What are "WU"s on F@H?

kirbyman100 · Mar 19, 2010, 10:02 PM

What does "WU" stand for?

SciFrog · Mar 19, 2010, 10:23 PM

Work Units.

kirbyman100 · Mar 19, 2010, 10:27 PM

Oh, thank you, but how do you get them?

twoodcc · Mar 20, 2010, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by kirbyman100

Oh, thank you, but how do you get them?

when you run the folding@home client, it will download the WU

kirbyman100 · Mar 20, 2010, 01:59 PM

No, I meant how do you EARN them?

lordonuthin · Mar 20, 2010, 07:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kirbyman100

No, I meant how do you EARN them?

Points are earned but WU are processed/folded by your machine to earn those points. The number of points earned per wu depends on what the Pande group has set for that kind of wu. Some wu's have variable points, you earn bonus points for getting the wu done sooner. This faq is a good place to learn more.

-aggie- · Apr 10, 2011, 03:03 PM

Reading through all the Faqs I’m still not sure how many points I’ll earn. I see the “credit” here:

http://vspx27.stanford.edu/psummary.html

I’m currently doing 6074 mutant scan. What are the points?

rwh202 · Apr 11, 2011, 01:04 AM

Hi,

Yeah, the credit is the points - in this case 481 points.

However, these WU (and all the other SMP core_A3 and core_A5 ones) also qualify for Quick Return Bonus Points.
Basically, there is a sliding scale that rewards quick return with more points. This is done to encourage people to just run one client quickly, rather than multiple ones more slowly.

However, to qualify for these bonus points (that are often worth 10 times the base points), you'll need a passkey - see here:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1073565

You can calculate how many points you expect to receive here:

http://linuxforge.net/bonuscalc2.php

Hope that helps
Rob

-aggie- · Apr 11, 2011, 08:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rwh202

Hi,

Yeah, the credit is the points - in this case 481 points.

However, these WU (and all the other SMP core_A3 and core_A5 ones) also qualify for Quick Return Bonus Points.
Basically, there is a sliding scale that rewards quick return with more points. This is done to encourage people to just run one client quickly, rather than multiple ones more slowly.

However, to qualify for these bonus points (that are often worth 10 times the base points), you'll need a passkey - see here:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1073565

You can calculate how many points you expect to receive here:

http://linuxforge.net/bonuscalc2.php

Hope that helps
Rob

Thanks. So, when do they score the bonus points? I only have the base points (481) so far, but should’ve gotten 968 more points.

rwh202 · Apr 11, 2011, 01:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by -aggie-

Thanks. So, when do they score the bonus points? I only have the base points (481) so far, but should’ve gotten 968 more points.

Hi,

Bonus points normally appear straight away. However, you'll need to complete 10 units with at least an 80% success rate before you will start receiving them. (those first 10 units won't ever receive a bonus)

Anyway, congratulations on your first unit. The bonus points will soon start rolling in!

Rob

techfreak85 · Apr 11, 2011, 01:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rwh202

Hi,

Bonus points normally appear straight away. However, you'll need to complete 10 units with at least an 80% success rate before you will start receiving them. (those first 10 units won't ever receive a bonus)

Anyway, congratulations on your first unit. The bonus points will soon start rolling in!

Rob

10 units with a passkey...

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-aggie- macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Where bunnies are welcome.	Reading through all the Faqs I’m still not sure how many points I’ll earn. I see the “credit” here: http://vspx27.stanford.edu/psummary.html I’m currently doing 6074 mutant scan. What are the points? __________________ Google with site:macrumors.com as a parameter. DFU Mode........People with Obama in White Face avatars – proving how stupid they are one post at a time
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kirbyman100 Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Mar 2010	Oh, thank you, but how do you get them?
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kirbyman100 Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Mar 2010	No, I meant how do you EARN them?
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Apr 11, 2011, 01:04 AM	#8
rwh202 macrumors member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: UK	Hi, Yeah, the credit is the points - in this case 481 points. However, these WU (and all the other SMP core_A3 and core_A5 ones) also qualify for Quick Return Bonus Points. Basically, there is a sliding scale that rewards quick return with more points. This is done to encourage people to just run one client quickly, rather than multiple ones more slowly. However, to qualify for these bonus points (that are often worth 10 times the base points), you'll need a passkey - see here: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1073565 You can calculate how many points you expect to receive here: http://linuxforge.net/bonuscalc2.php Hope that helps Rob
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