Not all Work Units are the same. Some of the researchers in our group are studying the behaviors of small proteins, while others are focusing on larger and more complex systems. These differences cause deviations of points to be above or below the average. Some computer systems are more efficient at processing certain types of projects than others, which adds additional complexity to the goal of making the points fair, even, and balanced. Evening out these deviations is one of the reasons why we use a benchmark machine. We do additional balancing in our beta and advanced stages of testing before we distribute the work to all of Folding@home.
