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Former Member
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Hello folks!
I did a search about this processor and find not a single thread so I decided to start one. I am going to start with my thought and results on this device and here come some background history. I needed to replace ny old laptop that I used as web server for developing (I have some Wordpress sites what need develop and maintainance on some other place than the live servers) and also something what would be good as htcp. I bought a Intel NUC (NUC5PPYH) who has the Brodwell Pentium N3700 processor with 4 4 cores (no hyper threads) @ 1.6 ghz base clock and 2.4 Ghz turbo. The processor is classed as a 6W TDP chip. I already had one 120 Gb Kingston now! SSD and a stick 8Gb 1600 Mhz RAM that i put in it. As Operating System I installed Ubuntu server 14.04 LTS. I Havent got so far that i use it as media player so the server mostly crunch undisterved 24/7 from begining of December last year till now. The NUCs little fan made me nuts after 2v 24/7 crunching so i ordered the Akasa newton P case an gave the board a passive cooled new home. Now it is runing 24/7 full crunching on all cores with 0db sound and around 2 degree Celsius cooler. The core temps have never been over 58 degree Celsius and acording speed mesurment with in OS it is alltime in turbo 2.4 Ghz. Here is some resent results from it Date/Runtime/Points/Results: 01/22/2016 0:003:12:24:39 10,565 15 01/21/2016 0:003:17:41:47 10,906 12 01/20/2016 0:002:12:09:16 8,261 19 01/19/2016 0:005:07:00:50 14,318 26 01/18/2016 0:005:03:15:16 10,906 12 01/17/2016 0:002:21:46:42 8,332 15 01/16/2016 0:002:22:20:46 8,052 12 01/15/2016 0:003:02:42:37 8,245 12 01/14/2016 0:002:14:07:58 7,116 8 01/13/2016 0:005:21:59:21 13,957 16 01/12/2016 0:001:20:59:29 5,703 10 01/11/2016 0:003:03:15:21 8,761 13 01/10/2016 0:003:07:30:33 7,842 10 It is not fair compair this 6W TDP chip with my 88W TDP desktop i5, so I compair it with the closest I got witch is my phone an LG G3 with a Snapdragon 801 chip. If I leave the phone alone for 24 h this is the best it can do Date/Runtime/Points/Results: 01/20/2016 0:003:20:23:02 3,722 10 And for me I take it as a bonus that the little Pentium can do all project not just Ebola like the ARM processor in my phone. Any thoughts on my little power friendly cruncher? in a point/electric consumption is it worth get some more of this or is it better spend on something else? |
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enels
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The Pentium N3700 at 6W TDP looks like a very efficient cruncher here:
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/power_performance.html With 4 SSE2 cores it should do especially well running UGM1. |
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KLiK
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nice one!
----------------------------------------if I were you...I'd only search for a "more core per proc" which fits my laptop...so that you can do more jobs simultaneously!  |
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The Pentium N3700 at 6W TDP looks like a very efficient cruncher here: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/power_performance.html With 4 SSE2 cores it should do especially well running UGM1. It does a UGM1 in 4.30 - 4:50 hours. The Aids Phase 2 in 33 hours. Cancer Markers 7-10 hours. |
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nice one! if I were you...I'd only search for a "more core per proc" which fits my laptop...so that you can do more jobs simultaneously! Any example on device that fit the description? :) |
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enels
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Pirre_eu,
Can you provide some points for valid results too? The time per workunit doesn't compare between projects. Thanks |
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KLiK
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nice one! if I were you...I'd only search for a "more core per proc" which fits my laptop...so that you can do more jobs simultaneously! Any example on device that fit the description? :) sorry, just checked out your intel MBO (NUC5PPYH) system...it has a soldered intel CPU! http://ark.intel.com/products/87740/Intel-NUC-Kit-NUC5PPYH there are similar CPUs, that would work on your board...but none of them has more than 4 cores: http://ark.intel.com/products/series/76756/In...Series-for-Mobile#@Mobile so, no upgrade...just crunch as it's going! |
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Pirre_eu, Can you provide some points for valid results too? The time per workunit doesn't compare between projects. Thanks Yes sure! Fight AIDS Phase 2 306.9 Outsmart Ebola 56.2 Maping Cancer 97.8 to 182.7 Uncovering Gen.. 89.8 [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at Jan 25, 2016 6:45:32 PM] |
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Former Member
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nice one! if I were you...I'd only search for a "more core per proc" which fits my laptop...so that you can do more jobs simultaneously! Any example on device that fit the description? :) sorry, just checked out your intel MBO (NUC5PPYH) system...it has a soldered intel CPU! http://ark.intel.com/products/87740/Intel-NUC-Kit-NUC5PPYH there are similar CPUs, that would work on your board...but none of them has more than 4 cores: http://ark.intel.com/products/series/76756/In...Series-for-Mobile#@Mobile so, no upgrade...just crunch as it's going! Yes I Know. I was meaning something better for the job with high perfomance for crunching with low electric footprint to buy instead of an second NUC5PPYH. |
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enels
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Thanks Pirre_eu,
I'm trying to compare the points/hour or some other point comparison. Using averages of your info: FAHB 33 hours 306.9 points = 9.3 points/hour MCM1 8.5 hours 140.3 points = 16.5 points/hour UGM1 4.4 hours 89.8 points = 20.4 points/hour Although there isn't a lot of data here it does suggest your Pentium N3700 will generate the most points for you when running UGM1. This should go for all of the Bay Trail, Cherry Trail and Braswell parts. This is because they all have an SSE2 unit for each thread. An i3, for example, only has 2 SSE2 units while you have 4. |
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