diff --git a/benchmark/single-source/ArrayAppend.swift b/benchmark/single-source/ArrayAppend.swift
index 1476696affb..38d43948a93 100644
--- a/benchmark/single-source/ArrayAppend.swift
+++ b/benchmark/single-source/ArrayAppend.swift
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public let benchmarks = [
     setUpFunction: ones, tearDownFunction: releaseOnes, legacyFactor: 10),
   BenchmarkInfo(name: "ArrayAppendUTF16", runFunction: run_ArrayAppendUTF16, tags: t, legacyFactor: 34),
   BenchmarkInfo(name: "ArrayAppendUTF16Substring", runFunction: run_ArrayAppendUTF16Substring, tags: t, legacyFactor: 36),
-  BenchmarkInfo(name: "ArrayPlusEqualArrayOfInt", runFunction: run_ArrayPlusEqualArrayOfInt, tags: t,
+  BenchmarkInfo(name: "ArrayPlusEqualArrayOfInt", runFunction: run_ArrayPlusEqualArrayOfInt, tags: t + [.unstable],
     setUpFunction: ones, tearDownFunction: releaseOnes, legacyFactor: 10),
   BenchmarkInfo(name: "ArrayPlusEqualFiveElementCollection", runFunction: run_ArrayPlusEqualFiveElementCollection, tags: t, legacyFactor: 37),
   BenchmarkInfo(name: "ArrayPlusEqualSingleElementCollection", runFunction: run_ArrayPlusEqualSingleElementCollection, tags: t, legacyFactor: 47),
diff --git a/benchmark/single-source/SubstringTest.swift b/benchmark/single-source/SubstringTest.swift
index 83ddfcd652c..71ef0c774f2 100644
--- a/benchmark/single-source/SubstringTest.swift
+++ b/benchmark/single-source/SubstringTest.swift
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public let benchmarks = [
   BenchmarkInfo(name: "SubstringEqualString", runFunction: run_SubstringEqualString, tags: [.validation, .api, .String]),
   BenchmarkInfo(name: "SubstringEquatable", runFunction: run_SubstringEquatable, tags: [.validation, .api, .String]),
   BenchmarkInfo(name: "SubstringFromLongString2", runFunction: run_SubstringFromLongString, tags: [.validation, .api, .String]),
-  BenchmarkInfo(name: "SubstringFromLongStringGeneric", runFunction: run_SubstringFromLongStringGeneric, tags: [.validation, .api, .String]),
+  BenchmarkInfo(name: "SubstringFromLongStringGeneric2", runFunction: run_SubstringFromLongStringGeneric, tags: [.validation, .api, .String]),
   BenchmarkInfo(name: "SubstringTrimmingASCIIWhitespace", runFunction: run_SubstringTrimmingASCIIWhitespace, tags: [.validation, .api, .String]),
 ]
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func create<T : RangeReplaceableCollection, U : Collection>(
 public func run_SubstringFromLongStringGeneric(_ n: Int) {
   var s = longWide
   s += "!" // ensure the string has a real buffer
-  for _ in 1...n*500 {
+  for _ in 1...n*5000 {
     create(Substring.self, from: s)
   }
 }