Posts by scott

1) Message boards : Number crunching : Why are my 'Remaining' time estimates so far off? (Message 98235)
Posted 19 Jul 2020 by scott
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Well, after updating to the newest version and changing the time setting in my profile to 8 hours, it still appears to be doing the same thing. After updating, it also downloaded more than it is currently running, though I usually have it stop between sets of tasks so they stay on the same schedule, and it hasn't downloaded extra tasks before the update. They aren't any smaller, so I'm not sure why they populated, but they are probably based on the incorrect estimate of 8 hours. I can get these done before the deadline, but I was just curious why it happened after updating?

Picture of current tasks:

https://imgur.com/a/7AJutph
2) Message boards : Number crunching : Why are my 'Remaining' time estimates so far off? (Message 98203)
Posted 18 Jul 2020 by scott
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As it is, there are signs of heavy usage of that system- the CPU time & Runtime show a difference of an hour and a quarter
Run time 1 days 1 hours 12 min 51 sec
CPU time 1 days 0 hours  0 min  2 sec
On a lighly used system i would expect a difference of maybe 5min over 24hrs of processing.


Yea fairly decent usage. I also have it set to use 100% of the CPUs 80% of the time, and to stop when non-BOINC is over 75%, which doesn't happen too often.

OK, looking at the results- you aren't using the default Target CPU time which is 8 hours, you've set it to 24 hours. The Estimated times (as i understand it) were meant to be determined now by your Targe CPU time.


Oh ok, thank you! I went into the settings and changed it.

Just as a heads up, you are running an older version of BOINC. I suggest you download the current version. https://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php


Thanks, I will upgrade after these tasks finish!

My current ones are showing 11 hours down and 16 left, so it might be a bit more accurate. We'll see with the next batch! Thanks for the help everyone!
3) Message boards : Number crunching : Why are my 'Remaining' time estimates so far off? (Message 98134)
Posted 16 Jul 2020 by scott
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Hi Everyone!

I have been running BOINC on my desktop, which has a Ryzen 2600 (12-cores @ 3.66) and 16GB of memory, and when I start a task, it estimates that they will take 8-hours to compete, but end up taking about 24 hours to complete.

Why is the estimate so far off of the actual time required? I have linked a screenshot of my BOINC window and the properties of one of the tasks.

https://imgur.com/a/vrkpngV

Thank you for your help!
4) Questions and Answers : Windows : How do you know which tasks have graphics? (Message 92223)
Posted 24 Mar 2020 by scott
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I don't see many Rosetta tasks with GPU processing, if any. I don't think their system is set up to use it.

You can tell which ones are running on your GPU in the BOINC Advanced View under the 'Tasks' tab. Under the 'Status' column, it will note the GPU/CPU resources for the ones that do have GPU processing.

[img]https://imgur.com/a/DvlQBNs I hope this works.






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