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JohnMD Send message Joined: 21 Mar 15 Posts: 10 Credit: 5,006,345 RAC: 0 |
I expected about 10 times as much credit for - http://yafu.myfirewall.org/yafu/workunit.php?wuid=4062127 - based on other WUs on this host. |
JohnMD Send message Joined: 21 Mar 15 Posts: 10 Credit: 5,006,345 RAC: 0 |
I expected about 10 times as much credit for - 252 credits for almost 3 days' crunching - is it worth it ? http://yafu.myfirewall.org/yafu/workunit.php?wuid=4121810 |
yoyo_rkn Volunteer moderator Project administrator Project developer Project tester Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Project scientist Send message Joined: 22 Aug 11 Posts: 738 Credit: 17,612,101 RAC: 17 |
Runtime was 2,5 days, but (and I don't know why) CPU time was reported only with 4 hours. |
Chooka Send message Joined: 4 Mar 19 Posts: 11 Credit: 28,616,045 RAC: 0 |
Speaking of credits, I can't get my head around how they are awarded? Take this example - One of my 32t tasks took 175,452.00 second and I was awarded 43,056.63 credits. Another PC did an 8t in 117,073.42 seconds and I was awarded 76,227.37 credits?? Same PC did another 8t WU in 114,693.71 seconds and was awarded 7,243.33 credits?? Is there a method to the madness? Does running one type of w/u like 8t for example provide more credits than running 32t? https://yafu.myfirewall.org/yafu/result.php?resultid=5073073 https://yafu.myfirewall.org/yafu/result.php?resultid=5072477 |
Chooka Send message Joined: 4 Mar 19 Posts: 11 Credit: 28,616,045 RAC: 0 |
And this - https://yafu.myfirewall.org/yafu/result.php?resultid=5082321 131,765.90 sec runtime for 1,835.66 credits (8t) Really?? I think this credit inconsistency hurts this project when it comes to gaining people to crunch YAFU. If there's some way to fix this or if the community asks for it, would you consider a possible alternative to the current award of credits? I ask this because I think it will improve the project participates. |
Theadalus Send message Joined: 30 Nov 17 Posts: 1 Credit: 30,404,249 RAC: 0 |
It seems there's totally no relation between WU CPU time and credits rewarded... looks like credits are random generated. |
Coleslaw Send message Joined: 6 Sep 11 Posts: 31 Credit: 11,039,976 RAC: 7 |
This project uses the standard BOINC Credit system which happens to be "Credit New". You will find most people in the community are highly against its usage and have renamed it things like "Credit Screw" and have referred to it as a random credit generator. Several have spent years trying to make it make sense. Best to just support the "science" for what it is and not get too wrapped up in the credits here. |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 19 Feb 15 Posts: 2 Credit: 283,880 RAC: 0 |
Here is another example of incorrect CPU time -vs- run time: http://yafu.myfirewall.org/yafu/result.php?resultid=5592660 The task was running on a Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5300 @ 2.60GHz Run time 16 hours 55 min 58 sec CPU time 3 hours 6 min 56 sec I abandoned task because it quit accruing CPU time despite the Run Time increasing every second.. I am guessing CPU Time should of actually been close to 1/2 of the Run Time or aprox 8.5 hours. Appears somehow the BOINC wrapper that the actual science tasks runs under lost track of what the science app was doing. |
mikey Send message Joined: 13 Apr 17 Posts: 16 Credit: 14,952,152 RAC: 249 |
Here is another example of incorrect CPU time -vs- run time: It seems your dual core pc's only have 2GB to 3GB of ram, I wonder if the task is spinning it's wheels due to not enough ram? Have you tried going into the Boinc Manager to see how much each task is using? Click on a running task and then to the left click on properties and near the bottom it will show something like this: Virtual memory size 33.12 MB Working set size 22.60 MB That's the number for a NON Yafu task as I don't have one running on this pc right now but you get the idea. |