I have two new computers folding, a desktop and laptop. The desktop is performing MUCH better than the laptop, and I don't know why the gap is so high. Just want to make sure I shouldn't be tuning anything on the laptop.
What most seems to be underperforming is the laptop CPU.
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Desktop CPU: i5-9400F, 6 cores
Running 7.6.13 beta (because 7.6.9 wouldn't pick up the GPU)
Roughly 125K steps an hour (default FAH settings, CPU threads set to -1)
When folding at full power, CPU at 100% on all 6 cores [but I can still use the computer for other things with almost no noticeable impact on my user experience]
Desktop GPU: Nvidia GTX 1660 Ti
Roughly 350K steps an hour (default FAH settings, all I did was add the GPU slot)
Laptop CPU: i7-10510U, 4 physical/8 logical cores
Running 7.6.9
Roughly 40K steps an hour
When folding at full power, CPU utilization under 15% always, and 6 of the 8 cores are always parked
[I understand what "parked" means, but given that Windows does this automatically I don't want to override it without clear guidance from you.]
Tried explicitly setting FAH CPU cores to 8, I briefly saw all 8 cores utilized and CPU up at 100%, walked away, came back to the desk again a few min later and it was back down to 2 cores and ~10%
Right now CPU cores are set to 4 (and it's showing
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<cpus v='4'/>Laptop GPU: Nvidia MX250
Roughly 30K steps an hour
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Will post the tail end of the laptop log below, stripping out some of the junk.