diff --git a/examples/paper-timekiller/experiments/data/tps-min.csv b/examples/paper-timekiller/experiments/data/tps-min.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4f0835
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/paper-timekiller/experiments/data/tps-min.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+time,tps
+0.0 , 811.6666666666666
+1.0 , 793.3333333333334
+2.0 , 793.3333333333334
+3.0 , 2066.6499999999999
+4.0 , 1833.3333333333333
+5.0 , 1889.6666666666667
+6.0 , 1833.3333333333333
+7.0 , 1889.6666666666667
+8.0 , 1683.35
+9.0 , 798.3333333333334
+10.0 , 800.0
+11.0 , 808.3333333333334
+12.0 , 791.6666666666666
+13.0 , 803.3333333333334
+14.0 , 803.3333333333334
+15.0 , 2116.6499999999999
+16.0 , 1871.6666666666667
+17.0 , 1833.3333333333333
+18.0 , 1871.6666666666667
+19.0 , 1833.3333333333333
+20.0 , 1666.6833333333334
+21.0 , 805.0
+22.0 , 791.6666666666666
+23.0 , 808.3333333333334
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/paper-timekiller/experiments/exp-decompose.pdf b/examples/paper-timekiller/experiments/exp-decompose.pdf
index 1e627b9..7abe569 100644
Binary files a/examples/paper-timekiller/experiments/exp-decompose.pdf and b/examples/paper-timekiller/experiments/exp-decompose.pdf differ
diff --git a/examples/paper-timekiller/experiments/exp-decompose.tex b/examples/paper-timekiller/experiments/exp-decompose.tex
index 9454754..994ed79 100644
--- a/examples/paper-timekiller/experiments/exp-decompose.tex
+++ b/examples/paper-timekiller/experiments/exp-decompose.tex
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 				xlabel={\#txns},
 				x tick style={draw=none},
 				ylabel={Time (s)},
-				ymax=90,
+				ymax=20,
 				ymin=0,
 				ybar stacked,
 				bar width=15,
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
 				\addplot[color=blue, pattern color=blue, pattern=crosshatch] table [x expr=\coordindex, y=load, col sep=comma] {./data/decompose-txns.csv};
 				\addplot[color=red, pattern color=red, pattern=crosshatch dots] table [x expr=\coordindex, y=sort, col sep=comma] {./data/decompose-txns.csv};
 				\addplot[color=black, pattern color=black,pattern=north west lines] table [x expr=\coordindex, y=check, col sep=comma] {./data/decompose-txns.csv};
-				\addplot[color=brown, pattern color=brown, fill=brown] table [x expr=\coordindex, y=gc, col sep=comma] {./data/decompose-txns.csv};
-				\legend{Loading,Sorting,Checking,GC}
+				%\addplot[color=brown, pattern color=brown, fill=brown] table [x expr=\coordindex, y=gc, col sep=comma] {./data/decompose-txns.csv};
+				\legend{Loading,Sorting,Checking}
 			\end{axis}
 		\end{tikzpicture}
 		\begin{tikzpicture}
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 				xlabel={\#sessions},
 				x tick style={draw=none},
 				ylabel={Time (s)},
-				ymax=3,
+				ymax=2.5,
 				ymin=0,
 				ybar stacked,
 				bar width=15,
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 				\addplot[color=blue, pattern color=blue, pattern=crosshatch] table [x expr=\coordindex, y=load, col sep=comma] {./data/decompose-sessions.csv};
 				\addplot[color=red, pattern color=red, pattern=crosshatch dots] table [x expr=\coordindex, y=sort, col sep=comma] {./data/decompose-sessions.csv};
 				\addplot[color=black, pattern color=black,pattern=north west lines] table [x expr=\coordindex, y=check, col sep=comma] {./data/decompose-sessions.csv};
-				\addplot[color=brown, pattern color=brown, fill=brown] table [x expr=\coordindex, y=gc, col sep=comma] {./data/decompose-sessions.csv};
+				%\addplot[color=brown, pattern color=brown, fill=brown] table [x expr=\coordindex, y=gc, col sep=comma] {./data/decompose-sessions.csv};
 				%\legend{Loading,Sorting,Checking,GC}
 			\end{axis}
 		\end{tikzpicture}
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 				xlabel={\#keys},
 				x tick style={draw=none},
 				ylabel={Time (s)},
-				ymax=3,
+				ymax=2.5,
 				ymin=0,
 				ybar stacked,
 				bar width=15,
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 				\addplot[color=blue, pattern color=blue, pattern=crosshatch] table [x expr=\coordindex, y=load, col sep=comma] {./data/decompose-vars.csv};
 				\addplot[color=red, pattern color=red, pattern=crosshatch dots] table [x expr=\coordindex, y=sort, col sep=comma] {./data/decompose-vars.csv};
 				\addplot[color=black, pattern color=black,pattern=north west lines] table [x expr=\coordindex, y=check, col sep=comma] {./data/decompose-vars.csv};
-				\addplot[color=brown, pattern color=brown, fill=brown] table [x expr=\coordindex, y=gc, col sep=comma] {./data/decompose-vars.csv};
+				%\addplot[color=brown, pattern color=brown, fill=brown] table [x expr=\coordindex, y=gc, col sep=comma] {./data/decompose-vars.csv};
 				%\legend{Loading,Sorting,Checking,GC}
 			\end{axis}
 		\end{tikzpicture}
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 				xlabel={\#ops/txn},
 				x tick style={draw=none},
 				%ylabel={Time (s)},
-				ymax=12.5,
+				ymax=10,
 				ymin=0,
 				ybar stacked,
 				bar width=15,
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 				\addplot[color=blue, pattern color=blue, pattern=crosshatch] table [x expr=\coordindex, y=load, col sep=comma] {./data/decompose-nops.csv};
 				\addplot[color=red, pattern color=red, pattern=crosshatch dots] table [x expr=\coordindex, y=sort, col sep=comma] {./data/decompose-nops.csv};
 				\addplot[color=black, pattern color=black,pattern=north west lines] table [x expr=\coordindex, y=check, col sep=comma] {./data/decompose-nops.csv};
-				\addplot[color=brown, pattern color=brown, fill=brown] table [x expr=\coordindex, y=gc, col sep=comma] {./data/decompose-nops.csv};
+				%\addplot[color=brown, pattern color=brown, fill=brown] table [x expr=\coordindex, y=gc, col sep=comma] {./data/decompose-nops.csv};
 				%\legend{Loading,Sorting,Checking,GC}
 			\end{axis}
 		\end{tikzpicture}
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
 				xlabel={read proportion \%},
 				x tick style={draw=none},
 				%ylabel={Time (s)},
-				ymax=3,
+				ymax=2.5,
 				ymin=0,
 				ybar stacked,
 				bar width=15,
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
 				\addplot[color=blue, pattern color=blue, pattern=crosshatch] table [x expr=\coordindex, y=load, col sep=comma] {./data/decompose-readpct.csv};
 				\addplot[color=red, pattern color=red, pattern=crosshatch dots] table [x expr=\coordindex, y=sort, col sep=comma] {./data/decompose-readpct.csv};
 				\addplot[color=black, pattern color=black,pattern=north west lines] table [x expr=\coordindex, y=check, col sep=comma] {./data/decompose-readpct.csv};
-				\addplot[color=brown, pattern color=brown, fill=brown] table [x expr=\coordindex, y=gc, col sep=comma] {./data/decompose-readpct.csv};
+				%\addplot[color=brown, pattern color=brown, fill=brown] table [x expr=\coordindex, y=gc, col sep=comma] {./data/decompose-readpct.csv};
 				%\legend{Loading,Sorting,Checking,GC}
 			\end{axis}
 		\end{tikzpicture}
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
 				xlabel={ key distribution },
 				x tick style={draw=none},
 				%ylabel={Time (s)},
-				ymax=3,
+				ymax=2.5,
 				ymin=0,
 				ybar stacked,
 				bar width=15,
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
 				\addplot[color=blue, pattern color=blue, pattern=crosshatch] table [x expr=\coordindex, y=load, col sep=comma] {./data/decompose-distrib.csv};
 				\addplot[color=red, pattern color=red, pattern=crosshatch dots] table [x expr=\coordindex, y=sort, col sep=comma] {./data/decompose-distrib.csv};
 				\addplot[color=black, pattern color=black,pattern=north west lines] table [x expr=\coordindex, y=check, col sep=comma] {./data/decompose-distrib.csv};
-				\addplot[color=brown, pattern color=brown, fill=brown] table [x expr=\coordindex, y=gc, col sep=comma] {./data/decompose-distrib.csv};
+				%\addplot[color=brown, pattern color=brown, fill=brown] table [x expr=\coordindex, y=gc, col sep=comma] {./data/decompose-distrib.csv};
 				%\legend{Loading,Sorting,Checking,GC}
 			\end{axis}
 		\end{tikzpicture}
diff --git a/examples/paper-timekiller/experiments/exp-runtime.pdf b/examples/paper-timekiller/experiments/exp-runtime.pdf
index cd9ecf3..39b80a4 100644
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diff --git a/examples/paper-timekiller/experiments/exp-runtime.tex b/examples/paper-timekiller/experiments/exp-runtime.tex
index 27eac4f..55bf795 100644
--- a/examples/paper-timekiller/experiments/exp-runtime.tex
+++ b/examples/paper-timekiller/experiments/exp-runtime.tex
@@ -27,13 +27,16 @@
 				ylabel={Time (s)},
 				ymax=200,
 				ymin=0,
+				xtick={0,200000,400000,600000,800000,1000000},
+				xticklabels={0,2,4,6,8,10},
+				xtick scale label code/.code={$\cdot 10^{5}$},
 				legend pos=north west
 				]
-				\addplot[color=blue,mark=square,mark size=3pt] table [x=param, y=fast, col sep=comma] {./data/txns.csv};
 				\addplot[color=red,mark=triangle,mark size=3pt] table [x=param, y=gc10k, col sep=comma] {./data/txns.csv};
 				\addplot[color=black,mark=x,mark size=3pt] table [x=param, y=gc20k, col sep=comma] {./data/txns.csv};
 				\addplot[color=brown,mark=o,mark size=3pt] table [x=param, y=gc50k, col sep=comma] {./data/txns.csv};
-				\legend{fast,gc10k,gc20k,gc50k}
+				\addplot[color=blue,mark=square,mark size=3pt] table [x=param, y=fast, col sep=comma] {./data/txns.csv};
+				\legend{gc-10k,gc-20k,gc-50k,gc-$\infty$}
 			\end{axis}
 		\end{tikzpicture}
 		\begin{tikzpicture}
@@ -48,11 +51,11 @@
 					mark list*  \nextlist
 				}
 				]
-				\addplot[color=blue,mark=square,mark size=3pt] table [x=param, y=fast, col sep=comma] {./data/sessions.csv};
 				\addplot[color=red,mark=triangle,mark size=3pt] table [x=param, y=gc10k, col sep=comma] {./data/sessions.csv};
 				\addplot[color=black,mark=x,mark size=3pt] table [x=param, y=gc20k, col sep=comma] {./data/sessions.csv};
 				\addplot[color=brown,mark=o,mark size=3pt] table [x=param, y=gc50k, col sep=comma] {./data/sessions.csv};
-				%\legend{fast,gc10k,gc20k,gc50k}
+				\addplot[color=blue,mark=square,mark size=3pt] table [x=param, y=fast, col sep=comma] {./data/sessions.csv};
+				%\legend{gc-10k,gc-20k,gc-50k,gc-$\infty$}
 			\end{axis}
 		\end{tikzpicture}
 		\begin{tikzpicture}
@@ -63,11 +66,11 @@
 				ymax=4,
 				ymin=0,
 				]
-				\addplot[color=blue,mark=square,mark size=3pt] table [x=param, y=fast, col sep=comma] {./data/vars.csv};
 				\addplot[color=red,mark=triangle,mark size=3pt] table [x=param, y=gc10k, col sep=comma] {./data/vars.csv};
 				\addplot[color=black,mark=x,mark size=3pt] table [x=param, y=gc20k, col sep=comma] {./data/vars.csv};
 				\addplot[color=brown,mark=o,mark size=3pt] table [x=param, y=gc50k, col sep=comma] {./data/vars.csv};
-				%\legend{fast,gc10k,gc20k,gc50k}
+				\addplot[color=blue,mark=square,mark size=3pt] table [x=param, y=fast, col sep=comma] {./data/vars.csv};
+				%\legend{gc-10k,gc-20k,gc-50k,gc-$\infty$}
 			\end{axis}
 		\end{tikzpicture}
 	\end{minipage}
@@ -81,11 +84,11 @@
 				ymax=20,
 				ymin=0,
 				]
-				\addplot[color=blue,mark=square,mark size=3pt] table [x=param, y=fast, col sep=comma] {./data/nops.csv};
 				\addplot[color=red,mark=triangle,mark size=3pt] table [x=param, y=gc10k, col sep=comma] {./data/nops.csv};
 				\addplot[color=black,mark=x,mark size=3pt] table [x=param, y=gc20k, col sep=comma] {./data/nops.csv};
 				\addplot[color=brown,mark=o,mark size=3pt] table [x=param, y=gc50k, col sep=comma] {./data/nops.csv};
-				%\legend{fast,gc10k,gc20k,gc50k}
+				\addplot[color=blue,mark=square,mark size=3pt] table [x=param, y=fast, col sep=comma] {./data/nops.csv};
+				%\legend{gc-10k,gc-20k,gc-50k,gc-$\infty$}
 			\end{axis}
 		\end{tikzpicture}
 		\begin{tikzpicture}
@@ -97,11 +100,11 @@
 				ymin=0,
 				legend pos=north east
 				]
-				\addplot[color=blue,mark=square,mark size=3pt] table [x=param, y=fast, col sep=comma] {./data/readpct.csv};
 				\addplot[color=red,mark=triangle,mark size=3pt] table [x=param, y=gc10k, col sep=comma] {./data/readpct.csv};
 				\addplot[color=black,mark=x,mark size=3pt] table [x=param, y=gc20k, col sep=comma] {./data/readpct.csv};
 				\addplot[color=brown,mark=o,mark size=3pt] table [x=param, y=gc50k, col sep=comma] {./data/readpct.csv};
-				%\legend{fast,gc10k,gc20k,gc50k}
+				\addplot[color=blue,mark=square,mark size=3pt] table [x=param, y=fast, col sep=comma] {./data/readpct.csv};
+				%\legend{gc-10k,gc-20k,gc-50k,gc-$\infty$}
 			\end{axis}
 		\end{tikzpicture}
 		\begin{tikzpicture}
@@ -119,11 +122,11 @@
 				xtick=data,
 				xticklabels={uniform,zipfian,hotspot}
 				]
-				\addplot[color=blue, pattern color=blue, pattern=crosshatch] table [x expr=\coordindex, y=fast, col sep=comma] {./data/distrib.csv};
 				\addplot[color=red, pattern color=red, pattern=crosshatch dots] table [x expr=\coordindex, y=gc10k, col sep=comma] {./data/distrib.csv};
 				\addplot[color=black, pattern color=black,pattern=north west lines] table [x expr=\coordindex, y=gc20k, col sep=comma] {./data/distrib.csv};
 				\addplot[color=brown, pattern color=brown, fill=brown] table [x expr=\coordindex, y=gc50k, col sep=comma] {./data/distrib.csv};
-				%\legend{fast,gc10k,gc20k,gc50k}
+				\addplot[color=blue, pattern color=blue, pattern=crosshatch] table [x expr=\coordindex, y=fast, col sep=comma] {./data/distrib.csv};
+				%\legend{gc-10k,gc-20k,gc-50k,gc-$\infty$}
 			\end{axis}
 		\end{tikzpicture}
 	\end{minipage}