Top 5 PPD/Watt Rigs in the [H]orde

OK, here is the first one:

Dual E5530's @ 2432 (no GPU)
24.5K PPD (P2684)
245 W
100 PPD/W

Dual E5530's @ 2432 + GTX 460 @ 900/1800
34K PPD (P2684 with a couple hours of downtime, so a little lower than it should be)
375 W
90.7 PPD/W

The CPU is at 100% load and the GPU is at 99% load right now, and I have checked the kill-o-watt 3 times now. Does that sound right? I thought it would be higher. If it is, the GTX 460 is running 11K/130W = 84.6 PPD/W - not bad for a video card.
 
will let you know what my dual L5335 comes out to PPW after the first few WU's complete. Just got it folding tonight, should be interesting as it's turning better times than I expected for a low wattage unit
 
460 should be a tad higher draw but impressive none the less
 
musky said:
OK, here is the first one:

Dual E5530's @ 2432 (no GPU)
24.5K PPD (P2684)
245 W
100 PPD/W

Dual E5530's @ 2432 + GTX 460 @ 900/1800
34K PPD (P2684 with a couple hours of downtime, so a little lower than it should be)
375 W
90.7 PPD/W

The CPU is at 100% load and the GPU is at 99% load right now, and I have checked the kill-o-watt 3 times now. Does that sound right? I thought it would be higher. If it is, the GTX 460 is running 11K/130W = 84.6 PPD/W - not bad for a video card.
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It is possible that the Kill-A-Watt is reading incorrectly. What PSUs do you have in those PCs?
 
id say you either have 80+ gold psu's.. but since they are not overclocked the numbers sound plausable..
 
thats what kendrak was getting on his dually, sounds right for non OC'd
 
Zero82z said:
It is possible that the Kill-A-Watt is reading incorrectly. What PSUs do you have in those PCs?
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It is a Corsair 750TX. It isn't the non-GPU number that i was wondering about. Is is the difference between running the video card and not running the video card. Is 130W sound right for a GTX 460? This is the same machine btw. The number are without the GPU client running or the card overclock and with the GPU client running and the card overclocked.
 
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musky said:
It is a Corsair 750TX. It isn't the non-GPU number that i was wondering about. Is is the difference between running the video card and not running the video card. Is 130W sound right for a GTX 460? This is the same machine btw. The number are without the GPU client running or the card overclock and with the GPU client running and the card overclocked.
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sounds right to me
 
With a P2685 unit, it should turn about 45K PPD on the same 375W - 120 PPD/W. Not quite up to jebo's level, but still pretty good!
 
Not a [H] Folder, but I'll post this just to illustrate what's possible with dual hex cores on an SR-2.

Folding machine in sig munching on a 2685...

141,000 PPD @ 590W = 238.98 PpDpW
 
quick question, how would you measure the power draw of a laptop....just pull bat out and hook it to a kill-a-watt?
 
yea, pretty much

and if I had enough thousands laying around I'd be partying big too parja, but alas I'm poor and the SR2 was a move to lower my bills. Now I can start selling the last of my GPUs and do an entirely SMP farm
 
W.Feather said:
quick question, how would you measure the power draw of a laptop....just pull bat out and hook it to a kill-a-watt?
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pulling the battery isnt necessary if you can just be sure your battery isn't charging when you take your reading.

Vaulter98c said:
yea, pretty much

and if I had enough thousands laying around I'd be partying big too parja, but alas I'm poor and the SR2 was a move to lower my bills. Now I can start selling the last of my GPUs and do an entirely SMP farm
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yeah, my SR2 purchase was definitely funded by some GPU sales.
 
Dual E5530's @ 2432 + GTX 460 @ 900/1800
41.3K PPD (P2685 unit)
375W
110 PPD/W
 
Update - WinAFC was hurting my dually:

Dual E5530's @ 2432 + GTX 460 @ 900/1800
45.4K ppd (P2685 - 34.4K ppd, P10629 - 11K ppd )
375W
121 ppd/W

I7 920 @ 4.0 (200 x 20), memory @1600
32.4K ppd (P2685 - finally got one on this machine)
287W
113 ppd/W

Those are my 2 best right now, until I get my SR-2 running.
 
There's a lot of good info here.

Hey Kendrak, maybe we could reboot this thread, and make it more of a PPD/W database?

I can take over the maintenance if you'd like.

We could put all the info in a spreadsheet, and upload a .jpg of the spreadsheet that we could update periodically.

Of course, it would be sorted by PPD/W, so we know who's winning :)
 
Id be fine with that. I'm on vaca (returning shortly) and was going to update then.

Ifwe want to put more info in and such I'm game.
 
Rig: Skynet (see sig, 3.9 Ghz)
Proj: 2682
PPD: 75,000
PPD/Watt : 148 and some change

this is just looking at the killawatt, i think it would be a tad lower if I did a weekly avg
 
Nathan_P said:
34,800 PPD & 666 Watts so 52.2PPD/watt.

Not bad for an 8800gt, GTS250, evga 275/250 COOP card and a 1090T @ Stock,

Maybe we should have top 5 GPU and top 5 CPU??
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Lost my GTS 250 but PPD/watt has gone up

1090T @ 3.4, 8800Gt and evga 275/250 COOP 29,200 PPD and 520 watts so 56.1 PPD/watt
 
My Magny Cours box which IS folding for [H] as of today

Project 2682 R10, C1, G0

Min. Time / Frame : 00:21:38 - 61,207 PPD
Avg. Time / Frame : 00:21:45 - 60,715 PPD

Average Watts used: 308 (goes between 303 and 310 almost rhythmically)

PPD/Watt: 197.12
 
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I will try and update the OP tomorrow with all the new stats.
 
10e said:
My Magny Cours box which IS folding for [H] as of today

Project 2682 R10, C1, G0

Min. Time / Frame : 00:21:38 - 61,207 PPD
Avg. Time / Frame : 00:21:45 - 60,715 PPD

Average Watts used: 308 (goes between 303 and 310 almost rhythmically)

PPD/Watt: 197.12
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That is simply sick, Mr. 10e:D..It goes to show that a lot of lower speed cores isn't a terrible idea with the right software;)

 
Kendrak said:
Did I miss any rigs that should be on the list?
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jebo_4jc said:
2x E5640 at 4.0ghz (191x21)

78,521 ppd on a p2685 while drawing 450W

174.49 ppd/w



Edit: Updated because my volts were too high....still set for when I was trying for 4.2ghz. Also swapped out for a lower power 9800GT
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as long as you'll let a newbie on the list.....
 
jebo_4jc said:
as long as you'll let a newbie on the list.....
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Hey if it's folding for the [H]orde it is on the list!

There was just so much to go though, I wanted to make sure I caught it all.

Damn nice rig BTW :cool:
 
Thanks. That's why I've been trumpeting the benefits of 32nm whenever it comes up...:)
 
I have no idea on my SR-2 since it only runs P2684's... and no-credit P2685's :( - after seeing jebo's numbers, I am really leaning towards another E5620 for it. Hopefully it will get a good unit and I can see if it will compete, but it probably won't.

My other dually that is on the list just changed to X5550's - still running a P2684 (yeah, Stanford really stuck it to me this week) so I do not have numbers on it yet. It will probably also lose it video card soon and be SMP only - I'll get some numbers for it with and without GPU.

I may have a new contender as well - stay tuned.
 
SR-2 w/2 E5530s, 208 x 18 =3744MHz, memory at 1664 triple channel
P2685 - 74K ppd
580W
127.5 ppd/W

I should have new numbers on my X5550 machine this weekend.

Edit: Looks like it is stabilizing out at closer to 580W
 
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I7 970 @ 4.26GHz, memory @ 1624MHz triple channel
P2685
22.13/frame
55.5K ppd
309W
179.6 ppd/W

I have one more that I am curious about. It may make the top 10 as well. I am guess it will come in at around 140 ppd/W. If that is the case, then my SR-2 is my least efficient machine.
 
wow.

interestingly, it seems that, no matter if you're running a single hex core i7 (musky), or dual quad core xeons (me), or dual hex core xeons (parja), the PPD/W seems to be in the 175 neighborhood for 32nm chips.
 
Dual hex Xeons on an SR-2 are quite a bit higher (239 ppd/W I believe is what Parja is seeing.) I did find it interesting that my single hex core is right in line with your dual quad cores. From the fact that your machine does 23K ppd more than mine, I would have guessed that you would be a little more efficient. I was somewhat shocked when I hooked the kill-o-watt up to it and saw 309W. I would have guessed it much closer to 350W.
 
Could be due to the added power draw of two (I believe) NF200 chips on the SR2. For sure, there's some extra circuitry on an SR2. You are also clocked around 200mhz higher than my quads.

You're right about Parja's dual hex. Not sure what I was smoking.
 
i just got my tablet, can i still join in the fun?(its got a watt reader built in, probably to have a more accurate reading)....looks like its pulling 60w max, core i7 .....

edit: this is sad....my tablet does steps in F@H on the same client my hex core is on, in less time :(...only one minute less right now, but still sad...
 
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W.Feather said:
i just got my tablet, can i still join in the fun?(its got a watt reader built in, probably to have a more accurate reading)....looks like its pulling 60w max, core i7 .....

edit: this is sad....my tablet does steps in F@H on the same client my hex core is on, in less time :(...only one minute less right now, but still sad...
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on the same project?
 
Kendrak said:
I want to make a ranking board of current systems with current WU.

We can use this as a guide fo those who are power conscious. And who isn't if your running more than one rig during the summer.

If you post in this thread I'll keep the list updated. I need basic rig specs (the hardware that is directly folding or is letting you get crazy low watt numbers) Your folding name (if you post your badge I'll put it next to your rig in the list)

#1 10e: 197, Magny Cours system
#2 jebo_4jc: 174, SR-2 system E5640s
#3 Valter98c: 148, SR-2 system E5530s
#4 Kendrak: 122, SR-2 E5530s
#5 Musky: 121, Dual E5530 GTX460
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so, it's been more than a year.

anybody want to chime in with updated numbers?
 
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