Anyone else finding WUs from 155.247.166.xxx seem slow?
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 3:15 am
Not quite sure if my PC has developed a problem or if there is something about the WUs from Temple that's a bit off. [Since I haven't seen any other posts about this, I have been assuming it's me up until now.] Further details follow.
I believe the vast majority of all the WUs I have been folding on my desktop PC since November have been associated with server 155.247.166.119 or 155.247.166.120. So, I was affected like many others when the Temple servers and the Stanford stats server weren't speaking to each other late last year, and I believe when the problem was fixed I received major credit for many previously completed WUs.
I noticed, however, since that problem was fixed, that my PPD on that PC has gone down about 50%, from over 10,000 to a bit over 5,000. Initially I attributed the drop off to updating my OS from Windows 7 to Windows 10, but there has been little, if any drop off in the performance of software I run in the foreground. Also, when I have no foreground applications running, FahCore_a4.exe is using 92-98% of my CPU, a bit less than it did under Windows 7 (presumably because Windows 10 has more overhead). That said, it doesn't seem reasonable at first glance to believe that such a small drop off in CPU availability should result in such a large reduction in PPD. Indeed, since I upgraded to Windows 10, I have eliminated some apps that were using a bit of RAM and CPU, so F@H has less user-initiated software competition. I have checked the PC several times for malware and crapware, finding nothing after my initial purge of Microsoft bloat that loaded by default with Windows 10.
Because all the recent WUs I have received are from the two Temple servers, I can't determine if the drop off in PDD is a PC issue, something has changed regarding the base points allocated to WUs in general so points are lower across the board, or whether the only the WUs from Temple offer fewer points—or something else entirely. I am hoping someone has some inside info, or can point me to a Forum post I missed about this issue, (e.g., it's a known issue with Windows 10, or there is a a particular setting I should check in F@H or Windows 10. [I have confirmed that my slider is set to fold at 100% capacity]. Any other suggestions would also be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
I believe the vast majority of all the WUs I have been folding on my desktop PC since November have been associated with server 155.247.166.119 or 155.247.166.120. So, I was affected like many others when the Temple servers and the Stanford stats server weren't speaking to each other late last year, and I believe when the problem was fixed I received major credit for many previously completed WUs.
I noticed, however, since that problem was fixed, that my PPD on that PC has gone down about 50%, from over 10,000 to a bit over 5,000. Initially I attributed the drop off to updating my OS from Windows 7 to Windows 10, but there has been little, if any drop off in the performance of software I run in the foreground. Also, when I have no foreground applications running, FahCore_a4.exe is using 92-98% of my CPU, a bit less than it did under Windows 7 (presumably because Windows 10 has more overhead). That said, it doesn't seem reasonable at first glance to believe that such a small drop off in CPU availability should result in such a large reduction in PPD. Indeed, since I upgraded to Windows 10, I have eliminated some apps that were using a bit of RAM and CPU, so F@H has less user-initiated software competition. I have checked the PC several times for malware and crapware, finding nothing after my initial purge of Microsoft bloat that loaded by default with Windows 10.
Because all the recent WUs I have received are from the two Temple servers, I can't determine if the drop off in PDD is a PC issue, something has changed regarding the base points allocated to WUs in general so points are lower across the board, or whether the only the WUs from Temple offer fewer points—or something else entirely. I am hoping someone has some inside info, or can point me to a Forum post I missed about this issue, (e.g., it's a known issue with Windows 10, or there is a a particular setting I should check in F@H or Windows 10. [I have confirmed that my slider is set to fold at 100% capacity]. Any other suggestions would also be appreciated. Thanks in advance.