Core_A3 Benchmarks

If you're buying 975s then it will be pricey. No point buying a 975 when a 920 can be overclocked to around 4GHz on air and costs nearly 1/4 of the price.

I specced up a "budget" i7 rig a few weeks ago and reckoned I could build one for around £800. For that, I can get 26,000 ppd. To build an equivalent rig with 9800GTs, you'd be looking at 4 GPUs + mobo + RAM + CPU etc. I don't think there'd be much difference in cost tbh and my i7 rig would be cheaper to run - which, whether you factor it in or not, is a big consideration for most people.

Anyway, I'm not going to labour the point, I'm just stating my preference based on what I've looked at.
 
You are all doing this horribly wrong!

We are folders you fools!

It is a high-end i7 rig with 4 GTX 295s!

Best of both worlds :D

I tried to get the Windows SMP client working on my Windows 7 RC install and it was having none of it. I have narrowed it down to the MPICH2 service not wanting to start. Tried everything I could think of to get it going, still none the wiser!

I will leave this until I can put it on a Win7 Pro install [so maximum 4-6 weeks since RC has almost expired anyways! :(]. By that time it will be on an i7 *crosses fingers*
 
KE1HA said:
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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Cheapest i7 920, mobo and 6GB RAM can be had for £210 + £130 + £110 = £450, give or take. Minus £100 for costs of cheaper cpu, mobo, ram and that comes to £350-worth of folding power. Now, a cheaper mobo won't have lots of pci-e x16 slots so you're looking at maybe two graphics cards for £350 for best PPD - lets say you can get two GTX 275s for a little over that money, once you've factored in bigger i7 cpu cooler. They give - what - 9k PPD each? Vs your i7 kit, overclocked to 3.8 GHz, at ~26k PPD - and that's before factoring in better 'bang-for-buck' folding GPUs, of which you could fit three on a budget x58 and four on one if you spend a bit more.

I reckon i7 is more PPD/£ than buying cheap innards and expensive gfx :D
 
450 + 60 (for a psu) and 40 for a HSF = 550 for 25k ppd - 45pts per £ (less with a case)
complete p35 system 125 + 80* + 80 = 258 for 16k ppd - 56pts per £ (more if you fold on the cpu)
dekez shed - £220 for 16k - 73pts per £ WINNER
You need an i7 setup for £343 to match this - Jedifragger just sold his i7@4ghz for 360 without a psu - so no

*GTX260 overclocked
also not sure a cheap x58 board will oc a i7 3.9+

I'm with KE1HA
 
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Yeah but money is no object right.... :p

Back on topic, I'm not getting great predictions on this client running native winders compared to notfred and vmware.

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


-- WinSMP Local --

Min. Time / Frame : 6mn 21s - 1065.83 ppd
Avg. Time / Frame : 6mn 35s - 1028.05 ppd
Cur. Time / Frame : 6mn 57s - 973.81 ppd
R3F. Time / Frame : 6mn 48s - 995.29 ppd
Eff. Time / Frame : 10mn 51s - 623.78 ppd
 
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OK. I concede the point on purchasing costs (pricing up two complete systems on this slow internet connection was too much like hard work :p).

Running costs will make the i7 rig cheaper in the long run though.
 
Holy moly, just did a 6011 on my Q6600 (at stock) it raced through it in about 10 minutes

Project ID: 6011
Core: GRO-A3
Credit: 40
Frames: 100


Name: Q6600
Path: \\euitencoder1\c$\program files\folding@home\fah
Number of Frames Observed: 100

Min. Time / Frame : 00:00:09 - 3,840.0 PPD
Avg. Time / Frame : 00:00:09 - 3,840.0 PPD
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Uggh.. got a 6014 on the same machine now, ETA 13:21
 
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shadowscotland said:
450 + 60 (for a psu) and 40 for a HSF = 550 for 25k ppd - 45pts per £ (less with a case)
complete p35 system 125 + 80* + 80 = 258 for 16k ppd - 56pts per £ (more if you fold on the cpu)
dekez shed - £220 for 16k - 73pts per £ WINNER
You need an i7 setup for £343 to match this - Jedifragger just sold his i7@4ghz for 360 without a psu - so no

*GTX260 overclocked
also not sure a cheap x58 board will oc a i7 3.9+

I'm with KE1HA
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Hmm, does your P35 cost include psu? Anyway, PSU, case, hard drive etc will all cost the same on P35 vs i7 (until you start adding graphics to i7 anyway) because the 260 will need similar power to i7.

However, I was going with new prices, I accept that buying secondhand the P35 + graphics card is going to be better value for money because it's depreciated more.
But even so, if you then factor in that you can get 3+ graphics cards onto a single i7 rig vs 1-2 on a P35, then at a certain price range it'll still be more cost-effective to go i7, with a single i7 vs two whole P35 systems. :)
 
Project ID: 6015
Core: GRO-A3
Credit: 484
Frames: 100


Name: SMP
Path: C:\SMP1\
Number of Frames Observed: 100

Min. Time / Frame : 00:04:02 - 11,590 PPD
Avg. Time / Frame : 00:04:53 - 8,700 PPD
 
Project : 6013
Core : Core A3
Frames : 100
Credit : 380

-- Q9770-UB-CPU1 --

Min. Time / Frame : 4mn 20s - 1262.77 ppd
Avg. Time / Frame : 4mn 22s - 1253.13 ppd

+ Bonus from the Calculator

Total PPD: 9866

Oh, yeah, Almost forgot, Iv'e also got 2x 9800GT's running on this box as well.


Project : 5912
Core : GPU2 NV MT
Frames : 100
Credit : 1888

-- Q9770-GPU1 --

Min. Time / Frame : 7mn 25s - 3665.69 ppd
Avg. Time / Frame : 7mn 57s - 3419.77 ppd


-- Q9770-GPU2 --

Min. Time / Frame : 1mn 33s - 4385.03 ppd
Avg. Time / Frame : 2mn 02s - 3342.69 ppd


The GPU's are taking a bit of a hit with the SMP client going, but I'm ok with a total of:

SMP: =>9K
GPU-1 => 3.5K
GPU2 => 3.5K
Total: => 17K PPD for a Non-i7 System.
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If things remains stable over the the next day or so on my A9850 adn Q6600 File servers, I may slap an SMP client on those two as well but dont want to over load my Primary Media File Server, the A9850 will likely get one soon.
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Yeah same here im losing about 1.5K between both GTX's not too bad but i would like to not have such a loss :D

Edit: Ooh just noticed someones been stomped under my foot that means ChrissyT88 has but hours left till he is done :D

Edit: Also now cranked up to 4.1Ghz which should give me a little extra although 80°c is scary :D:D

Awesome just need some bonus.
 
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Been busy the last few days so just caught on to this new client update now.

Only just got it going on the [email protected] running at 95% so don't know how accurate this is:

Project ID: 6012
Core: GRO-A3
Credit: 470
Frames: 100


Name: Win SMP
Path: C:\Folding\WinSMP\
Number of Frames Observed: 3

Min. Time / Frame : 00:05:43 - 6,509.1 PPD
Avg. Time / Frame : 00:05:56 - 6,155.8 PPD

This is including bonus, so I assume I would only get this if I left the rig on 24/7, but anyway if this is true - all good!
:D
 
Had a new one

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Project ID: 6020
Core: GRO-A3
Credit: 467
Frames: 100


Name: SMP
Path: C:\SMP1\
Number of Frames Observed: 201

Min. Time / Frame : 00:03:19 - 14,635 PPD
Avg. Time / Frame : 00:03:38 - 12,764 PPD
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Project ID: 6013
Core: GRO-A3
Credit: 380
Frames: 100


Name: SMP2 - Linux
Path: \\FAH\fah\
Number of Frames Observed: 19

Min. Time / Frame : 00:02:44 - 14,588.8 PPD
Avg. Time / Frame : 00:02:47 - 14,197.4 PPD
Cur. Time / Frame : 00:02:44 - 9,331.2 PPD
R3F. Time / Frame : 00:02:51 - 8,949.2 PPD
All Time / Frame : 00:02:46 - 9,218.8 PPD
Eff. Time / Frame : 00:09:20 - 2,732.7 PPD


That's on Linux, will be switching to Windows SMP soon.
 
Project ID: 6013
Core: GRO-A3
Credit: 380
Frames: 100


Name: X4-810
Path: \\192.168.0.6\folding\
Number of Frames Observed: 200

Min. Time / Frame : 00:07:09 - 3,448.2 PPD
Avg. Time / Frame : 00:07:12 - 3,412.4 PPD

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Project ID: 6012
Core: GRO-A3
Credit: 470
Frames: 100


Name: Q9450
Path: \\192.168.0.3\folding\
Number of Frames Observed: 98

Min. Time / Frame : 00:05:55 - 6,181.8 PPD
Avg. Time / Frame : 00:05:57 - 6,129.9 PPD


Name: X4-620
Path: C:\Folding\
Number of Frames Observed: 200

Min. Time / Frame : 00:09:12 - 3,188.2 PPD
Avg. Time / Frame : 00:09:30 - 3,038.4 PPD


Name: X4-810
Path: \\192.168.0.6\folding\
Number of Frames Observed: 170

Min. Time / Frame : 00:07:11 - 4,621.1 PPD
Avg. Time / Frame : 00:07:16 - 4,541.8 PPD
Cur. Time / Frame : 00:07:16 - 4,522.8 PPD
R3F. Time / Frame : 00:07:15 - 4,533.2 PPD
All Time / Frame : 00:07:18 - 4,502.2 PPD
Eff. Time / Frame : 00:07:20 - 4,481.7 PPD


Name: X4-940
Path: Z:\CPU\
Number of Frames Observed: 86

Min. Time / Frame : 00:07:12 - 4,605.0 PPD
Avg. Time / Frame : 00:08:45 - 3,437.3 PPD


That last one has been on all my CPU's, nice comparison there. With everything running at stock, it would appear that the Intel holds the PPD advantage. Whether that's due to core optimisations or that it has 12MB L3 cache as opposed to 6MB is anyones guess.
 
Anyone had one of these yet they are lovely and cool my cpu is hardly breaking a sweat 60°c at full tilt not bad :)

Project ID: 6024
Core: GRO-A3
Credit: 474
Frames: 100


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

Min. Time / Frame : 00:03:25 - 14,558 PPD
Avg. Time / Frame : 00:03:29 - 14,142 PPD
Cur. Time / Frame : 00:03:39 - 13,467 PPD
R3F. Time / Frame : 00:03:29 - 14,112 PPD
All Time / Frame : 00:03:29 - 14,112 PPD
Eff. Time / Frame : 00:03:38 - 13,529 PPD
 
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