diff --git a/APP_Framework/Applications/benchmark/support/benchmark.c b/APP_Framework/Applications/benchmark/support/benchmark.c
index 0df6d11d2..3ccac6e8f 100644
--- a/APP_Framework/Applications/benchmark/support/benchmark.c
+++ b/APP_Framework/Applications/benchmark/support/benchmark.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ void *run_benchmark(void *args) {
 
   case_attr.schedparam.sched_priority = 25;
   case_attr.stacksize = 16384;
-  PrivSemaphoreCreate(&syn_sem, 0, -21);
+  PrivSemaphoreCreate(&syn_sem, 0, -20);
   PrivMutexCreate(&case_mu, 0);
 
   benchmark_handle *cur_handle = head.next;
diff --git a/APP_Framework/Applications/benchmark/support/support.h b/APP_Framework/Applications/benchmark/support/support.h
index 6ecb9ff62..4b29cd806 100644
--- a/APP_Framework/Applications/benchmark/support/support.h
+++ b/APP_Framework/Applications/benchmark/support/support.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <transform.h>
 
-#define CPU_MHZ 1
+#define CPU_MHZ 10
 
 /* Benchmarks must implement verify_benchmark, which must return -1 if no
    verification is done. */