I used the benchmark function in the Boinc agent on my desktop and here is what I get:

System is:

CPU is Intel I7 975 3.42 Ghz
DRAM Memory DD3 tri-channel at 2000 MHZ Latency 9
W7 64bit Ultimate

Benchmark values

8 CPU's

3'310 MFLOPS / CPU
8'370 Integer MIPS / CPU

From this result I extrapolate that the CPU's global performance is:
26.48 GFLOPS

So to reach the 1 TERAFLOP mythical value which is Supercomputers basic unit value, my little CPU must crunch non stop for 37.76 seconds.

For one PETAFLOP then he must work for 10.5 hours, that is less then a day. Not bad at all.

Let's say that with WCG Cobblestone metric I should get 100'000 points worth of computation every 37.76 seconds. In a full day of computation I should be rewarded with 3'813'559 points.

If I look at the INTEL Export Compliance Table for processors where official GFLOP rating for each processor is published I have for the 975 the value of 55.34 GFLOPS at the stock rated 3.42 GHz speed, which is double the value of the Boinc performance test.

I am aware that an official value must be a kind of theoretical maximum. But still we should be at 80% not at 50% of that value.

Am I wrong somewhere?
I would like to get your opinions on these values and calculations.