diff --git a/examples/llama-bench/llama-bench.cpp b/examples/llama-bench/llama-bench.cpp
index a885573ea..551557e8f 100644
--- a/examples/llama-bench/llama-bench.cpp
+++ b/examples/llama-bench/llama-bench.cpp
@@ -936,6 +936,7 @@ struct test {
     int                      n_prompt;
     int                      n_gen;
     std::string              test_time;
+    std::string              test_label;
     std::vector<uint64_t>    samples_ns;
 
     test(const cmd_params_instance & inst, const llama_model * lmodel, const llama_context * ctx) {
@@ -969,6 +970,26 @@ struct test {
         std::strftime(buf, sizeof(buf), "%FT%TZ", gmtime(&t));
         test_time = buf;
 
+        // prepare test label for printing
+        switch (test_kind) {
+            case TEST_KIND_PP:
+                snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "pp%d", n_prompt);
+                break;
+            case TEST_KIND_TG:
+                snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "tg%d", n_gen);
+                break;
+            case TEST_KIND_PG:
+                snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "pp%d+tg%d", n_prompt, n_gen);
+                break;
+            case TEST_KIND_GP:
+                snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "tg%d@pp%d", n_gen, n_prompt);
+                break;
+            default:
+                snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "unknown");
+                break;
+        }
+        test_label = buf;
+
         (void) ctx;
     }
 
@@ -1007,7 +1028,7 @@ struct test {
             "cpu_mask",     "cpu_strict",   "poll",           "type_k",     "type_v",       "n_gpu_layers",
             "split_mode",   "main_gpu",     "no_kv_offload",  "flash_attn", "tensor_split", "use_mmap",
             "embeddings",   "n_prompt",     "n_gen",          "test_time",  "avg_ns",       "stddev_ns",
-            "avg_ts",       "stddev_ts",
+            "avg_ts",       "stddev_ts",    "test",
         };
         return fields;
     }
@@ -1078,7 +1099,8 @@ struct test {
                                             std::to_string(avg_ns()),
                                             std::to_string(stdev_ns()),
                                             std::to_string(avg_ts()),
-                                            std::to_string(stdev_ts()) };
+                                            std::to_string(stdev_ts()),
+                                            test_label };
         return values;
     }
 
@@ -1390,24 +1412,7 @@ struct markdown_printer : public printer {
             } else if (field == "backend") {
                 value = test::get_backend();
             } else if (field == "test") {
-                switch (t.test_kind) {
-                    case TEST_KIND_PP:
-                        snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "pp%d", t.n_prompt);
-                        break;
-                    case TEST_KIND_TG:
-                        snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "tg%d", t.n_gen);
-                        break;
-                    case TEST_KIND_PG:
-                        snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "pp%d+tg%d", t.n_prompt, t.n_gen);
-                        break;
-                    case TEST_KIND_GP:
-                        snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "tg%d@pp%d", t.n_gen, t.n_prompt);
-                        break;
-                    default:
-                        assert(false);
-                        exit(1);
-                }
-                value = buf;
+                value = t.test_label;
             } else if (field == "t/s") {
                 snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%.2f ± %.2f", t.avg_ts(), t.stdev_ts());
                 value = buf;