diff --git a/.github/workflows/sycl-ur-perf-benchmarking.yml b/.github/workflows/sycl-ur-perf-benchmarking.yml
index 5e1f949222419..63dd2c2379a2a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sycl-ur-perf-benchmarking.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sycl-ur-perf-benchmarking.yml
@@ -259,7 +259,4 @@ jobs:
       benchmark_dry_run: true
       benchmark_exit_on_failure: true
       repo_ref: ${{ github.sha }}
-      toolchain_artifact: ${{ needs.build_pr.outputs.toolchain_artifact }}
-      toolchain_artifact_filename: ${{ needs.build_pr.outputs.toolchain_artifact_filename }}
-      toolchain_decompress_command: ${{ needs.build_pr.outputs.toolchain_decompress_command }}
   # END benchmark framework builds and runs on PRs path
diff --git a/devops/actions/run-tests/benchmark/action.yml b/devops/actions/run-tests/benchmark/action.yml
index 826e5bbc8e77c..8ea3265ddb626 100644
--- a/devops/actions/run-tests/benchmark/action.yml
+++ b/devops/actions/run-tests/benchmark/action.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ name: 'Run benchmarks'
 
 # This action assumes the following prerequisites:
 #
-# - SYCL is placed in ./toolchain -- TODO change this
+# - SYCL is accessible in the system (nightly image provides it within /opt/sycl),
+#   or SYCL is placed in ./toolchain (TODO: change this??). The second option has higher priority.
 # - /devops has been checked out in ./devops.
 # - env.GITHUB_TOKEN was properly set, because according to Github, that's
 #   apparently the recommended way to pass a secret into a github action:
@@ -113,10 +114,12 @@ runs:
   # modified output the entire sycl build dir as an artifact, in which the
   # intermediate files required can be stitched together from the build files.
   # However, this is not exactly "clean" or "fun to maintain"...
-  - name: Build LLVM
+  - name: Build Unified Runtime
     shell: bash
     run: |
-      echo "::group::checkout_llvm"
+      # Build Unified Runtime
+      echo "::group::checkout_llvm_ur"
+
       # Sparse-checkout UR at build ref:
       git clone --depth 1 --no-checkout https://github.com/intel/llvm ur
       cd ur
@@ -124,10 +127,10 @@ runs:
       git sparse-checkout set unified-runtime
       git fetch origin ${{ inputs.build_ref }}
       git checkout FETCH_HEAD
+
       echo "::endgroup::"
-      echo "::group::configure_llvm"
+      echo "::group::configure_llvm_ur"
 
-      # Configure UR
       mkdir build install
       cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
         -Sunified-runtime \
@@ -138,45 +141,20 @@ runs:
         -DUR_BUILD_ADAPTER_L0_V2=ON
 
       echo "::endgroup::"
-      echo "::group::build_and_install_llvm"
+      echo "::group::build_and_install_llvm_ur"
 
       cmake --build build -j "$(nproc)" 
       cmake --install build
 
       cd -
 
-      echo "::endgroup::"
-  # Install level zero v1.25.2
-  # This is to have the latest level zero required by Compute Benchmarks
-  # Remove this w/a once the sycl nightly images are updated to have level zero v1.25.2
-  - name: Install level zero v1.25.2
-    shell: bash
-    run: |
-      echo "::group::checkout_level_zero"
-      # Checkout Level Zero at build ref:
-      wget https://github.com/oneapi-src/level-zero/archive/refs/tags/v1.25.2.tar.gz -O level-zero-v1.25.2.tar.gz
-      tar -xvf level-zero-v1.25.2.tar.gz
-      cd level-zero-1.25.2
-
-      echo "::endgroup::"
-      echo "::group::configure_level_zero"
-      
-      cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-        -Bbuild
-
-      echo "::endgroup::"
-      echo "::group::build_and_install_level_zero"
-      
-      cmake --build build -j "$(nproc)"
-      sudo cmake --install build
-
-      cd -
       echo "::endgroup::"
   # Linux tools installed during docker creation may not match the self-hosted
   # kernel version, so we need to install the correct version here.
   - name: Install perf in version matching the host kernel
     shell: bash
     run: |
+      # Install perf in version matching the host kernel
       echo "::group::install_linux_tools"
       sudo apt-get update
       sudo apt-get install -y linux-tools-$(uname -r)
@@ -201,8 +179,8 @@ runs:
       SAVE_PREFIX: ${{ inputs.save_name }}
     shell: bash
     run: |
-      # TODO generate summary + display helpful message here
-      export CMPLR_ROOT=./toolchain
+      # Build and run benchmarks
+
       echo "::group::install_python_deps"
       echo "Installing python dependencies..."
       # Using --break-system-packages because:
@@ -212,9 +190,11 @@ runs:
       # - apt is unable to install anything due to unresolved dpkg dependencies,
       #   as a result of how the sycl nightly images are created
       pip install --user --break-system-packages -r ./devops/scripts/benchmarks/requirements.txt
+
       echo "::endgroup::"
-      echo "::group::sycl_ls"
+      echo "::group::establish_parameters_and_vars"
 
+      export CMPLR_ROOT=./toolchain
       # By default, the benchmark scripts forceload level_zero
       FORCELOAD_ADAPTER="${ONEAPI_DEVICE_SELECTOR%%:*}"
       echo "Adapter: $FORCELOAD_ADAPTER"
@@ -248,7 +228,9 @@ runs:
       # docker images are built nightly. 
       export COMPUTE_RUNTIME_TAG_CACHE="$(cat ./devops/dependencies.json | jq -r .linux.compute_runtime.github_tag)"
 
-      sycl-ls
+      echo "::endgroup::"
+      echo "::group::sycl_ls"
+      sycl-ls --verbose
       echo "::endgroup::"
       echo "::group::run_benchmarks"
 
@@ -285,7 +267,11 @@ runs:
 
       echo "::endgroup::"
       
-      LLVM_BENCHMARKS_UNIT_TESTING=1 COMPUTE_BENCHMARKS_BUILD_PATH=$WORKDIR/compute-benchmarks-build python3 ./devops/scripts/benchmarks/tests/test_integration.py
+      # Run integration tests
+      # NOTE: Each integration test prints its own group name as part of test script
+      export LLVM_BENCHMARKS_UNIT_TESTING=1
+      export COMPUTE_BENCHMARKS_BUILD_PATH=$WORKDIR/compute-benchmarks-build
+      python3 ./devops/scripts/benchmarks/tests/test_integration.py
 
   - name: Cache changes and upload github summary
     if: always()