diff --git a/utils/branson/do_strong_scaling.sh b/utils/branson/do_strong_scaling.sh
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+
+input=3D_hohlraum_single_node_cpu.xml
+cp ../inputs/3D_hohlraum_single_node.xml ./${input}
+
+sed -i 's/<use_gpu_transporter>TRUE<\/use_gpu_transporter>/<use_gpu_transporter>FALSE<\/use_gpu_transporter>/g' ${input}
+
+for s in 10 66 200
+do
+  sed -i 's/<photons>.*<\/photons>/<photons>'${s}'000000\<\/photons>/g' ${input}
+ #4 12 16 24 32 48  #4 8 16 32 36 64 72
+  for i in 8 32 56 88 112
+  do
+    grep photons ${input}
+    #mpirun -mca coll basic,self,libnbc  -n $i ./BRANSON ./3D_hohlraum_single_node_cpu.xml | tee run.$s.$i.out
+    srun -n $i -m block:block --hint=nomultithread ./BRANSON ./${input} | tee run.$s.$i.out
+  done
+done
diff --git a/utils/branson/do_throughput.sh b/utils/branson/do_throughput.sh
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+cp ../inputs/3D_hohlraum_single_node_gpu.xml . 
+for s in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 20 30 40 50 66 100 133 200 500 1000 2000 4000 5000
+do
+  sed -i 's/<photons>.*<\/photons>/<photons>'${s}'00000\<\/photons>/g' 3D_hohlraum_single_node_gpu.xml 
+  grep photons 3D_hohlraum_single_node_gpu.xml 
+  #mpirun -np 1 ./BRANSON ./3D_hohlraum_single_node_gpu.xml | tee run.$s.out
+  srun -n 1 ./BRANSON ./3D_hohlraum_single_node_gpu.xml | tee run.$s.out
+done
diff --git a/utils/branson/parse-results.sh b/utils/branson/parse-results.sh
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+grep FOM run.*.out  | awk -F '.' '{print  $2 " " $3  " " $4  " " $5 }' | awk '{printf "%d\t%d\t%d.%d \n", $1, $2,  $7,  $8     }' | sort -n  --key=1,1 --key=2,2