Could you go into the BIOS and disable the chip throttle down feature, then let BOINC run for a day or two to see if the claimed credit vs awarded credit become more accurate?

Ah, gotchas. The benchmark is a normal priority event and the crunching is a lowest priority event. It would thus seem your system goes full out when doing the once per 5 day performance test and goes back to the crunchers speed when done. Few people report this discrepancy, most content to do the contribution in silence and let it do what it does.

You could leave it and accept it that the award is correct or use a program like Process Lasso to set the priority of BOINC.exe low which does the benchmark, but fear that has implications on the housekeeping part between client/server and science. Someone who knows the innards of BOINC could elucidate on that proposition.

ciao

Darth, my point about money wasn't meant to imply that you wanted any of it. But when an operation like World Community Grid has a very limited budget, they have to use every penny as best as they can. The techs are already phenomenally overworked, so it is amazing they find time to provide the nifty "value added" features they do.

Of course we want more of these features. But ultimately, we just have to wait, and play the long game. A couple of new features have been promised for the short term, so keep an eye out for those. I can't say when or what, though.

Yes, data released into the public domain can be used by "big pharma". But they can't patent it, so non-profits and government agencies can provide the same drugs at lower prices, particularly in the third world. There is even an advantage in letting the big pharmaceuticals trailblaze with new drug designs, because human testing is mind-bogglingly expensive. Once the drug is approved, similar drugs can be fast-tracked, and the process is much cheaper.

ah, that is something i was not aware of, i am glad you cleared it up for me, it really makes me feel much better, thank you

Cheers