diff --git a/benchmarks/main.cpp b/benchmarks/main.cpp
index 51f5d6b..f49f1f1 100644
--- a/benchmarks/main.cpp
+++ b/benchmarks/main.cpp
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #include <fstream>
 
 #include "benchmark.hpp"
-#include "task-data.hpp"
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     if (argc < 3) {
diff --git a/benchmarks/task-description.json b/benchmarks/task-description.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c4f577..0000000
--- a/benchmarks/task-description.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "count": 1,
-  "path" : "sw",
-  "list": [
-    {
-      "task": {
-        "size": 4096,
-        "iterations": 100,
-        "batching": {
-          "batch_submit": false,
-          "batch_size": 0
-        }
-      },
-      "affinity": {
-        "node": 0,
-        "nnode_src": 0,
-        "nnode_dst": 0
-      }
-    }
-  ]
-}
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diff --git a/benchmarks/util/dml-helper.hpp b/benchmarks/util/dml-helper.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1686fd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/util/dml-helper.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <dml/dml.hpp>
+
+inline const std::string StatusCodeToString(const dml::status_code code) {
+    switch(code) {
+        case dml::status_code::ok: return "ok";
+        case dml::status_code::false_predicate: return "false predicate";
+        case dml::status_code::partial_completion: return "partial completion";
+        case dml::status_code::nullptr_error: return "nullptr error";
+        case dml::status_code::bad_size: return "bad size";
+        case dml::status_code::bad_length: return "bad length";
+        case dml::status_code::inconsistent_size: return "inconsistent size";
+        case dml::status_code::dualcast_bad_padding: return "dualcast bad padding";
+        case dml::status_code::bad_alignment: return "bad alignment";
+        case dml::status_code::buffers_overlapping: return "buffers overlapping";
+        case dml::status_code::delta_delta_empty: return "delta delta empty";
+        case dml::status_code::batch_overflow: return "batch overflow";
+        case dml::status_code::execution_failed: return "execution failed";
+        case dml::status_code::unsupported_operation: return "unsupported operation";
+        case dml::status_code::queue_busy: return "queue busy";
+        case dml::status_code::error: return "unknown error";
+        case dml::status_code::config_error: return "config error";
+        default: return "unhandled error";
+    }
+}
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