Posted 30 Dec 2016 by
[AF>Amis des Lapins] Phil1966
Hello,
Sorry for the question ... but I see no performance difference between AVX and FMA on an i7 4770K HT OFF / W7 Ultimate. Do you have any recommendation or is this normal ?
(Primegrid LLR WU's are using FMA3 I think, and it makes the CPU running at his highest perf.)
Thank You.
Philippe
No need for an answer. I saw your benchmark tests.
You should see some difference, as in benchmark results above. Did you try to run different app versions manually on test data, or you ran them on BOINC tasks? If the latter, please keep in mind that they wary in length, some of them complete faster some slower.
And one important note for 32-bit Windows apps: you need at least Windows 7 SP1 or Windows Server 2008 R2 if you want to use AVX and FMA versions. On Windows XP you will be able to run SSE and non-SIMD versions only. Here is list of OSes which supports AVX: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Vector_Extensions#Operating_system_support.
Hello Daniel,
Thank you for your answer.
Machine ID = ID: 462 : Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bits - i7 4770K - HT ON - 24 Go RAM ...
I am used to run AVX on projects such as Asteroids@Home, and FMA3 on Primegrid.
Have installed the TN Grid FMA optimization package last night, and running times are > 10 % longer than AVX ... Credits are 1% up to 5% higher too, but I don't know if these are new WU's ?
=> I will reinstall the AVX optimization.
Hereafter the details of some wu's processed lately :
AVX :
4630473 2226855 29 Dec 2016, 13:36:19 UTC 29 Dec 2016, 19:44:58 UTC Terminé et validé 2,739.02 2,711.84 61.66 Gene Network Application
Plateforme anonyme (CPU)
4630480 2226859 29 Dec 2016, 13:33:46 UTC 29 Dec 2016, 19:40:33 UTC Terminé et validé 2,636.53 2,616.22 58.15 Gene Network Application
Plateforme anonyme (CPU)
4630029 2226634 29 Dec 2016, 13:31:43 UTC 29 Dec 2016, 19:35:37 UTC Terminé et validé 2,746.45 2,729.22 56.26 Gene Network Application
Plateforme anonyme (CPU)
FMA :
4640989 2231990 29 Dec 2016, 20:54:25 UTC 30 Dec 2016, 3:41:04 UTC Terminé et validé 3,283.54 3,241.39 62.08 Gene Network Application
Plateforme anonyme (CPU)
4639494 2231249 29 Dec 2016, 19:57:43 UTC 29 Dec 2016, 23:44:08 UTC Terminé et validé 3,330.47 3,295.07 64.60 Gene Network Application
Plateforme anonyme (CPU)
4639751 2231377 29 Dec 2016, 19:57:43 UTC 29 Dec 2016, 23:42:03 UTC Terminé et validé 3,492.71 3,452.72 63.42 Gene Network Application
Plateforme anonyme (CPU)
Thank You,
Philippe
EDIT : Thank you for your hard work and these optimizations !!!
Posted 29 Dec 2016 by
[AF>Amis des Lapins] Phil1966
Hello,
Sorry for the question ... but I see no performance difference between AVX and FMA on an i7 4770K HT OFF / W7 Ultimate. Do you have any recommendation or is this normal ?
(Primegrid LLR WU's are using FMA3 I think, and it makes the CPU running at his highest perf.)
Thank You.
Philippe
No need for an answer. I saw your benchmark tests.
Posted 28 Dec 2016 by
[AF>Amis des Lapins] Phil1966
Hello,
Sorry for the question ... but I see no performance difference between AVX and FMA on an i7 4770K HT OFF / W7 Ultimate. Do you have any recommendation or is this normal ?
(Primegrid LLR WU's are using FMA3 I think, and it makes the CPU running at his highest perf.)
Thank You.
Philippe
Posted 26 Dec 2016 by
[AF>Amis des Lapins] Phil1966
Thank you for your hard work !
The improvement is fantastic !
Posted 25 Dec 2016 by
[AF>Amis des Lapins] Phil1966
Hello,
Thank you, it's running well now.
But api_version needed to be modified to the one I am running.
Best
Philippe
Posted 25 Dec 2016 by
[AF>Amis des Lapins] Phil1966
Hello,
In order to download optimzed WU's, should the "api_version" be updated to the one running on each computer ?
Have tried today, but all WU's went ended in error after 1 sec.
Is the app_info.xml sufficient or is there another the file to add / update ?
Is it possible to have a kind of "automatic" selection of the adequate WU's ? ie like Asteroids@Home (sse2/sse3/AVX - Please no FMA3 :) )
Thank You
Philippe
NB 64 WU's still reported as running but not on my computer anylonger :/
Posted 19 Aug 2016 by
[AF>Amis des Lapins] Phil1966
Hello Valterc,
Thank you for your answer !
Best,
Phil196
Posted 17 Aug 2016 by
[AF>Amis des Lapins] Phil1966
NB : RE : the page to log in : http://gene.disi.unitn.it/test/home.php
The word "test" might be removed if you are not running BETA WU's anylonger.
Might be worth to add an option to run the "test" application i/o naming the project xxx text xxx.
Why ? Some teams / users don't crunch on test applications / projects, and these projects are not included in challenges such as the Formula Boinc.
Best Regards,
Phil1966
Posted 17 Aug 2016 by
[AF>Amis des Lapins] Phil1966
Users in last 24 hours: 41
Is this enough??
No, it isn't ... We surely need more power. Our ongoing project (and we have more in the queue) will end in about 5-6 years, at the current pace. We need to upgrade the system (this is not so easy). In the meantime I can put the invitation code on the front page of the website (like SRBase). I have to check this issue with the other members of the team.
Hello ! Badges are also a great "MOTIVATION TOOL" :) There are a lot of "Badges Hunters" within the BOINC Community ;)
Another issue : When you try to attach the project to a new crunchbox, the message "the project is not accepting new user" can greatly reduce your computing power. (no information at all about the invitation code or the creation of an account via the website.)
=> 2 "easy" solutions to incrase your crunching power : Project badges (not based on the ranking but on the credits) + easy attachment to the project.
Best,
Phil1966
Posted 20 Feb 2016 by
[AF>Amis des Lapins] Phil1966
Thank you for your message !
Posted 4 Feb 2016 by
[AF>Amis des Lapins] Phil1966
it seems / looks like admins and/or scientists don't care about increasing their project's computing power :/ ???
Posted 31 Jan 2016 by
[AF>Amis des Lapins] Phil1966
Hello,
Don't you think it's time to remove the "Invitation Code" ?
You would have a lot more crunchers I think.
Best,
Phil1966
Posted 31 Oct 2015 by
[AF>Amis des Lapins] Phil1966
I am sure if you ask for help on GPUGRID's or POEM's forum, some crunchers might help you. Alternatively, post a message on the "big teams" forum. But the first step might be to open the project to all participânts. (If not already done ?)
Another idea might be to contact the University of Luxembourg. They have a brand new BIOTECH dept. http://wwwfr.uni.lu/lcsb/contact
Best
Phil1966
Posted 25 Oct 2015 by
[AF>Amis des Lapins] Phil1966
Hello !
RE : p23 of http://gene.disi.unitn.it/test/documents/Gene@Home.@BF15.pdf
Are you planning to develop a GPU app ?
If yes, I am looking forward to try it :)
Thank You
Best Regards
Phil1966
Posted 10 Jun 2015 by
[AF>Amis des Lapins] Phil1966
Great ! Thank You for the update :)
Posted 10 Dec 2014 by
[AF>Amis des Lapins] Phil1966
Thank you for the information.
Posted 21 Nov 2014 by
[AF>Amis des Lapins] Phil1966
With pleasure ;)
Posted 21 Nov 2014 by
[AF>Amis des Lapins] Phil1966
Hi Valterc,
Not cool for you this DB loss.
Your message was posted on our forum by our temate Lic.
I will move a CPU on TN Grid in order to help you recovering all lost datas faster.
Best,
Phil1966
Posted 8 Oct 2014 by
[AF>Amis des Lapins] Phil1966
Thank you for the update :)
Posted 3 Jul 2014 by
[AF>Amis des Lapins] Phil1966
Hello !
Thank you for the information !
Kind Regards,
Phil1966