Folding@Home Benchmark 1.2.0 (GUI)

[mrk]

Explicit:
clSetKernelArg
D:\{Downloads}\FAHBench_0_5>[/code]
I then ran FAHBench on my iGPU (Intel HD 4000) and it crashed:

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Source
FAHBench.exe
I guess FAHBench hates my systems  :cry:[/quote]


You have to use a newer OpenCL 1.2 driver from Intel (15.31.64.2973 or newer). Go to http://www.station-drivers.com and download 15.31.1.3006. FAHBench no longer crashes. It works fine.

[spuppy]

Hi, when I try to run OpenCL on a Radeon 7870 using 13.1 drivers, I get this error:

clSetKernelArg

Here is the output of Display Devices:

[2] compatible platform(s):
-- 0 --
PROFILE = FULL_PROFILE
VERSION = OpenCL 1.1
NAME = Intel(R) OpenCL
VENDOR = Intel(R) Corporation
-- 1 --
PROFILE = FULL_PROFILE
VERSION = OpenCL 1.2 AMD-APP (1084.4)
NAME = AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing
VENDOR = Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

(1) device(s) found on platform 0:
-- 0 --
DEVICE_NAME = Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2700K CPU @ 3.50GHz
DEVICE_VENDOR = Intel(R) Corporation
DEVICE_VERSION = OpenCL 1.1 (Build 37149.37214)

(2) device(s) found on platform 1:
-- 0 --
DEVICE_NAME = Pitcairn
DEVICE_VENDOR = Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
DEVICE_VERSION = OpenCL 1.2 AMD-APP (1084.4)

-- 1 --
DEVICE_NAME = Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2700K CPU @ 3.50GHz
DEVICE_VENDOR = GenuineIntel
DEVICE_VERSION = OpenCL 1.2 AMD-APP (1084.4)

Invalid Platform (please use either OpenCL or CUDA)

Thanks!

[spuppy]

Update to my last post: I found that I had to set platformId to 1, and deviceId to 0. Should have checked for myself first

Thanks for this useful benchmark!

[bruce]

Personally, if I had written this application, I would have defaulted to listing all platforms and devices unless specifically excluded. Then I'd draw a couple of lines if platform/device/etc is specified and repeat the 3-line description of what is being tested. The splash screen is nice, but an equal amount of useful information would avoid a certain number of (so-called "dumb") errors like that one.

Still, it's a very useful tool in it's present form.

[PantherX]

In your last one with the kepler card you set deviceID instead of deviceId...

Thanks for catching that! I do wish that it was case insensitive.

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D:\{Downloads}\FAHBench_0_5>FAHBench.exe -platform OpenCL -platformId 1 -deviceI
d 0 -precision single

                                          O              O
   P R O T E N E E R     C--N              \              \               N
                         |                  C              C=O           / \-C
                         C                 /               |          N-C     \
  .C-C                 C/                  C               C           |      C
 /    \          O     |                   |               /           N      |
C     C          |     |           O       C              C                 /-C
 \_N_/ \   N    _C_    C           |      /         O    /                 C
        C-/ \_C/   \N-/ \    N   /-C-\   C          |    |           O    /
        |     |           C-/ \C/     N-/ \_   N\  /C\  -C      N    |    |
        O     |           |    |            \C/  C/   N/  \_C__/ \   C-\  C
              C           O    |             |   |          |     C-/   N/ \-C
               \_C             C             O   |          O     |          |
                  \             \-O              C                C          O
                  |                               \                \
                  C    N         Folding@Home      C--N             C
                   \   |      Benchmark  (Beta)    |                |
                    N--C                           O                |
                        \        Yutong Zhao                       C=O
                         N    [email protected]                 /
                                                                 O

               for official stats, please visit www.fahbench.com

Explicit:
Checking for accuracy...done
10.1111 ns/day
Implicit:
Checking for accuracy...done
51.3674 ns/day

D:\{Downloads}\FAHBench_0_5>FAHBench.exe -platform OpenCL -platformId 1 -deviceI
d 0 -precision double

                                          O              O
   P R O T E N E E R     C--N              \              \               N
                         |                  C              C=O           / \-C
                         C                 /               |          N-C     \
  .C-C                 C/                  C               C           |      C
 /    \          O     |                   |               /           N      |
C     C          |     |           O       C              C                 /-C
 \_N_/ \   N    _C_    C           |      /         O    /                 C
        C-/ \_C/   \N-/ \    N   /-C-\   C          |    |           O    /
        |     |           C-/ \C/     N-/ \_   N\  /C\  -C      N    |    |
        O     |           |    |            \C/  C/   N/  \_C__/ \   C-\  C
              C           O    |             |   |          |     C-/   N/ \-C
               \_C             C             O   |          O     |          |
                  \             \-O              C                C          O
                  |                               \                \
                  C    N         Folding@Home      C--N             C
                   \   |      Benchmark  (Beta)    |                |
                    N--C                           O                |
                        \        Yutong Zhao                       C=O
                         N    [email protected]                 /
                                                                 O

               for official stats, please visit www.fahbench.com

Explicit:
Checking for accuracy...done
2.90318 ns/day
Implicit:
Checking for accuracy...done
4.18185 ns/day

D:\{Downloads}\FAHBench_0_5>

...You have to use a newer OpenCL 1.2 driver from Intel (15.31.64.2973 or newer). Go to http://www.station-drivers.com and download 15.31.1.3006. FAHBench no longer crashes. It works fine.

Thanks for that. However, is there a reason that they aren't available on the Intel website? The reason is that I really prefer to download and install drivers from the official website.

[mrk]

Thanks for that. However, is there a reason that they aren't available on the Intel website? The reason is that I really prefer to download and install drivers from the official website.

Intel don't release drivers frequently on their own site. Often we get newer drivers from OEMs or other sources because internally they build new drivers every 10 days or so. 15.31 is quite new, maybe they wait a bit longer or they wait for Haswell launch.

[PantherX]

I see. Thanks a lot for that information mrk! Might upgrade when I have some more time

[proteneer]

No longer needs to be an announcement, things are pretty stable now. We've released the GUI ver 1.0 - headover to fahbench.com for goodies

[P5-133XL]

Do we need to rerun the old tests or will the old data still be the same/valid?

[PantherX]

When I ran FAHBench 1.0, I am seeing a difference from -0.72695% to +6.59484% depending on the simulation type -> viewtopic.php?p=239543#p239543

[Bleeder]

Windows 8 Pro x64
FAHBench v1.0
AMD HD6950 @ 950MHz/1350MHz
CCC 13.3b2

OpenCL SP
Explicit:
11.2844 ns/day
GPU Usage 90%

Implicit:
80.8005 ns/day
GPU Usage 90%


OpenCL DP
Explicit:
4.54326 ns/day
GPU Usage 96%

Implicit:
11.0234 ns/day
GPU Usage 96%


Bugs:
The list of "Available Devices" has my Intel i7-2600K listed as:
"ntel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz"
* it's missing the capital "I" in Intel.

Not sure if this is a bug or not but I did try to bench the CPU but FAHBench crashed with this:

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Log Name:      Application
Source:        Application Error
Date:          2013-03-19 11:20:00
Event ID:      1000
Task Category: (100)
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:
Description:
Faulting application name: FAHBench.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x5147ef74
Faulting module name: amdocl.dll, version: 10.0.1124.2, time stamp: 0x51423b21
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0097a0e4
Faulting process id: 0x2180
Faulting application start time: 0x01ce24b522c2307b
Faulting application path: E:\Profile\Desktop\FAHBench_1_0\FAHBench.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\amdocl.dll
Report Id: 76f70a29-90a8-11e2-be75-5404a62f4a2d
Faulting package full name: 
Faulting package-relative application ID: 
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="Application Error" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>100</Task>
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-03-19T15:20:00.000000000Z" />
    <EventRecordID>2711</EventRecordID>
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer>BigDaddy</Computer>
    <Security />
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data>FAHBench.exe</Data>
    <Data>0.0.0.0</Data>
    <Data>5147ef74</Data>
    <Data>amdocl.dll</Data>
    <Data>10.0.1124.2</Data>
    <Data>51423b21</Data>
    <Data>c0000005</Data>
    <Data>0097a0e4</Data>
    <Data>2180</Data>
    <Data>01ce24b522c2307b</Data>
    <Data>E:\Profile\Desktop\FAHBench_1_0\FAHBench.exe</Data>
    <Data>C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\amdocl.dll</Data>
    <Data>76f70a29-90a8-11e2-be75-5404a62f4a2d</Data>
    <Data>
    </Data>
    <Data>
    </Data>
  </EventData>
</Event>

[bruce]

Not sure if this is a bug or not but I did try to bench the CPU but FAHBench crashed with this:

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Log Name:      Application
Source:        Application Error
Date:          2013-03-19 11:20:00
Event ID:      1000
Task Category: (100)
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:
Description:
Faulting application name: FAHBench.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x5147ef74
Faulting module name: amdocl.dll, version: 10.0.1124.2, time stamp: 0x51423b21
Exception code: 0xc0000005

This is a known issue. In theory, a CPU can be considered an OpenCL device and applications can be created that will use them. Whether this is a driver issue or a code issue, there's no urgency to fix it. Multiprocessor CPUs do quite well running the FahCores available for SMP. (FAHBench and FahCore_17 are being developed specifically for GPUs.) I suppose if FAH didn't have any code to run on multiprocessors, there would be a good reason to develop a multithreaded way to process WUs on CPUs and OpenCL would be one way to do it but I doubt there's any benefit in working on it any time soon.

[bruce]

Running the FAHBench 1.0 (either CLI or GUI) gives
FAHBench.exe - System Error
The program can't start because MSVCP100.dll is missing from
your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.

It crashes when I click on the icon or when I type it's name in the CLI. I should not be required to install prerequisites ... or if things cannot be delivered with the download, at least it should give a clear message about what is required rather than a crash message that suggests it might be fixed by reinstalling FAHBench.

[jimerickson]

you need visual studio 2010

[calkapokole]

FAHBench 1.0

Lenovo IdeaPad Y580 BIOS 2.07 Chipset Intel HM76
Intel Core i7-3610QM 2.3-3.3 GHz 6 MB L3 22 nm TDP 45 W
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M (GK107) 2 GB 28 nm:
- GPU 835@1236 MHz (48% OC)
- GDDR5 1000@1250 (4000@5000 effective) MHz (25% OC)
Patriot 16 GB DDR3 1600 MHz 11-11-11-28-1 Dual Channel (2 x 8 GB)
Western Digital Scorpio Black WD7500BPKT 2.5" 750 GB 7200 RPM 16 MB cache
Windows 7 Professional SP1 (x64) ForceWare 310.90 WHQL

GTX 660M - Single Precision

CUDA:
Explicit Solvent: 8.65974 ns/day
Implicit Solvent: 41.5604 ns/day

OpenCL:
Explicit Solvent: 5.5993 ns/day
Implicit Solvent: 28.8163 ns/day

GTX 660M - Double Precision

CUDA:
Explicit Solvent: 1.42982 ns/day
Implicit Solvent: 2.07559 ns/day

OpenCL:
Explicit Solvent: 1.4171 ns/day
Implicit Solvent: 1.81314 ns/day

i7-3610QM (OpenCL)

Single Precision:
Explicit Solvent: 2.80358 ns/day
Implicit Solvent: 2.81797 ns/day

Double Precision:
Explicit Solvent: 2.04975 ns/day
Implicit Solvent: 2.22965 ns/day

EDIT: added results for i7-3610QM.