PrimeGrid LLR Races Thread 2015

[Orange Kid]

That should last until Tony does his first dump. He might actually double the team score. We might get into the top 12!

...and there goes Tony.
I didn't even see if he waved he went by so fast

 

[geecee]

...and there goes Tony.
I didn't even see if he waved he went by so fast

I did feel a nice cool breeze though.

 

[TennesseeTony]

Lol. Uhm, sorry about that. I wasn't going for a medal, just wanted to be a TeAm player and do one round of tasks on the big three.

 

[Ken g6]

The race is over. And, wow, is it close!

Rank___Credits____Username
104____191641___10esseeTony
141____121817_____geecee
147____116520_____Orange Kid
163____103156_____Ken_g6
203____73059______zzuupp
204____72528______waffleironhead
206____71035______SlangNRox
213____60738______Chokko
282____23770______VirtualLarry

Rank__Credits____Team
11____1303243____The Knights Who Say Ni!
12____1132001____PrimeSearchTeam
13____1126498____Dutch Power Cows
14____834269_____TeAm AnandTech
15____833729_____BOINC@MIXI
16____577371_____Nemesis Germany
17____484377_____Canada

It will probably be awhile before we know if we're 14th or 15th. But that's really what I call a TeAm effort! :thumbsup:

 

[geecee]

Lol. Uhm, sorry about that. I wasn't going for a medal, just wanted to be a TeAm player and do one round of tasks on the big three.

lol. Just messin' with you. You're going to leapfrog the entire team a few positions with your 1 day of output, Tony!

-Geecee (aka rapidly shrinking dot in your rear view mirror)

 

[Orange Kid]

Lol. Uhm, sorry about that. I wasn't going for a medal, just wanted to be a TeAm player and do one round of tasks on the big three.

LOL No need to be sorry, I think it is neat as he77 to watch. It simply amazes me!:awe::awe::awe:

You know the DC credo -- more more more !!!

Thanks for the stats and fun

 

[VirtualLarry]

The race is over. And, wow, is it close!

Rank___Credits____Username
104____191641___10esseeTony
141____121817_____geecee
147____116520_____Orange Kid
163____103156_____Ken_g6
203____73059______zzuupp
204____72528______waffleironhead
206____71035______SlangNRox
213____60738______Chokko
282____23770______VirtualLarry
But that's really what I call a TeAm effort! :thumbsup:

I had fun, even if I was bringing up the rear, I guess. Poor dual-core Haswell without AVX.

 

[Ken g6]

We're within 1 WU of BOINC@MIXI! If you, or anyone else, hadn't done all the WUs they did, we'd be in 15th for sure.

 

[waffleironhead]

Looks like all of that juggling paid off.

Thanks for the stats Ken!

 

[Ken g6]

Another race is set to start in a week. Mark your calendars.

 

[TennesseeTony]

3 hours until this leg of the race starts.

Current race: Sophie Germain Prime Search (LLR), November 14-17 (18:00 UTC)

 

[Ken g6]

I almost forgot about this race! I did forget until just now. :$

 

[petrusbroder]

Joining the race ...

 

[Ken g6]

6-hour stats:

Rank___Credits____Username
15_____27620___10esseeTony
115____4071_______Orange Kid
125____3831_______petrusbroder
128____3791_______SlangNRox
168____2275_______Ken_g6
172____2155_______waffleironhead

Rank__Credits____Team
5_____184600_____Crunching@EVGA
6_____96231______Duke University
7_____52127______The Knights Who Say Ni!
8_____43745______TeAm AnandTech
9_____42667______Team 2ch
10____39833______Russia
11____37478______BOINCstats

We're doing pretty well! Largely thanks to that one guy in 15th o) place.

 

[Pokey]

I'm in.

 

[TennesseeTony]

We're doing pretty well! Largely thanks to that one guy in 15th o) place.

:awe: I came out weapons drawn this time.

 

[TennesseeTony]

I'm in.

If you have overclocked machines, that are capable of using AVX extensions, use extreme caution. I can only run 3 threads (of 12) on Mjolnir before exceeding the CPU's max temp.

I'm grateful my mid-grade motherboard 'only' allows 300 watts to the processor, because I ran for more than a day (previously) before realizing my temps were a touch high.

Overclocking and AVX extensions don't mix well.

 

[Pokey]

If you have overclocked machines, that are capable of using AVX extensions, use extreme caution. I can only run 3 threads (of 12) on Mjolnir before exceeding the CPU's max temp.

I'm grateful my mid-grade motherboard 'only' allows 300 watts to the processor, because I ran for more than a day (previously) before realizing my temps were a touch high.

Overclocking and AVX extensions don't mix well.

Thanks for the heads up.:thumbsup:
My rigs are not OC'd.
I do have processors with AVX extensions. I'll keep an eye on the temps.
I recall using PrimeGrid in the past just for OC burn-in; thanks for reminding.

QUESTION:
Any suggestions on PrimeGrid preferences?? I see GPU and CPU options. Right now I am using the default preferences, with just CPU work selected.

 

[TennesseeTony]

Any suggestions on PrimeGrid preferences?? I see GPU and CPU options. Right now I am using the default preferences, with just CPU work selected.

Non OC'd AVX has no problems, so you're golden and going to get some great scores once we make sure you're on the right project.

This race is specifically for only one of the CPU tasks. It's the 10th one down on the list, or the 3rd one up, from the subproject dividing line. Feel free to GPU another project (such as Milkyway, hint hint).

 

[waffleironhead]

Pokey.

I looked at your systems and it seems you are running the wrong project for this race.
This race is running "Sophie Germain Prime Search LLR (SGS)"
You might want to go into your primegrid preferences and change over. Then dump all of the other WU's.Also note that the SGS WU do not like hyperthreading at all, so you might want to limit cores to 50% or turn off ht for the duration of the race.
As far as Gpu's go, this race isnt using any.

 

[Ken g6]

Day 1 stats:

Rank___Credits____Username
15_____135306___10esseeTony
107____24985______petrusbroder
136____18120______Orange Kid
145____15965______SlangNRox
174____12652______Ken_g6
194____9020_______zzuupp
212____6825_______waffleironhead
232____4949_______Rudy Toody

Rank__Credits____Team
5_____895100_____Crunching@EVGA
6_____620216_____Duke University
7_____257003_____Team 2ch
8_____227786_____TeAm AnandTech
9_____227387_____The Knights Who Say Ni!
10____201842_____Russia
11____173025_____Ukraine

Looks like we just moved up to 8th, but it's really close, so we need all the help we can get!

 

[TennesseeTony]

...Also note that the SGS WU do not like hyperthreading at all, ...

My AVX capable Xeon's may be an exception to that. WUSS is running non HT at 0:15:13 per task, while BumbleBee is HT enabled, running twice as many task but at less than double the time, only 0:29:22 per task.

Purely curious, but I am wondering if your machines are AVX capable, the ones not running well with HT enabled? I have 2 older workstations without AVX capability that are running closer to 1:30:00 per task, HT enabled. I'd sure like to speed them up.

EDIT: Oh, hey, one of the two was set for non HT and I'd forgot, sure enough, 0:36:20 per task. So yeah, I think I'm about to get a boost out of the other one.

 

[Pokey]

Thanks Tony & waffleironhead,
I have switched pref's to the "correct" project. I'll follow up on the HT idea next chance I get. Hopefully it won't be too late..........

You can tell I am not up on the fine points of the different BOINC projects, so I appreciate the guidance.

Quick update: I am leaving GPUs on MilkyWay. They use, of course, some of my CPUs, so we will see how it goes. I have not changed HT yet.

 

[zzuupp]

Thanks for the stats, Ken!

 

[Ken g6]

Late Day 2 stats:

Rank___Credits____Username
16_____315955___10esseeTony
106____58832______petrusbroder
147____39713______Orange Kid
159____35922______Pokey
160____35483______SlangNRox
182____28578______Ken_g6
189____26502______zzuupp
210____16404______waffleironhead
216____15246______Rudy Toody
309____3512_______geecee
396____758________RussianSensation

Rank__Credits____Team
5_____2047323____Crunching@EVGA
6_____1496716____Duke University
7_____589762_____Team 2ch
8_____576830_____TeAm AnandTech
9_____490497_____The Knights Who Say Ni!
10____468345_____Russia
11____427912_____Ukraine

Lots of people in the race now, and we're making lots of progress! :thumbsup: 2chan is close - can we catch them?