diff --git a/hermit/usr/benchmarks/stream.c b/hermit/usr/benchmarks/stream.c
index 9ac2937b2..65f5ebc91 100644
--- a/hermit/usr/benchmarks/stream.c
+++ b/hermit/usr/benchmarks/stream.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
  *          per array.
  */
 #ifndef STREAM_ARRAY_SIZE
-#   define STREAM_ARRAY_SIZE	10000000
+#   define STREAM_ARRAY_SIZE	14000000
 #endif
 
 /*  2) STREAM runs each kernel "NTIMES" times and reports the *best* result
@@ -105,11 +105,11 @@
  */
 #ifdef NTIMES
 #if NTIMES<=1
-#   define NTIMES	10
+#   define NTIMES	100
 #endif
 #endif
 #ifndef NTIMES
-#   define NTIMES	10
+#   define NTIMES	100
 #endif
 
 /*  Users are allowed to modify the "OFFSET" variable, which *may* change the