diff --git a/examples/hlb_cifar10.py b/examples/hlb_cifar10.py
index 164101622a..1b3b9f5f29 100644
--- a/examples/hlb_cifar10.py
+++ b/examples/hlb_cifar10.py
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@ from tinygrad.nn.state import get_state_dict, get_parameters
 from tinygrad.nn import optim
 from tinygrad.helpers import Context, BEAM, WINO, getenv
 
-BS, EVAL_BS, STEPS = getenv("BS", 512), getenv('EVAL_BS', 500), getenv("STEPS", 1000)
+BS, STEPS = getenv("BS", 512), getenv("STEPS", 1000)
+EVAL_BS = getenv("EVAL_BS", BS)
 GPUS = [f'{Device.DEFAULT}:{i}' for i in range(getenv("GPUS", 1))]
-assert BS % len(GPUS) == 0, f"{BS=} is not a multiple of {len(GPUS)=}"
+assert BS % len(GPUS) == 0, f"{BS=} is not a multiple of {len(GPUS)=}, uneven multi GPU is slow"
+assert EVAL_BS % len(GPUS) == 0, f"{EVAL_BS=} is not a multiple of {len(GPUS)=}, uneven multi GPU is slow"
 for x in GPUS: Device[x]
 
 if getenv("HALF"):