diff --git a/util/JSON/schema.json b/util/JSON/schema.json
index 057da83d..6ac1aa9d 100644
--- a/util/JSON/schema.json
+++ b/util/JSON/schema.json
@@ -10,11 +10,35 @@
                     "enum": [
                         "2022.11.08",
                         "2023.03.10",
-                        "2023.06.06"
+                        "2023.06.06",
+                        "2023.09.12"
                     ]
                 }
             }
         },
+        "benchmarks": {
+            "type": "array",
+            "items": {
+                "minItems": 1,
+                "uniqueItems": true,
+                "type": "object",
++               "properties": {
++                    "name": {
++                        "type": "string",
++                        "minLength": 1
++                    },
++                   "ids": {
++                       "type": "string",
++                       "pattern": "^[1-9][0-9]*(-[1-9][0-9]*)?$"
++                   }
++               },
++                "required": [
++                    "name",
++                    "ids"
++                ],
++                "additionalProperties": false
+            }
+        },
         "tags": {
             "type": "object",
             "additionalProperties": {
diff --git a/util/blockbreaker.py b/util/blockbreaker.py
index 4d99de14..c5a13b82 100755
--- a/util/blockbreaker.py
+++ b/util/blockbreaker.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def process_options():
                         dest = "config",
                         required = True,
                         help = "Configuration type to get from the json file",
-                        choices = [ "mv-params", "tool-params", "passthru-args", "tags", "endpoint" ])
+                        choices = [ "benchmarks", "mv-params", "tool-params", "passthru-args", "tags", "endpoint" ])
 
     parser.add_argument("--index",
                         dest = "index",
@@ -205,6 +205,25 @@ def validate_schema(input_json, schema_file = None):
         return False
     return True
 
+def get_bench_ids(json_obj, cfg):
+    """Get benchmark names and ids from the benchmarks block"""
+    stream=""
+    if json_obj is None:
+        return ""
+    try:
+        bench_count = len(json_obj[cfg])
+        if bench_count > 0:
+            for idx in range(0, bench_count):
+                json_blk = json_obj[cfg][idx]
+                stream+=json_blk["name"]+":"+json_blk["ids"]+","
+            # remove last ","
+            if len(stream)>0:
+                stream = stream[:-1]
+    except:
+        pass
+
+    return stream
+
 def main():
     """Main function of get-json-config.py tool"""
 
@@ -217,7 +236,9 @@ def main():
     if not validate_schema(input_json):
         return 1
 
-    if args.config == "endpoint" or args.config == "tags":
+    if args.config == "benchmarks":
+        output = get_bench_ids(input_json, args.config)
+    elif args.config == "endpoint" or args.config == "tags":
         # output is a stream of the endpoint or tags 
         output = json_to_stream(input_json, args.config, args.index)
     else: