However I did not apply the all cores enabled bin. Should I? I never have before.
The max is 144 GH theoretically. With all cores running.
As for Slush and stats, my merc shows same there as everywhere else except Eligus which is all over the place. 141 /142 pretty solid since .98.
Not messing with it for a GH when you consider the downtime alone costs you money as it takes time to build back up.
Every time you shut down your average drops for a fair time period, hardly worth keeping doing it given the time sensitive period we're in now re difficulty increases. Your hashpower is worth much more now than after the next diff increase. I wouldn't waste any by messing about when the gains are marginal at best and possibly non existent.
Think formula one pit stops.