diff --git a/test/sampling_benchmark.cpp b/test/sampling_benchmark.cpp
index 9ba42b998..0c3d8e113 100644
--- a/test/sampling_benchmark.cpp
+++ b/test/sampling_benchmark.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ struct SamplingBenchmark {
     int num_iter = 1000;
 
     auto logits = params->p_device->Allocate<float>(static_cast<size_t>(config.model.vocab_size) * batch_size_);
+    auto test_start = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
 
     for (int i = 0; i < num_iter; i++) {
       auto generator = Generators::CreateGenerator(*model, *params);
@@ -57,6 +58,10 @@ struct SamplingBenchmark {
       auto stop = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
       auto duration = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::microseconds>(stop - start);
       total_time += duration.count();
+      if (std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::minutes>(stop - start) > std::chrono::minutes(1)) {
+        std::cout << Generators::SGR::Bg_Red << " ABORTING " << Generators::SGR::Reset << " loop due to slow performance(took more than 1 minute) on iteration " << i << std::endl;
+        break;
+      }
     }
     double average_time = total_time / double(num_iter);
     std::cout << "Average time taken: " << average_time << " microseconds" << std::endl;