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OldChap
Veteran Cruncher UK Joined: Jun 5, 2009 Post Count: 978 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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You have me quite interested in this.... Do me a favor and check "show hosts" in "My Profile"
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enels
Senior Cruncher Joined: Apr 25, 2008 Post Count: 286 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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OldChap,
I am reluctant to reveal all my hosts but I can give you the latest information from the Z3740: Total Runtime WCG points Results 0:008:08:26:20 11726 19 Or is there something else I can answer? FYI Your dual CPU at 248 watts beats my devices combined at 367 watts. |
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Former Member
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I, too, have Asus Transformer Book T100TA, but I've chosen not to use it for BOINC, because I don't want to wear out the small SSD (it can't be replaced).
----------------------------------------However, there is a cheaper alternative, $149, using a Z3745, which is an android version of the Z3740. Z3740 Z3745 And CPU Mark / Max TDP for the Z3740. Look at this, incomplete and somewhat incorrect, CPU performance comparison: http: //www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=1884&cmp[]=2164&cmp[]=2059 The Z3745 has turbo (burst frequency) just like the Z3740, but here it’s wrongly stated as being not supported, and it has the same 2W TDP. In spite of being identical the Z3745 seems to be somewhat more efficient than the Z3740. [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at Jul 7, 2014 12:32:30 AM] |
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enels
Senior Cruncher Joined: Apr 25, 2008 Post Count: 286 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Have you considered running BOINC with the data files on a USB drive?
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Former Member
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I tried to install the BOINC software on a RAM-disk, but it constantly swapped data between the RAM-disk and different files on the C drive, the TEMP file being one of them, so I couldn’t see any performance benefits with this solution. I even moved the TEMP file to the RAM-disk, but the swapping persisted.
There would be less wear and tear on the SSD with this solution, but it wouldn’t eliminate it completely. I think the same goes with a USB stick, unless the C volume is located on the USB stick, but that would probably have a negative influence on the performance. |
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Former Member
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Almost same experienced as you. I had BOINC software in my computer. It run well for days but now I couldn't see now in my computer.
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enels
Senior Cruncher Joined: Apr 25, 2008 Post Count: 286 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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@TBMS,
----------------------------------------I mentioned a USB drive because they are replaceable which is what I thought you were looking for. But that isn't the point of the thread. And yes, the Z3745 may be slightly more efficient at the WCG than the Z3740. I should have said the Z3000 series. Thank you for the CPUmark chart which confirms what I'm seeing. @breok, If you are having a problem running BOINC you may get a better response if you post in a more appropriate forum/thread. currently at: Agent Type Device Name Last Results Returned (UTC) Total Run Time (y:d:h:m:s) Points Generated Results Returned BOINC Z3740 07/07/2014 23:18:42 0:025:12:05:42 32,532 59 [Edit 2 times, last edit by enels at Jul 8, 2014 1:02:55 AM] |
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enels
Senior Cruncher Joined: Apr 25, 2008 Post Count: 286 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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The chart provided by TBMS:
----------------------------------------http://www.cpubenchmark.net/power_performance.html has been updated today. And if the Z3740 held the throne it wasn't for long in this chart. And although this chart may not accurately reflect WCG efficiency I've updated the title to (maybe not). I will give a final update with the Z3740s current statistics: Agent Type Device Name Last Results Returned (UTC) Total Run Time (y:d:h:m:s) Points Generated Results Returned BOINC Z3740 07/10/2014 14:04:25 0:037:07:13:37 46,424 87 A mixture of FAAH and MCM workunits. No CEP2. This puts me at 177 which is lower than the 200 I was optimistic about, but still respectable I think. Let me know if you want any more updates. Cheers [Edit 1 times, last edit by enels at Jul 10, 2014 4:22:07 PM] |
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gibbcorp
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I just bought a toshiba encore 8 from ebay for £140 and it is doing pretty well crunching wise. I have so far got over 33000 points from26 days of runtime so i am getting approx 5000 points per day. I thought the device might get hot but it doesn't really. I have been watching netflix through it through the hdmi port quite a lot as well as using it for other things. There is no difference in performance when crunching which i thought was strange but it appears most of the things ai am doing seem to use the gpu
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gibbcorp
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http://techreport.com/news/26987/this-8-windows-8-1-tablet-will-cost-only-149
It looks like these are coming down in price. It helps not having the Windows tax on them. |
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