Why are credit rewards so low compared to other projects?

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Luca Send message Joined: 20 Jan 23 Posts: 2 Credit: 158,629 RAC: 489	Message 61 - Posted: 5 Nov 2023, 17:27:41 UTC As title. Why are credit rewards so low compared to other projects? ID: 61 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

northcup Send message Joined: 6 Aug 23 Posts: 1 Credit: 14,515 RAC: 0	Message 105 - Posted: 8 May 2024, 19:12:25 UTC - in response to Message 61. Why is there no answer to this interesting question here? ID: 105 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

UBT - wbiz Send message Joined: 1 May 23 Posts: 5 Credit: 1,996,194 RAC: 6,772	Message 111 - Posted: 24 May 2024, 15:19:13 UTC Last modified: 24 May 2024, 15:19:43 UTC There are a number of projects that give even less points. I'm more curious why the points awarded are so random, most work units take roughly the same time but the points awarded vary wildly, this makes it impossible to tune your system for maximum performance or efficiency. ID: 111 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

mmonnin Send message Joined: 16 Oct 21 Posts: 1 Credit: 6,022,937 RAC: 67	Message 112 - Posted: 25 May 2024, 21:47:59 UTC Last modified: 25 May 2024, 21:51:19 UTC Some people don't run CPU benchmarks, you'll see them with an even 1 billion ops like these PCs: Measured floating point speed 1 billion ops/sec Measured integer speed 1 billion ops/sec https://rnma.xyz/boinc/show_host_detail.php?hostid=16049 https://rnma.xyz/boinc/show_host_detail.php?hostid=16326 https://rnma.xyz/boinc/show_host_detail.php?hostid=16129 https://rnma.xyz/boinc/show_host_detail.php?hostid=16396 When they are your wingman you'll get much lower credit (like 1/4 normal credit) causing the highly variable amounts. Credit is still low for CreditScrew projects though. ID: 112 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Rodrigo Send message Joined: 24 Mar 22 Posts: 7 Credit: 1,196,458 RAC: 14	Message 140 - Posted: 28 Aug 2024, 18:55:23 UTC - in response to Message 112. Some people don't run CPU benchmarks, you'll see them with an even 1 billion ops like these PCs: Measured floating point speed 1 billion ops/sec Measured integer speed 1 billion ops/sec https://rnma.xyz/boinc/show_host_detail.php?hostid=16049 https://rnma.xyz/boinc/show_host_detail.php?hostid=16326 https://rnma.xyz/boinc/show_host_detail.php?hostid=16129 https://rnma.xyz/boinc/show_host_detail.php?hostid=16396 When they are your wingman you'll get much lower credit (like 1/4 normal credit) causing the highly variable amounts. Ah, that explains a lot!! I always wondered why whenever I set a new host, the credits were so low for each task, then after some time it gets normal. When I set a host, I eventually run the CPU benchmark, but I've never connected the dots. Thanks. ID: 140 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

dave Send message Joined: 1 Oct 24 Posts: 2 Credit: 142 RAC: 0	Message 179 - Posted: 1 Oct 2024, 11:04:02 UTC - in response to Message 140. There are threads about credit between projects over on the BOINC fora. In theory the same amount of computing power used should yield similar credit between projects. Some projects give artificially high credit scores. CPDN gives slightly higher credit for some newer apps that can require as much as 8GB RAM/core. Though CPDN is one of the lower scoring projects and also one which often has large gaps in work availability. Bottom line is I crunch for the science not for credits which I see as more of a help to make sure things are working as they should. ID: 179 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote