Project 7600 (22,14,30) - Bad WU -- VERY slow TPF

[BuddhaChu]

I've read the other threads on this project and I'm reporting this one as "bad" so it can be removed. I'm showing a TPF of 2h35m on a Core i7...very slow.

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*********************** Log Started 2012-04-29T07:17:18Z ***********************
07:17:18:************************* Folding@home Client *************************
07:17:18:      Website: http://folding.stanford.edu/
07:17:18:    Copyright: (c) 2009-2012 Stanford University
07:17:18:       Author: Joseph Coffland <joseph@cauldrondevelopment.com>
07:17:18:         Args: --lifeline 2808 --command-port=36330
07:17:18:       Config: C:/FAHData/config.xml
07:17:18:******************************** Build ********************************
07:17:18:      Version: 7.1.52
07:17:18:         Date: Mar 20 2012
07:17:18:         Time: 19:37:42
07:17:18:      SVN Rev: 3515
07:17:18:       Branch: fah/trunk/client
07:17:18:     Compiler: Intel(R) C++ MSVC 1500 mode 1200
07:17:18:      Options: /TP /nologo /EHa /Qdiag-disable:4297,4103,1786,279 /Ox -arch:SSE
07:17:18:               /QaxSSE2,SSE3,SSSE3,SSE4.1,SSE4.2 /Qopenmp /Qrestrict /MT
07:17:18:     Platform: win32 XP
07:17:18:         Bits: 32
07:17:18:         Mode: Release
07:17:18:******************************* System ********************************
07:17:18:          CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q 720 @ 1.60GHz
07:17:18:       CPU ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 30 Stepping 5
07:17:18:         CPUs: 8
07:17:18:       Memory: 5.99GiB
07:17:18:  Free Memory: 4.58GiB
07:17:18:      Threads: WINDOWS_THREADS
07:17:18:   On Battery: false
07:17:18:   UTC offset: -5
07:17:18:          PID: 4912
07:17:18:          CWD: C:/FAHData
07:17:18:           OS: Windows 7 Professional
07:17:18:      OS Arch: AMD64
07:17:18:         GPUs: 1
07:17:18:        GPU 0: NVIDIA:1 GT216 [GeForce GT 320M]
07:17:18:         CUDA: 1.2
07:17:18:  CUDA Driver: 3020
07:17:18:Win32 Service: false
07:17:18:***********************************************************************
07:17:18:Trying to access database...
07:17:22:Successfully acquired database lock
07:17:23:Enabled folding slot 00: READY smp:8
07:17:23:WU01:FS00:Starting
07:17:23:WU01:FS00:Running FahCore: C:\FAHClient/FAHCoreWrapper.exe C:/FAHData/cores/www.stanford.edu/~pande/Win32/AMD64/Core_a4.fah/FahCore_a4.exe -dir 01 -suffix 01 -version 701 -lifeline 4912 -checkpoint 5 -np 8
07:17:23:WU01:FS00:Started FahCore on PID 4092
07:17:24:WU01:FS00:Core PID:2396
07:17:24:WU01:FS00:FahCore 0xa4 started
07:17:24:WU01:FS00:0xa4:
07:17:24:WU01:FS00:0xa4:*------------------------------*
07:17:24:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Folding@Home Gromacs GB Core
07:17:24:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Version 2.27 (Dec. 15, 2010)
07:17:24:WU01:FS00:0xa4:
07:17:24:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Preparing to commence simulation
07:17:24:WU01:FS00:0xa4:- Looking at optimizations...
07:17:24:WU01:FS00:0xa4:- Files status OK
07:17:24:WU01:FS00:0xa4:- Expanded 21505 -> 504912 (decompressed 2347.8 percent)
07:17:24:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=21505 data_size=504912, decompressed_data_size=504912 diff=0
07:17:24:WU01:FS00:0xa4:- Digital signature verified
07:17:24:WU01:FS00:0xa4:
07:17:24:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Project: 7600 (Run 22, Clone 14, Gen 30)
07:17:24:WU01:FS00:0xa4:
07:17:24:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Assembly optimizations on if available.
07:17:25:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Entering M.D.
07:17:25:Server connection id=1 on 0.0.0.0:36330 from 127.0.0.1
07:17:31:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Using Gromacs checkpoints
07:17:31:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Mapping NT from 8 to 8 
07:17:39:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Resuming from checkpoint
07:17:39:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Verified 01/wudata_01.log
07:17:39:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Verified 01/wudata_01.trr
07:17:39:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Verified 01/wudata_01.xtc
07:17:39:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Verified 01/wudata_01.edr
07:17:42:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Completed 642110 out of 2000000 steps  (32%)
09:37:45:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Completed 660000 out of 2000000 steps  (33%)
12:15:44:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Completed 680000 out of 2000000 steps  (34%)
******************************** Date: 29/04/12 ********************************
14:51:30:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Completed 700000 out of 2000000 steps  (35%)
17:27:40:WU01:FS00:0xa4:Completed 720000 out of 2000000 steps  (36%)

[P5-133XL]

Before reporting something for a bad TPF the very first thing you need to check is the task manager. What other processes are running (don't forget to make sure that the show processes for all users is checkmarked)? If you are running SMP then is there another non-folding process that is using up an entire core (or a large portion of it)? If so, then a drastic folding slowdown will occur and it is not linear.

Since you have a mobile GPU, I'm assuming that this is a notebook. Notebooks have power-saving features. Check to see if it isn't going into some power-saving mode (like clocking down drastically when the lid is closed) that is killing your performance. Check to see if you are running a screen-saver that is sucking down CPU cycles. There are Lots of possibilities that could cause this that are external to the individual WU.

[BuddhaChu]

Thanks for taking the time to type all that out, but this machine runs fine with other 7600 WUs.

Read this: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=21373#p213478

[bruce]

Ths particular WU has an interesting history. It has been returned several times (not by BuddhaChu) sometimes successfully and sometimes not. I have no information about the speed of the processors, so I can't really compare the speed on your i7 with any of the others, but I can report the total time everybody took and you can make whatever you can about assumed folding hardware and their TPFs.

We don't see records for WUs like yours that presumably expired but presumably it was reissued.

(Error reported -- reissued) Days taken to complete WU: 1.78
Your WU (P7600 R22 C14 G30) was added to the stats database on 2012-04-22 18:07:18 for 0 points of credit.

(Success), Days taken to complete WU: 2.88
Your WU (P7600 R22 C14 G30) was added to the stats database on 2012-04-25 16:08:05 for 2304.08 points of credit.

(Error reported -- reissued) Days taken to complete WU: 3.72
Your WU (P7600 R22 C14 G30) was added to the stats database on 2012-04-27 04:07:33 for 0 points of credit.

(Success) Days taken to complete WU: 3.14
Your WU (P7600 R22 C14 G30) was added to the stats database on 2012-04-27 08:07:40 for 937 points of credit.

(Success) Days taken to complete WU: 2.69
Your WU (P7600 R22 C14 G30) was added to the stats database on 2012-04-28 06:07:26 for 2397.78 points of credit.