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    > I think we simply
    > _must_ understand why on similar systems the numbers are so different

    Why?  What's the _downside_ of adding a fudge factor to puresize?  Is
    it worth the time to debug?  [On a modern system.]

If the numbers vary a little, that's not important in itself.
But if they are very different, that suggests something else is wrong.
It's worth tracking down the root cause, just to see if it has
other consequences more important than variation in puresize.