PrimeGrid Low Country Festivities Apr 29 - May 7

[Ken g6]

Everybody keeps posting stats just before I think of it.

Thanks for the stats, Peter, and GLeeM!

 

[petrusbroder]

I am considering to join ... but there are some problems ...

 

[petrusbroder]

OK, 16 cores added - may finish some 16 -20 Wus ...
Better than nothing ...

 

[biodoc]

OK, 16 cores added - may finish some 16 -20 Wus ...
Better than nothing ...

Welcome to the race Peter!

 

[GLeeM]

w00t! I finally sent results

194 ______ P _________________ 6 408.79

Who is this and why is he not listed anymore?

 

[Ken g6]

I finally thought of posting stats before someone else did today!

Rank___Credits____Username
24_____202961_____biodoc
89_____76084______Geoff
134____50613______geecee
138____50525______SlangNRox
141____50337______zzuupp
210____25549______jaedaliu
270____18545______Ken_g6
290____12718______Ryan
306____12368______GLeeM
317____6445_______blckgrffn

Rank__Credits____Team
9_____860344_____Aggie The Pew
10____672573_____BOINC@MIXI
11____561557_____Russia
12____506149_____TeAm AnandTech
13____396865_____Nemesis Germany
14____355599_____USA
15____342038_____Polish National Team

Who is this and why is he not listed anymore?

jaedaliu maybe?

 

[biodoc]

Thanks for the Stats, Ken_g6! :thumbsup:

Go TeAm!

 

[Ken g6]

Day 5 stats:

Rank___Credits____Username
33_____222242_____biodoc
96_____101535_____Geoff
139____71546______blckgrffn
150____63116______zzuupp
155____61764______GLeeM
159____56689______SlangNRox
175____50613______geecee
208____38581______jaedaliu
256____25737______Ryan
336____18545______Ken_g6

Rank__Credits____Team
9_____1224232____Aggie The Pew
10____948453_____BOINC@MIXI
11____894741_____Russia
12____710373_____TeAm AnandTech
13____549896_____USA
14____499973_____Nemesis Germany
15____488472_____Polish National Team

Oh, my, I'm in last place! (I have several WUs near completion but not completed or being juggled.)

 

[GLeeM]

Thanks for the stats, Ken_g6

My fifth place won't hold, I only will send four more.

Oh, my, I'm in last place! (I have several WUs near completion but not completed or being juggled.)

I thought you were juggling.

Not last place ... Peter is out there.
But after he sends ...

 

[petrusbroder]

I'll probably miss the deadline ...

 

[biodoc]

I turned off hyperthreading part way through the race. They turn around twice as fast.

 

[zzuupp]

I turned off hyperthreading part way through the race. They turn around twice as fast.

As did I. I forgot to turn it off before. I let the first batch almost complete before I switched HT off.

They've been busy. New badges!

 

[GeoffS]

Thanks for the Stats, Ken_g6!

 

[GeoffS]

Maybe a stupid question as I quite honestly haven't been keeping up with technology... Would changing my i5s to run as a single processor at this point rather than 4 processors help push one of two of my in process WUs through? Meaning, would it process one WU 4 times faster?

 

[GLeeM]

Would changing my i5s to run as a single processor at this point rather than 4 processors help push one of two of my in process WUs through? Meaning, would it process one WU 4 times faster?

No. (normally, unless one task uses all of your ram and there is lots of writing to disk)


Turning off HT can help, but i5 doesn't have HT.
I think if we only run four tasks on i7 with HT on it is about the same as turning HT off.

 

[Ken g6]

Day 6 stats:

Rank___Credits____Username
35_____280243_____biodoc
89_____146452_____Geoff
105____123175_____blckgrffn
135____95815______zzuupp
163____76434______SlangNRox
189____61764______GLeeM
224____50613______geecee
235____45152______jaedaliu
253____38327______Icecold
279____32236______Ryan
297____30895______Ken_g6

Rank__Credits____Team
9_____1513483____Aggie The Pew
10____1260629____BOINC@MIXI
11____1173752____Russia
12____981111_____TeAm AnandTech
13____845733_____Duke University
14____697516_____USA
15____653870_____Nemesis Germany

Looks like we're solidly in 12th unless Peter comes up with a late surprise or something.

Maybe a stupid question as I quite honestly haven't been keeping up with technology... Would changing my i5s to run as a single processor at this point rather than 4 processors help push one of two of my in process WUs through? Meaning, would it process one WU 4 times faster?

Certainly not that much. A Core 2 Quad can get a small boost (10-15%) on one or two WUs, at the expense of doing any work on any others, by not running all four cores at once. That's from RAM bandwidth. If there's any effect at all on modern i5s, it's smaller than that.

 

[GeoffS]

Ok... thanks for the relies guys! Not sure that I'll get too many more WUs in under the wire.

 

[jaedaliu]

jaedaliu maybe?

Yeah. I was wondering why I didn't show up in stats. Then realized my ?default? name was P. so I fixed it.

 

[blckgrffn]

woo, looks like I am lock for the top 100

I'll be dropping in a few more before the race ends - 12-16 more, I think.

 

[geecee]

I think I'm done with this challenge. I submiitted my last batch of work a few hours ago, and the next batch, even with HT turned off, is going to take more than the ~30 hrs we have left. Good luck to every one else!

 

[Ken g6]

Day 7 (late) stats:

Rank___Credits____Username
33_____346664_____biodoc
81_____194218_____blckgrffn
106____153006_____Geoff
130____115263_____zzuupp
157____101755_____geecee
166____96443______SlangNRox
176____86521______GLeeM
190____77272______Icecold
214____65020______jaedaliu
272____50098______Ken_g6
306____38801______Ryan

Rank__Credits____Team
9_____1939420____Aggie The Pew
10____1436741____BOINC@MIXI
11____1404503____Russia
12____1325066____TeAm AnandTech
13____1105903____Duke University
14____957008_____USA
15____870530_____Polish National Team

I'm not last anymore!

I submiitted my last batch of work a few hours ago, and the next batch, even with HT turned off, is going to take more than the ~30 hrs we have left.

And that's why I juggled. 3 WUs left here.

 

[GeoffS]

Looks like I'll get 4 more WUs in and then I'll be done for the race.... remains to be seen if I'll make it back into the top 100!

 

[biodoc]

Thanks for the stats Ken_g6!

Looks like I'll finish 10 more and maybe 4 more on top of that If I'm lucky.

Go TeAm!

 

[GeoffS]

Thanks for the stats Ken_g6!

Uploaded one more from my home machine.... might get two more out of my work machine.

 

[geecee]

And that's why I juggled. 3 WUs left here.

Point taken. I'll try next time. But I'm not always around to do it, unfortunately. The good news is it looks like I might get 2 more in. I have 1 WU scheduled to finish 10-15 mins before the deadline, and 1 WU scheduled to finish a little over 15 mins after. Hoping I might be able to squeeze that second one in with a little luck. Thanks for the stats.