Core_A3 Benchmarks

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Lets get some benchy's going to see how we're stacking up against the the Big-Gun teams:

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Project : 6012
Core : Core_a3
Frames : 100
Credit : 470

-- VM-UB-CPU1 --
Min. Time / Frame : 5mn 38s - 1201.42 ppd
Avg. Time / Frame : 5mn 38s - 1201.42 ppd
Cur. Time / Frame : 6mn 09s - 1100.49 ppd
R3F. Time / Frame : 6mn 10s - 1097.51 ppd
Eff. Time / Frame : 5mn 45s - 1177.04 ppd

Points: 470
Bonus: 2262
Total: 2746
PPD: 7021

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Project : 6020
Core : Core_A3
Frames : 100
Credit : 467

-- VM-UB-CPU1 --
Min. Time / Frame : 5mn 51s - 1149.54 ppd
Avg. Time / Frame : 5mn 53s - 1143.03 ppd
Cur. Time / Frame : 6mn 00s - 1120.80 ppd
R3F. Time / Frame : 5mn 55s - 1136.59 ppd
Eff. Time / Frame : 7mn 15s - 927.56 ppd

** Im using 6015 for this one, as 6020 isn't in the calculator, could be way wrong.

Points: 467
Bonus: 2203
Total: 2687
PPD: 6578

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That's the only two i've gotten thus far, since loading up the VM-UB.
 
I might load up a Ubuntu VM tomorrow and see what performance I can get out of my Q6600. Might being the keyword here! :p
 
I'll post mine in a moment just had to restart the VM as fahmon was hung

Project : 6012
Core : Unknown
Frames : 100
Credit : 470


-- SMP --

Min. Time / Frame : 3mn 40s - 1845.82 ppd
Avg. Time / Frame : 4mn 18s - 1573.95 ppd
Cur. Time / Frame : 3mn 40s - 1845.82 ppd
R3F. Time / Frame : 3mn 41s - 1837.47 ppd
Eff. Time / Frame : 6mn 38s - 1020.30 ppd

Points: 470
Bonus: 2756
Total: 3226
PPD: 12671

That is @4Ghz as i am unstable @4.1 :(

The only ones i have had so far

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Edit: Got another 6014

Project : 6014
Core : Unknown
Frames : 100
Credit : 484


-- SMP --

Min. Time / Frame : 4mn 23s - 1590.02 ppd
Avg. Time / Frame : 4mn 30s - 1548.80 ppd
Cur. Time / Frame : 4mn 23s - 1590.02 ppd
R3F. Time / Frame : 4mn 30s - 1548.80 ppd
Eff. Time / Frame : 5mn 00s - 1393.92 ppd

Points: 484
Bonus: 2630
Total: 3114
PPD: 10230
 
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Got a 6012 on my Windows SMP. I'm running HFM.NET to monitor which calculates the bonus for me :cool:

Currently sat at 1915 points for the WU giving a ppd of 5108. This is a big boost. I was running two SMP clients on it before and getting between 3,200 and 4,000 ppd between the two of them, now I'm getting over 5,000 for one client. Can't run two of these on Windows as they use a hell of a lot of CPU.

Running alongside a GPU (8800GTX) giving me close to 11,000 ppd for that Windows rig - that's more than it has ever produced.
 
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Not sure which one to believe but my TPF for the 6012 is 5m 30s. If I put that into the bonus calculator, it gives me a total of 2634 for the WU and a pps of 6897. That's quite a bit more than the currently quoted figures of 1910 and 5001 from HFM :confused:

Will have to wait and see. Hopefully, I'll be able to isolate it from other results to see the actual credit given.
 
New work unit on windows and it's so much faster running it native :D

Project ID: 6014
Core: GRO-A3
Credit: 484
Frames: 100


Name: SMP
Path: C:\SMP1\
Number of Frames Observed: 10

Min. Time / Frame : 00:02:59 - 18,218.9 PPD
Avg. Time / Frame : 00:03:34 - 13,937.4 PPD
Cur. Time / Frame : 00:03:01 - 17,519.6 PPD
R3F. Time / Frame : 00:03:06 - 17,048.7 PPD
All Time / Frame : 00:03:34 - 14,818.0 PPD
Eff. Time / Frame : 00:03:39 - 14,479.7 PPD

:D:D:D:D:D
 
-- VM - Ubuntu SMP --

Min. Time / Frame : 5mn 29s - 1234.29 ppd
Avg. Time / Frame : 6mn 31s - 1038.57 ppd
Cur. Time / Frame : 5mn 40s - 1194.35 ppd
R3F. Time / Frame : 5mn 40s - 1194.35 ppd
Eff. Time / Frame : 6mn 45s - 1002.67 ppd
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thats based on the three 6012's i've had so far on my q9450 @3.6Ghz (also running 2 gpu clients). Wont start to get the bonus's for a few days as have only used a passkey for the first time yesterday.


EDIT:

I've just had a quick look at the FAH forum and found this from one of the beta testers:

Note to everyone : the time might have come to reconsider using VMs ... it was an exploit of a flaw in the A1 and A2 cores which are no longer present in A3/SMP2 core. You'll probably be getting better results by running native clients again.
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I'm going to test this today and will report back...
 
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Brilliant i thought i might try the win client to see the performance difference and it's brilliant once i start getting bonuses i'll be pulling 30k PPD :D

Long live CPU crunching powahhh :) might tempt some of the guy's back to fold with their farms
 
installed and running an A3 unit on windows smp now, i'll post in a bit with the resulting difference.

It is also a 6012 unit so i can compare directly.


EDIT:

Early indications suggest ~1350ppd rather than ~1000ppd.

That is 35% faster in the native windows client and lower temps too (virtualization seems to push my chip more)

In terms of ppd including bonus's thats gone up to ~7950ppd from ~4800ppd

thats almost 66% more ppd using the windows client!!
 
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Marine Iguana said:
Brilliant i thought i might try the win client to see the performance difference and it's brilliant once i start getting bonuses i'll be pulling 30k PPD :D

Long live CPU crunching powahhh :) might tempt some of the guy's back to fold with their farms
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CPU powah is in again? That is good to hear :)

It would be nice to be able to force the use of a specific core though, as I seem to have been getting a whole bunch of A1s recently :(
 
vertica said:
installed and running an A3 unit on windows smp now, i'll post in a bit with the resulting difference.

It is also a 6012 unit so i can compare directly.


EDIT:

Early indications suggest ~1350ppd rather than ~1000ppd.

That is 35% faster in the native windows client and lower temps too (virtualization seems to push my chip more)

In terms of ppd including bonus's thats gone up to ~7950ppd from ~4800ppd

thats almost 66% more ppd using the windows client!!
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This is epic news gone are the days of using VM's \o/ :):)
 
Hmmm - now I just need to see is DHL deliver me a Maximus II Gene or a Maximus III Gene today - it could be either knowing the e-tailers record.... Here's hoping for a gift horse.
 
Marine Iguana said:
Brilliant i thought i might try the win client to see the performance difference and it's brilliant once i start getting bonuses i'll be pulling 30k PPD :D

Long live CPU crunching powahhh :) might tempt some of the guy's back to fold with their farms
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I don't want to rain on anyone's parade here, nor deter anyone from firing up an A3 box, however, if the GPU Clinet / Core combunaiton remain as they are and the GPU's can chew though the WU's like cotten candy, I wont be seeing any high end i7 rigs any time soon.

Did a little math this evening, and for the same $$$ that it would cost for a high end CPU / MB / RAM / PSU (probably a half descent case also) set up = roughly 1500 to 2000 bucks, I could build at least 2x if not 3x the PPD for less duckies using GPU cards.

Don't get me wrong, I like the High End CPU business for sure, but the PPD, even with the bonus PPD is not going to beat 8 to 10 GPU cards, just aint gonna happen, unless the model changes on one or the other.

But I am going to bring back 2 more of my Q6600's that were side-lined when the SMP PPD was just not worth the pain.

You i7 guys are defiantely getting some good benchie's from those rigs though.
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With i7, bigadv is the way to go. On my 920 rig clocked at 3.8GHz, I'm getting about 26,000 a day with bigadv. I would hazard a guess that my points per watt will be way lower than a rig scoring comparable ppd on GPUs. Points per pound, I'm not sure about - would need to look into that.
 
Stan_Lite said:
With i7, bigadv is the way to go. On my 920 rig clocked at 3.8GHz, I'm getting about 26,000 a day with bigadv. I would hazard a guess that my points per watt will be way lower than a rig scoring comparable ppd on GPUs. Points per pound, I'm not sure about - would need to look into that.
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Re: costs, I was referring to purchase costs, not specifically sustaining costs.

Looking at the OcUK Store, 9800GT 66.00 quid, i7-975 3.3Ghz D0 .. 780.00 not to mention the stupid amount of RAM required and a heafty tag for descent MB as well.

I don't need to work this through again, there's no question, if you have one box, i7 is the way to go. If you have the money in hand, and want the most PPD for the same $$ .. well .. I guess each has to choose what they want, but I know where mine would go at the moment.
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