diff --git a/libraries/base/dp/tb/vhdl/dp_statistics.vhd b/libraries/base/dp/tb/vhdl/dp_statistics.vhd
index 92530ed6a100cbe031cf102bd4c24a1539abe80a..795440eccaa99f9b5957fde9b816e98d5306d81e 100644
--- a/libraries/base/dp/tb/vhdl/dp_statistics.vhd
+++ b/libraries/base/dp/tb/vhdl/dp_statistics.vhd
@@ -115,8 +115,10 @@ BEGIN
       REPORT "[dp_statistics] Timeout occured!" SEVERITY FAILURE;
     ELSIF nxt_tb_end='1' THEN
       IF falling_edge(dp_clk) THEN
-        IF (g_check_nof_valid     =TRUE AND valid_count   /=g_check_nof_valid_ref     ) THEN REPORT "[dp_statistics] Valid count does not match reference" SEVERITY c_severity_level; END IF;
-        IF (g_check_data_rate_mbps=TRUE AND data_rate_mbps/=g_check_data_rate_mbps_ref) THEN REPORT "[dp_statistics] data rate does not match reference"   SEVERITY c_severity_level; END IF;
+        IF (g_check_nof_valid     =TRUE AND valid_count   /=g_check_nof_valid_ref     ) THEN REPORT 
+          "[dp_statistics] Valid count " & INTEGER'IMAGE(valid_count) & " does not match reference " & INTEGER'IMAGE(g_check_nof_valid_ref) SEVERITY c_severity_level; END IF;
+        IF (g_check_data_rate_mbps=TRUE AND data_rate_mbps/=g_check_data_rate_mbps_ref) THEN REPORT 
+          "[dp_statistics] data rate " & INTEGER'IMAGE(data_rate_mbps) & " does not match reference" & INTEGER'IMAGE(g_check_data_rate_mbps_ref) SEVERITY c_severity_level; END IF;
       END IF;
     END IF;
   END PROCESS;