diff --git a/config/caf-application.conf b/config/caf-application.conf
index 529bd51459dd11e8642b1ecb861e56bc3e3f6434..83aa9138023a1e80e5120e7d8dd6c301cb3abf98 100644
--- a/config/caf-application.conf
+++ b/config/caf-application.conf
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 caf {
   # Parameters selecting a default scheduler.
   scheduler {
-    max-threads = 2
+    max-threads = 4
   }
 }
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diff --git a/utils/netcdf/checkbit4bit.py b/utils/netcdf/checkbit4bit.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..096a68b99eda72b9e0bb89447072315ff0aad202
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/netcdf/checkbit4bit.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import sys
+import numpy as np
+import xarray as xr
+from pathlib import Path
+
+PRINT_MESSAGE = 'Test {0: >3} - Filename: {1: <64} - Total difference: {2: <8}'
+ERROR_MESSAGE = 'Found differences in test cases: {}'
+SUCCESS_MESSAGE = 'SUCCESSFUL TEST RUN: All files match!'
+USAGE = 'USAGE: ./check_bit_4_bit.py BENCHMARK_DIRECTORY TEST_DIRECTORY'
+
+if len(sys.argv) != 3:
+    print(USAGE)
+    exit(1)
+
+bench_dir = sys.argv[1]
+test_dir = sys.argv[2]
+
+bench_files = sorted(list(Path(bench_dir).glob('**/*.nc')))
+test_files = sorted(list(Path(test_dir).glob('**/*.nc')))
+
+assert len(bench_files) == len(test_files), \
+    'Found {} files but need {}!'.format(len(test_files), len(bench_files))
+
+def rem(li1, li2):
+    return list(set(li1) - set(li2))
+
+def compute_diffs(bench_files, test_files):
+    all_diffs = []
+    all_tots = []
+    for i, (f1, f2) in enumerate(zip(bench_files, test_files)):
+        ds1, ds2 = xr.open_dataset(str(f1)), xr.open_dataset(str(f2))
+        diff = (ds1 - ds2).sum(dim='time')
+        tot = 0.0
+        for v in rem(list(diff.variables.keys()), list(diff.dims.keys())):
+            tot += np.sum(diff[v].values)
+        all_diffs.append(diff)
+        all_tots.append(tot)
+        print(PRINT_MESSAGE.format(i, str(f1).split('/')[-1], tot))
+    return all_diffs, all_tots
+
+all_diffs, all_tots = compute_diffs(bench_files, test_files)
+
+assert np.sum(np.absolute(all_tots)) == 0.0, \
+    ERROR_MESSAGE.format(np.argwhere(np.asarray(all_tots) != 0))
+
+print(SUCCESS_MESSAGE)
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diff --git a/utils/netcdf/resourageUsage.py b/utils/netcdf/resourageUsage.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0e524de141148e3d5bcb4a0cac56eedee636216e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/netcdf/resourageUsage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import subprocess
+
+cmd = subprocess.Popen('seff 59326149_1', shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+
+for line in cmd.stdout:
+    if b'CPU Utilized:' in line:
+        print(line)
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