diff --git a/server/etcdserver/apply.go b/server/etcdserver/apply.go
index 179a4bd96..ec24b4316 100644
--- a/server/etcdserver/apply.go
+++ b/server/etcdserver/apply.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"sort"
+	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/coreos/go-semver/semver"
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	warnApplyDuration = 100 * time.Millisecond
+	v3Version         = "v3"
 )
 
 type applyResult struct {
@@ -130,10 +132,13 @@ func (s *EtcdServer) newApplierV3() applierV3 {
 }
 
 func (a *applierV3backend) Apply(r *pb.InternalRaftRequest) *applyResult {
+	op := "unknown"
 	ar := &applyResult{}
 	defer func(start time.Time) {
+		success := ar.err == nil || ar.err == mvcc.ErrCompacted
+		applySec.WithLabelValues(v3Version, op, strconv.FormatBool(success)).Observe(time.Since(start).Seconds())
 		warnOfExpensiveRequest(a.s.getLogger(), start, &pb.InternalRaftStringer{Request: r}, ar.resp, ar.err)
-		if ar.err != nil && ar.err != mvcc.ErrCompacted {
+		if !success {
 			warnOfFailedRequest(a.s.getLogger(), start, &pb.InternalRaftStringer{Request: r}, ar.resp, ar.err)
 		}
 	}(time.Now())
@@ -141,62 +146,90 @@ func (a *applierV3backend) Apply(r *pb.InternalRaftRequest) *applyResult {
 	// call into a.s.applyV3.F instead of a.F so upper appliers can check individual calls
 	switch {
 	case r.Range != nil:
+		op = "Range"
 		ar.resp, ar.err = a.s.applyV3.Range(context.TODO(), nil, r.Range)
 	case r.Put != nil:
+		op = "Put"
 		ar.resp, ar.trace, ar.err = a.s.applyV3.Put(context.TODO(), nil, r.Put)
 	case r.DeleteRange != nil:
+		op = "DeleteRange"
 		ar.resp, ar.err = a.s.applyV3.DeleteRange(nil, r.DeleteRange)
 	case r.Txn != nil:
+		op = "Txn"
 		ar.resp, ar.trace, ar.err = a.s.applyV3.Txn(context.TODO(), r.Txn)
 	case r.Compaction != nil:
+		op = "Compaction"
 		ar.resp, ar.physc, ar.trace, ar.err = a.s.applyV3.Compaction(r.Compaction)
 	case r.LeaseGrant != nil:
+		op = "LeaseGrant"
 		ar.resp, ar.err = a.s.applyV3.LeaseGrant(r.LeaseGrant)
 	case r.LeaseRevoke != nil:
+		op = "LeaseRevoke"
 		ar.resp, ar.err = a.s.applyV3.LeaseRevoke(r.LeaseRevoke)
 	case r.LeaseCheckpoint != nil:
+		op = "LeaseCheckpoint"
 		ar.resp, ar.err = a.s.applyV3.LeaseCheckpoint(r.LeaseCheckpoint)
 	case r.Alarm != nil:
+		op = "Alarm"
 		ar.resp, ar.err = a.s.applyV3.Alarm(r.Alarm)
 	case r.Authenticate != nil:
+		op = "Authenticate"
 		ar.resp, ar.err = a.s.applyV3.Authenticate(r.Authenticate)
 	case r.AuthEnable != nil:
+		op = "AuthEnable"
 		ar.resp, ar.err = a.s.applyV3.AuthEnable()
 	case r.AuthDisable != nil:
+		op = "AuthDisable"
 		ar.resp, ar.err = a.s.applyV3.AuthDisable()
 	case r.AuthStatus != nil:
 		ar.resp, ar.err = a.s.applyV3.AuthStatus()
 	case r.AuthUserAdd != nil:
+		op = "AuthUserAdd"
 		ar.resp, ar.err = a.s.applyV3.UserAdd(r.AuthUserAdd)
 	case r.AuthUserDelete != nil:
+		op = "AuthUserDelete"
 		ar.resp, ar.err = a.s.applyV3.UserDelete(r.AuthUserDelete)
 	case r.AuthUserChangePassword != nil:
+		op = "AuthUserChangePassword"
 		ar.resp, ar.err = a.s.applyV3.UserChangePassword(r.AuthUserChangePassword)
 	case r.AuthUserGrantRole != nil:
+		op = "AuthUserGrantRole"
 		ar.resp, ar.err = a.s.applyV3.UserGrantRole(r.AuthUserGrantRole)
 	case r.AuthUserGet != nil:
+		op = "AuthUserGet"
 		ar.resp, ar.err = a.s.applyV3.UserGet(r.AuthUserGet)
 	case r.AuthUserRevokeRole != nil:
+		op = "AuthUserRevokeRole"
 		ar.resp, ar.err = a.s.applyV3.UserRevokeRole(r.AuthUserRevokeRole)
 	case r.AuthRoleAdd != nil:
+		op = "AuthRoleAdd"
 		ar.resp, ar.err = a.s.applyV3.RoleAdd(r.AuthRoleAdd)
 	case r.AuthRoleGrantPermission != nil:
+		op = "AuthRoleGrantPermission"
 		ar.resp, ar.err = a.s.applyV3.RoleGrantPermission(r.AuthRoleGrantPermission)
 	case r.AuthRoleGet != nil:
+		op = "AuthRoleGet"
 		ar.resp, ar.err = a.s.applyV3.RoleGet(r.AuthRoleGet)
 	case r.AuthRoleRevokePermission != nil:
+		op = "AuthRoleRevokePermission"
 		ar.resp, ar.err = a.s.applyV3.RoleRevokePermission(r.AuthRoleRevokePermission)
 	case r.AuthRoleDelete != nil:
+		op = "AuthRoleDelete"
 		ar.resp, ar.err = a.s.applyV3.RoleDelete(r.AuthRoleDelete)
 	case r.AuthUserList != nil:
+		op = "AuthUserList"
 		ar.resp, ar.err = a.s.applyV3.UserList(r.AuthUserList)
 	case r.AuthRoleList != nil:
+		op = "AuthRoleList"
 		ar.resp, ar.err = a.s.applyV3.RoleList(r.AuthRoleList)
 	case r.ClusterVersionSet != nil:
+		op = "ClusterVersionSet"
 		a.s.applyV3Internal.ClusterVersionSet(r.ClusterVersionSet)
 	case r.ClusterMemberAttrSet != nil:
+		op = "ClusterMemberAttrSet"
 		a.s.applyV3Internal.ClusterMemberAttrSet(r.ClusterMemberAttrSet)
 	case r.DowngradeInfoSet != nil:
+		op = "DowngradeInfoSet"
 		a.s.applyV3Internal.DowngradeInfoSet(r.DowngradeInfoSet)
 	default:
 		panic("not implemented")
diff --git a/server/etcdserver/apply_v2.go b/server/etcdserver/apply_v2.go
index 06cd86938..386f325ca 100644
--- a/server/etcdserver/apply_v2.go
+++ b/server/etcdserver/apply_v2.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"path"
+	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/v3/pbutil"
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ import (
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
+const v2Version = "v2"
+
 // ApplierV2 is the interface for processing V2 raft messages
 type ApplierV2 interface {
 	Delete(r *RequestV2) Response
@@ -109,12 +112,16 @@ func (a *applierV2store) Sync(r *RequestV2) Response {
 
 // applyV2Request interprets r as a call to v2store.X
 // and returns a Response interpreted from v2store.Event
-func (s *EtcdServer) applyV2Request(r *RequestV2) Response {
+func (s *EtcdServer) applyV2Request(r *RequestV2) (resp Response) {
 	stringer := panicAlternativeStringer{
 		stringer:    r,
 		alternative: func() string { return fmt.Sprintf("id:%d,method:%s,path:%s", r.ID, r.Method, r.Path) },
 	}
-	defer warnOfExpensiveRequest(s.getLogger(), time.Now(), stringer, nil, nil)
+	defer func(start time.Time) {
+		success := resp.Err == nil
+		applySec.WithLabelValues(v2Version, r.Method, strconv.FormatBool(success)).Observe(time.Since(start).Seconds())
+		warnOfExpensiveRequest(s.getLogger(), start, stringer, nil, nil)
+	}(time.Now())
 
 	switch r.Method {
 	case "POST":
diff --git a/server/etcdserver/metrics.go b/server/etcdserver/metrics.go
index e4a1d3bec..06263a9cd 100644
--- a/server/etcdserver/metrics.go
+++ b/server/etcdserver/metrics.go
@@ -164,6 +164,17 @@ var (
 		Name:      "limit",
 		Help:      "The file descriptor limit.",
 	})
+	applySec = prometheus.NewHistogramVec(prometheus.HistogramOpts{
+		Namespace: "etcd",
+		Subsystem: "server",
+		Name:      "apply_duration_seconds",
+		Help:      "The latency distributions of v2 apply called by backend.",
+
+		// lowest bucket start of upper bound 0.0001 sec (0.1 ms) with factor 2
+		// highest bucket start of 0.0001 sec * 2^19 == 52.4288 sec
+		Buckets: prometheus.ExponentialBuckets(0.0001, 2, 20),
+	},
+		[]string{"version", "op", "success"})
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -189,6 +200,7 @@ func init() {
 	prometheus.MustRegister(learnerPromoteFailed)
 	prometheus.MustRegister(fdUsed)
 	prometheus.MustRegister(fdLimit)
+	prometheus.MustRegister(applySec)
 
 	currentVersion.With(prometheus.Labels{
 		"server_version": version.Version,