def METHOD_NAME(bm_name, test_date=None):
    current_dir = Path(__file__).parent.absolute()
    bm_out_dir = current_dir.parent.parent.joinpath(USERBENCHMARK_OUTPUT_PREFIX, bm_name)
    test_date = test_date if test_date else datetime.fromtimestamp(time.time()).strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
    output_dir = bm_out_dir.joinpath("cpu-" + test_date)
    output_dir.mkdir(exist_ok=True, parents=True)
    return output_dir