Hi.
I tested "Idea" scene (Octanebench v2.17) using OR demo v2.24... I detected many strong noises at lamp showed due to be very bright but less noises = better at lamp hidden.
See differences between 3 images
Lamp showed:
it's normal but abnormally more noises at 1500 S/px.
Lamp hidden:
less yellow is issue but goodly less noises despite same S/px.
Lamp hidden with fake shadows (=fake caustics):
it's normal but 1st image is differents to last image because true caustics (= fake shadows disabled) is much more realism than fake caustics
-camera settings with linear preset except exposure 1.850, gamma 2.200 and vignetting 0.000 but look specular and diffuse materials and PMC settings - look 3 images
I wait you'll fix these issues for PMC kernel.
NOTE: I tested Path Tracing and this kernel hasn't any issue despite noises and 10k samples/px.