diff --git a/src/components/table/table.tsx b/src/components/table/table.tsx
index b83c6029..3b4d670f 100644
--- a/src/components/table/table.tsx
+++ b/src/components/table/table.tsx
@@ -344,9 +344,9 @@ export default function EnhancedTable<
             }}
             gap={1.5}
           >
-            <Image src={emptyState} alt="empty roster image" width={250} />
-            <p style={{ fontWeight: "semibold" }}>You have no students yet</p>
-            <p style={{ color: "var(--grey-20)" }}>
+            <Image src={emptyState} alt="empty roster" width={250} />
+            <p>You have no students yet</p>
+            <p style={{ color: "var(--grey-20)", textAlign: "center" }}>
               Start building your class roster by adding a student.
             </p>
             <button
diff --git a/src/pages/benchmarks/index.tsx b/src/pages/benchmarks/index.tsx
index 0f3bce66..d4d226c3 100644
--- a/src/pages/benchmarks/index.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/benchmarks/index.tsx
@@ -2,24 +2,49 @@ import React from "react";
 import TaskCard from "@/components/taskCard/taskCard";
 import { trpc } from "@/client/lib/trpc";
 import $typo from "@/styles/Typography.module.css";
+import { Container, Box } from "@mui/material";
+import Image from "next/image";
+import noBenchmarks from "../../public/img/no-benchmarks.png";
 
 function Benchmarks() {
   const { data: tasks, isLoading } = trpc.para.getMyTasks.useQuery();
+  console.log("tasks ", tasks);
 
   if (isLoading) {
     return <div>Loading...</div>;
   }
 
   return (
-    <ul>
-      {tasks?.map((task) => {
-        return (
-          <li key={task.task_id} className={$typo.noDecoration}>
-            <TaskCard task={task} />
-          </li>
-        );
-      })}
-    </ul>
+    <>
+      {tasks?.length === 0 ? (
+        <Container sx={{ marginTop: "4rem" }}>
+          <Box
+            sx={{
+              display: "flex",
+              flexDirection: "column",
+              alignItems: "center",
+            }}
+            gap={1.5}
+          >
+            <Image src={noBenchmarks} alt="empty benchmark" width={250} />
+            <p>No assigned benchmarks yet!</p>
+            <p style={{ color: "var(--grey-20)", textAlign: "center" }}>
+              Contact your case manager for your assignment.
+            </p>
+          </Box>
+        </Container>
+      ) : (
+        <ul>
+          {tasks?.map((task) => {
+            return (
+              <li key={task.task_id} className={$typo.noDecoration}>
+                <TaskCard task={task} />
+              </li>
+            );
+          })}
+        </ul>
+      )}
+    </>
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/src/public/img/no-benchmarks.png b/src/public/img/no-benchmarks.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..89b6dd4d
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/public/img/no-benchmarks.png differ