diff --git a/src/ggml-vulkan.cpp b/src/ggml-vulkan.cpp
index d6f647c89..01f8d7214 100644
--- a/src/ggml-vulkan.cpp
+++ b/src/ggml-vulkan.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2024 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
 #include "ggml-vulkan.h"
 #include <vulkan/vulkan_core.h>
 #if defined(GGML_VULKAN_RUN_TESTS) || defined(GGML_VULKAN_PERF)
@@ -5005,6 +5008,8 @@ static void ggml_vk_test_matmul(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, size_t m, size_t
         }
     }
 
+    ggml_pipeline_allocate_descriptor_sets(ctx->device);
+
     vk_buffer d_X = ggml_vk_create_buffer_check(ctx->device, sizeof(X_TYPE) * x_ne, vk::MemoryPropertyFlagBits::eDeviceLocal);
     vk_buffer d_Y = ggml_vk_create_buffer_check(ctx->device, sizeof(Y_TYPE) * y_ne, vk::MemoryPropertyFlagBits::eDeviceLocal);
     vk_buffer d_D = ggml_vk_create_buffer_check(ctx->device, sizeof(float) * d_ne, vk::MemoryPropertyFlagBits::eDeviceLocal);
@@ -5121,7 +5126,9 @@ static void ggml_vk_test_matmul(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, size_t m, size_t
 
     avg_err /= m * n;
 
-    std::cerr << "TEST " << shname << " m=" << m << " n=" << n << " k=" << k << " batch=" << batch << " split_k=" << split_k << " matmul " << time / num_it << "ms avg_err=" << avg_err << std::endl;
+    double tflops = 2.0*m*n*k*batch*num_it / (time / 1000.0) / (1000.0*1000.0*1000.0*1000.0);
+
+    std::cerr << "TEST " << shname << " m=" << m << " n=" << n << " k=" << k << " batch=" << batch << " split_k=" << split_k << " matmul " << time / num_it << "ms " << tflops << " TFLOPS avg_err=" << avg_err << std::endl;
 
     if (avg_err > 0.1) {
         std::cerr << "m = " << first_err_m << " n = " << first_err_n << " b = " << first_err_b << std::endl;
@@ -5243,12 +5250,14 @@ static void ggml_vk_test_dequant(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, size_t ne, ggml_
 
     ggml_pipeline_request_descriptor_sets(ctx->device, p, 1);
 
+    ggml_pipeline_allocate_descriptor_sets(ctx->device);
+
     ggml_vk_buffer_write(qx_buf, 0, qx, qx_sz);
 
     vk_context subctx = ggml_vk_create_context(ctx, ctx->device->compute_queue);
     ggml_vk_ctx_begin(ctx->device, subctx);
     const std::vector<uint32_t> pc = { 1, (uint32_t)ne, (uint32_t)ne, (uint32_t)ne, (uint32_t)ne };
-    ggml_vk_dispatch_pipeline(ctx, subctx, p, { { qx_buf, 0, qx_sz }, { x_buf, 0, x_sz_f16 } }, pc.size() * sizeof(int), pc.data(), { (uint32_t)ne, 1, 1});
+    ggml_vk_dispatch_pipeline(ctx, subctx, p, { vk_subbuffer{ qx_buf, 0, qx_sz }, vk_subbuffer{ x_buf, 0, x_sz_f16 } }, pc.size() * sizeof(int), pc.data(), { (uint32_t)ne, 1, 1});
     ggml_vk_ctx_end(subctx);
 
     auto begin = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
@@ -5375,6 +5384,8 @@ static void ggml_vk_test_dequant_matmul(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, size_t m,
         }
     }
 
+    ggml_pipeline_allocate_descriptor_sets(ctx->device);
+
     ggml_vk_buffer_write(qx_buf, 0, qx, qx_sz);
     ggml_vk_buffer_write(y_buf, 0, y, y_sz);
 
@@ -5442,7 +5453,9 @@ static void ggml_vk_test_dequant_matmul(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, size_t m,
 
     avg_err /= m * n;
 
-    std::cerr << "TEST MMQ " << shname << " m=" << m << " n=" << n << " k=" << k << " batch=" << batch << " split_k=" << split_k << " matmul " << time_ms / num_it << "ms avg_err=" << avg_err << std::endl;
+    double tflops = 2.0*m*n*k*batch*num_it / (time_ms / 1000.0) / (1000.0*1000.0*1000.0*1000.0);
+
+    std::cerr << "TEST MMQ " << shname << " m=" << m << " n=" << n << " k=" << k << " batch=" << batch << " split_k=" << split_k << " matmul " << time_ms / num_it << "ms " << tflops << " TFLOPS avg_err=" << avg_err << std::endl;
 
     if (avg_err > 0.01 || std::isnan(avg_err)) {
         std::cerr << "m = " << first_err_m << " n = " << first_err_n << " b = " << first_err_b << std::endl;
@@ -5494,9 +5507,6 @@ static ggml_tensor_extra_gpu * ggml_vk_tensor_create_extra(ggml_tensor * tensor)
 
 static void ggml_vk_preallocate_buffers(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx) {
 #if defined(GGML_VULKAN_RUN_TESTS)
-    ctx->staging = ggml_vk_create_buffer_check(ctx->device, 100ul * 1024ul * 1024ul,
-        vk::MemoryPropertyFlagBits::eHostVisible | vk::MemoryPropertyFlagBits::eHostCoherent | vk::MemoryPropertyFlagBits::eHostCached,
-        vk::MemoryPropertyFlagBits::eHostVisible | vk::MemoryPropertyFlagBits::eHostCoherent);
     ggml_vk_test_dequant(ctx, 7680, GGML_TYPE_F32);
     ggml_vk_test_dequant(ctx, 7680, GGML_TYPE_Q4_0);
     ggml_vk_test_dequant(ctx, 7680, GGML_TYPE_Q4_1);