diff --git a/testsuite/bench/PARAM_arm.txt b/testsuite/bench/PARAM_arm.txt
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-array3d 200
-binary-trees 13
-chameneos 1e6
-coroutine-ring 3e6
-euler14-bit 5e6
-fannkuch 10
-fasta 2e6
-k-nucleotide 5e5 FASTA_500000
-life
-mandelbrot 2000
-mandelbrot-bit 2000
-md5 5000
-nbody 1e6
-nsieve 9
-nsieve-bit 9
-nsieve-bit-fp 9
-partialsums 2e6
-pidigits-nogmp 2000
-ray 4
-recursive-ack 9
-recursive-fib 37
-revcomp 1e6 FASTA_1000000
-scimark-fft 2000
-scimark-lu 300
-scimark-sor 5000
-scimark-sparse 5e3
-series 1500
-spectral-norm 1000
-sum-file 1000 SUMCOL_1000
diff --git a/testsuite/bench/PARAM_mips.txt b/testsuite/bench/PARAM_mips.txt
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-array3d 50
-binary-trees 10
-chameneos 5e4
-coroutine-ring 2e5
-euler14-bit 2e4
-fannkuch 8
-fasta 2e4
-k-nucleotide 1e4 FASTA_10000
-life
-mandelbrot 150
-mandelbrot-bit 150
-md5 10
-nbody 1e4
-nsieve 4
-nsieve-bit 4
-nsieve-bit-fp 2
-partialsums 5e4
-pidigits-nogmp 150
-ray 2
-recursive-ack 7
-recursive-fib 29
-revcomp 5e4 FASTA_50000
-scimark-fft 20
-scimark-lu 3
-scimark-sor 40
-scimark-sparse 100
-series 50
-spectral-norm 100
-sum-file 100 SUMCOL_100
diff --git a/testsuite/bench/PARAM_ppc.txt b/testsuite/bench/PARAM_ppc.txt
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-array3d 200
-binary-trees 13
-chameneos 1e6
-coroutine-ring 4e6
-euler14-bit 1e6
-fannkuch 9
-fasta 5e5
-k-nucleotide 1e5 FASTA_100000
-life
-mandelbrot 800
-mandelbrot-bit 800
-md5 500
-nbody 1e5
-nsieve 8
-nsieve-bit 8
-nsieve-bit-fp 8
-partialsums 5e5
-pidigits-nogmp 800
-ray 5
-recursive-ack 9
-recursive-fib 34
-revcomp 1e6 FASTA_1000000
-scimark-fft 500
-scimark-lu 100
-scimark-sor 1000
-scimark-sparse 3000
-series 1000
-spectral-norm 200
-sum-file 1000 SUMCOL_1000