Increasing the entropy by starting network aktivities may help to get more events at Boincmanager 5.10.40. I run µtorrent, uploading some Linux DVD-Images. I think it would be great if we can set up a Boinc testingserver with dummy workunits/applications on a local network.

@James: The QMC application was compiled using an optimizing Intel-Compiler, therefore it works fine on Intel Quadcore, even on Pentium 4 with Hyperthreading. It doesn't need much of the memory bandwidth. You can check the times for the QMC-WU.

Increasing the entropy by starting network aktivities may help to get more events at Boincmanager 5.10.40. I run µtorrent, uploading some Linux DVD-Images. I think it would be great if we can set up a Boinc testingserver with dummy workunits/applications on a local network.

@James: The QMC application was compiled using an optimizing Intel-Compiler, therefore it works fine on Intel Quadcore, even on Pentium 4 with Hyperthreading. It doesn't need much of the memory bandwidth. You can check the times for the QMC-WU.

QMC work units are, by far, showing the greatest variance on this quad. Here are four work unit results that show you this variability:

work unit - CPU seconds - Credit granted

3525084 - 76,000 - 55
3502663 - 172,000 - 57
3445846 - 496,999 - 255
3441753 - 518,000 - 207

I think it would be great if we can set up a Boinc testingserver with dummy workunits/applications on a local network.

Get me ssh access to one of your Linux machines and I'll make you one :)

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QMC work units are, by far, showing the greatest variance on this quad. Here are four work unit results that show you this variability:

Do you work often with large, memory-intensive software while running Boinc?
You can try projects with smaller applications, like Spinhenge or SHA-1 Collision Search.

QMC work units are, by far, showing the greatest variance on this quad. Here are four work unit results that show you this variability:

work unit - CPU seconds - Credit granted

3525084 - 76,000 - 55
3502663 - 172,000 - 57
3445846 - 496,999 - 255
3441753 - 518,000 - 207

QMC crunch times depend on the particular work unit. They're not uniform.

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Kathryn :o)