PrimeGrid Races 2017

[Howdy]

I finally brought another pair of 280X online, only 11 hours late. I remember quite clearly now why I spent so much the last 12 months on 1070's and 1080's....just 4 R9-280X's (in two wimpy systems) are pulling about 1100watts. Whew.

7th for the TeAm might be a bit optimistic, this go 'round. We just can't let the Little Ponies defeat us at Folding...

Was just shooting for the stars...........umm.......... err......... Sieves? I'll be down during the day anyway on PG while I make some money for the "man" and make my allowance for the week.

 

[Ken g6]

Day 1 stats:

Rank___Credits____Username
20_____6492546____Howdy2u2
104____1345029____iwajabitw
105____1328174___10esseeTony
159____829266_____xii5ku
211____562957_____zzuupp
308____242712_____SlangNRox
336____188776_____Orange Kid
345____178663_____markfw
368____148324_____Ken_g6
472____40452______Marcellius Ika Permadi

Rank__Credits____Team
10____13763793___Overclock.net
11____13130045___Rechenkraft.net
12____12873849___SETI.USA
13____11356899___TeAm AnandTech
14____10729893___Canada
15____9502849____Storm
16____8720777____Team 2ch

A big howdy to @Howdy2u2, who's done more than half the TeAm's work.

 

[zzuupp]

Is this an AMD card? Is your CPU running two threads harder than it was at the start? Your card might be throwing computation errors, which get fixed on the CPU. If you're CPU limited a slight downclock might lead to more speed overall.

If you're power limited, try downclocking the RAM.

Thanks for the tips. So far, no errors. 2/3rds valid & 1/3 are still pending.

stderr_txt all just show start and stop without any restarts.

I'm happy with 2 every 17 minutes. It's faster than 1 every 10.

& thanks for the stats

 

[Howdy]

A big howdy to @Howdy2u2, who's done more than half the TeAm's work.

Thanks, but I'm pretty sure there are quite a few here that would bury me in a points run if they were not pre-occupied with the Folding race. It's all good though it's a TeAm effort on both fronts!!

Edit: I just wish it was the weekend.....Then I would be non-stop to the finish.

 

[ao_ika_red]

Day 1 stats

@Ken g6 Where did you get the stats? Did it come from Free-DC?

 

[Ken g6]

@Ken g6 Where did you get the stats? Did it come from Free-DC?

No, I make them myself, with a Bash script, from the links provided. I also have a user script that does something similar.

 

[ao_ika_red]

Ah, that's why my points are very low because according to free-dc I had 300k worth of points in last 24 hours.

 

[Ken g6]

Remember that this race only counts for one sub-project at a time. In this case, PPS Sieve.

 

[ao_ika_red]

Could you have a peek on mine? Because I don't see any subprojects other than PPS Sieve alone.

 

[Ken g6]

Aha! A lot of your WUs were downloaded before the race started. So they don't count in the race.

 

[ao_ika_red]

Oh, really?
I assumed that it had same rules with FB-Sprint.
Grr, newb mistake.
Thanks Ken.

 

[zzuupp]

A little bit past halfway, and Canada has passed us
http://www.primegrid.com/challenge/2017_8/top_teams.html
7__US_Navy_______29304103.00
8__BOINC@Poland__22848638.00
9__BOINC@MIXI____22309278.00
10_Overclock.net_21739579.00
11_Rechenkrft.net20863119.00
12_SETI.USA______19855190.00
13_Canada________18331498.00
14_TeAm_AnandTech17421328.00
15_Storm_________16329124.00
16_Team_2ch______14063812.00
17_BOINCstats____10723151.00
18_AMD_Users______9880401.00
http://www.primegrid.com/challenge/2017_8/top_users.html
21__Howdy2u2______________9647802.00
103_10esseeTony___________2218118.00
107_iwajabitw_____________2086649.00
176_xii5ku________________1237157.00
221_zzuupp_________________832637.00
325_markfw_________________394407.00
327_SlangNRox______________384294.00
364_Orange_Kid_____________279793.00
382_Ken_g6_________________225857.00
457_Marcellius_Ika_Permadi_114614.00

 

[Howdy]

Oh, really?
I assumed that it had same rules with FB-Sprint.
Grr, newb mistake.
Thanks Ken.

PG does not allow the "infamous" bunkering prior to a challenge. Work downloaded must be on or after the start time and date, then returned before the end time and date. Points are given after being returned without a wing man double checking. (PG challenges are the only ones I know of that do this)

FB the way it is set up with notice prior to the start (and no control over the projects servers) pretty much allows bunkering- basically counting any work previously completed but returned after the start time and before the end time and date. Points are only given when the work has been double checked by a wing man. (if the project requires it)

 

[StefanR5R]

Points are given after being returned without a wing man double checking.

Double checking is still required. PrimeGrid are showing points in the users and teams stats already before double checking is completed, but this is only tentatively. Stats are being updated the entire time while double checking happens, until everything was checked (which can be many weeks after the challenge "end" time). Points for results which turn out invalid get deducted from the tentative scores.

So there are really two "end" dates for each PrimeGrid challenge: The announced date before results must be reported, and an unknown later date when all results from the challenge were validated. For example, Pierre de Fermat's Birthday Challenge

• started on November 7 12:00 UTC (i.e. counted only results of the selected subprojects from tasks which were downloaded after Nov 7 12:00),
• "ended" on November 20 12:00 UTC (i.e. counted only results of the selected subprojects which were reported before Nov 20 12:00),
• "really ended" on November 28 2017 23:49 UTC when all necessary validations were complete and final results were posted.

 

[Ken g6]

Day 2 stats:

Rank___Credits____Username
17_____15698747___Howdy2u2
99_____3293467___10esseeTony
112____2804672____iwajabitw
182____1641677____xii5ku
226____1095575____zzuupp
307____606780_____markfw
371____384294_____SlangNRox
376____370810_____Orange Kid
400____300019_____Ken_g6
484____138211_____Marcellius Ika Permadi
744____20226______geecee

Rank__Credits____Team
10____29701881___Overclock.net
11____29105214___Rechenkraft.net
12____26499431___SETI.USA
13____26354478___TeAm AnandTech
14____24881351___Storm
15____24830786___Canada
16____19952949___Team 2ch

Wow, this is a popular race. I'm almost out of the top 400! I think I'll put a little more into it for the last day.

 

[TennesseeTony]

I put a 1080 on it due to some low hanging fruit the TeAm could grab....

 

[Howdy]

Double checking is still required. PrimeGrid are showing points in the users and teams stats already before double checking is completed, but this is only tentatively. Stats are being updated the entire time while double checking happens, until everything was checked (which can be many weeks after the challenge "end" time). Points for results which turn out invalid get deducted from the tentative scores.

So there are really two "end" dates for each PrimeGrid challenge: The announced date before results must be reported, and an unknown later date when all results from the challenge were validated. For example, Pierre de Fermat's Birthday Challenge

• started on November 7 12:00 UTC (i.e. counted only results of the selected subprojects from tasks which were downloaded after Nov 7 12:00),
• "ended" on November 20 12:00 UTC (i.e. counted only results of the selected subprojects which were reported before Nov 20 12:00),
• "really ended" on November 28 2017 23:49 UTC when all necessary validations were complete and final results were posted.

Yes, I was just referring to challenges in general. Meaning that PG was the only place that awards points before the wing man verified the project VS. having to wait on the wing man for points on other challenges. I just left out all the rest of the fluff in the details.....

 

[Markfw]

I put a 1080 on it due to some low hanging fruit the TeAm could grab....

Hurry up and get that on F@H, we are loosing again, the CPU problem is fixed and their data center is kicking our arse.

 

[TennesseeTony]

Hey hey! We are (currently) in our favorite position during the last Pentathlon, 9th!

But that's gonna change.....

 

[Ken g6]

Day 2.5 stats:

Rank___Credits____Username
13_____22167696___Howdy2u2
81_____5248647___10esseeTony
100____4193524____xii5ku
116____3569889____iwajabitw
233____1378739____zzuupp
307____832637_____markfw
340____657345_____Ken_g6
385____485424_____SlangNRox
393____465198_____Orange Kid
488____195518_____Marcellius Ika Permadi
783____23597______geecee

Rank__Credits____Team
5_____135133277___Aggie The Pew
6_____97078058___Gridcoin
7_____53801160___US Navy
8_____39218214___TeAm AnandTech
9_____38402432___BOINC@Poland
10____38227140___Rechenkraft.net
11____37799023___BOINC@MIXI

We're definitely making a move. I'm not sure if we can move any higher, though.

 

[Howdy]

We're definitely making a move. I'm not sure if we can move any higher, though.

Sadly we are/were only gaining 2 projects every update on the 7th place team. BUT a top 10 looks pretty darn good to me!

 

[Markfw]

I can't believe I am in 6th place using just one 7970

 

[Ken g6]

Preliminary final stats:

Rank___Credits____Username
13_____28087172___Howdy2u2
71_____7439797___10esseeTony
75_____7042019____xii5ku
125____3964296____iwajabitw
235____1641677____zzuupp
304____1041639____markfw
308____1021413____Ken_g6
378____633748_____SlangNRox
396____556215_____Orange Kid
491____259567_____Marcellius Ika Permadi
791____26968______geecee

Rank__Credits____Team
5_____159181991___Aggie The Pew
6_____120307619___Gridcoin
7_____64059113___US Navy
8_____51714511___TeAm AnandTech
9_____48839048___Rechenkraft.net
10____46263604___BOINC@Poland
11____45137690___BOINC@MIXI

We could have done better without the FAH race, but Eight is Enough, I guess.

I can't believe I am in 6th place using just one 7970

I can't believe I didn't manage to pass you either! Though I didn't start trying until yesterday.

 

[StefanR5R]

So there is @Howdy2u2 trying to get a serious math race going, and what are we doing? Chasing candy-colored ponies?

 

[ao_ika_red]

Howdy did lion's share of work here. 13th in personal race is no slouch. Well done!

And also well done to all TeAm members. We're in top 8 with just small number of army. But man, this army is full of Tigers.