Info PrimeGrid Challenges 2025

[Ken g6]

Day 4.5 stats (uses up to 8192K cache, estimated):

Stats for team TeAm AnandTech
Rank___Credits____Username
1______71355563___Icecold
2______38965720___markfw
7______26597657___ChelseaOilman
10_____21701736___w a h
11_____19029524___cellarnoise2
32_____5785374____Orange Kid
96_____1577425____IEC
111____1285491____biodoc
146____834728_____Ken_g6
164____629299_____waffleironhead
373____43340______zzuupp

Stats for team Ukraine
Rank___Credits____Username
5______28671868___crashtech
6______27767437___[TA]Skillz
12_____17967556___10esseeTony
13_____13867073___parsnip soup in a clay bowl
23_____7904945____KetamiNO [YouTube]
44_____3445508____Tamagoch
123____1030915____Skyman
133____977958_____PDW
218____341233_____ale4316
233____300410_____dimus
234____300150_____Valentin44
301____132353_____Dromage
324____104481_____alexhap
343____74925______re_SET
347____71509______rilian
393____26474______Wingless Wonder

Rank__Credits____Team
1_____237614322__TeAm AnandTech
2_____70640696___Czech National Team
3_____57369838___Antarctic Crunchers
4_____53176345___Ukraine
5_____52267888___SETI.Germany
6_____33185644___Aggie The Pew
7_____31104137___AMD Users

 

[Ken g6]

Can't sleep, so here are more-or-less final stats:

Stats for team TeAm AnandTech
Rank___Credits____Username
1______80466201___Icecold
2______42150932___markfw
7______28911231___ChelseaOilman
10_____22932585___w a h
11_____20842195___cellarnoise2
12_____20459057___10esseeTony
33_____6206846____Orange Kid
95_____1717795____IEC
115____1285491____biodoc
142____922068_____Ken_g6
164____684508_____waffleironhead
378____43340______zzuupp

Stats for team Ukraine
Rank___Credits____Username
5______31332872___crashtech
6______30097766___[TA]Skillz
13_____15156558___parsnip soup in a clay bowl
22_____8927553____KetamiNO [YouTube]
43_____3759346____Tamagoch
127____1098838____Skyman
139____985868_____PDW
229____341233_____ale4316
234____324816_____dimus
239____311347_____Valentin44
300____153381_____Dromage
312____131665_____alexhap
340____85763______re_SET
349____78860______rilian
407____26474______Wingless Wonder

Rank__Credits____Team
1_____255971656___TeAm AnandTech
2_____76723041___Czech National Team
3_____63462946___Ukraine
4_____62251696___Antarctic Crunchers
5_____59284697___SETI.Germany
6_____35867983___Aggie The Pew

And Ukraine snatches the bronze!

 

[mmonnin03]

Dang Ice could have won as a one person team.

 

[StefanR5R]

@Ken g6, thanks for the stats, and extra thanks for the extra stats! :-)

Congratulations to all of the TeAm to the massive win — and to @Icecold and @Markfw to individual top finish!

 

[Skillz]

Dang Ice could have won as a one person team.

He would have been 2nd if he was a team on his own. Which is still super impressive!

 

[Orange Kid]

Thanks for the stats 😎
No primes found 🫤

 

[mmonnin03]

He would have been 2nd if he was a team on his own. Which is still super impressive!

Besides TAAT of course...

 

[Markfw]

I know its 53 days out, but since there are 2 different categories, are we supposed to invite 1/2 of our boxes to one and 1/2 of our boxes to the other ? never seen this in a "race" for PG ever.

 

[Skillz]

Just run whatever sub project you want. For best PPD you'd want to run whichever one gives the best PPD for your hardware.

You literally participated in the last event with the same sub projects.

 

[Markfw]

Just run whatever sub project you want. For best PPD you'd want to run whichever one gives the best PPD for your hardware.

You literally participated in the last event with the same sub projects. And the estimated time (as you see I am trying the CUL one) is 6.5 to 7.5 hours for a 8C task on Zen 5 cores. That is a lot higher than the last event.

The last event was the one at the top. The other 2 are at least in a different place in the task list.

 

[Skillz]

I didn't say the last event that took place. I said the last event where both of those sub projects were in the challenge.

PrimeGrid

 

[emoga]

@Markfw
You could go with Woodall for this one, Since you’ve already found a Cullen; albeit a Generalized one 😏

They're pretty similar in PPD, so I don’t think it matters too much which one you choose.

Plenty of time to decide still

 

[Markfw]

@Markfw
You could go with Woodall for this one, Since you’ve already found a Cullen; albeit a Generalized one 😏

They're pretty similar in PPD, so I don’t think it matters too much which one you choose.

Plenty of time to decide still

Well, I have 2 different configs now, 2 with CUL and about 2 different ones with WOO. So I can mix them if I want to. Based on times from my testing.

Oh,. and I have another 9755 128 core on the way. It will replace a 7950x and the 9534.

 

[StefanR5R]

The PrimeGrid folks try to keep the PPD of these projects as similar as possible. Differences on some computers may remain, but they should be small.

Each of the two projects is issuing workunits of different sizes. Therefore it is insufficient to just look at run times. Rather, PPD of results needs to be calculated. And this should be done for smaller/ middling/ larger workunits of each of the two projects respectively --- on a single computer, not on different computers, to eliminate effects of the silicon lottery. Then compare the distributions of PPDs of both projects from smaller trough middle to larger WUs and see if there is any conclusive difference.

But as I said, the aim of those at PrimeGrid who set the credits of workunits is to keep PPD about the same across these two projects (across all of their prime search projects really, apart from long job credit bonus and conjecture credit bonus). Thus, an investigation into possible PPD differences (on a specific computer) is effectively an investigation into whether (or how much) the PrimeGrid admins missed their target (as far as this specific computer is concerned).

PS, as you probably noticed on the PrimeGrid preferences web page, both llrCUL and llrWOO receive 20% long job credit bonus.

 

[Markfw]

OK, times for PrimeGrid 9.03 Woodall (LLR) (mt)

9654 running at 1500 mhz = about 11:15 (11 hours 15 min)
9755 running at 2.3 hz = about 8:30

9950x = 4:30 to 5 hours.

do these times seem normal ?

 

[TennesseeTony]

How many cores per task?

Here are my test results:

WOO - 14.25h, 22t, XEON E5-2699A V4, 37,400 pts
WOO - 06.5h, 16t, 7950X,37,400 pts

 

[Markfw]

well, 22.5 hours to go, but I thought I would put this here to help remind myself as well as others that's when the next PG race starts. Just when I finally got WCG going, oh well, that will have to go on standby soon.

 

[Markfw]

OK, checking to see what I can power up without blowing any breakers. 14 1/3rd hours to go.

 

[Ken g6]

Day 0.5 stats:

Rank___Credits____Username
1______4393199____markfw
7______498611_____w a h
17_____281926_____mmonnin
45_____87803______johnnevermind
49_____81493______Orange Kid
54_____75709___10esseeTony
68_____40248______Ken_g6
88_____335________Icecold
89_____314________[TA]Skillz

Rank__Credits____Team
1_____5459641____TeAm AnandTech
2_____2674914____Antarctic Crunchers
3_____2000384____Czech National Team
4_____1326613____Romania

 

[Ken g6]

Day 1.7-ish stats:

Rank___Credits____Username
1______17508145___markfw
5______4007457____w a h
6______3677331____cellarnoise2
21_____1405135____mmonnin
31_____1053496____Orange Kid
56_____580341_____johnnevermind
74_____359048___10esseeTony
93_____270164_____Ken_g6
105____224945_____Icecold
127____142367_____waffleironhead
153____81323______[TA]Skillz
226____741________SlangNRox

Rank__Credits____Team
1_____29310499___TeAm AnandTech
2_____15373460___Czech National Team
3_____12724296___Antarctic Crunchers
4_____10730979___SETI.Germany

 

[Orange Kid]

Lots of bunkering and defection going on I fear. 🙉 🙊 🙈

 

[Skillz]

What is bunkering?

 

[Ken g6]

Lots of bunkering and defection going on I fear. 🙉 🙊 🙈

No, no, no! Prime tests must be done perfectly with no defects!

Day 2.5 stats:

Rank___Credits____Username
1______27676607___markfw
6______6335252____w a h
7______5640367____cellarnoise2
23_____2249586____mmonnin
31_____1709047____Orange Kid
66_____851689_____johnnevermind
79_____654320_____Icecold
97_____480640___10esseeTony
103____453932_____Ken_g6
148____190363_____waffleironhead
159____162223_____[TA]Skillz
269____741________SlangNRox

Rank__Credits____Team
1_____46404771___TeAm AnandTech
2_____25878301___Czech National Team
3_____20418972___Antarctic Crunchers
4_____19302247___SETI.Germany

 

[Ken g6]

Day 3.5 stats:

Rank___Credits____Username
1______38507318___markfw
6______10410325___w a h
7______7892208____cellarnoise2
24_____3391864____mmonnin
32_____2613841____Orange Kid
66_____1302525____johnnevermind
71_____1266533____Icecold
105____638763_____Ken_g6
117____561930___10esseeTony
155____285628_____waffleironhead
166____243641_____[TA]Skillz
234____48326______SlangNRox

Rank__Credits____Team
1_____67162907___TeAm AnandTech
2_____39799655___Czech National Team
3_____30506200___Antarctic Crunchers
4_____29947209___BOINC@AUSTRALIA

 

[Markfw]

This is the official half-way point, yes ?