diff --git a/.github/actions/simeng_benchmarks/action.yml b/.github/actions/simeng_benchmarks/action.yml
index c4b12bf1cd..6023a74eac 100644
--- a/.github/actions/simeng_benchmarks/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/simeng_benchmarks/action.yml
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@ inputs:
     required: true
     description: The path to the corresponding data file for that benchmark e.g. simeng-benchmarks/Data_Files/CloverLeaf.
 
-  pass_string:
+  runs:
     required: true
-    description: test
+    default: 10
+    description: The number of times a single benchmark should be averaged over.
 
 runs:
   using: 'composite'
@@ -31,27 +32,30 @@ runs:
         benchmark_path=${{ inputs.path }}
         benchmark_name=${{ inputs.name }}
         datafile_path=${{ inputs.datafile_path }}
-        pass_string=${{ inputs.pass_string }}
         
         output_file="benchmark_output.txt"
         total_time=0
+        runs=${{ inputs.runs }}
         
         cd "${{ github.workspace }}/$benchmark_path"
         
         # Loop to run the benchmark 10 times
-        # Run the benchmark and redirect output to a file
-        if [ $datafile_path ]; then
-            sudo simeng "${{ github.workspace }}/configs/a64fx.yaml" $benchmark_name -n 64 -i 1 --deck "${{ github.workspace }}/$datafile_path"  > "$output_file"
-        else
-            sudo simeng "${{ github.workspace }}/configs/a64fx.yaml" $benchmark_name  > "$output_file"
-        fi
-    
-        # Extract the time in milliseconds from the output
-        current_time=$(grep 'ticks in' "$output_file" | awk '{print substr($6, 1, length($6)-2)}')
-    
-        # Add the extracted time to the total time
-        total_time=$(echo "scale=2; $total_time + $current_time" | bc)
+        for (( i=1; i<=runs; i++ ))
+        do  
+            # Run the benchmark and redirect output to a file
+            if [ $datafile_path ]; then
+                sudo simeng "${{ github.workspace }}/configs/a64fx.yaml" $benchmark_name -n 64 -i 1 --deck "${{ github.workspace }}/$datafile_path"  > "$output_file"
+            else
+                sudo simeng "${{ github.workspace }}/configs/a64fx.yaml" $benchmark_name  > "$output_file"
+            fi
         
+            # Extract the time in milliseconds from the output
+            current_time=$(grep 'ticks in' "$output_file" | awk '{print substr($6, 1, length($6)-2)}')
+        
+            # Add the extracted time to the total time
+            total_time=$(echo "scale=2; $total_time + $current_time" | bc)
+        
+        done
         
         # Calculate the average time
         average_time=$(echo "scale=2; $total_time / ${{ inputs.runs }}" | bc)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/LINUX_BUILD_TEST.yml b/.github/workflows/LINUX_BUILD_TEST.yml
index 86fc9b7ded..878966ff10 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/LINUX_BUILD_TEST.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/LINUX_BUILD_TEST.yml
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: INFO
         shell: bash
         run: |
+          sudo apt-get -y install bc
+          sudo apt-get -y install gcc-10 g++-10 pip
+          pip install pyparsing
           cat /etc/os-release 
           echo "_______________________________________"
           uname -a
@@ -182,7 +185,7 @@ jobs:
           path: "simeng-benchmarks/binaries/CloverLeaf/openmp"
           name: "cloverleaf_gcc10.3.0_armv8.4+sve"
           datafile_path: "simeng-benchmarks/Data_Files/CloverLeaf"
-          pass_string: "This test is considered PASSED"
+          runs: 1
 
 
 #      - if: ${{ inputs.SIMENG-MODE == 'Release' }}