PrimeGrid challenge #3 Yuri's Night Challenge

[UBT - Mikee]

Hi

The third 2021 PrimeGrid Challenge Series sub-project is from 11-14 April 18:00:00. A short 3 day run on WW - Wieferich and Wall-Sun-Sun Prime Search, which is the last selectable sub-project under preferences.

Been doing a few of these to see how they run.

Both CPU and GPU versions are available for a fixed credit of 12,000 per WU.

Multithreading is recommended as the WUs are long. CPU time on my (average) PC is 380,000 seconds or around 107 hours (4.45 days) for a single CPU core. I've tried 9, 10 and 12 threads and they all return a total CPU time of 107 hours but an actual time of 11.6 hrs, 10.1 hrs and, for 12 threads, about 9 hours per WU. This on a Ryzen 7 1700.

My 3 year old GTX1060s return a time of 72 minutes each.

Doesn't seem to strain the GPU too much as temperature run an average 83 degrees - though a bit warm is normal for my set-up - a fan blow out might be due though! CPU temps are a steady 66 degrees, which is also average for this PC.

Newer, faster CPU/GPU combinations will obviously be different.

As per normal Prime-grid challenges, bunkering is not allowed as only WUs downloaded after the start will be counted.

12 days to the start - let's see if I can remember to post a bump nearer the date.

Mike

[Woodles]

My GPUs should have finished their current project by then, I'll give it a go (If you remind me )

[UBT - Mikee]

From PrimeGrid

PrimeGrid: Yuri's Night Challenge starts April 11th

The third challenge of the 2021 Series will be a 3-day challenge celebrating the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's history-making venture into outer space. The challenge will be offered on the WW application, beginning 11 April 18:00 UTC and ending 14 April 18:00 UTC.

This is a relatively new subproject here at PrimeGrid, and there are currently no known Wall–Sun–Sun primes! You could be the first to find one!
To participate in the Challenge, please select only the Wieferich and Wall-Sun-Sun Prime Search (WW) project in your PrimeGrid preferences section.
Questions? Queries? Quips? Discuss on the forum thread for this challenge. Best of luck!

Mike

[UBT - Timbo]

Hi Mikee

I'm in, using my GPUs on this...

My CPU's are a bit "old hat" so probably not worth doing these PG CPU tasks, as they might take ages...

regards
Tim

[UBT - Mikee]

Hi

I'll be mostly using CPUs only as the GPUs get a bit hot when both are running at the same time.


Starts 7PM Sunday

Mike

[Woodles]

Just GPUs for me, the CPUs are busy elsewhere (and it'll take too long to configure them correctly for a three day sprint)

Don't seem too demanding, I'm running two at a time on my 1080s and it's just under an hour for two.

[homefarm]

Hi All,

I'm in, running on GPUs and CPUs with all real cores multithreading. CPU give a low reward but it all helps.

1 task per GPU as the tasks use 99% on mine, with almost no direct CPU use.

Good luck all.

[UBT - Mikee]

Hi

Been out most of the day so wasn't here for the start. Going now!

Mike

[Woodles]

One hour in and UBT in equal eleventh place with Richard being the only team member to have returned work that counts!

[UBT - Timbo]

Hi all

Stats are here for individual members:

http://www.primegrid.com/challenge/2021 ... users.html

currently showing:

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Rank	Name			Team		Score		Tasks
8	Homefarm		UK BOINC Team	1 812 000.00	    151
66	Woodles			UK BOINC Team	252 000.00	    21
188	UBT - Mikeejones	UK BOINC Team	24 000.00	    2

out of approx 210

and here for the Team stats:

http://www.primegrid.com/challenge/2021 ... teams.html

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Rank	Team		Score		Tasks
12	UK BOINC Team	2 088 000.00	    174

out of 61 teams

regards
Tim

[Woodles]

Three hours in:

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10	[H]ard|OCP		3 012 000.00	    251
11	L'Alliance Francophone	2 940 000.00	    245

12	UK BOINC Team		2 916 000.00	    243

13	Crunching@EVGA		2 616 000.00	    218
14	BOINC@AUSTRALIA		2 088 000.00	    174

Not too far off catching L'Alliance, reasonably clear of EVGA although I don't have any historical numbers.
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  8	Homefarm		2 376 000.00	    198
 51	Woodles			 504 000.00	     42
209	UBT - Mikeejones	  24 000.00	      2
228	UBT - Timbo		  12 000.00	      1

Tim joins the party ... and I think we'll need him just to stop Richard scoring 80% of our points!

[UBT - Timbo]

Tim joins the party ... and I think we'll need him just to stop Richard scoring 80% of our points!

Hi Mark

I've actually been crunching these PG Yuri WW tasks for a day or two...but of course it's only tasks that are downloaded AND returned within the 3 day Challenge period that actually count...which is a shame as I've crunched quite a few of these tasks before the start...

And as you say, each task takes about an hour...but with a quorum of 2, some of my post-6pm UTC tasks are in the pending queue, waiting for validation.

regards
Tim

[homefarm]

And as you say, each task takes about an hour...but with a quorum of 2, some of my post-6pm UTC tasks are in the pending queue, waiting for validation.



Tim, I think you're OK as PG challenges include immediately the valid pending tasks. They are reported every 15 mins.

[Woodles]

Another ten hours and:

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 9	Save The World Real Estates	17 904 000	    1 492
10	AMD Users			16,392,000	    1,366
11	UK BOINC Team			13,956,000	    1,163
12	L'Alliance Francophone		12,984,000	    1,082
13	[H]ard|OCP			12,708,000	    1,059

UBT catch and pass L'Alliance and [H] ... but only go up one place? Someone else must have shot past all three of us.

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  9	Homefarm		10,056,000	    838
 39	Woodles			 3,828,000	    319
282	UBT - Timbo		    48,000	      4
299	UBT - Mikeejones	    36,000	      3

Still only four UBT participants
Richard passes the ten million mark but drops to less than 75% of the UBT total, what a slacker

[Woodles]

10AM

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 9	Save The World Real Estates	20,340,000	1,695 (+175 tasks)
10	AMD Users			19,068,000	1,589 (+196)
11	UK BOINC Team			15,852,000	1,321 (+138)
12	L'Alliance Francophone		14,652,000	1,221 (+119)
13	[H]ard|OCP			14,364,000	1,197 (+120)

No change in position, not catching those above but pulling away from those below.

and

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  9	Homefarm		11,376,000	948 (+110 tasks)
 39	Woodles			 4,368,000	364 (+ 45)
284	UBT - Mikeejones	    60,000	  5 (+  2)
295	UBT - Timbo		    48,000	  4 (+  0)

Richard continues to outpace everyone else in the team.
Mikee sneaks in a couple of tasks to leapfrog TIm.

[UBT - Timbo]

Mikee sneaks in a couple of tasks to leapfrog TIm.

Hi Mark

ooops.....I've got 2 hosts with GPUs on this at present...but the office based host was set to "Suspend network activity" and hence had not been contributing to the Challenge at all...

Sorted now, so I might just be able to sneak past Mikee without him noticing ...

But sadly, I don't think I'll be able to hunt you or Richard down in the time remaining, so I might just have to battle Mikee for 3rd place.

regards
Tim

[Woodles]

12 noon

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 9	Save The World Real Estates	22,740,000	1,895 (+200 tasks)
10	AMD Users			21,804,000	1,817 (+228)
11	UK BOINC Team			17,844,000	1,487 (+166)
12	L'Alliance Francophone		16,188,000	1,349 (+128)
13	[H]ard|OCP			16,080,000	1,340 (+143)

No change, everyone above us is returning more work, everyone below us is returning less work.

and

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  9	Homefarm		12,756,000	1,063 (+115 tasks)
 38	Woodles			 4,956,000	  413 (+ 49)
281	UBT - Timbo		    72,000	    6 (+  2)
294	UBT - Mikeejones	    60,000	    5 (+  0)

Richard breaks 1,000 tasks returned, he's running away with it really.
Tim gets his revenge on Mikee, turning into a bit of a scrap

[Woodles]

Hi Tim,

ooops.....I've got 2 hosts with GPUs on this at present...but the office based host was set to "Suspend network activity" and hence had not been contributing to the Challenge at all...

I made the mistake of setting my hosts up early with a one day cache then forgetting to change it before the start. For the first three hours or so I was crunching WU's that weren't eligible for the competition.

Sorted now, so I might just be able to sneak past Mikee without him noticing ...

Well you've caught him, I can't say if he noticed

But sadly, I don't think I'll be able to hunt you or Richard down in the time remaining, so I might just have to battle Mikee for 3rd place.

I don't think any of would have caught Richard anyway, he's in a league of his own

[homefarm]

Hi All,

PG is my primary project and WW has been my main sub-project for a while. I decided I wanted to make WW a “billion” credit task so have been putting a lot into it lately.

As it’s still cold, the office is nice and warm, but I shall cut back soon.

Still busy feeding cows as there’s no grass yet, so the computer is light relief.

[Woodles]

Hi Richard,

That makes sense then although you do have considerable firepower to bring to bear on those poor PG tasks

I know what you mean, yesterday I had the heating on, today I've got all the windows open!

The grass here has a light dusting of snow, bit chilly for your cows

[Woodles]

2 PM

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 9	Save The World Real Estates	25,836,000	2,153 (+258 tasks)
10	AMD Users			25,452,000	2,121 (+304)
11	UK BOINC Team			20,280,000	1,690 (+203)
12	[H]ard|OCP			18,228,000	1,519 (+170)
13	L'Alliance Francophone		18,180,000	1,515 (+175)

AMD closing on STWRE.
[H] pass L'Alliance but can they hold the position?
UBT sailing serenely along.

and

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  9	Homefarm		14,436,000	1,203 (+140 tasks)
 38	Woodles			 5,676,000	  473 (+ 60)
271	UBT - Timbo		   108,000	    9 (+  3)
304	UBT - Mikeejones	    60,000	    5 (+  0)

That Woodles fellow reaches his five million.
Tim up ten places

[Woodles]

4 PM

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 9	Save The World Real Estates	28,596,000	2,383 (+230 tasks)
10	AMD Users			28,380,000	2,365 (+244)
11	UK BOINC Team			22,644,000	1,887 (+197)
12	[H]ard|OCP			20,184,000	1,682 (+163)
13	L'Alliance Francophone		19,956,000	1,663 (+148)

[H] pulling away slowly from L'Alliance, not currently a problem for UBT but might need to be watched.

and

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  9	Homefarm		15,996,000	1,333 (+130 tasks)
 37	Woodles			 6,432,000	  536 (+ 63)
262	UBT - Timbo		   144,000	   12 (+  3)
303	UBT - Mikeejones	    72,000	    6 (+  1)

Richard smashes the 15 million point barrier.
Tim up another nine places.
Mikee and I up one.

[Woodles]

6 PM

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 9	Save The World Real Estates	31,392,000	2,616 (+233)
10	AMD Users			30,996,000	2,583 (+218)
11	UK BOINC Team			24,876,000	2,073 (+186)
12	[H]ard|OCP			22,128,000	1,844 (+162)
13	L'Alliance Francophone		21,780,000	1,815 (+152)
14	Crunching@EVGA			20,844,000	1,737 (+174)

Still peaceful where UBT are although EVGA seem determined to eventually spoil the party for L'Alliance and [H]

and

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  9	Homefarm		17,496,000	1,458 (+125)
 36	Woodles			 7,116,000	  593 (+ 57)
256	UBT - Timbo		   192,000	   16 (+  4)
311	UBT - Mikeejones	    72,000	    6 (+  0)

Tim shooting up the table now, another six places.
I managed a single place ... but it's hard at the top (don't look at Richards score )

[Woodles]

10 PM

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 9	Save The World Real Estates	37,032,000	3,086 (+470 tasks)
10	AMD Users			35,700,000	2,975 (+392)
11	UK BOINC Team			29,268,000	2,439 (+366)
12	[H]ard|OCP			25,992,000	2,166 (+322)
13	L'Alliance Francophone		25,884,000	2,157 (+342)
14	Crunching@EVGA			25,056,000	2,088 (+351)

No major changes.
L'Alliance slowly fighting back against [H]
EVGA still closing on both.

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  9	Homefarm		20,568,000	1,714 (+256 tasks)
 37	Woodles			 8,340,000	  695 (+102)
255	UBT - Timbo		   252,000	   21 (+  5)
304	UBT - Mikeejones	   108,000	    9 (+  3)

Richard through the twenty million barrier.
Tim makes it to quarter of a million.
And Mikee gets into six figures.
The only 'loser' is me, dropping a place

[Woodles]

8AM

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 8	TeAm AnandTech			54,156,000	4,513 (+1,099 tasks)
 9	Save The World Real Estates	51,048,000	4,254 (+1,168)
10	AMD Users			44,232,000	3,686 (+  711)
11	UK BOINC Team			40,584,000	3,382 (+  943)
12	L'Alliance Francophone		36,972,000	3,081 (+  915)
13	[H]ard|OCP			35,520,000	2,960 (+  803)
14	Crunching@EVGA			34,464,000	2,872 (+  784)

TAAT dropping down the table.
AMD also dropping down the table, we may go up a place
The rise of EVGA was short lived, L'Alliance and [H] can breath easy.
... Especially L'Alliance as they regain their number twelve spot by passing [H]

and

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  9	Homefarm		28,248,000	2,354 (+640 tasks)
 34	Woodles			11,748,000	  979 (+284)
242	UBT - Timbo		   456,000	   38 (+ 17)
315	UBT - Mikeejones	   132,000	   11 (+  2)

I break through ten million and gain three places.
Tim up thirteen places!
Still only the four team members partaking.

[Woodles]

12 Noon

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 8	TeAm AnandTech			59,220,000	4,935 (+422 tasks)
 9	Save The World Real Estates	56,580,000	4,715 (+461)
10	AMD Users			47,364,000	3,947 (+261)
11	UK BOINC Team			45,132,000	3,761 (+379)
12	L'Alliance Francophone		41,028,000	3,419 (+338)
13	[H]ard|OCP			39,156,000	3,263 (+303)
14	Crunching@EVGA			38,628,000	3,219 (+347)

TAAT still dropping.
As are AMD.
UBT closing steadily.
EVGA charging again, will they keep it up long enough this time to catch [H] and L'Alliance?

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 10	Homefarm		31,296,000	2,608 (+254 tasks)
 34	Woodles			13,128,000	1,094 (+115)
239	UBT - Timbo		   540,000	   45 (+  7)
315	UBT - Mikeejones	   168,000	   14 (+  3)

Richard dropping down to tenth
Tim up another three places.

[Woodles]

6PM (one day plus one hour left)

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 8	TeAm AnandTech			66,612,000	5,551 (+616 tasks)
 9	Save The World Real Estates	64,884,000	5,407 (+692)
10	AMD Users			53,076,000	4,423 (+476)
11	UK BOINC Team			51,756,000	4,313 (+552)
12	L'Alliance Francophone		47,208,000	3,934 (+515)
13	Crunching@EVGA			44,796,000	3,733 (+470)
14	[H]ard|OCP			44,604,000	3,717 (+498)

STWRE continue to close in on TAAT.
UBT continue to close in an AMD
EVGA continue to close in on [H] ... no wait, they've passed them!

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 10	Homefarm		35,844,000	2,987 (+379 tasks)
 32	Woodles			15,072,000	1,256 (+162)
236	UBT - Timbo		   660,000	   55 (+ 10)
324	UBT - Mikeejones	   180,000	   15 (+  1)

I'm chasing Richard, another two places gained (disregard the twenty million points difference )
And another three places gained by Tim.

[Woodles]

10PM (21 hours left)

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 8	TeAm AnandTech			71,748,000	5,979 (+428 tasks)
 9	Save The World Real Estates	70,776,000	5,898 (+491)
10	AMD Users			56,700,000	4,725 (+302)
11	UK BOINC Team			56,544,000	4,712 (+399)
12	L'Alliance Francophone		51,636,000	4,303 (+369)
13	Crunching@EVGA			49,044,000	4,087 (+354)
14	[H]ard|OCP			48,456,000	4,038 (+321)

TAAT looking vulnerable, I expect to see them in ninth place by the morning.
UBT should pass AMD in the next hour.
L'Alliance doing enough to hold off EVGA

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 10	Homefarm		39,012,000	3,251 (+264)
 31	Woodles			16,608,000	1,384 (+128)
235	UBT - Timbo		   744,000	   62 (+  7)
333	UBT - Mikeejones	   180,000	   15 (+  0)

The gap to Richard shrinks further, only 21 places now
Tim up another place.

[UBT - Timbo]

UBT should pass AMD in the next hour.


Last update: 2021-04-13 22:45:06 UTC

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Rank	Name				Score		Tasks
1	Antarctic Crunchers		623 172 000.00	    51 931
2	SETI.Germany			232 212 000.00	    19 351
3	Czech National Team		187 800 000.00	    15 650
4	Aggie The Pew			171 324 000.00	    14 277
5	Metal Archives			132 420 000.00	    11 035
6	Storm				87 516 000.00	    7 293
7	Microsoft			86 100 000.00	    7 175
8	TeAm AnandTech			73 248 000.00	    6 104
9	Save The World Real Estates	72 876 000.00	    6 073
10	UK BOINC Team			58 272 000.00	    4 856
11	AMD Users			58 260 000.00	    4 855

ACHIEVED - by just ONE task - so, a Top 10 placing for UBT ...just a question of IF we can hold onto it by the end tomorrow.

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235	UBT - Timbo		   744,000	   62 (+  7)

The gap to Richard shrinks further, only 21 places now
Tim up another place.

Damn - no way am I going to make the Top 200....

regards
Tim

[Woodles]

8AM (11 hours left)

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 8	Save The World Real Estates	84,384,000	7,032 (+1,053 tasks)
 9	TeAm AnandTech			82,548,000	6,879 (+  981)
10	UK BOINC Team			67,584,000	5,632 (+  907)
11	AMD Users			66,408,000	5,534 (+  822)
12	L'Alliance Francophone		60,780,000	5,065 (+  762)
13	Crunching@EVGA			57,012,000	4,751 (+  664)
14	[H]ard|OCP			55,428,000	4,619 (+  581)

Yep, TAAT down to ninth and UBT into the top ten.
I somehow doubt we'll get much higher though.
L'Alliance easing away from EVGA.

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 10	Homefarm		46,428,000	3,869 (+618 tasks)
 30	Woodles			19,992,000	1,666 (+282)
233	UBT - Timbo		   948,000	   79 (+ 17)
339	UBT - Mikeejones	   216,000	   18 (+  3)

Richards' positional lead being eaten away now, if he stops crunching completely I should catch him ... by September

[Woodles]

Hi Tim,

Damn - no way am I going to make the Top 200....

You'll need a minimum of another 52 tasks returned in the next ten and a half hours

[Woodles]

12 Noon (7 hours left)

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 8	Save The World Real Estates	89,964,000	7,497 (+465 tasks)
 9	TeAm AnandTech			87,420,000	7,285 (+406)
10	UK BOINC Team			72,024,000	6,002 (+370)
11	AMD Users			70,824,000	5,902 (+368)
12	L'Alliance Francophone		64,752,000	5,396 (+331)
13	Crunching@EVGA			60,264,000	5,022 (+271)
14	[H]ard|OCP			58,992,000	4,916 (+297)

UBT only just managing to out crunch AMD, that 100 WU buffer might be needed!
[H] starting a fight back against EVGA (or is it just the 'lumpy' nature of EVGAs reporting?)

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 10	Homefarm		49,440,000	4,120 (+251 tasks)
 30	Woodles			21,324,000	1,777 (+111)
234	UBT - Timbo		 1,020,000	   85 (+  6)
335	UBT - Mikeejones	   240,000	   20 (+  2)

Tim breaks the million mark

[UBT - Timbo]

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 10	Homefarm		49,440,000	4,120 (+251 tasks)
 30	Woodles			21,324,000	1,777 (+111)
234	UBT - Timbo		 1,020,000	   85 (+  6)
335	UBT - Mikeejones	   240,000	   20 (+  2)

Tim breaks the million mark

Hi Mark

Given that I'm well on my way to the 100m total credits mark on PG, I might just keep crunching these tasks, even AFTER the Challenge ends...esp as each task is worth 12,000 credits.

According to this (link below) this sub-project is only about 20% of the way through their tasks and they started in Nov 2020, so plenty more tasks will be continuing to be available for some time to come:

http://www.primegrid.com/forum_thread.p ... rue#149997

I'm on a total of 98,969,010.34 at this point, so, another 1,030,989.66 should do me fine...that's only another 86 Yuri tasks...should be easy

regards
Tim

[homefarm]

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 10	Homefarm		49,440,000	4,120 (+251 tasks)
 30	Woodles			21,324,000	1,777 (+111)
234	UBT - Timbo		 1,020,000	   85 (+  6)
335	UBT - Mikeejones	   240,000	   20 (+  2)

Tim breaks the million mark

Hi Mark

Given that I'm well on my way to the 100m total credits mark on PG, I might just keep crunching these tasks, even AFTER the Challenge ends...esp as each task is worth 12,000 credits.

According to this (link below) this sub-project is only about 20% of the way through their tasks and they started in Nov 2020, so plenty more tasks will be continuing to be available for some time to come:

http://www.primegrid.com/forum_thread.p ... rue#149997

I'm on a total of 98,969,010.34 at this point, so, another 1,030,989.66 should do me fine...that's only another 86 Yuri tasks...should be easy

regards
Tim

Tim,

Great idea as this project is the fastest credit getter for fast GPUs running single tasks.

The PPsieve is fast and can be multi-task per GPU, but WW also gets near-primes, IMO it's a simple fast way to increase credit scores.

Good Luck

Richard

[Woodles]

4 PM (3 hours left)

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 8	Save The World Real Estates	95,352,000	7,946 (+449 tasks)
 9	TeAm AnandTech			92,184,000	7,682 (+397)
10	AMD Users			76,848,000	6,404 (+502)
11	UK BOINC Team			76,536,000	6,378 (+376)
12	L'Alliance Francophone		68,664,000	5,722 (+326)
13	Crunching@EVGA			63,756,000	5,313 (+291)
14	[H]ard|OCP			62,556,000	5,213 (+297)

A bit of a burst from AMD and UBT back to eleventh place
EVGA seem to have the better of [H] although it's still very close.

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 10	Homefarm		52,476,000	4,373 (+253 tasks)
 30	Woodles			22,716,000	1,893 (+116)
234	UBT - Timbo		 1,104,000	   92 (+  7)
340	UBT - Mikeejones	   240,000	   20 (+  0)

Richard past fifty million

[Woodles]

Hi Richard,

Great idea as this project is the fastest credit getter for fast GPUs running single tasks.

How long does each task take on your GPUs?

I'm running two at a time on each GPU and the usage still only reaches ~90%.

Thanks.

[homefarm]

Hi Richard,

Great idea as this project is the fastest credit getter for fast GPUs running single tasks.

How long does each task take on your GPUs?

I'm running two at a time on each GPU and the usage still only reaches ~90%.

Thanks.

Hi Mark

1 task 0n 3090 is 270 secs. I haven't tried 2 tasks as Afterburner shows 99% usage. As CPU is almost nil, I presumed the GPU was doing, all the processing, indicating 2 tasks would create an overhead.

1 task on 3080 is 320 secs.

Regards

PS CPU task - 3950X running 30 cores gets 10500 secs.

[Woodles]

Hi Richard,

1 task 0n 3090 is 270 secs. I haven't tried 2 tasks as Afterburner shows 99% usage. As CPU is almost nil, I presumed the GPU was doing, all the processing, indicating 2 tasks would create an overhead.

1 task on 3080 is 320 secs.

Thanks. I've not got anything as modern as that but my 2080S is turning two out in 900 - 1000 seconds so roughly half your 3090.

I can't remember the figures from setting it up but it was definitely better to run two at time.

[homefarm]

Hi Richard,

1 task 0n 3090 is 270 secs. I haven't tried 2 tasks as Afterburner shows 99% usage. As CPU is almost nil, I presumed the GPU was doing, all the processing, indicating 2 tasks would create an overhead.

1 task on 3080 is 320 secs.

Thanks. I've not got anything as modern as that but my 2080S is turning two out in 900 - 1000 seconds so roughly half your 3090.

I can't remember the figures from setting it up but it was definitely better to run two at time.

I just tried 2 tasks on the 3090, and it comes out around 530 secs, whereas 1 task is 270.
The savings would add up in a challenge, but you would lose a degree of "first-finder" with slower execution times. Interesting though.

[Woodles]

Final standings:

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 9	TeAm AnandTech			95,304,000	7,942 (+260 tasks)
10	AMD Users			80,772,000	6,731 (+327)
11	UK BOINC Team			79,788,000	6,649 (+271)
12	L'Alliance Francophone		71,676,000	5,973 (+251)
13	Crunching@EVGA			65,940,000	5,495 (+182)

Despite a brief flirtation with 10th place, UBT finish in a very credible 11th out of 104 teams.

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 10	Homefarm		54,744,000	4,562 (+189 tasks)
 30	Woodles			23,628,000	1,969 (+ 76)
232	UBT - Timbo		 1,164,000	   97 (+  5)
341	UBT - Mikeejones	   252,000	   21 (+  1)

Out of 453 participants.

Slightly disappointed that I didn't make the 25 million mark but I'll live with it
An amazing performance from Richard, not only did he out crunch 443 other people but he single handedly out crunched 88 other TEAMS

[UBT - Timbo]

Final standings:

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 9	TeAm AnandTech			95,304,000	7,942 (+260 tasks)
10	AMD Users			80,772,000	6,731 (+327)
11	UK BOINC Team			79,788,000	6,649 (+271)
12	L'Alliance Francophone		71,676,000	5,973 (+251)
13	Crunching@EVGA			65,940,000	5,495 (+182)

Despite a brief flirtation with 10th place, UBT finish in a very credible 11th out of 104 teams.

HI Mark

Thanks for making the updates on this Challenge...11th place isn't bad going considering just 4 UBT members took part...

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 10	Homefarm		54,744,000	4,562 (+189 tasks)
 30	Woodles			23,628,000	1,969 (+ 76)
232	UBT - Timbo		 1,164,000	   97 (+  5)
341	UBT - Mikeejones	   252,000	   21 (+  1)

Out of 453 participants.

Slightly disappointed that I didn't make the 25 million mark but I'll live with it
An amazing performance from Richard, not only did he out crunch 443 other people but he single handedly out crunched 88 other TEAMS

...and Richard indeed put in a sterling effort, outscoring many other members, and earning 10th place in the World...

And as for outscoring 88 teams !!...that alone is worth a few

Well Done to the 4 musketeers !!

regards
Tim

[homefarm]

Hi fellow Muskateers,

Thanks for the kind words Mark, it was fun to use the GPUs to their full extent.

At least we have kept the team in a good scoring place, which is worth an effort.

I shall switch off a few things to keep the meter cool, and I’m not sure what to do next.

Take care all it ain’t over yet.

Richard