diff --git a/catch/include/cmd_options.hh b/catch/include/cmd_options.hh
index b9307f302..21b535dfa 100644
--- a/catch/include/cmd_options.hh
+++ b/catch/include/cmd_options.hh
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 #include <limits>
 
 struct CmdOptions {
-  int iterations = 10;
-  int warmups = 100;
-  int cg_iterations = 5;
+  int iterations = 5;
+  int warmups = 5;
+  int cg_extended_run = 5;
+  int cg_iterations = 2;
   bool no_display = false;
   bool progress = false;
   uint64_t accuracy_iterations = std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max() + 1ull;
diff --git a/catch/performance/kernelLaunch/hipExtLaunchKernelGGL.cc b/catch/performance/kernelLaunch/hipExtLaunchKernelGGL.cc
index e6552b988..368fd9d29 100644
--- a/catch/performance/kernelLaunch/hipExtLaunchKernelGGL.cc
+++ b/catch/performance/kernelLaunch/hipExtLaunchKernelGGL.cc
@@ -229,8 +229,8 @@ TEST_CASE("Performance_hipExtLaunchKernelGGL_QueryGPUFrequency") {
 #endif
   cout << endl;
 
-  int blocksMax = 1024;
-  int blockSizeMax = 1024;
+  int blocksMax = 64;
+  int blockSizeMax = 64;
   bool passed = query_gpu_frequency(kernel1, wall_clock_rate, blocksMax, blockSizeMax,
                                     props.multiProcessorCount);
   REQUIRE(passed);