diff --git a/packages/bsp/common/usr/bin/armbianmonitor b/packages/bsp/common/usr/bin/armbianmonitor
index c6da930b1..4d381acb8 100755
--- a/packages/bsp/common/usr/bin/armbianmonitor
+++ b/packages/bsp/common/usr/bin/armbianmonitor
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ ParseOptions() {
 			;;
 		z)
 			# Do a quick 7-zip benchmark to estimate CPU performance
+			runs=$2
 			Run7ZipBenchmark 2>/dev/null
 			exit 0
 			;;
@@ -1112,9 +1113,13 @@ Run7ZipBenchmark() {
 	trap "rm \"${MonitoringOutput}\" ; exit 0" 0 1 2 3 15
 	armbianmonitor -m >${MonitoringOutput} &
 	MonitoringPID=$!
-	# run 7-zip benchmark after waiting 10 seconds to spot whether the system was idle before
+	# run 7-zip benchmarks after waiting 10 seconds to spot whether the system was idle before.
+	# We run the benchmark a single time by default unless otherwise specified on the command line
+	RunHowManyTimes=${runs:-1}
 	sleep 10
-	"${MyTool}" b
+	for ((i=1;i<=RunHowManyTimes;i++)); do
+		"${MyTool}" b
+	done
 	# report CLI monitoring results as well
 	kill ${MonitoringPID}
 	echo -e "\nMonitoring output recorded while running the benchmark:\n"