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"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
04/14/2020 at 15:52 • Filed to: folding@home

Got my laptop in on the folding and the results are more than a bit disappointing. I was expecting a disparity but my laptop (i5-4300u ) still benchmarks at about 2/3 the performance of what the desktop i3-8100 does so I wasn’t expecting it to be this bad.

Here is what the desktop is pulling:

DISCUSSION (18)

jminer > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
04/14/2020 at 16:01

That number’ll update as it works its way through the unit. On the first one for a machine the estimates are way off. That number should climb over the next couple hours.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > jminer
04/14/2020 at 16:04

My problem seems to be that FAH is refusing to use all the available processing power. It's set to use all the available threads but the process is still using under 30% on the cpu.

facw > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
04/14/2020 at 16:11

My Core m3-6Y30 (900 Mhz of furious processing power!) says ~1400 points per day. I’d imagine an i5-4300 would be faster than than that.

jminer > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
04/14/2020 at 16:12

I have one machine that is doing the same. It’s a 3rd gen mobile i7 that is hitting sub 40% utilization on the CPU while running a job.

On laptops cooling is definitely a factor, thermal throttling might be your issue as well.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > facw
04/14/2020 at 16:19

What the hell ancient device are you running this on that has less than a Ghz of power?

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
04/14/2020 at 16:25

Hows the cooling? Most laptops aren’t designed to be run at 100% for long periods and it may be throttling as it gets hot.

PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
04/14/2020 at 16:27

I’m not exactly sure of this but I think notebooks are going to run at less load due to cooling limitations. My 1 year old ryzen notebook with a quad core CPU only runs at 50% across all 8 threads. The F@H app knows if it’s being run on a mobile device.

404 - User No Longer Available > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
04/14/2020 at 16:28

Think my HTPC was also under 1k after the first install (has a teeny Braswell SoC in it), but seems to increase a bit on more work units.

404 - User No Longer Available > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
04/14/2020 at 16:29

It’s a SoC designed for tablets. Uber low power Skylake.

https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/88198/intel-core-m3-6y30-processor-4m-cache-up-to-2-20-ghz.html

PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
04/14/2020 at 16:30

It looks like your i3-8100 desktop machine is running an AMD/Nvidia discrete GPU, correc t ? That’s why your PPD is so much higher than the i5-4300u with integrated Intel graphics , F@H doesn’t play nice with Intel GPUs.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > TheTurbochargedSquirrel
04/14/2020 at 16:34

I've never stress tested it but streaming youtube or netflix it barely warms up

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120
04/14/2020 at 16:36

The GPU on my desktop is only pulling like 3k points per day. Most of the performance is the i3.

The laptop isn’t using a GP U slot. It's only folding on CPU

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
04/14/2020 at 16:37

Streaming video is basically idling for modern CPUs. Youtube is less than 1% load on my laptop (and a laughable 0.1% load on my desktop). Folding on other hand will pin your CPU at 100% until other processes want CPU cycles or the processor starts to overheat.

facw > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
04/14/2020 at 16:43

It’s not actually that ancient, it’s just a low-end, extremely low-power (4.5W) Skylake laptop:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B014VHWFKA

Kinja'd!!!

Dual-core, hyper threading, and it does boost up to 2Ghz (2.2 single core boost).

Kinja'd!!!

PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
04/14/2020 at 16:58

I gotcha.

You’ll also want to keep in mind that your i3 is a true quad core CPU that clocks way higher and the i5 is only a dual core with 2 threads per core, which is nowhere near as much performance as the quad desktop .

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > TheTurbochargedSquirrel
04/14/2020 at 17:33

After almost three hours the laptop hasn’t cracked 65°C. It’s not a cooling issue.

Desktop is taking it like a champ though, I seem to have come up with a good cooling arrangement. After folding at 80% CPU usage for most of the afternoon it’s sitting comfortably at 70°C

Phyrxes once again has a wagon! > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
04/14/2020 at 19:20

And now I am tempted load up folding on my media server and see how it does, i t i s an ancient core duo with integrated graphics card.

JMKarstetter > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
04/14/2020 at 20:56

Make sure you’ve registered for a passkey, it will get you more points.

https://foldingathome.org/support/faq/points/passkey/