Project: 11020

[mc84ss]

I read on how points are computed and could not figure out why this one comes with such a low point value. I dropped from about 10,000 PPD to about 7500PPD with this WU. Why is the K-factor under 1?

[bruce]

Welcome to foldingforum.org, mc84ss.

The K-factor is related to the deadline, and this project has a significantly longer deadline that the ones you've probably been running. What hardware do you have and how is your client configured?

[VijayPande]

A change from 10K to 7.5K PPD can come from many aspects and we'd like warn donors that PPD can fluctuate. One way that points can fluctuate is due to the fact that points are assigned based on the nature of the work unit completed, not on the capabilities of the machine. If a high capability machine is assigned a lower PPD WU (eg one that does not require lots of RAM, GPU, etc), it will get a lower PPD on that WU.

[mc84ss]

Thank you both for prompt responses, I had originally believed that it was all time based. Having Prof. Vijay Pande personally reply to my question reassures me that this is the best project for my spare CPU cycles.

My machine is a AMD 6 core, model 1055t at stock speed on a gigabyte motherboard running win 7 32bit with 4gigs of ram.

On a side note my team with only 2 productive members is almost in the top 1000.