diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/test/aql/TestsUtils.java b/asterix-app/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/test/aql/TestsUtils.java
index 87018c4..8537496 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/test/aql/TestsUtils.java
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/test/aql/TestsUtils.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
                             + "\n> ");
                 }
 
-                if (!lineExpected.split("Timestamp")[0].equals(lineActual.split("Timestamp")[0])) {
+                if (!equalStrings(lineExpected.split("Timestamp")[0], lineActual.split("Timestamp")[0])) {
                     fail("Result for " + scriptFile + " changed at line " + num + ":\n< " + lineExpected + "\n> "
                             + lineActual);
                 }
@@ -204,9 +204,6 @@
         String[] rowsOne = s1.split("\n");
         String[] rowsTwo = s2.split("\n");
 
-        if (rowsOne.length != rowsTwo.length)
-            return false;
-
         for (int i = 0; i < rowsOne.length; i++) {
             String row1 = rowsOne[i];
             String row2 = rowsTwo[i];
@@ -216,6 +213,7 @@
 
             String[] fields1 = row1.split(" ");
             String[] fields2 = row2.split(" ");
+            double delta = 0.000000001;
 
             for (int j = 0; j < fields1.length; j++) {
                 if (fields1[j].equals(fields2[j])) {
@@ -227,10 +225,8 @@
                     fields2[j] = fields2[j].split(",")[0];
                     Double double1 = Double.parseDouble(fields1[j]);
                     Double double2 = Double.parseDouble(fields2[j]);
-                    float float1 = (float) double1.doubleValue();
-                    float float2 = (float) double2.doubleValue();
 
-                    if (Math.abs(float1 - float2) == 0)
+                    if (Math.abs(double1 - double2) <= delta)
                         continue;
                     else {
                         return false;
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/ignore.txt b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/ignore.txt
index c528485..9478d49 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/ignore.txt
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/ignore.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 comparison/numeric-comparison_01.aql
 dapd/q3.aql
 fuzzyjoin/events-users-aqlplus_1.aql
-tpch
 fuzzyjoin
 failure/q1_pricing_summary_report_failure.aql
+tpch/q1
+tpch/q3
+tpch/q5
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