diff --git a/cdc/sink/dmlsink/txn/txn_dml_sink.go b/cdc/sink/dmlsink/txn/txn_dml_sink.go
index 964d11b6eca..00ff8dfbb9e 100644
--- a/cdc/sink/dmlsink/txn/txn_dml_sink.go
+++ b/cdc/sink/dmlsink/txn/txn_dml_sink.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func newSink(ctx context.Context,
 	for i, backend := range backends {
 		w := newWorker(ctx1, changefeedID, i, backend, len(backends))
 		txnCh := sink.alive.conflictDetector.GetOutChByCacheID(int64(i))
-		g.Go(func() error { return w.runLoop(txnCh) })
+		g.Go(func() error { return w.run(txnCh) })
 		sink.workers = append(sink.workers, w)
 	}
 
diff --git a/cdc/sink/dmlsink/txn/worker.go b/cdc/sink/dmlsink/txn/worker.go
index b4f071bb567..76b2f29a578 100644
--- a/cdc/sink/dmlsink/txn/worker.go
+++ b/cdc/sink/dmlsink/txn/worker.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ type worker struct {
 	metricConflictDetectDuration prometheus.Observer
 	metricQueueDuration          prometheus.Observer
 	metricTxnWorkerFlushDuration prometheus.Observer
-	metricTxnWorkerBusyRatio     prometheus.Counter
+	metricTxnWorkerTotalDuration prometheus.Observer
 	metricTxnWorkerHandledRows   prometheus.Counter
 
 	// Fields only used in the background loop.
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ func newWorker(ctx context.Context, changefeedID model.ChangeFeedID,
 
 		metricConflictDetectDuration: txn.ConflictDetectDuration.WithLabelValues(changefeedID.Namespace, changefeedID.ID),
 		metricQueueDuration:          txn.QueueDuration.WithLabelValues(changefeedID.Namespace, changefeedID.ID),
-		metricTxnWorkerFlushDuration: txn.WorkerFlushDuration.WithLabelValues(changefeedID.Namespace, changefeedID.ID),
-		metricTxnWorkerBusyRatio:     txn.WorkerBusyRatio.WithLabelValues(changefeedID.Namespace, changefeedID.ID),
+		metricTxnWorkerFlushDuration: txn.WorkerFlushDuration.WithLabelValues(changefeedID.Namespace, changefeedID.ID, wid),
+		metricTxnWorkerTotalDuration: txn.WorkerTotalDuration.WithLabelValues(changefeedID.Namespace, changefeedID.ID, wid),
 		metricTxnWorkerHandledRows:   txn.WorkerHandledRows.WithLabelValues(changefeedID.Namespace, changefeedID.ID, wid),
 
 		flushInterval:            backend.MaxFlushInterval(),
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ func newWorker(ctx context.Context, changefeedID model.ChangeFeedID,
 	}
 }
 
-// Run a loop.
-func (w *worker) runLoop(txnCh <-chan causality.TxnWithNotifier[*txnEvent]) error {
+// Continuously get events from txnCh and call backend flush based on conditions.
+func (w *worker) run(txnCh <-chan causality.TxnWithNotifier[*txnEvent]) error {
 	defer func() {
 		if err := w.backend.Close(); err != nil {
 			log.Info("Transaction dmlSink backend close fail",
@@ -87,14 +87,7 @@ func (w *worker) runLoop(txnCh <-chan causality.TxnWithNotifier[*txnEvent]) erro
 		zap.String("changefeedID", w.changefeed),
 		zap.Int("workerID", w.ID))
 
-	ticker := time.NewTicker(w.flushInterval)
-	defer ticker.Stop()
-
-	needFlush := false
-	var flushTimeSlice, totalTimeSlice time.Duration
-	overseerTicker := time.NewTicker(time.Second)
-	defer overseerTicker.Stop()
-	startToWork := time.Now()
+	start := time.Now()
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-w.ctx.Done():
@@ -103,27 +96,43 @@ func (w *worker) runLoop(txnCh <-chan causality.TxnWithNotifier[*txnEvent]) erro
 				zap.Int("workerID", w.ID))
 			return nil
 		case txn := <-txnCh:
+			// we get the data from txnCh.out until no more data here or reach the state that can be flushed.
+			// If no more data in txnCh.out, and also not reach the state that can be flushed,
+			// we will wait for 10ms and then do flush to avoid too much flush with small amount of txns.
 			if txn.TxnEvent != nil {
-				needFlush = w.onEvent(txn.TxnEvent, txn.PostTxnExecuted)
-			}
-		case <-ticker.C:
-			needFlush = true
-		case now := <-overseerTicker.C:
-			totalTimeSlice = now.Sub(startToWork)
-			busyRatio := int(flushTimeSlice.Seconds() / totalTimeSlice.Seconds() * 1000)
-			w.metricTxnWorkerBusyRatio.Add(float64(busyRatio) / float64(w.workerCount))
-			startToWork = now
-			flushTimeSlice = 0
-		}
-		if needFlush {
-			if err := w.doFlush(&flushTimeSlice); err != nil {
-				log.Error("Transaction dmlSink worker exits unexpectly",
-					zap.String("changefeedID", w.changefeed),
-					zap.Int("workerID", w.ID),
-					zap.Error(err))
-				return err
+				needFlush := w.onEvent(txn.TxnEvent, txn.PostTxnExecuted)
+				if !needFlush {
+					delay := time.NewTimer(w.flushInterval)
+					for !needFlush {
+						select {
+						case txn := <-txnCh:
+							needFlush = w.onEvent(txn.TxnEvent, txn.PostTxnExecuted)
+						case <-delay.C:
+							needFlush = true
+						}
+					}
+					// Release resources promptly
+					if !delay.Stop() {
+						select {
+						case <-delay.C:
+						default:
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				// needFlush must be true here, so we can do flush.
+				if err := w.doFlush(); err != nil {
+					log.Error("Transaction dmlSink worker exits unexpectly",
+						zap.String("changefeedID", w.changefeed),
+						zap.Int("workerID", w.ID),
+						zap.Error(err))
+					return err
+				}
+				// we record total time to calcuate the worker busy ratio.
+				// so we record the total time after flushing, to unified statistics on
+				// flush time and total time
+				w.metricTxnWorkerTotalDuration.Observe(time.Since(start).Seconds())
+				start = time.Now()
 			}
-			needFlush = false
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -150,16 +159,12 @@ func (w *worker) onEvent(txn *txnEvent, postTxnExecuted func()) bool {
 }
 
 // doFlush flushes the backend.
-// It returns true only if it can no longer be flushed.
-func (w *worker) doFlush(flushTimeSlice *time.Duration) error {
+func (w *worker) doFlush() error {
 	if w.hasPending {
 		start := time.Now()
 		defer func() {
-			elapsed := time.Since(start)
-			*flushTimeSlice += elapsed
-			w.metricTxnWorkerFlushDuration.Observe(elapsed.Seconds())
+			w.metricTxnWorkerFlushDuration.Observe(time.Since(start).Seconds())
 		}()
-
 		if err := w.backend.Flush(w.ctx); err != nil {
 			log.Warn("Transaction dmlSink backend flush fail",
 				zap.String("changefeedID", w.changefeed),
diff --git a/cdc/sink/metrics/txn/metrics.go b/cdc/sink/metrics/txn/metrics.go
index 62eef252ddd..42822b44cf7 100644
--- a/cdc/sink/metrics/txn/metrics.go
+++ b/cdc/sink/metrics/txn/metrics.go
@@ -44,15 +44,16 @@ var (
 			Name:      "txn_worker_flush_duration",
 			Help:      "Flush duration (s) for txn worker.",
 			Buckets:   prometheus.ExponentialBuckets(0.001, 2, 20), // 1ms~524s
-		}, []string{"namespace", "changefeed"})
+		}, []string{"namespace", "changefeed", "id"})
 
-	WorkerBusyRatio = prometheus.NewCounterVec(
-		prometheus.CounterOpts{
+	WorkerTotalDuration = prometheus.NewHistogramVec(
+		prometheus.HistogramOpts{
 			Namespace: "ticdc",
 			Subsystem: "sink",
-			Name:      "txn_worker_busy_ratio",
-			Help:      "Busy ratio (X ms in 1s) for all workers.",
-		}, []string{"namespace", "changefeed"})
+			Name:      "txn_worker_total_duration",
+			Help:      "total duration (s) for txn worker.",
+			Buckets:   prometheus.ExponentialBuckets(0.0001, 2, 20), // 1ms~524s
+		}, []string{"namespace", "changefeed", "id"})
 
 	WorkerHandledRows = prometheus.NewCounterVec(
 		prometheus.CounterOpts{
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ func InitMetrics(registry *prometheus.Registry) {
 	registry.MustRegister(ConflictDetectDuration)
 	registry.MustRegister(QueueDuration)
 	registry.MustRegister(WorkerFlushDuration)
-	registry.MustRegister(WorkerBusyRatio)
+	registry.MustRegister(WorkerTotalDuration)
 	registry.MustRegister(WorkerHandledRows)
 	registry.MustRegister(SinkDMLBatchCommit)
 	registry.MustRegister(SinkDMLBatchCallback)
diff --git a/metrics/grafana/ticdc.json b/metrics/grafana/ticdc.json
index f602a250017..b638f93010b 100644
--- a/metrics/grafana/ticdc.json
+++ b/metrics/grafana/ticdc.json
@@ -6598,9 +6598,9 @@
           "targets": [
             {
               "exemplar": true,
-              "expr": "sum(rate(ticdc_sink_txn_worker_busy_ratio{k8s_cluster=\"$k8s_cluster\",tidb_cluster=\"$tidb_cluster\",namespace=~\"$namespace\",changefeed=~\"$changefeed\",instance=~\"$ticdc_instance\"}[1m])/10) by (namespace,changefeed,instance)",
+              "expr": "sum(rate(ticdc_sink_txn_worker_flush_duration_sum{k8s_cluster=\"$k8s_cluster\",tidb_cluster=\"$tidb_cluster\",namespace=~\"$namespace\",changefeed=~\"$changefeed\",instance=~\"$ticdc_instance\"}[1m])) by (namespace,changefeed,instance,id) /sum(rate(ticdc_sink_txn_worker_total_duration_sum{k8s_cluster=\"$k8s_cluster\",tidb_cluster=\"$tidb_cluster\",namespace=~\"$namespace\",changefeed=~\"$changefeed\",instance=~\"$ticdc_instance\"}[1m])) by (namespace,changefeed,instance,id) *100",
               "interval": "",
-              "legendFormat": "{{namespace}}-{{changefeed}}-{{instance}}",
+              "legendFormat": "{{namespace}}-{{changefeed}}-{{instance}}-worker-{{id}}",
               "queryType": "randomWalk",
               "refId": "A"
             }