Dramatic slowdown in unit completion

SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
edited February 2008 in Folding@Home
Hey, guys, this is totally baffling me. 3 WUs in a row I've received 2605s. No big deal. Only problem is:

Project: 2605 (Run 9, Clone 394, Gen 25)
[21:43:51] Completed 275000 out of 500000 steps (55 percent)
[21:51:57] Writing local files
[21:51:58] Completed 280000 out of 500000 steps (56 percent)
[22:00:02] Writing local files
~8 minute frames

Project: 2605 (Run 16, Clone 429, Gen 26)
[15:11:17] Completed 195000 out of 500000 steps (39 percent)
[15:28:43] Writing local files
[15:28:43] Completed 200000 out of 500000 steps (40 percent)
[15:46:17] Writing local files
~17 minute frames

Project: 2605 (Run 12, Clone 245, Gen 26)
[09:00:33] Completed 0 out of 500000 steps (0 percent)

Folding@Home Client Shutdown.
[09:15:16] 00 steps (0 percent)
[09:30:08] Writing local files
[09:30:08] Completed 5000 out of 500000 steps (1 percent)
Somewhat less than 30 minute frames accounting for the short time I used restarting the client

On that third one, I noticed the step was taking so long to complete I first quit the client and restarted it, and then restarted the whole computer after this 1 percent finished. The main problem is simply that all the sudden my frame times are skyrocketing, and I have no idea why. They're all 2605s, nothing different, and I just can't tell anything. :/

Any ideas? I'll update in the morning with the results of the restart. Thanks.

btw, this is a Q66@3.6GHz, it should be screaming through these at like 8-10 minutes a frame, which is why I noticed how slowly it was going.

Comments

  • HarudathHarudath Great Britain Icrontian
    edited February 2008
    Mine's taking forever too, although I don't know enough about F@H to be able to post any of that information :P
  • TBonZTBonZ Ottawa, ON Icrontian
    edited February 2008
    I haven't received one of those WU's yet. I've been getting the 2653's only.
  • HarudathHarudath Great Britain Icrontian
    edited February 2008
    [07:59:49] Folding@Home Gromacs Simulated Tempering Core
    [07:59:49] Version 1.10 (Oct 4, 2007)
    [07:59:49]
    [07:59:49] Preparing to commence simulation
    [07:59:49] - Looking at optimizations...
    [07:59:49] - Files status OK
    [07:59:50] - Expanded 364248 -> 1797968 (decompressed 493.6 percent)
    [07:59:50]
    [07:59:50] Project: 3628 (Run 49, Clone 8, Gen 6)
    [07:59:50]
    [07:59:50] Assembly optimizations on if available.
    [07:59:50] Entering M.D.
    [08:00:10] (Starting from checkpoint)
    [08:00:10] Protein: p3628_Seq11_Amber03_Extended

    It's been working on the same WU for 2 days *including today* and it's at 47%
  • SPIKE09SPIKE09 Scatland
    edited February 2008
    mj i would check what other processes are running as that is not right for the SMP client.
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited February 2008
    After a restart, it's back to its normal 8 minutes/frame. I'm gonna have to keep an eye on this.
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited February 2008
    It sounds to me like you've got CPU throttling enabled in the BIOS.
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited February 2008
    Come on, Leo, you know me better than that. First thing I ever do is turn that junk off.
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited February 2008
    I've accidentally left that stuff on before during overclocking sessions after having reset the BIOS. Then later wondered why things weren't responding as usual.
  • HarudathHarudath Great Britain Icrontian
    edited February 2008
    Hello, I'm back with yet more folding problems :D I'm currently at 27WUs and 8229 points, completed another WU, which took roughly another 26 hours of folding, and I got 15 points for it.. Erm...?



    [22:51:09] Folding@Home Gromacs Simulated Tempering Core
    [22:51:09] Version 1.10 (Oct 4, 2007)
    [22:51:09]
    [22:51:09] Preparing to commence simulation
    [22:51:09] - Looking at optimizations...
    [22:51:09] - Created dyn
    [22:51:09] - Files status OK
    [22:51:09] - Expanded 239416 -> 1169211 (decompressed 488.3 percent)
    [22:51:09] - Starting from initial work packet
    [22:51:09]
    [22:51:09] Project: 4400 (Run 9, Clone 14, Gen 13)
    [22:51:09]
    [22:51:09] Assembly optimizations on if available.
    [22:51:09] Entering M.D.
    [22:51:15] Protein: p4400_Seq42_Amber03_Native
    [22:51:15]
    [22:51:15] Writing local files
    [22:53:04] Extra SSE boost OK.
    [22:53:04] Writing local files
    [22:53:04] Completed 0 out of 150000 steps (0)

    EDIT: Don't worry, it was 150000 not 1500000 :tongue:
  • Ultra-NexusUltra-Nexus Buenos Aires, ARG
    edited February 2008
    All of you having this issue are using the Win or the Linux client?
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited February 2008
    Mine was actually the OSX client, and resolved itself with a restart. Consider my issues complete. Don't know anything about Haru's issue, sadly.
  • HarudathHarudath Great Britain Icrontian
    edited February 2008
    I'm using fah6-win-x86-console
  • QeldromaQeldroma Arid ZoneAh Member
    edited February 2008
    Harudath wrote:
    I'm using fah6-win-x86-console

    Which Beta?
  • Ultra-NexusUltra-Nexus Buenos Aires, ARG
    edited February 2008
    I had this issue with Win SMP client randomly and a restart of the client fixed the issue. In linux, it hasnt happened even once.
  • HarudathHarudath Great Britain Icrontian
    edited February 2008
    FAH6.01beta2-Windows-Console
  • SPIKE09SPIKE09 Scatland
    edited February 2008
    that is very slow haru x2 3800 is 2 mins a frame on p 4400's and have knowledge of an oced e4500 doing it in 1 min a frame.
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