Because so much time has passed I can't remove the comment about no one replying, but I did want to give a big shout out to @jesta for being the one human to answer my post after the Bot Swarm. I have since tracked down a Windows based client for hosting a Witness Node and Steem Miner v-12.2.

The exact algorithm used has been left as a bit an enigma on purpose even though the source has been released. If you're not a coder good luck with figuring it out because the whole deal is amazingly simple yet terribly complex at the same time. I'm linking the White Paper here because it does a much better job of explaining than I would.

As an added update here's the answer to my own question:

Now that I've been up and running for over a day, here's a decent idea of what one can expect .

SPECS

CPU : AMD Phenom II X6 1090t (6 cores @ 3.2 GHz non overclocked)
RAM : 16 GB of Dual Channel Kingston HyperX DDR3 - 1866 MHz CL 10
GPU : 1 EVGA Nvidia GTS 450 and 1 Nvidia EVGA GTX 960 4GB (Doesn't matter, GPU mining isn't supported)
OS : Windows 10
Number of Mining Threads : 5 (Saved 1 core for running the OS & Chrome)
Hashrate : Averaged between 20k/Hs to 21k/Hs
POW Shares Per Day : 2 within 4 to 5 hours, then nothing over the next 24 hours. (Lucky as hell, then nothing?)

I'm sure anyone with a newer i7 would stomp those stats into the ground but I've only tested mining out on the one machine so far. No idea how the software compiled for Windows 10 deals with hyper threading yet...