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Thanks to everyone for your suggestions, and the facts about the Intel chip, helping me to get the outcome I had hoped for, and to get educated a bit in the process!

Since my report above had the same info I turned off Cores 1,2,4, and 8 in one work unit for 10 frames. TPF averaged 3.5% LONGER than when all Cores were active running in FahCore_a8.exe. So it appears on my machine, it makes sense to let all ten cores fold, at least with this one WU. Core Speed Mul...

I ran a few quick tests (5-10 frames) using 6, 8, and 10 cores on the same WU. 10 cores was consistently about 20% faster per frame than 6 cores, with 8 cores about half way in between (possibly a bit closer in speed to 1the 10 -core run). I certainly wouldn't want to draw any firm conclusions from ...

Yeah, the worst thing for FAH is folding on more threads than physically available, your issue was 10 threads crammed into 4 CPUs, leading to almost zero PPD. Glad to hear it works well on your side now! You might also want to benchmark and compare how well 6 threads perform V/s 10 threads. E-cores...

... It is also possible, your CPU is overheating Not overheating, but I checked the Windows Power settings and found the Power Mode set to "Best Efficiency." When I changed it to "Best Performance," TPF dropped from about 16.5 minutes/frame to about 4 minutes per frame. Switchin...

Your CPU has performance (6) and eco (4) cores. Go into fah settings an set the CPU slider to 6, to fold on 6 Performance cores, and let eco cores be.... See how those 6 cores perform Sorry, that didn't have any effect. I reset to use all 10 cores. I'm wondering now if there is a Windows 11 setting...

I'm not a hi-tech person, so excuse me if I'm not understanding all the jargon or need more clarity on attempts to help me. Is this the information requested? CPU Intel Core Cores 10 Threads 10 Name Intel Core Code Name Arrow Lake Specification Intel Core Ultra 5 225 Family 6 Extended Family 6 Model...

I replaced my PC in September, and until about two weeks ago I had been earning about 400,000 points/day. Since then, however, I am averaging only about 30,000, more than a 90% drop. I checked my settings and they haven't changed: 10 cores available, always folding. I noticed that only four cores se...

This should be fixed now for WUs assigned today and onwards. A setting was changed a couple days ago as part of the project being moved to a new server and has been corrected. Got another one 5 hours ago. Currently running at estimated 2805 PPD, about one-third of what I normally earn. Problem is n...

I just came to the forum to check on this very issue. Am running on a 10-year old PC, where I usually earn about 8000-9000 PPD on my WUs. This WU (project:16927 run:7 clone:956 gen:3) earned about 2500 PPD, and took over a day to complete (total points: 2793).

Thanks bruce. That may be the answer. Apparently, a Windows update was started overnight (despite my having temporarily suspended any updates) that caused my PC to shut down and do an initial reboot. Once I discovered this, I rebooted again (for a total of three), which apparently completed the upda...

Thanks gs60. I checked and I only have one instance of the three F@H processes running that are referred to in the link you shared.

First, some background. About 17 hours ago, I noticed I had four completed WU that were sitting in queue waiting to be successfully uploaded, and a fifth that was actively folding. [I only fold one CPU WU at a time.] I wound up rebooting and while the four completed work units no longer appear in my...

Thanks bruce!

Been over a week since the last post on this topic. I am having the same issue. Any diagnosis of the problem and/or estimate for when bonus points will be assigned again? Not critical, but will bonus points be assigned to completed WU retroactively?