diff --git a/bench/src/run_benchmark.rs b/bench/src/run_benchmark.rs
index e3ea2179a..878556220 100644
--- a/bench/src/run_benchmark.rs
+++ b/bench/src/run_benchmark.rs
@@ -2,81 +2,87 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
-//! This Rust binary runs on CI and provides internal metrics results of Tauri. To learn more see [benchmark_results](https://github.com/tauri-apps/benchmark_results) repository.
+//! This Rust binary runs on CI and provides internal metrics results of Tauri.
+//! To learn more see [benchmark_results](https://github.com/tauri-apps/benchmark_results) repository.
 //!
-//! ***_Internal use only_**
+//! ***_Internal use only_***
 
 #![doc(
   html_logo_url = "https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/raw/dev/.github/icon.png",
   html_favicon_url = "https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/raw/dev/.github/icon.png"
 )]
 
-use anyhow::Result;
+use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use std::{
   collections::{HashMap, HashSet},
   env,
   path::Path,
   process::{Command, Stdio},
+  time::Instant,
 };
 
 mod utils;
 
-/// The list of the examples of the benchmark name and binary relative path
-fn get_all_benchmarks() -> Vec<(String, String)> {
+/// The list of examples for benchmarks
+fn get_all_benchmarks(target: &str) -> Vec<(String, String)> {
   vec![
     (
       "tauri_hello_world".into(),
-      format!("../target/{}/release/bench_helloworld", utils::get_target()),
+      format!("../target/{target}/release/bench_helloworld"),
     ),
     (
       "tauri_cpu_intensive".into(),
-      format!(
-        "../target/{}/release/bench_cpu_intensive",
-        utils::get_target()
-      ),
+      format!("../target/{target}/release/bench_cpu_intensive"),
     ),
     (
       "tauri_3mb_transfer".into(),
-      format!(
-        "../target/{}/release/bench_files_transfer",
-        utils::get_target()
-      ),
+      format!("../target/{target}/release/bench_files_transfer"),
     ),
   ]
 }
 
-fn run_strace_benchmarks(new_data: &mut utils::BenchResult) -> Result<()> {
+fn run_strace_benchmarks(new_data: &mut utils::BenchResult, target: &str) -> Result<()> {
   use std::io::Read;
 
   let mut thread_count = HashMap::<String, u64>::new();
   let mut syscall_count = HashMap::<String, u64>::new();
 
-  for (name, example_exe) in get_all_benchmarks() {
-    let mut file = tempfile::NamedTempFile::new()?;
+  for (name, example_exe) in get_all_benchmarks(target) {
+    let mut file = tempfile::NamedTempFile::new()
+      .context("failed to create temporary file for strace output")?;
+
+    let exe_path = utils::bench_root_path().join(&example_exe);
+    let exe_path_str = exe_path
+      .to_str()
+      .context("executable path contains invalid UTF-8")?;
+    let temp_path_str = file
+      .path()
+      .to_str()
+      .context("temporary file path contains invalid UTF-8")?;
 
     Command::new("strace")
-      .args([
-        "-c",
-        "-f",
-        "-o",
-        file.path().to_str().unwrap(),
-        utils::bench_root_path().join(example_exe).to_str().unwrap(),
-      ])
+      .args(["-c", "-f", "-o", temp_path_str, exe_path_str])
       .stdout(Stdio::inherit())
-      .spawn()?
-      .wait()?;
+      .spawn()
+      .context("failed to spawn strace process")?
+      .wait()
+      .context("failed to wait for strace process")?;
 
     let mut output = String::new();
-    file.as_file_mut().read_to_string(&mut output)?;
+    file
+      .as_file_mut()
+      .read_to_string(&mut output)
+      .context("failed to read strace output")?;
 
     let strace_result = utils::parse_strace_output(&output);
-    // Note, we always have 1 thread. Use cloneX calls as counter for additional threads created.
-    let clone = 1
-      + strace_result.get("clone").map(|d| d.calls).unwrap_or(0)
+    // Count clone/clone3 syscalls as thread creation indicators
+    let clone_calls = strace_result.get("clone").map(|d| d.calls).unwrap_or(0)
       + strace_result.get("clone3").map(|d| d.calls).unwrap_or(0);
-    let total = strace_result.get("total").unwrap().calls;
-    thread_count.insert(name.to_string(), clone);
-    syscall_count.insert(name.to_string(), total);
+
+    if let Some(total) = strace_result.get("total") {
+      thread_count.insert(name.clone(), clone_calls);
+      syscall_count.insert(name, total.calls);
+    }
   }
 
   new_data.thread_count = thread_count;
@@ -85,69 +91,100 @@ fn run_strace_benchmarks(new_data: &mut utils::BenchResult) -> Result<()> {
   Ok(())
 }
 
-fn run_max_mem_benchmark() -> Result<HashMap<String, u64>> {
+fn run_max_mem_benchmark(target: &str) -> Result<HashMap<String, u64>> {
   let mut results = HashMap::<String, u64>::new();
 
-  for (name, example_exe) in get_all_benchmarks() {
+  for (name, example_exe) in get_all_benchmarks(target) {
     let benchmark_file = utils::target_dir().join(format!("mprof{name}_.dat"));
-    let benchmark_file = benchmark_file.to_str().unwrap();
+    let benchmark_file_str = benchmark_file
+      .to_str()
+      .context("benchmark file path contains invalid UTF-8")?;
+
+    let exe_path = utils::bench_root_path().join(&example_exe);
+    let exe_path_str = exe_path
+      .to_str()
+      .context("executable path contains invalid UTF-8")?;
 
     let proc = Command::new("mprof")
-      .args([
-        "run",
-        "-C",
-        "-o",
-        benchmark_file,
-        utils::bench_root_path().join(example_exe).to_str().unwrap(),
-      ])
+      .args(["run", "-C", "-o", benchmark_file_str, exe_path_str])
       .stdout(Stdio::null())
       .stderr(Stdio::piped())
-      .spawn()?;
+      .spawn()
+      .with_context(|| format!("failed to spawn mprof for benchmark {name}"))?;
 
-    let proc_result = proc.wait_with_output()?;
-    println!("{proc_result:?}");
-    if let Some(max_mem) = utils::parse_max_mem(benchmark_file)? {
-      results.insert(name.to_string(), max_mem);
+    let proc_result = proc
+      .wait_with_output()
+      .with_context(|| format!("failed to wait for mprof {name}"))?;
+
+    if !proc_result.status.success() {
+      eprintln!(
+        "mprof failed for {name}: {}",
+        String::from_utf8_lossy(&proc_result.stderr)
+      );
+    }
+
+    if let Some(mem) = utils::parse_max_mem(benchmark_file_str)
+      .with_context(|| format!("failed to parse mprof data for {name}"))?
+    {
+      results.insert(name, mem);
+    }
+
+    // Clean up the temporary file
+    if let Err(e) = std::fs::remove_file(&benchmark_file) {
+      eprintln!("Warning: failed to remove temporary file {benchmark_file_str}: {e}");
     }
   }
 
   Ok(results)
 }
 
-fn rlib_size(target_dir: &std::path::Path, prefix: &str) -> u64 {
+fn rlib_size(target_dir: &Path, prefix: &str) -> Result<u64> {
   let mut size = 0;
-  let mut seen = std::collections::HashSet::new();
+  let mut seen = HashSet::new();
+
+  let deps_dir = target_dir.join("deps");
+  for entry in std::fs::read_dir(&deps_dir).with_context(|| {
+    format!(
+      "failed to read target deps directory: {}",
+      deps_dir.display()
+    )
+  })? {
+    let entry = entry.context("failed to read directory entry")?;
+    let name = entry.file_name().to_string_lossy().to_string();
 
-  for entry in std::fs::read_dir(target_dir.join("deps")).unwrap() {
-    let entry = entry.unwrap();
-    let os_str = entry.file_name();
-    let name = os_str.to_str().unwrap();
     if name.starts_with(prefix) && name.ends_with(".rlib") {
-      let start = name.split('-').next().unwrap().to_string();
-      if seen.contains(&start) {
-        println!("skip {name}");
-      } else {
-        seen.insert(start);
-        size += entry.metadata().unwrap().len();
-        println!("check size {name} {size}");
+      if let Some(start) = name.split('-').next() {
+        if seen.insert(start.to_string()) {
+          size += entry
+            .metadata()
+            .context("failed to read file metadata")?
+            .len();
+        }
       }
     }
   }
-  assert!(size > 0);
-  size
+
+  if size == 0 {
+    anyhow::bail!(
+      "no rlib files found for prefix {prefix} in {}",
+      deps_dir.display()
+    );
+  }
+
+  Ok(size)
 }
 
-fn get_binary_sizes(target_dir: &Path) -> Result<HashMap<String, u64>> {
+fn get_binary_sizes(target_dir: &Path, target: &str) -> Result<HashMap<String, u64>> {
   let mut sizes = HashMap::<String, u64>::new();
 
-  let wry_size = rlib_size(target_dir, "libwry");
-  println!("wry {wry_size} bytes");
+  let wry_size = rlib_size(target_dir, "libwry")?;
   sizes.insert("wry_rlib".to_string(), wry_size);
 
-  // add size for all EXEC_TIME_BENCHMARKS
-  for (name, example_exe) in get_all_benchmarks() {
-    let meta = std::fs::metadata(example_exe).unwrap();
-    sizes.insert(name.to_string(), meta.len());
+  for (name, example_exe) in get_all_benchmarks(target) {
+    let exe_path = utils::bench_root_path().join(&example_exe);
+    let meta = std::fs::metadata(&exe_path)
+      .with_context(|| format!("failed to read metadata for {}", exe_path.display()))?;
+    sizes.insert(name, meta.len());
   }
 
   Ok(sizes)
@@ -187,14 +224,33 @@ fn cargo_deps() -> HashMap<String, usize> {
       cmd.args(["--target", target]);
       cmd.current_dir(utils::tauri_root_path());
 
-      let full_deps = cmd.output().expect("failed to run cargo tree").stdout;
-      let full_deps = String::from_utf8(full_deps).expect("cargo tree output not utf-8");
-      let count = full_deps.lines().collect::<HashSet<_>>().len() - 1; // output includes wry itself
+      match cmd.output() {
+        Ok(output) if output.status.success() => {
+          let full_deps = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout);
+          let count = full_deps
+            .lines()
+            .collect::<HashSet<_>>()
+            .len()
+            .saturating_sub(1); // output includes wry itself
 
-      // set the count to the highest count seen for this OS
-      let existing = results.entry(os.to_string()).or_default();
-      *existing = count.max(*existing);
-      assert!(count > 10); // sanity check
+          // set the count to the highest count seen for this OS
+          let existing = results.entry(os.to_string()).or_default();
+          *existing = count.max(*existing);
+
+          if count <= 10 {
+            eprintln!("Warning: dependency count for {target} seems low: {count}");
+          }
+        }
+        Ok(output) => {
+          eprintln!(
+            "cargo tree failed for {target}: {}",
+            String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr)
+          );
+        }
+        Err(e) => {
+          eprintln!("Failed to run cargo tree for {target}: {e}");
+        }
+      }
     }
   }
   results
@@ -202,104 +258,127 @@ fn cargo_deps() -> HashMap<String, usize> {
 
 const RESULT_KEYS: &[&str] = &["mean", "stddev", "user", "system", "min", "max"];
 
-fn run_exec_time(target_dir: &Path) -> Result<HashMap<String, HashMap<String, f64>>> {
+fn run_exec_time(target: &str) -> Result<HashMap<String, HashMap<String, f64>>> {
+  let target_dir = utils::target_dir();
   let benchmark_file = target_dir.join("hyperfine_results.json");
-  let benchmark_file = benchmark_file.to_str().unwrap();
+  let benchmark_file_str = benchmark_file
+    .to_str()
+    .context("benchmark file path contains invalid UTF-8")?;
 
-  let mut command = [
+  let mut command = vec![
     "hyperfine",
     "--export-json",
-    benchmark_file,
+    benchmark_file_str,
     "--show-output",
     "--warmup",
     "3",
-  ]
-  .iter()
-  .map(|s| s.to_string())
-  .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+  ];
 
-  for (_, example_exe) in get_all_benchmarks() {
-    command.push(
-      utils::bench_root_path()
-        .join(example_exe)
-        .to_str()
-        .unwrap()
-        .to_string(),
-    );
+  let benchmarks = get_all_benchmarks(target);
+  let mut benchmark_paths = Vec::new();
+
+  for (_, example_exe) in &benchmarks {
+    let exe_path = utils::bench_root_path().join(example_exe);
+    let exe_path_str = exe_path
+      .to_str()
+      .context("executable path contains invalid UTF-8")?;
+    benchmark_paths.push(exe_path_str.to_string());
   }
 
-  utils::run(&command.iter().map(|s| s.as_ref()).collect::<Vec<_>>())?;
+  for path in &benchmark_paths {
+    command.push(path.as_str());
+  }
+
+  utils::run(&command)?;
 
   let mut results = HashMap::<String, HashMap<String, f64>>::new();
-  let hyperfine_results = utils::read_json(benchmark_file)?;
-  for ((name, _), data) in get_all_benchmarks().iter().zip(
-    hyperfine_results
-      .as_object()
-      .unwrap()
-      .get("results")
-      .unwrap()
-      .as_array()
-      .unwrap(),
-  ) {
-    let data = data.as_object().unwrap().clone();
-    results.insert(
-      name.to_string(),
-      data
-        .into_iter()
-        .filter(|(key, _)| RESULT_KEYS.contains(&key.as_str()))
-        .map(|(key, val)| (key, val.as_f64().unwrap()))
-        .collect(),
-    );
+  let hyperfine_results = utils::read_json(benchmark_file_str)?;
+
+  if let Some(results_array) = hyperfine_results
+    .as_object()
+    .and_then(|obj| obj.get("results"))
+    .and_then(|val| val.as_array())
+  {
+    for ((name, _), data) in benchmarks.iter().zip(results_array.iter()) {
+      if let Some(data_obj) = data.as_object() {
+        let filtered_data: HashMap<String, f64> = data_obj
+          .iter()
+          .filter(|(key, _)| RESULT_KEYS.contains(&key.as_str()))
+          .filter_map(|(key, val)| val.as_f64().map(|v| (key.clone(), v)))
+          .collect();
+
+        results.insert(name.clone(), filtered_data);
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   Ok(results)
 }
 
 fn main() -> Result<()> {
-  // download big files if not present
   let json_3mb = utils::home_path().join(".tauri_3mb.json");
 
   if !json_3mb.exists() {
+    println!("Downloading test data...");
     utils::download_file(
       "https://github.com/lemarier/tauri-test/releases/download/v2.0.0/json_3mb.json",
       json_3mb,
-    )?;
+    )
+    .context("failed to download test data")?;
   }
 
   println!("Starting tauri benchmark");
 
   let target_dir = utils::target_dir();
+  let target = utils::get_target();
 
-  env::set_current_dir(utils::bench_root_path())?;
+  env::set_current_dir(utils::bench_root_path())
+    .context("failed to set working directory to bench root")?;
+
+  let now = std::time::SystemTime::now()
+    .duration_since(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH)
+    .context("failed to get current time")?;
+  let timestamp = format!("{}", now.as_secs());
+
+  println!("Running execution time benchmarks...");
+  let exec_time = run_exec_time(&target)?;
+
+  println!("Getting binary sizes...");
+  let binary_size = get_binary_sizes(&target_dir, &target)?;
+
+  println!("Analyzing cargo dependencies...");
+  let cargo_deps = cargo_deps();
 
-  let format =
-    time::format_description::parse("[year]-[month]-[day]T[hour]:[minute]:[second]Z").unwrap();
-  let now = time::OffsetDateTime::now_utc();
   let mut new_data = utils::BenchResult {
-    created_at: now.format(&format).unwrap(),
-    sha1: utils::run_collect(&["git", "rev-parse", "HEAD"])?
-      .0
-      .trim()
-      .to_string(),
-    exec_time: run_exec_time(&target_dir)?,
-    binary_size: get_binary_sizes(&target_dir)?,
-    cargo_deps: cargo_deps(),
+    created_at: timestamp,
+    sha1: {
+      let output = utils::run_collect(&["git", "rev-parse", "HEAD"])?;
+      output.0.trim().to_string()
+    },
+    exec_time,
+    binary_size,
+    cargo_deps,
     ..Default::default()
   };
 
   if cfg!(target_os = "linux") {
-    run_strace_benchmarks(&mut new_data)?;
-    new_data.max_memory = run_max_mem_benchmark()?;
+    println!("Running Linux-specific benchmarks...");
+    run_strace_benchmarks(&mut new_data, &target)?;
+    new_data.max_memory = run_max_mem_benchmark(&target)?;
   }
 
   println!("===== <BENCHMARK RESULTS>");
-  serde_json::to_writer_pretty(std::io::stdout(), &new_data)?;
+  serde_json::to_writer_pretty(std::io::stdout(), &new_data)
+    .context("failed to serialize benchmark results")?;
   println!("\n===== </BENCHMARK RESULTS>");
 
-  if let Some(filename) = target_dir.join("bench.json").to_str() {
-    utils::write_json(filename, &serde_json::to_value(&new_data)?)?;
+  let bench_file = target_dir.join("bench.json");
+  if let Some(filename) = bench_file.to_str() {
+    utils::write_json(filename, &serde_json::to_value(&new_data)?)
+      .context("failed to write benchmark results to file")?;
+    println!("Results written to: {}", filename);
   } else {
-    eprintln!("Cannot write bench.json, path is invalid");
+    eprintln!("Cannot write bench.json, path contains invalid UTF-8");
   }
 
   Ok(())