diff --git a/benchmark-slow/build/cosma7.py b/benchmark-slow/build/cosma7.py
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3dcb16ddb807b0899156840fa672221cf8676e15
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+++ b/benchmark-slow/build/cosma7.py
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+site_configuration = {
+    'systems': [
+        {
+            'name': 'cosma7',
+            'descr': 'Cosma7',
+            'hostnames': ['login7b.pri.cosma7.alces.network', 'login7c.pri.cosma7.alces.network', 'login7a.pri.cosma7.alces.network'],
+            'modules_system': 'tmod4',
+            'partitions': [
+                {
+                    'name': 'login',
+                    'descr': 'login nodes',
+                    'scheduler': 'local',
+                    'launcher': 'local',
+                    'environs': ['intelcosma7'],
+                    'max_jobs': 100,
+                },
+                {
+                    'name': 'cpu_single_node',
+                    'descr': 'cpu nodes - single node',
+                    'scheduler': 'slurm',
+                    'launcher': 'local',
+                    'access': ['-p cosma7', '-A ds007'],
+                    'environs': ['intelcosma7'],
+                    'max_jobs': 100,
+                },
+                {
+                    'name': 'cpu_multi_node',
+                    'descr': 'cpu nodes - multi node',
+                    'scheduler': 'slurm',
+                    'launcher': 'mpirun',
+                    'access': ['-p cosma7', '-A ds007'],
+                    'environs': ['intelcosma7'],
+                    'max_jobs': 100,
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+    ],
+    'environments': [
+        {
+            'modules': ['intel_comp/2018', 'intel_mpi/2018',
+                        'parmetis/4.0.3', 'parallel_hdf5/1.10.3',
+                        'gsl/2.4', 'fftw/3.3.8cosma7',
+                        'python/3.6.5'],
+            'name': 'intelcosma7',
+            'cc': 'icc',
+            'cxx': 'icpc',
+            'ftn': '',
+            'target_systems': ['cosma7']
+        }
+    ],
+    'logging': [
+        {
+            'level': 'debug',
+            'handlers': [
+                {
+                    'type': 'stream',
+                    'name': 'stdout',
+                    'level': 'info',
+                    'format': '%(message)s'
+                },
+                {
+                    'type': 'file',
+                    'name': 'reframe.log',
+                    'level': 'debug',
+                    'format': '[%(asctime)s] %(levelname)s: %(check_info)s: %(message)s',   # noqa: E501
+                    'append': False
+                }
+            ],
+            'handlers_perflog': [
+                {
+                    'type': 'filelog',
+                    'prefix': '%(check_system)s/%(check_partition)s',
+                    'level': 'info',
+                    'format': (
+                        '%(check_job_completion_time)s|reframe %(version)s|'
+                        '%(check_info)s|jobid=%(check_jobid)s|'
+                        '%(check_perf_var)s=%(check_perf_value)s|'
+                        'ref=%(check_perf_ref)s '
+                        '(l=%(check_perf_lower_thres)s, '
+                        'u=%(check_perf_upper_thres)s)|'
+                        '%(check_perf_unit)s'
+                    ),
+                    'append': True
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+    ],
+}
diff --git a/benchmark-slow/build/swiftReframeTest.py b/benchmark-slow/build/swiftReframeTest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3a616ade2c94138660df901e310b6df9d2b04030
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark-slow/build/swiftReframeTest.py
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+import reframe as rfm
+import reframe.utility.sanity as sn
+
+
+GIT_REV = 'master'
+
+@rfm.simple_test
+class PMillenniumTest(rfm.RegressionTest):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.valid_systems = ['cosma7:cpu_single_node']
+        self.valid_prog_environs = ['*']		
+        self.build_system = 'Autotools'
+        self.prebuild_cmds = [
+            'rm -rf swiftsim',
+            'git clone https://gitlab.cosma.dur.ac.uk/swift/swiftsim.git',
+            'pushd swiftsim',
+            f'git checkout {GIT_REV}',     
+            'git clean -x -f -d',      
+            './autogen.sh',
+            'cd ./'
+        ]
+        self.build_system.max_concurrency = 32
+        self.build_system.config_opts = [
+            '--enable-ipo',
+            '--with-tbbmalloc',
+			'--with-parmetis'
+        ]
+        self.sanity_patterns = sn.assert_found("", self.stdout)
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diff --git a/benchmark-slow/job-aps/cosma7.py b/benchmark-slow/job-aps/cosma7.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6c425fe4549b8c2653a05d84acadda5659c06c16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark-slow/job-aps/cosma7.py
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+site_configuration = {
+    'systems': [
+        {
+            'name': 'cosma7',
+            'descr': 'Cosma7',
+            'hostnames': ['b101.pri.cosma7.alces.network', 'login7b.pri.cosma7.alces.network', 'login7c.pri.cosma7.alces.network', 'login7a.pri.cosma7.alces.network'],
+            'modules_system': 'tmod4',
+            'partitions': [
+                {
+                    'name': 'login',
+                    'descr': 'login nodes',
+                    'scheduler': 'local',
+                    'launcher': 'local',
+                    'environs': ['intelcosma7'],
+                    'max_jobs': 100,
+                },
+                {
+                    'name': 'cpu_single_node',
+                    'descr': 'cpu nodes - single node',
+                    'scheduler': 'slurm',
+                    'launcher': 'local',
+                    'access': ['-p cosma7', '-A ds007'],
+                    'environs': ['intelcosma7'],
+                    'max_jobs': 100,
+                },
+                {
+                    'name': 'cpu_multi_node',
+                    'descr': 'cpu nodes - multi node',
+                    'scheduler': 'slurm',
+                    'launcher': 'mpirun',
+                    'access': ['-p cosma7', '-A ds007'],
+                    'environs': ['intelcosma7'],
+                    'max_jobs': 100,
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+    ],
+    'environments': [
+        {
+            'modules': ['intel_comp/2018', 'intel_mpi/2018',
+                        'parmetis/4.0.3', 'parallel_hdf5/1.10.3',
+                        'gsl/2.4', 'fftw/3.3.8cosma7',
+                        'python/3.6.5','vtune'],
+            'name': 'intelcosma7',
+            'cc': 'icc',
+            'cxx': 'icpc',
+            'ftn': '',
+            'target_systems': ['cosma7']
+        }
+    ],
+    'logging': [
+        {
+            'level': 'debug',
+            'handlers': [
+                {
+                    'type': 'stream',
+                    'name': 'stdout',
+                    'level': 'info',
+                    'format': '%(message)s'
+                },
+                {
+                    'type': 'file',
+                    'name': 'reframe.log',
+                    'level': 'debug',
+                    'format': '[%(asctime)s] %(levelname)s: %(check_info)s: %(message)s',   # noqa: E501
+                    'append': False
+                }
+            ],
+            'handlers_perflog': [
+                {
+                    'type': 'filelog',
+                    'prefix': '%(check_system)s/%(check_partition)s',
+                    'level': 'info',
+                    'format': (
+                        '%(check_job_completion_time)s|reframe %(version)s|'
+                        '%(check_info)s|jobid=%(check_jobid)s|'
+                        '%(check_perf_var)s=%(check_perf_value)s|'
+                        'ref=%(check_perf_ref)s '
+                        '(l=%(check_perf_lower_thres)s, '
+                        'u=%(check_perf_upper_thres)s)|'
+                        '%(check_perf_unit)s'
+                    ),
+                    'append': True
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+    ],
+}
diff --git a/benchmark-slow/job-aps/swiftReframeTest.py b/benchmark-slow/job-aps/swiftReframeTest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c0a4b91494b420da99d2accb062fa90b0fbbbf07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark-slow/job-aps/swiftReframeTest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import reframe as rfm
+import reframe.utility.sanity as sn
+
+
+GIT_REV = 'master'
+
+@rfm.simple_test
+class PMillenniumTest(rfm.RegressionTest):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.valid_systems = ['cosma7:cpu_single_node','cosma7:cpu_multi_node']
+        self.valid_prog_environs = ['*']
+        self.build_system = 'Autotools'
+        self.sourcesdir = None   # Added
+        self.prebuild_cmds = [
+            'rm -rf swiftsim',
+            'git clone https://gitlab.cosma.dur.ac.uk/swift/swiftsim.git',
+            'pushd swiftsim',
+            f'git checkout {GIT_REV}',
+            'git clean -x -f -d',
+            './autogen.sh',
+            'cd ./'
+        ]
+        self.build_system.max_concurrency = 32
+        self.build_system.config_opts = [
+            '--enable-ipo',
+            '--with-tbbmalloc',
+            '--with-parmetis'
+        ]
+        
+        test_dir = 'swiftsim/examples/PMillennium/PMillennium-768'
+        self.keep_files = [test_dir]
+        self.prerun_cmds = [f'pushd {test_dir}']
+        #self.executable = 'mpirun'   #temp copied out
+        num_iterations = 1
+        num_threads = 64
+        ic_dir = '/cosma/home/durham/dc-turn5/swiftsim/examples'
+        self.executable_opts = [
+            'aps', '--collection-mode=mpi,omp',
+            '../../swift_mpi',
+            '--cosmology',
+            '--self-gravity',
+            '-v', '1',
+            f'--threads={num_threads}',
+            '-n', f'{num_iterations}',
+            '-P', 'Restarts:enable:0',
+            f'-PInitialConditions:file_name:{ic_dir}/pmillenium/PMill-768.hdf5',
+            'p-mill-768.yml'
+        ]
+        
+        self.sanity_patterns = sn.assert_found("", self.stdout) # moved from above
+
+