I'm running an extremely consistent 220 khash rate locally.  I am connecting to the CoinoTron pool and it seems to swing up and down on what it's reporting. Sometimes it will show less (down to 100 at times) and sometimes more (up to 300), but my rate is rock solid. In addition, it's accepting 99% so I don't think that's the issue.

Is this normal? Anyway to confirm they are receiving what they should?

Also, are there any better pools out there for mining alt coins?