diff --git a/results/benchmark.txt b/results/benchmark.txt
index b069bc1..706efd5 100644
--- a/results/benchmark.txt
+++ b/results/benchmark.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Benchmark                                                      Time             CPU   Iterations
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-BM_NextBoard/iterations:3000/process_time/real_time         2.00 ms         7.47 ms         3000
-BM_RenderBoard/process_time/real_time                       9.56 ms         9.54 ms           67
-Renders per second: 31.19
-Boards per second: 366.941
-BM_Main/iterations:1/repeats:1/process_time/real_time       5.45 s          18.0 s             1
+BM_NextBoard/iterations:3000/process_time/real_time         1.49 ms         5.46 ms         3000
+BM_RenderBoard/process_time/real_time                       8.58 ms         8.56 ms           73
+Renders per second: 31.1896
+Boards per second: 499.033
+BM_Main/iterations:1/repeats:1/process_time/real_time       4.01 s          12.4 s             1
diff --git a/src/board/board.h b/src/board/board.h
index 17c2739..b944c43 100644
--- a/src/board/board.h
+++ b/src/board/board.h
@@ -8,11 +8,14 @@
 #include "threads.h"
 
 using uint = unsigned int;
-using Cell = uint;
+
+using Cell = uint8_t;
 [[maybe_unused]] const Cell ALIVE = 1;
-[[maybe_unused]] const Cell ALIVE_RENDER = UINT32_MAX;
 [[maybe_unused]] const Cell DEAD = 0;
-[[maybe_unused]] const Cell DEAD_RENDER = 0;
+
+using RenderCell = uint;
+[[maybe_unused]] const RenderCell ALIVE_RENDER = UINT32_MAX;
+[[maybe_unused]] const RenderCell DEAD_RENDER = 0;
 
 struct BoardMeta {
   uint width;
diff --git a/src/board/next.h b/src/board/next.h
index 5b7545c..593e004 100644
--- a/src/board/next.h
+++ b/src/board/next.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ void nextBoardSection(
     const uint width,
     const Cell* input,
     Cell* output) {
-  uint neighbours[3] = {0, 0, 0};
+  Cell neighbours[3] = {0, 0, 0};
   uint nextYBase = 0;
   uint middleYBase = 0;
   uint lastYBase = 0;