diff --git a/tools/benchmark/cmd/root.go b/tools/benchmark/cmd/root.go
index e52d97000..d099e6733 100644
--- a/tools/benchmark/cmd/root.go
+++ b/tools/benchmark/cmd/root.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ var (
 	endpoints    []string
 	totalConns   uint
 	totalClients uint
+	precise      bool
 	sample       bool
 
 	bar *pb.ProgressBar
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ func init() {
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().UintVar(&totalConns, "conns", 1, "Total number of gRPC connections")
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().UintVar(&totalClients, "clients", 1, "Total number of gRPC clients")
 
+	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&precise, "precise", false, "use full floating point precision")
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&sample, "sample", false, "'true' to sample requests for every second")
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&tls.CertFile, "cert", "", "identify HTTPS client using this SSL certificate file")
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&tls.KeyFile, "key", "", "identify HTTPS client using this SSL key file")
diff --git a/tools/benchmark/cmd/util.go b/tools/benchmark/cmd/util.go
index d11d23f61..456b9bb48 100644
--- a/tools/benchmark/cmd/util.go
+++ b/tools/benchmark/cmd/util.go
@@ -86,8 +86,12 @@ func mustRandBytes(n int) []byte {
 }
 
 func newReport() report.Report {
-	if sample {
-		return report.NewReportSample("%4.4f")
+	p := "%4.4f"
+	if precise {
+		p = "%g"
 	}
-	return report.NewReport("%4.4f")
+	if sample {
+		return report.NewReportSample(p)
+	}
+	return report.NewReport(p)
 }