed.gc import ThrottledGC
 from distributed.metrics import context_meter, monotonic
 from distributed.spill import ManualEvictProto, SpillBuffer
 from distributed.utils import RateLimiterFilter, has_arg, log_errors
-from distributed.utils_perf import ThrottledGC
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     # TODO import from typing (requires Python >=3.10)