BOINC credit/points explained

[Movieman]

thanks Sierra. that explains a lot for those new people.

Sticky it!!!

Done and agreed, nice thread. Thanks Sierra_bound!

[[XC] serlv]

What I'm curious about/tend to feel about the benchmarking process is that it no longer seems to matter what our benches are. High or Low, or right in the middle. Of course if everyone had higher benches; if the quorum, for any given WU, was higher due, to all participants in the quorum scoring higher then it would matter.

So I just try to get the machine to run as fast as possible, stabile, so as to go through as many WUs as possible. And benchmark be damned. I barely even look at it anymore.

Am I wrong, or am I missing something here. In regards to the benchmark.

edit - If you'd like me to delete this, so as to unclutter a good and simple explanation/info post I will. Just let me know.

[sierra_bound]

Thanks guys

What I'm curious about/tend to feel about the benchmarking process is that it no longer seems to matter what our benches are. High or Low, or right in the middle. Of course if everyone had higher benches; if the quorum, for any given WU, was higher due, to all participants in the quorum then it would matter.

So I just try to get the machine to run as fast as possible, stabile, so as to go through as many WUs as possible. And benchmark be damned. I barely even look at it anymore.

Am I wrong, or am I missing something here. In regards to the benchmark.

I think you're right to a certain extent. You are somewhat at the mercy of the other participants in the quorum. But those other members can work in your favor too. I recently had claimed credit of around 70 on one WU, but ended up with 100 granted points.

[[XC] serlv]

That is nice when that does happen.

I'm just leary of ever having a WU points beng declared invalid, getting half credit, due to being an "outlier". I don't ever want to go back to that. So I just tend to not even look at the benches anymore, or try to rebench.

Thanks for the explanation, though. I was curious, too. Just never bothered to find out. Good info!

[sierra_bound]

Did WCG ever define what qualifies as an outlier? I remember there was a lengthy discussion by members here about this.

For those not familiar with what serlv is referring to, toward the end of last year, WCG implemented a new scoring system aimed at cutting down on cheating and the use of optimized clients. Basically any scores that appeared to be statistical outliers would be thrown out. There were fears that those with really fast machines would be punished as well. To be honest, I have not seen any widespread evidence of this.