diff --git a/benchmarks/riscv-coremark/coremark/core_main.c b/benchmarks/riscv-coremark/coremark/core_main.c
index b1ec758bf..8467d9459 100644
--- a/benchmarks/riscv-coremark/coremark/core_main.c
+++ b/benchmarks/riscv-coremark/coremark/core_main.c
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ for (i = 0; i < MULTITHREAD; i++)
     }
 
     /* automatically determine number of iterations if not set */
+    // results[0].iterations = 2; // temporary for speed
     if (results[0].iterations == 0)
     {
         secs_ret secs_passed = 0;
@@ -289,7 +290,7 @@ for (i = 0; i < MULTITHREAD; i++)
     seedcrc = crc16(results[0].seed2, seedcrc);
     seedcrc = crc16(results[0].seed3, seedcrc);
     seedcrc = crc16(results[0].size, seedcrc);
-
+ 
     switch (seedcrc)
     {                /* test known output for common seeds */
         case 0x8a02: /* seed1=0, seed2=0, seed3=0x66, size 2000 per algorithm */
@@ -359,11 +360,11 @@ for (i = 0; i < MULTITHREAD; i++)
     ee_printf("CoreMark Size    : %lu\n", (long unsigned)results[0].size);
     ee_printf("Total ticks      : %lu\n", (long unsigned)total_time);
 #if HAS_FLOAT
-    ee_printf("Total time (secs): %f\n", time_in_secs(total_time));
+    ee_printf("Total time (msecs): %ld\n", (long unsigned)(1000*time_in_secs(total_time)));
     if (time_in_secs(total_time) > 0)
-        ee_printf("Iterations/Sec   : %f\n",
-                  default_num_contexts * results[0].iterations
-                      / time_in_secs(total_time));
+        ee_printf("Iterations/Sec   : %lu / %lu\n",
+                  default_num_contexts * results[0].iterations,
+                      total_time);
 #else
     ee_printf("Total time (secs): %d\n", time_in_secs(total_time));
     if (time_in_secs(total_time) > 0)
diff --git a/benchmarks/riscv-coremark/riscv64-baremetal/core_portme.c b/benchmarks/riscv-coremark/riscv64-baremetal/core_portme.c
index cad8b766d..86917f939 100755
--- a/benchmarks/riscv-coremark/riscv64-baremetal/core_portme.c
+++ b/benchmarks/riscv-coremark/riscv64-baremetal/core_portme.c
@@ -196,10 +196,10 @@ void stop_time(void) {
 CORE_TICKS get_time(void) {
 	CORE_TICKS elapsed=(CORE_TICKS)(MYTIMEDIFF(stop_time_val, start_time_val));
 	unsigned long instructions = minstretDiff();
-/*	double CPI = elapsed / instructions;
+	ee_printf("   Called get_time\n");
 	ee_printf("    Elapsed MTIME: %u\n", elapsed);
 	ee_printf("    Elapsed MINSTRET: %lu\n", instructions);
-	ee_printf("    CPI: %lf", CPI); */
+	ee_printf("    CPI: %lu / %lu\n", elapsed, instructions); 
 	return elapsed;
 }
 /* Function: time_in_secs