diff --git a/examples/SPIN/read_restart/in.spin.restart b/examples/SPIN/read_restart/in.spin.restart
index ccce25b254..ad6f337890 100644
--- a/examples/SPIN/read_restart/in.spin.restart
+++ b/examples/SPIN/read_restart/in.spin.restart
@@ -44,6 +44,6 @@ thermo_style    custom step time v_magnorm v_emag v_tmag temp etotal
 thermo_modify   format float %20.15g
 
 compute 	outsp all property/atom spx spy spz sp fmx fmy fmz
-dump 		100 all custom 1 dump.lammpstrj type x y z c_outsp[1] c_outsp[2] c_outsp[3] c_outsp[4] c_outsp[5] c_outsp[6] c_outsp[7]
+dump 		1 all custom 100 dump.lammpstrj type x y z c_outsp[1] c_outsp[2] c_outsp[3] c_outsp[4] c_outsp[5] c_outsp[6] c_outsp[7]
 
 run 		100
diff --git a/examples/SPIN/benchmark/README b/examples/SPIN/validation/README
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rename from examples/SPIN/benchmark/README
rename to examples/SPIN/validation/README
diff --git a/examples/SPIN/benchmark/benchmarck_damped_exchange/bench-spin-precession.in b/examples/SPIN/validation/validation_damped_exchange/bench-spin-precession.in
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rename from examples/SPIN/benchmark/benchmarck_damped_exchange/bench-spin-precession.in
rename to examples/SPIN/validation/validation_damped_exchange/bench-spin-precession.in
diff --git a/examples/SPIN/benchmark/benchmarck_damped_exchange/llg_exchange.py b/examples/SPIN/validation/validation_damped_exchange/llg_exchange.py
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rename from examples/SPIN/benchmark/benchmarck_damped_exchange/llg_exchange.py
rename to examples/SPIN/validation/validation_damped_exchange/llg_exchange.py
diff --git a/examples/SPIN/benchmark/benchmarck_damped_exchange/plot_precession.py b/examples/SPIN/validation/validation_damped_exchange/plot_precession.py
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rename from examples/SPIN/benchmark/benchmarck_damped_exchange/plot_precession.py
rename to examples/SPIN/validation/validation_damped_exchange/plot_precession.py
diff --git a/examples/SPIN/benchmark/benchmarck_damped_exchange/run-bench-exchange.sh b/examples/SPIN/validation/validation_damped_exchange/run-bench-exchange.sh
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rename from examples/SPIN/benchmark/benchmarck_damped_exchange/run-bench-exchange.sh
rename to examples/SPIN/validation/validation_damped_exchange/run-bench-exchange.sh
diff --git a/examples/SPIN/benchmark/benchmarck_damped_exchange/two_spins.data b/examples/SPIN/validation/validation_damped_exchange/two_spins.data
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diff --git a/examples/SPIN/benchmark/benchmarck_damped_precession/bench-spin-precession.in b/examples/SPIN/validation/validation_damped_precession/bench-spin-precession.in
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rename from examples/SPIN/benchmark/benchmarck_damped_precession/bench-spin-precession.in
rename to examples/SPIN/validation/validation_damped_precession/bench-spin-precession.in
diff --git a/examples/SPIN/benchmark/benchmarck_damped_precession/llg_precession.py b/examples/SPIN/validation/validation_damped_precession/llg_precession.py
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rename from examples/SPIN/benchmark/benchmarck_damped_precession/llg_precession.py
rename to examples/SPIN/validation/validation_damped_precession/llg_precession.py
diff --git a/examples/SPIN/benchmark/benchmarck_damped_precession/plot_precession.py b/examples/SPIN/validation/validation_damped_precession/plot_precession.py
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rename from examples/SPIN/benchmark/benchmarck_damped_precession/plot_precession.py
rename to examples/SPIN/validation/validation_damped_precession/plot_precession.py
diff --git a/examples/SPIN/benchmark/benchmarck_damped_precession/run-bench-prec.sh b/examples/SPIN/validation/validation_damped_precession/run-bench-prec.sh
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rename from examples/SPIN/benchmark/benchmarck_damped_precession/run-bench-prec.sh
rename to examples/SPIN/validation/validation_damped_precession/run-bench-prec.sh
diff --git a/examples/SPIN/benchmark/benchmarck_langevin_precession/bench-prec-spin.template b/examples/SPIN/validation/validation_langevin_precession/bench-prec-spin.template
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rename from examples/SPIN/benchmark/benchmarck_langevin_precession/bench-prec-spin.template
rename to examples/SPIN/validation/validation_langevin_precession/bench-prec-spin.template
diff --git a/examples/SPIN/benchmark/benchmarck_langevin_precession/langevin.py b/examples/SPIN/validation/validation_langevin_precession/langevin.py
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rename from examples/SPIN/benchmark/benchmarck_langevin_precession/langevin.py
rename to examples/SPIN/validation/validation_langevin_precession/langevin.py
diff --git a/examples/SPIN/benchmark/benchmarck_langevin_precession/plot_precession.py b/examples/SPIN/validation/validation_langevin_precession/plot_precession.py
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rename from examples/SPIN/benchmark/benchmarck_langevin_precession/plot_precession.py
rename to examples/SPIN/validation/validation_langevin_precession/plot_precession.py
diff --git a/examples/SPIN/benchmark/benchmarck_langevin_precession/run-bench-prec.sh b/examples/SPIN/validation/validation_langevin_precession/run-bench-prec.sh
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rename from examples/SPIN/benchmark/benchmarck_langevin_precession/run-bench-prec.sh
rename to examples/SPIN/validation/validation_langevin_precession/run-bench-prec.sh