2nd Fastest Ars Benchmark Time Ever Posted - TeAm AnandTech's "TS- RickD" :-)

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CyGoR

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OMG Smoke!! :Q
Did you say you also own an Abit IT7 MAX2 v2.0???
It might not be the fastest, but sure is the pretiest mobo around!!
I did plan to buy one of 'm, but I do think that I'll go for the good RIMM configs.
The times on those babies are way faster than DDR.. And there aren't a lot of
PIV boards supporting the full speed of the DDR400 mem..
But congrats on your record!! :D
 

Slaughter

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Its a defunct workunit, but it beats that. :D

2002 Dec 22 07:26am 14.694,10.06 0.639 SLAUGHTER-WINXP-1Ghz-512Megs 0:06
 

Smoke

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Yeah, I have some 0:00 WU times too. :p :D LOL

I slowed ole Smoke #6 down for the day along with Smoke #7 and #9. I'll be working in my office and the noise from the fans give me a headache.

This is the string of "Quick Ones" done by Smoke #6 in the last two days. :Q

2003 Jan 11 05:43am 0.338,1.96 9.104 Smoke #6 GA-8PE667Ultra 2.80 P4 1:54

2003 Jan 11 01:53am 9.264,27.34 7.335 Smoke #6 GA-8PE667Ultra 2.80 P4 1:54

2003 Jan 10 02:47pm 19.046,26.34 7.232 Smoke #6 GA-8PE667Ultra 2.80 P4 1:54

2003 Jan 11 03:48am 7.853,22.54 7.325 Smoke #6 GA-8PE667Ultra 2.80 P4 1:55

2003 Jan 10 11:59pm 16.66,12.59 7.249 Smoke #6 GA-8PE667Ultra 2.80 P4 1:55

2003 Jan 10 12:51pm 0.714,25.75 7.241 Smoke #6 GA-8PE667Ultra 2.80 P4 1:55

2003 Jan 10 01:28am 16.678,8.09 3.946 Smoke #6 GA-8PE667Ultra 2.80 P4 1:56

2003 Jan 10 10:04pm 1.238,8.67 1.502 Smoke #6 GA-8PE667Ultra 2.80 P4 1:57
 

Smoke

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OK, I've just run the Ars Technica Benchmark WU and I need a little help.

I'm ready to send the Submission Email but I'd like to know exactly how long (to the second) was the actual CPU Time.

The SetiLog.csv file in column Q shows a "total_cpu" of: 1535937279.39859

The TeAm Smokeball shows the WU done in 2:23 which would be good enough for 2nd Place behind that Itanium submission. :Q

2003 Jan 11 03:50pm 14.641,18.01 0.417 Smoke #6 GA-8PE667Ultra 2.80 P4 2:23

TeAm Smokeball SetiQueue
 

Confused

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Smoke, YGPM.

My last 0.417 WU was done in 2:35, just 12 mins less than you. However this computer is nowhere near tweaked (parent's machine so i can't have it down too much! :()


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Smoke

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OK, I found it. My TeAm Smokeball SetiQueue said it took 2:23 but I wanted to confirm that and get it to the seconds for my own information.

8606.0625 = Column AQ of the SetiLog.csv

2 Hours 23 Minutes 26 Seconds

That is good enough for 2nd in the Ars Technica WU scores. :)

Thanks Garry

 

Spacehead

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Originally posted by: Smokeball

2 Hours 23 Minutes 26 Seconds

That is good enough for 2nd in the Ars Technica WU scores. :)
Congrats :D

Do they still update that page?
 

Confused

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Originally posted by: Hellburner
Check out the top entry here, some Itanium2 900 MHz IA64 luvin' turning in a 1:37 on the Ars benchmark unit.

I'd probably be getting 4th on that page...nice! :)

I'll set it to do that WU tomorrow...and see what time i get! :)


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lane42

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Hey one g, you've come a long way from the 8K7A days :) I Just ordered up some corsair pc3500 memory for the 2700xp so ia'm gona try to give ya a run for the money. ;)
 
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WOW, seti driver has my average at 2hr54min on my AMD 2000+ machine. beats mine speed demon by a whole hour. guess it's time to step up to a 2600+ huh?
 

Smoke

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Oops, I have a funny story to tell. :eek:

I was actually a little disappointed in the 2:23:26 time I posted for the Ars Technica Benchmark WU run on my Pentium 4 machine. I had seen WUs with 0.417 ARs being posted better than that and upon closer inspection I found that, sure enough, I did.

The strange part of this is that my Gigabyte system with the Pentium 4 turns in the fastest "sweet" WUs by far with a string of 1:54 CPU times but usually it can only do WUs with 0.417 in around 2.21 - 2:23. When I checked the HISTORY of the TeAm Smokeball Q I found quite a few 0.417 AR WUs done in 2:19 but none by my super-duper Pentium 4 system. The fast 0.417 AR WUs were being done by my Asus System with the 2400+ XP! :Q

So I decided to run the Ars Technica Benchmark on that computer and when it was done with a time just over 2:19 I submitted the results. Even though it would probably show up as a Duplicate WU I TRANSMITTED it to Berkelely through the TS Q. Then when I looked at the Q's history I was shocked ... there was no DUP and there was no 0.417 AR WU. The WU the 2400+ XP system submitted had an AR of 0.618 and a CPU time of 2:20?

2003 Jan 11 09:00pm 6.14,11.31 0.618 Smoke #9 AsusA7N8X 2400XP 2:20

I had crunched the wrong WU ! Then I double-checked the Pentium 4 submission and, even though it was a 0.417 AR WU, upon closer inspection I discovered it too was not the Ars Technica Benchmark. Now I was completely embarrassed. :eek:

I had used a new install of SetiDriver to implement the running of these Benchmarks. I downloaded the Benchmark and unzipped it into the folder where only the SetiDriver.exe and the Setiathome3.03 files resided. I put a "1" in the cache of SetiDriver, set it to not transmit automatically and then hit TRANSMIT. I assumed SetiDriver would not download a new WU but would just start crunching the Benchmark WU I had already placed in the folder. WRONG! It downloaded a new one from the Q overwriting the Benchmark WU and started crunching. :(

So now I had to write Roelof@ArsTechnica and apologize for turning in Benchmark scores that were not the actual Benchmark WUs. :eek:

But before I ?fessed up to you here on the AT Forums, I decided to run the TRUE Ars Technica Benchmark Wu to see what my computers could actually do.

:) The results were even better. :) :)

And I double-checked and made sure, this time, I had actually run the correct Ars Benchmark WU. ;)

And here it is: 2003 Jan 12 02:32am 8.074,18.25 0.417 Smoke #9 AsusA7N8X 2400XP 2:19

The actual time including seconds was 2:19:19 :D

Now I would like someone to explain to me the current odd situation. I have a Pentium 4 that does "sweet" WUs in 1:54 but can only do regular 0.417 AR WUs in 2:23 YET I have a 2400+ XP system that does "sweet" WUs in 2:01 but kills regular 0.417 WUs in 2:19 ? :Q
 

Polo

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GREAT times SB ! :D Me jealous... ;)
My best cruncher is turning regular WUs in 4h10. (XP1800+, 256 Mb SDRAM)

The conclusion could be : I want a Barton XP3000+ ! ;) :)
 

lane42

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Greg, Ia'm just guessing, but could it be, Load versus Floating Point and Clock speed ?.
Load being the AR, ia'm guessing the XP does floating point calculations better or faster then the P4 getting the 417 done faster, Where as a Sweet wu or easier wu get's done faster by the P4 by shear clock speed. Well ia'm off to the Pocono's for a couple days with the wife.
 

Poof

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Dasm! :Q
/me needs to upgrade her P4!! :p

Smokeball - I see the same thing. When it comes to VHAR WUs, my P4 does them faster. However, my XP 1.6@1.7 does the same AR WUs as the P4 1.6@2.2 in almost the same time, but obviously does them at a lower GHz than the P4. VHARs don't have much if any analysis going on (eg., no pulse check, etc).
 

Smoke

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He He,

Stay tuned for some new records by RickD! :Q

:D
 

Smoke

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RickD got a new Epok nForce board with higher vCore voltage capabilities. He has an unlocked 2400+ XP running at 12X200FSB. :cool:

He also is using the new Dual DDR and the SATA RAID and is waiting for a new 9700Pro. This machine is going to rock. He has done a 0.417 AR in 2:14 and a 1.238 AR in 1:54. :Q

Wait until he gets a really "sweet" one. ;)

He's not going to run the Ars Benchmark until he gets it MAXED. :)

BTW, I haven't heard a thing back from the Ars Benchmark stats keeper. I'm starting to think that may not be kept up to date.
 

lane42

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I got the corsair xms3500 memory in today and am able to run cas2 up to 187 fsb. Had it up to 195 and got into windows but froze when seti started. I was using samsung pc2700 at 190 fsb cas2.5 Time dropped to 2:22 with a .430 AR, win98. Gona load winxp pro tomorrow and run a .417

Rick, i think your 2:14 is safe, for now :)