Feast your eyes upon a 272 thread node (part of the most powerful 2u out there)

cdabc123

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One perk to my addiction to mining is having some pretty powerful systems that come into my possession. This has been slaving away in the mines for abit and figured I'd have some fun putting it through some tests and such before returning it to the hard life of mining.

We'll start off with what most people would love their Windows System screen to show.
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(not actually 5 processors thats just how it show itself to the os)

For a little showing off... passmark (these things HATE windows and passmark was one of the few benchmarks that works) I would love to see what that 4p system pulls on passmark fastgeek :p or better yet put that thing on linux where these phis actually thrive (they are normally 3-5x faster on linux then windows)

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And, since people like seeing bits and pieces, here are a few shots of the silicon and metal guts of this box.
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thats 4x of the nodes you see above, i belive this is just about the most powerful 2u out there sporting nearly 1088 logical processors and it only sips 1000w total for the whole chassis under full load. it would be cool if all nodes could be ran under one os but a standerd os would have a difficult time running 1088 threads. heck I had to disable tile to make these work under windows as windows wouldn't boot with more then 248 threads.
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no dimms needed :p


And of course a shot of pegged task manager... just for giggles. :)
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Hope you enjoyed! :)
 
You're a smart ass... l like it. :) We don't use Phi's, but do have GPU boxes that would make even atp1916 weep. Problem is, those aren't on my projects. I am buddies with the lead engineer though, so maybe I can "borrow" one someday. (they envy "my" processors, I envy "their" GPUs)

I'll see what I can do about the benchmark request with the 4p on Monday. Will have Linux on it soon (CentOS).
 
That socket :eek:
What is phi usually used for outside of mining?
Thank you for sharing!
 
That socket :eek:
What is phi usually used for outside of mining?
Thank you for sharing!

They can be used for just about anything that can utilize a massive amount of threads or a massive mem bandwidth. They can run most normal programs but not all work well. For minnig some coins it works best to actually load ~3 of the exact same programs up as one can't peg the server under full load. I really want to get the brand new x205 phis as those support virtualization whitch wold alow me to run basically any porgram. For example I can't get boinc to use all threads under windows or Linux and I can't get multiple instances of boinc to run. If I could load up say 5 vms I wouldn't have that issue
 
You're a smart ass... l like it. :) We don't use Phi's, but do have GPU boxes that would make even atp1916 weep. Problem is, those aren't on my projects. I am buddies with the lead engineer though, so maybe I can "borrow" one someday. (they envy "my" processors, I envy "their" GPUs)

I'll see what I can do about the benchmark request with the 4p on Monday. Will have Linux on it soon (CentOS).

Gpus just arnt as fun :p I guess after reciving pallets of firepros from China they lost all the majic for me. I did do a build for a client Abit back with 8 sky 900s (dual gpu chips) in it but the only cool part about that was how much power it used (almost 3500w at full load) I would love to play with the new Tesla's but I would probably be more interested but the latest phi or a power 9 cpu
 
What algo are those best at for mining?

they are pretty good at pretty much every cpu mineable coin. cryptonight is most profitable but they do pretty good compared to the network on nimiq
 
These things gotta do good on atleast some of the Folding projects right ???
 
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These things gotta do good on atleast some of the Folding projects right ???

i have tried before and the boinc client is a pain to get running. i could never get it to use even close to the total amount of threads. and i couldnt generate multiple instances of it either (the general solution for that) in addition to the large amount of ram it takes to run the threads. when i stop being lazy i said i would give Skillz remote access and let him go at it. either that or ill get my hands on one of the newer x205 phis that suport virtulization whitch would solve the multiple instances issue.
 
As requested, cdabc123, I installed PM-PT9 on this system and ran it. To save folks some scrolling around, the Phi's clocked in at 30,558 in FPM. Linux next? :)

BTW, this is all in good spirited fun as I obviously do not own this box whereas I'm presuming the Phi's belong to you. (y)


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As requested, cdabc123, I installed PM-PT9 on this system and ran it. To save folks some scrolling around, the Phi's clocked in at 30,558 in FPM. Linux next? :)

BTW, this is all in good spirited fun as I obviously do not own this box whereas I'm presuming the Phi's belong to you. (y)


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oi the shame! i do find it intresting that 1 phi is around equivalent to 1 platinum 8160 (on windows atleast :p)

i would love to see them under a linux benchmark (and i would be happy to run the same on the phis) that or throw up some monero mining software if you can (possible rules agains that on a work system :p ) that software does a pretty good job of using the entirity of the phi chip.

edit: those things actually have a pretty impressive single core. when i finish moving i may have to make my dual 8180 rig a gaming rig.
 
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As requested, cdabc123, I installed PM-PT9 on this system and ran it. To save folks some scrolling around, the Phi's clocked in at 30,558 in FPM. Linux next? :)

BTW, this is all in good spirited fun as I obviously do not own this box whereas I'm presuming the Phi's belong to you. (y)

[benchmark porn]
What I found the most cool about your results.... is the fact that once validated (assuming you submitted the results), your system blew away the previous CPU Mark king by over 2000 points! (y)
 
I'll have to throw a crappy bus powered video card in there at some point so the 3D tests will at least attempt to run; then it'll be a fully valid result.
Am I recalling incorrectly that where you work, the "GPU Guys" are always jealous of your CPU setups, and you always jealous of their's.....
*clears throat*:pompous:
Dee doot doo deeee dah doo dee... dee deet doo deee dunt duh dee...



I believe I've properly conveyed my idea with that...
:shame:
 
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