• EOS Token holders should not rely on EOS Mechanics benchmark results as an absolute indication of block producers’ performance. Results are mainly intended for operators of the EOS infrastructure to have additional metrics that can aid them in testing different infrastructures, configurations and features while identifying performance differences and potential bottlenecks. These statistics are not subject to verification by other nodes on the network; therefore it is possible for block producers to manipulate them. Furthermore, running custom software or configurations may impact the measurement of these metrics.

Further, the current CPU spikes and dips is related to a software parameter configuration. We're actively testing different parameters to determine a more optimal resource usage plan. Said another way, this doesn't have anything to do with hardware at this time.

Also, BPs do not make $50k/day. A top BP is earning around $4k/day.