diff --git a/sflc-benchmark-suite/luks-benchmark.sh b/sflc-benchmark-suite/luks-benchmark.sh
index 89d15ae..abbdcad 100755
--- a/sflc-benchmark-suite/luks-benchmark.sh
+++ b/sflc-benchmark-suite/luks-benchmark.sh
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ create_loop_device() {
         echo -e "${RED}Error: Impossible to generate file, $LOOP_FILENAME already exists${NC}"
         exit 1
     fi
-    sudo dd if=/dev/zero of="$LOOP_FILENAME" bs=1M count=1024
+    sudo dd if=/dev/zero of="$LOOP_FILENAME" bs=1M count=1024 > /dev/null
     echo "Writing of empty file complete. I will now try to attach it to a new loop device..." >&2
     LOOP_DEVICE=$(sudo losetup -f --show "$LOOP_FILENAME")
     echo "Successfully created loop device $LOOP_DEVICE" >&2
@@ -143,19 +143,58 @@ confirm() {
 # Benchmarks
 benchmark() {
 
-    LUKSVOLUME=""
+    LUKSVOLUME="luks-test"
     MNTPOINT=""
-    echo -e "${GREEN}Starting benchmark for LUKS/dm-crypt.${NC}"
-    bpx
-    # TODO
-    bpx
-    #end
-    
+    PASSPHRASE="mypassword"
+    echo "Starting benchmark for LUKS/dm-crypt."
+    echo "Initializing block device $BLOCK_DEVICE as a LUKS volume..."
+    etime=$( (time echo -n "$PASSPHRASE" | cryptsetup --batch-mode --cipher aes-xts-plain64 luksFormat $BLOCK_DEVICE - > /dev/null) 2>&1 )
+    echo -e "${GREEN}Action luksFormat took $etime seconds.${NC}"
+    echo "LUKS device initialized. Opening encrypted volume..."
+    etime=$( (time echo -n "$PASSPHRASE" | cryptsetup luksOpen $BLOCK_DEVICE $LUKSVOLUME - > /dev/null) 2>&1 )
+    echo -e "${GREEN}Action luksOpen took $etime seconds.${NC}"
+    echo "LUKS volume opened as /dev/mapper/$LUKSVOLUME. Formatting with ext4..."
+    # format with ext4, but mute output (too verbose)
+    mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/$LUKSVOLUME > /dev/null
+    echo "Volume /dev/mapper/$SFLCVOLUME formatted. Mounting that..."
+    # assign and create MNTPOINT
+    MNTPOINT=$(realpath "./luks_mnt")
+    mkdir $MNTPOINT
+    # mount
+    mount /dev/mapper/$LUKSVOLUME $MNTPOINT
+    echo "Volume mounted at $MNTPOINT. Starting fio tests..."
+    # TESTS HERE
+    # test 01: random read
+    echo "Test 01: random read with a queue of 32 4kiB blocks on a file (20s)..."
+    OUTPUT=$(fio --name=luks-r-rnd --ioengine=libaio --iodepth=32 --rw=randread --bs=4k --numjobs=1 --size=500M --runtime=20 --time_based --end_fsync=1 --filename=$MNTPOINT/testfile --output-format=json | jq '.jobs[] | {name: .jobname, read_iops: .read.iops, read_bw: .read.bw}')
+    echo -e "${GREEN}${OUTPUT}${NC}"
+    # test 02: random write
+    echo "Test 02: random write with a queue of 32 4kiB blocks on a file (20s)..."
+    OUTPUT=$(fio --name=luks-w-rnd --ioengine=libaio --iodepth=32 --rw=randwrite --bs=4k --numjobs=1 --size=500M --runtime=20 --time_based --end_fsync=1 --filename=$MNTPOINT/testfile --output-format=json | jq '.jobs[] | {name: .jobname, write_iops: .write.iops, write_bw: .write.bw}')
+    echo -e "${GREEN}${OUTPUT}${NC}"
+    # test 03: sequential read
+    echo "Test 03: sequential read with a queue of 32 4kiB blocks on a file (20s)..."
+    OUTPUT=$(fio --name=luks-r-seq --ioengine=libaio --iodepth=32 --rw=read --bs=4k --numjobs=1 --size=500M --runtime=20 --time_based --end_fsync=1 --filename=$MNTPOINT/testfile --output-format=json | jq '.jobs[] | {name: .jobname, read_iops: .read.iops, read_bw: .read.bw}')
+    echo -e "${GREEN}${OUTPUT}${NC}"
+    # test 04: sequential write
+    echo "Test 04: sequential write with a queue of 32 4kiB blocks on a file (20s)..."
+    OUTPUT=$(fio --name=luks-w-seq --ioengine=libaio --iodepth=32 --rw=write --bs=4k --numjobs=1 --size=500M --runtime=20 --time_based --end_fsync=1 --filename=$MNTPOINT/testfile --output-format=json | jq '.jobs[] | {name: .jobname, write_iops: .write.iops, write_bw: .write.bw}')
+    echo -e "${GREEN}${OUTPUT}${NC}"
+    # END TESTS
+    echo "LUKS/dm-crypt fio tests ended. Unmounting volume."
+    # unmount
+    umount $MNTPOINT
+    rmdir $MNTPOINT
+    echo "Volume unmounted. Closing LUKS device..."
+    # close
+    etime=$( (time cryptsetup luksClose $LUKSVOLUME > /dev/null) 2>&1 )
+    echo -e "${GREEN}Action close took $etime seconds.${NC}"
+    #end    
 }
 
 # Clean up
 cleanup() {
-    echo -e "${GREEN}Exiting and cleaning...${NC}"
+    echo "Exiting and cleaning..."
     # TODO clean other stuff if necessary
     if [[ -n $LOOP_DEVICE ]]; then
         echo "Detaching $LOOP_DEVICE"
@@ -192,8 +231,11 @@ esac
 
 check_sudo
 
-echo "Checking that cryptsetup is installed"
-# TODO
+if ! which cryptsetup >/dev/null; then
+    echo -e "${RED}ERROR: cryptsetup not found, please install it.${NC}"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 echo " "
 
 
@@ -205,7 +247,7 @@ case "$1" in
 
         echo "Now you will be asked to enter the path for a block device to be used for the "
         echo "benchmarks (all content will be erased). If no path is provided (default" 
-        echo "choice), then the script will create a new 1 GiB in the current directory and "
+        echo "choice), then the script will create a 1 GiB file in the current directory and "
         echo "use it to back a loop device instead, then the file will be removed at the end."
         echo " "
         echo -n "Please enter the path for a block device (default: none): "
diff --git a/sflc-benchmark-suite/sflc-benchmark.sh b/sflc-benchmark-suite/sflc-benchmark.sh
index 4d8eafc..a5809d6 100755
--- a/sflc-benchmark-suite/sflc-benchmark.sh
+++ b/sflc-benchmark-suite/sflc-benchmark.sh
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ create_loop_device() {
         echo -e "${RED}Error: Impossible to generate file, $LOOP_FILENAME already exists${NC}"
         exit 1
     fi
-    sudo dd if=/dev/zero of="$LOOP_FILENAME" bs=1M count=1024
+    sudo dd if=/dev/zero of="$LOOP_FILENAME" bs=1M count=1024 > /dev/null
     echo "Writing of empty file complete. I will now try to attach it to a new loop device..." >&2
     LOOP_DEVICE=$(sudo losetup -f --show "$LOOP_FILENAME")
     echo "Successfully created loop device $LOOP_DEVICE" >&2
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ benchmark() {
 
     SFLCVOLUME=""
     MNTPOINT=""
-    echo -e "${GREEN}Starting benchmark for Shufflecake.${NC}"
+    echo -e "Starting benchmark for Shufflecake."
     echo "Initializing block device $BLOCK_DEVICE with two Shufflecake volumes (--skip-randfill)..."
     etime=$( (time echo -e "passwd1\npasswd2" | $SFLCNAME --skip-randfill -n 2 init $BLOCK_DEVICE > /dev/null) 2>&1 )
     echo -e "${GREEN}Action init took $etime seconds.${NC}"
@@ -262,13 +262,27 @@ benchmark() {
     # mount
     mount $SFLCVOLUME $MNTPOINT
     echo "Volume mounted at $MNTPOINT. Starting fio tests..."
-    bpx
     # TESTS HERE
-    fio --name=test --ioengine=libaio --iodepth=32 --rw=randrw --bs=4k --numjobs=1 --size=500M --runtime=20 --time_based --end_fsync=1 --filename=$MNTPOINT/testfile
+    # test 01: random read
+    echo "Test 01: random read with a queue of 32 4kiB blocks on a file (20s)..."
+    OUTPUT=$(fio --name=luks-r-rnd --ioengine=libaio --iodepth=32 --rw=randread --bs=4k --numjobs=1 --size=500M --runtime=20 --time_based --end_fsync=1 --filename=$MNTPOINT/testfile --output-format=json | jq '.jobs[] | {name: .jobname, read_iops: .read.iops, read_bw: .read.bw}')
+    echo -e "${GREEN}${OUTPUT}${NC}"
+    # test 02: random write
+    echo "Test 02: random write with a queue of 32 4kiB blocks on a file (20s)..."
+    OUTPUT=$(fio --name=luks-w-rnd --ioengine=libaio --iodepth=32 --rw=randwrite --bs=4k --numjobs=1 --size=500M --runtime=20 --time_based --end_fsync=1 --filename=$MNTPOINT/testfile --output-format=json | jq '.jobs[] | {name: .jobname, write_iops: .write.iops, write_bw: .write.bw}')
+    echo -e "${GREEN}${OUTPUT}${NC}"
+    # test 03: sequential read
+    echo "Test 03: sequential read with a queue of 32 4kiB blocks on a file (20s)..."
+    OUTPUT=$(fio --name=luks-r-seq --ioengine=libaio --iodepth=32 --rw=read --bs=4k --numjobs=1 --size=500M --runtime=20 --time_based --end_fsync=1 --filename=$MNTPOINT/testfile --output-format=json | jq '.jobs[] | {name: .jobname, read_iops: .read.iops, read_bw: .read.bw}')
+    echo -e "${GREEN}${OUTPUT}${NC}"
+    # test 04: sequential write
+    echo "Test 04: sequential write with a queue of 32 4kiB blocks on a file (20s)..."
+    OUTPUT=$(fio --name=luks-w-seq --ioengine=libaio --iodepth=32 --rw=write --bs=4k --numjobs=1 --size=500M --runtime=20 --time_based --end_fsync=1 --filename=$MNTPOINT/testfile --output-format=json | jq '.jobs[] | {name: .jobname, write_iops: .write.iops, write_bw: .write.bw}')
+    echo -e "${GREEN}${OUTPUT}${NC}"
+    # END TESTS
     echo "Shufflecake fio tests ended. Unmounting volume."
-    bpx
     # unmount
-    umount $SFLCVOLUME $MNTPOINT
+    umount $MNTPOINT
     rmdir $MNTPOINT
     echo "Volume unmounted. Closing Shufflecake device..."
     # close
@@ -280,7 +294,7 @@ benchmark() {
 
 # Clean up
 cleanup() {
-    echo -e "${GREEN}Exiting and cleaning...${NC}"
+    echo "Exiting and cleaning..."
     # TODO clean other stuff if necessary
     if [[ -n $LOOP_DEVICE ]]; then
         echo "Detaching $LOOP_DEVICE"
@@ -335,7 +349,7 @@ case "$1" in
 
         echo "Now you will be asked to enter the path for a block device to be used for the "
         echo "benchmarks (all content will be erased). If no path is provided (default" 
-        echo "choice), then the script will create a new 1 GiB in the current directory and "
+        echo "choice), then the script will create a 1 GiB file in the current directory and "
         echo "use it to back a loop device instead, then the file will be removed at the end."
         echo " "
         echo -n "Please enter the path for a block device (default: none): "