diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/metric/SQLMetricsSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/metric/SQLMetricsSuite.scala
index 47265df4831df..7368a6c9e1d64 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/metric/SQLMetricsSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/metric/SQLMetricsSuite.scala
@@ -194,10 +194,20 @@ class SQLMetricsSuite extends SparkFunSuite with SQLMetricsTestUtils with Shared
   }
 
   test("Sort metrics") {
-    // Assume the execution plan is
-    // WholeStageCodegen(nodeId = 0, Range(nodeId = 2) -> Sort(nodeId = 1))
-    val ds = spark.range(10).sort('id)
-    testSparkPlanMetrics(ds.toDF(), 2, Map.empty)
+    // Assume the execution plan with node id is
+    // Sort(nodeId = 0)
+    //   Exchange(nodeId = 1)
+    //     Project(nodeId = 2)
+    //       LocalTableScan(nodeId = 3)
+    // Because of SPARK-25267, ConvertToLocalRelation is disabled in the test cases of sql/core,
+    // so Project here is not collapsed into LocalTableScan.
+    val df = Seq(1, 3, 2).toDF("id").sort('id)
+    testSparkPlanMetricsWithPredicates(df, 2, Map(
+      0L -> (("Sort", Map(
+        "sort time total (min, med, max)" -> {_.toString.matches(timingMetricPattern)},
+        "peak memory total (min, med, max)" -> {_.toString.matches(sizeMetricPattern)},
+        "spill size total (min, med, max)" -> {_.toString.matches(sizeMetricPattern)})))
+    ))
   }
 
   test("SortMergeJoin metrics") {
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/metric/SQLMetricsTestUtils.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/metric/SQLMetricsTestUtils.scala
index dcc540fc4f109..2d245d2ba1e35 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/metric/SQLMetricsTestUtils.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/metric/SQLMetricsTestUtils.scala
@@ -40,6 +40,18 @@ trait SQLMetricsTestUtils extends SQLTestUtils {
 
   protected def statusStore: SQLAppStatusStore = spark.sharedState.statusStore
 
+  // Pattern of size SQLMetric value, e.g. "\n96.2 MiB (32.1 MiB, 32.1 MiB, 32.1 MiB)"
+  protected val sizeMetricPattern = {
+    val bytes = "([0-9]+(\\.[0-9]+)?) (EiB|PiB|TiB|GiB|MiB|KiB|B)"
+    s"\\n$bytes \\($bytes, $bytes, $bytes\\)"
+  }
+
+  // Pattern of timing SQLMetric value, e.g. "\n2.0 ms (1.0 ms, 1.0 ms, 1.0 ms)"
+  protected val timingMetricPattern = {
+    val duration = "([0-9]+(\\.[0-9]+)?) (ms|s|m|h)"
+    s"\\n$duration \\($duration, $duration, $duration\\)"
+  }
+
   /**
    * Get execution metrics for the SQL execution and verify metrics values.
    *
@@ -185,15 +197,34 @@ trait SQLMetricsTestUtils extends SQLTestUtils {
       df: DataFrame,
       expectedNumOfJobs: Int,
       expectedMetrics: Map[Long, (String, Map[String, Any])]): Unit = {
-    val optActualMetrics = getSparkPlanMetrics(df, expectedNumOfJobs, expectedMetrics.keySet)
+    val expectedMetricsPredicates = expectedMetrics.mapValues { case (nodeName, nodeMetrics) =>
+      (nodeName, nodeMetrics.mapValues(expectedMetricValue =>
+        (actualMetricValue: Any) => expectedMetricValue.toString === actualMetricValue))
+    }
+    testSparkPlanMetricsWithPredicates(df, expectedNumOfJobs, expectedMetricsPredicates)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Call `df.collect()` and verify if the collected metrics satisfy the specified predicates.
+   * @param df `DataFrame` to run
+   * @param expectedNumOfJobs number of jobs that will run
+   * @param expectedMetricsPredicates the expected metrics predicates. The format is
+   *                                  `nodeId -> (operatorName, metric name -> metric predicate)`.
+   */
+  protected def testSparkPlanMetricsWithPredicates(
+      df: DataFrame,
+      expectedNumOfJobs: Int,
+      expectedMetricsPredicates: Map[Long, (String, Map[String, Any => Boolean])]): Unit = {
+    val optActualMetrics =
+      getSparkPlanMetrics(df, expectedNumOfJobs, expectedMetricsPredicates.keySet)
     optActualMetrics.foreach { actualMetrics =>
-      assert(expectedMetrics.keySet === actualMetrics.keySet)
-      for (nodeId <- expectedMetrics.keySet) {
-        val (expectedNodeName, expectedMetricsMap) = expectedMetrics(nodeId)
+      assert(expectedMetricsPredicates.keySet === actualMetrics.keySet)
+      for ((nodeId, (expectedNodeName, expectedMetricsPredicatesMap))
+          <- expectedMetricsPredicates) {
         val (actualNodeName, actualMetricsMap) = actualMetrics(nodeId)
         assert(expectedNodeName === actualNodeName)
-        for (metricName <- expectedMetricsMap.keySet) {
-          assert(expectedMetricsMap(metricName).toString === actualMetricsMap(metricName))
+        for ((metricName, metricPredicate) <- expectedMetricsPredicatesMap) {
+          assert(metricPredicate(actualMetricsMap(metricName)))
         }
       }
     }