diff --git a/benchtests/bench-bzero.c b/benchtests/bench-bzero.c
index 7ff04f2d2f..5e891ce875 100644
--- a/benchtests/bench-bzero.c
+++ b/benchtests/bench-bzero.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ IMPL (memset_zero, 0)
 static void
 do_one_test (json_ctx_t *json_ctx, impl_t *impl, CHAR *s, size_t n)
 {
-  size_t i, iters = INNER_LOOP_ITERS_LARGE;
+  size_t i, iters = INNER_LOOP_ITERS8;
   timing_t start, stop, cur;
 
   TIMING_NOW (start);
diff --git a/benchtests/bench-hash-funcs.c b/benchtests/bench-hash-funcs.c
index 5e7e502230..4a6858c021 100644
--- a/benchtests/bench-hash-funcs.c
+++ b/benchtests/bench-hash-funcs.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ enum
 {
   NFIXED_ITERS = 1048576,
   NRAND_BUFS = 16384,
-  NRAND_ITERS = 2048,
+  NRAND_ITERS = 256,
   RAND_BENCH_MAX_LEN = 128
 };
 
diff --git a/benchtests/bench-memccpy.c b/benchtests/bench-memccpy.c
index 51ed8dad2f..a26ed7eee2 100644
--- a/benchtests/bench-memccpy.c
+++ b/benchtests/bench-memccpy.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static void
 do_one_test (impl_t *impl, void *dst, const void *src, int c, size_t len,
 	     size_t n)
 {
-  size_t i, iters = INNER_LOOP_ITERS_LARGE;
+  size_t i, iters = INNER_LOOP_ITERS_LARGE * 4;
   timing_t start, stop, cur;
 
   TIMING_NOW (start);
diff --git a/benchtests/bench-memchr.c b/benchtests/bench-memchr.c
index 90bd3879e3..1a9bf51118 100644
--- a/benchtests/bench-memchr.c
+++ b/benchtests/bench-memchr.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static void
 do_one_test (json_ctx_t *json_ctx, impl_t *impl, const CHAR *s, int c,
 	     size_t n)
 {
-  size_t i, iters = INNER_LOOP_ITERS;
+  size_t i, iters = INNER_LOOP_ITERS8 / 2;
   timing_t start, stop, cur;
 
   TIMING_NOW (start);
diff --git a/benchtests/bench-memcpy-random.c b/benchtests/bench-memcpy-random.c
index a0753b60e0..48cb64d533 100644
--- a/benchtests/bench-memcpy-random.c
+++ b/benchtests/bench-memcpy-random.c
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ do_one_test (json_ctx_t *json_ctx, impl_t *impl, char *dst, char *src,
 	     copy_t *copy, size_t n)
 {
   timing_t start, stop, cur;
-  size_t iters = INNER_LOOP_ITERS_MEDIUM;
+  size_t iters = INNER_LOOP_ITERS_MEDIUM / 2;
 
   for (int j = 0; j < n; j++)
     CALL (impl, dst + copy[j].dst, src + copy[j].src, copy[j].len);
diff --git a/benchtests/bench-memcpy.c b/benchtests/bench-memcpy.c
index 1fd41c035f..5be09966e0 100644
--- a/benchtests/bench-memcpy.c
+++ b/benchtests/bench-memcpy.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static void
 do_one_test (json_ctx_t *json_ctx, impl_t *impl, char *dst, const char *src,
 	     size_t len)
 {
-  size_t i, iters = INNER_LOOP_ITERS;
+  size_t i, iters = INNER_LOOP_ITERS / 2;
   timing_t start, stop, cur;
   for (i = 0; i < iters / 64; ++i)
     {
diff --git a/benchtests/bench-memset.c b/benchtests/bench-memset.c
index 1e785e6c8f..e68b14201e 100644
--- a/benchtests/bench-memset.c
+++ b/benchtests/bench-memset.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static void
 do_one_test (json_ctx_t *json_ctx, impl_t *impl, CHAR *s,
 	     int c __attribute ((unused)), size_t n)
 {
-  size_t i, iters = INNER_LOOP_ITERS_LARGE;
+  size_t i, iters = INNER_LOOP_ITERS;
   timing_t start, stop, cur;
 
   TIMING_NOW (start);
diff --git a/benchtests/bench-strcat.c b/benchtests/bench-strcat.c
index 96383ce06a..08a19e53c9 100644
--- a/benchtests/bench-strcat.c
+++ b/benchtests/bench-strcat.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ IMPL (generic_strcat, 0)
 static void
 do_one_test (json_ctx_t *json_ctx, impl_t *impl, CHAR *dst, const CHAR *src)
 {
-  size_t k = STRLEN (dst), i, iters = INNER_LOOP_ITERS_LARGE;
+  size_t k = STRLEN (dst), i, iters = INNER_LOOP_ITERS_LARGE / CHARBYTES;
   timing_t start, stop, cur;
 
   if (CALL (impl, dst, src) != dst)
diff --git a/benchtests/bench-strcmp.c b/benchtests/bench-strcmp.c
index 65fd04b43a..f696f074fc 100644
--- a/benchtests/bench-strcmp.c
+++ b/benchtests/bench-strcmp.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ do_one_test (json_ctx_t *json_ctx, impl_t *impl,
 	     const CHAR *s1, const CHAR *s2,
 	     int exp_result)
 {
-  size_t i, iters = INNER_LOOP_ITERS;
+  size_t i, iters = INNER_LOOP_ITERS8 / 2;
   timing_t start, stop, cur;
 
   TIMING_NOW (start);
diff --git a/benchtests/bench-strlen.c b/benchtests/bench-strlen.c
index 9b91f8a10e..cae88dd6ec 100644
--- a/benchtests/bench-strlen.c
+++ b/benchtests/bench-strlen.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ IMPL (STRLEN, 1)
 static void
 do_one_test (json_ctx_t *json_ctx, impl_t *impl, const CHAR *s, size_t exp_len)
 {
-  size_t len = CALL (impl, s), i, iters = INNER_LOOP_ITERS8;
+  size_t len = CALL (impl, s), i, iters = INNER_LOOP_ITERS_LARGE;
   timing_t start, stop, cur;
 
   if (len != exp_len)
diff --git a/benchtests/bench-strncpy.c b/benchtests/bench-strncpy.c
index 83a88f6583..d90e3c55e2 100644
--- a/benchtests/bench-strncpy.c
+++ b/benchtests/bench-strncpy.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static void
 do_one_test (json_ctx_t *json_ctx, impl_t *impl, CHAR *dst, const CHAR *src,
 	     size_t len, size_t n)
 {
-  size_t i, iters = INNER_LOOP_ITERS_LARGE * (4 / CHARBYTES);
+  size_t i, iters = INNER_LOOP_ITERS_LARGE / CHARBYTES;
   timing_t start, stop, cur;
 
   if (CALL (impl, dst, src, n) != STRNCPY_RESULT (dst, len, n))