Low GPU utilization

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mmajcica
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Low GPU utilization

Post by mmajcica »

I recently started folding. CPU is not an issue, I can saturate all of the resources I have, however, GPU never goes over 45% of utilization.

Following are the logs I'm seeing.

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*********************** Log Started 2020-03-22T07:51:44Z ***********************
07:51:44:************************* Folding@home Client *************************
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07:51:44:         Author: Joseph Coffland <joseph@cauldrondevelopment.com>
07:51:44:           Args: --open-web-control
07:51:44:         Config: C:\Users\mario\AppData\Roaming\FAHClient\config.xml
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07:51:44:       Platform: win32 10
07:51:44:           Bits: 32
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07:51:44:            CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1700X Eight-Core Processor
07:51:44:         CPU ID: AuthenticAMD Family 23 Model 1 Stepping 1
07:51:44:           CPUs: 16
07:51:44:         Memory: 31.93GiB
07:51:44:    Free Memory: 26.88GiB
07:51:44:        Threads: WINDOWS_THREADS
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07:51:44:    Has Battery: false
07:51:44:     On Battery: false
07:51:44:     UTC Offset: 1
07:51:44:            PID: 16060
07:51:44:            CWD: C:\Users\mario\AppData\Roaming\FAHClient
07:51:44:             OS: Windows 10 Enterprise
07:51:44:        OS Arch: AMD64
07:51:44:           GPUs: 1
07:51:44:          GPU 0: Bus:12 Slot:0 Func:0 NVIDIA:7 GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] 4372
07:51:44:  CUDA Device 0: Platform:0 Device:0 Bus:12 Slot:0 Compute:6.1 Driver:10.2
07:51:44:OpenCL Device 0: Platform:0 Device:0 Bus:12 Slot:0 Compute:1.2 Driver:442.19
07:51:44:  Win32 Service: false
07:51:44:***********************************************************************
07:51:44:<config>
07:51:44:  <!-- Network -->
07:51:44:  <proxy v=':8080'/>
07:51:44:
07:51:44:  <!-- Slot Control -->
07:51:44:  <power v='full'/>
07:51:44:
07:51:44:  <!-- User Information -->
07:51:44:  <passkey v='********************************'/>
07:51:44:  <team v='223518'/>
07:51:44:  <user v='mmajcica'/>
07:51:44:
07:51:44:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
07:51:44:  <slot id='0' type='CPU'>
07:51:44:    <cpus v='8'/>
07:51:44:  </slot>
07:51:44:  <slot id='1' type='GPU'>
07:51:44:    <gpu-index v='0'/>
07:51:44:  </slot>
07:51:44:</config>
07:51:45:Trying to access database...
07:51:45:Successfully acquired database lock
07:51:45:Enabled folding slot 00: READY cpu:8
07:51:45:Enabled folding slot 01: READY gpu:0:GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] 4372
07:51:45:WU02:FS01:Starting
07:51:45:WU02:FS01:Running FahCore: "C:\Program Files (x86)\FAHClient/FAHCoreWrapper.exe" C:\Users\mario\AppData\Roaming\FAHClient\cores/cores.foldingathome.org/v7/win/64bit/Core_22.fah/FahCore_22.exe -dir 02 -suffix 01 -version 705 -lifeline 16060 -checkpoint 15 -gpu-vendor nvidia -opencl-platform 0 -opencl-device 0 -cuda-device 0 -gpu 0
Any ideas on why I can't get GPU to have a higher load?
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Jesse_V
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Re: Low GPU utilization

Post by Jesse_V »

How are you seeing the GPU utilization? What tool are you pulling this from?
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HaloJones
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Re: Low GPU utilization

Post by HaloJones »

download MSI Afterburner or GPU-Z which will show you the true GPU utlisiation. Windows reports very inaccurately.
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uyaem
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Re: Low GPU utilization

Post by uyaem »

Check this thread for why you might be seeing is misleading: viewtopic.php?f=61&t=33023
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mmajcica
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Re: Low GPU utilization

Post by mmajcica »

I was looking at the windows task manager, performance tab.

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It looks like this.

I'll try with another tool. Though I see that GPU Temperature gets to 70C
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uyaem
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Re: Low GPU utilization

Post by uyaem »

Switch one of the "drop-downs", like "video encode", to "CUDA" or "Compute_0", you'll see that it is near 100%.
Why that is, is roughly explained in the thread I linked before. :)
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mmajcica
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Re: Low GPU utilization

Post by mmajcica »

I just ran GPU-Z and it is running at full. Thanks
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