That is wrong. For the sake of simplicity, the screen capture of the webpage I posted above uses its calculation of PPD PER CORE. Go to that website before stating that 7im is right about how PPD are calculated.uncle_fungus wrote:Actually 7im is correct.imzjustplayin wrote:First off that is wrong, the SMP benchmark is NOT 1780PPD. One of the SMP projects IS 1760 points. If you run the SMP project on two processors and it finishes in one day, that comes out to 880PPD. The PPD are calculated PER CORE, if you're not going to read what I have to say and the evidence I have provided, then need not reply.
All SMP projects are benchmarked such that they will achieve 1760PPD on the SMP benchmark machine.
All regular projects are benchmarked such that they will achieve 110PPD on the regular benchmark machine.
Saying that PPD is calculated per core is total nonsense. PPD is just how many points per day you get for any given project.
PPD is only given per core on fahinfo.org to simplify the data analysis.
They calculate PPD per core because there are single and multiple processor systems out there. If you were to say I get 1100PPD! I'd be like, wow that's great. Then you say "well I do have a Core2quad" and I'd be like, oh, I see.. Saying the PPD is meaningless unless you know how many processors are involved and then that just adds unnecessary confusion and calculation and therefore it's much simplier and smarter to use PPD PER CORE and not per project as a whole. Don't forget, we're comparing not only single and multi processor systems, but regular and SMP enabled projects.