diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmark-new.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmark-new.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9b22dd84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmark-new.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+name: Benchmark (new)
+
+on: [push, pull_request_target, workflow_dispatch]
+
+jobs:
+  benchmark-new:
+    name: Performance regression check (new)
+    if: contains(toJSON(github.event.head_commit.message), 'Merge pull request ') == false
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: install-dependencies
+        run: |
+            sudo pip3 install numpy
+            sudo apt install libsdl2-dev libsdl2-mixer-dev
+        shell: bash
+      - name: default build
+        run: make
+      - name: Run benchmark
+        run: |
+          tests/bench-aggregator.py
+      - name: Store benchmark results
+        uses: benchmark-action/github-action-benchmark@v1
+        with:
+          name: Benchmarks
+          tool: 'customBiggerIsBetter'
+          output-file-path: benchmark_output.json
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.RV32EMU_BENCH_TOKEN }}
+          gh-repository: 'github.com/sysprog21/rv32emu-bench'
+          gh-pages-branch: 'master'
+          auto-push: true
+          comment-always: true
+          benchmark-data-dir-path: .
diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
index 7f649981..05f10bb8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ jobs:
             github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'}}
         run: |
             sudo pip3 install numpy
+            sudo apt install libsdl2-dev libsdl2-mixer-dev
         shell: bash
       - name: default build
         if: ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.any_changed == 'true' ||
diff --git a/build/coremark.elf b/build/coremark.elf
index 2a4e7da2..e169d2aa 100644
Binary files a/build/coremark.elf and b/build/coremark.elf differ
diff --git a/build/dhrystone.elf b/build/dhrystone.elf
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 60974fc1..356ff0eb
Binary files a/build/dhrystone.elf and b/build/dhrystone.elf differ
diff --git a/src/emulate.c b/src/emulate.c
index e156aaba..a8856afb 100644
--- a/src/emulate.c
+++ b/src/emulate.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ RV_EXCEPTION_LIST
         return false;                                                 \
     }
 
-/* get current time in microsecnds and update csr_time register */
+/* get current time in microseconds and update csr_time register */
 static inline void update_time(riscv_t *rv)
 {
     struct timeval tv;
diff --git a/src/riscv.c b/src/riscv.c
index a0d385cc..b282e995 100644
--- a/src/riscv.c
+++ b/src/riscv.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  * rv32emu is freely redistributable under the MIT License. See the file
  * "LICENSE" for information on usage and redistribution of this file.
  */
+/* An intentional change to trigger the benchmark pipeline */
 
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <stdio.h>