diff --git a/run_benchmarks.rb b/run_benchmarks.rb
index 7a8d739..69d4de2 100755
--- a/run_benchmarks.rb
+++ b/run_benchmarks.rb
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ def have_yjit?(ruby)
 def set_bench_config
   if File.exist?('/sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate') # Intel
     # sudo requires the flag '-S' in order to take input from stdin
-    check_call("sudo -S sh -c 'echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/no_turbo'")
-    check_call("sudo -S sh -c 'echo 100 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/min_perf_pct'")
+    check_call("sudo -S sh -c 'echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/no_turbo'") unless intel_no_turbo?
+    check_call("sudo -S sh -c 'echo 100 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/min_perf_pct'") unless intel_perf_100pct?
   elsif File.exist?('/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/boost') # AMD
     check_call("sudo -S sh -c 'echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/boost'") unless amd_no_boost?
     check_call("sudo -S cpupower frequency-set -g performance") unless performance_governor?
@@ -69,13 +69,13 @@ def set_bench_config
 
 def check_pstate
   if File.exist?('/sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate') # Intel
-    if File.read('/sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/no_turbo').strip != '1'
+    if intel_no_turbo?
       puts("You forgot to disable turbo:")
       puts("  sudo sh -c 'echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/no_turbo'")
       exit(-1)
     end
 
-    if File.read('/sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/min_perf_pct').strip != '100'
+    if intel_perf_100pct?
       puts("You forgot to set the min perf percentage to 100:")
       puts("  sudo sh -c 'echo 100 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/min_perf_pct'")
       exit(-1)
@@ -95,6 +95,14 @@ def check_pstate
   end
 end
 
+def intel_no_turbo?
+  File.read('/sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/no_turbo').strip == '1'
+end
+
+def intel_perf_100pct?
+  File.read('/sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/min_perf_pct').strip == '100'
+end
+
 def amd_no_boost?
   File.read('/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/boost').strip == '0'
 end