diff --git a/benchmarks/main.ts b/benchmarks/main.ts
index 2f3a106ab4..8589ab028d 100644
--- a/benchmarks/main.ts
+++ b/benchmarks/main.ts
@@ -239,8 +239,10 @@ await new Command()
 
       clearInterval(updateState);
 
-      await Deno.stdout.write(enc(" ".padStart(30) + `\rduration: ${seconds} | jobs sent: ${JSON.stringify(jobsSent)}\n`));
+      const sum = jobsSent.reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0)
+      await Deno.stdout.write(enc(" ".padStart(30) + `\rduration: ${seconds} | jobs sent: ${sum}\n`));
 
+      const shutdown_start = Date.now();
       let zombie_jobs = 0;
       let incorrect_results = 0;
       workers.forEach((worker) => {
@@ -263,6 +265,9 @@ await new Command()
       while (workers.length > 0) {
         await sleep(0.1);
       }
+      const tts = (Date.now() - shutdown_start) / 1000;
+      console.log("time to shutdown:", tts);
+      console.log("throughput /s", sum / (seconds + tts));
 
       console.log("zombie jobs: ", zombie_jobs);
       console.log("incorrect results: ", incorrect_results);
diff --git a/benchmarks/worker.ts b/benchmarks/worker.ts
index ee296b4f31..34df7ede95 100644
--- a/benchmarks/worker.ts
+++ b/benchmarks/worker.ts
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ clearInterval(updateStatusInterval);
 
 const end_time = Date.now() + complete_timeout;
 let incorrect_results = 0;
+const enc = (s: string) => new TextEncoder().encode(s);
+
 while (outstanding.length > 0 && Date.now() < end_time) {
   const uuid = outstanding.shift()!;
 
@@ -116,7 +118,8 @@ while (outstanding.length > 0 && Date.now() < end_time) {
   }
   if (r.type == 'QueuedJob') {
     outstanding.push(uuid);
-    console.log(uuid, (await windmill.JobService.listQueue({ workspace: config.workspace_id })).length)
+    await Deno.stdout.write(enc(`uuid: ${uuid}, queue length: ${(await windmill.JobService.listQueue({ workspace: config.workspace_id })).length}                                                    \r`));
+
   } else if (!config.useFlows) {
     r = r as api.CompletedJob;
     try {