How to verify GPU is -really- being used by seti@home

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Swabbie Send message Joined: 6 Feb 18 Posts: 13 Credit: 13,236,190 RAC: 13	Message 1989321 - Posted: 8 Apr 2019, 20:19:32 UTC Time was I could see the GPU usage at 100% on the image below of CPUID HWmonitor. It shows CPU is 100% but GPU usage is questionable. Any opinions or suggestions to verify that my 1060 is really being used to it's full capacity? Thanks, Joe (image and log below) [https://postimg.cc/xk2R9GVJ] [https://i.postimg.cc/KYKsrQ9N/Seti-Graphic-usage.jpg] 4/8/2019 1:37:10 PM \| SETI@home \| Started upload of blc22_2bit_guppi_58406_25930_HIP20901_0100.19701.818.21.44.95.vlar_0_r1381117556_0 4/8/2019 1:37:12 PM \| SETI@home \| Finished upload of blc22_2bit_guppi_58406_25930_HIP20901_0100.19701.818.21.44.95.vlar_0_r1381117556_0 4/8/2019 1:40:12 PM \| \| Suspending computation - CPU is busy 4/8/2019 1:40:33 PM \| \| Resuming computation 4/8/2019 1:40:56 PM \| SETI@home \| Computation for task blc22_2bit_guppi_58406_26617_HIP20917_0102.19094.818.22.45.67.vlar_1 finished 4/8/2019 1:40:56 PM \| SETI@home \| Starting task blc22_2bit_guppi_58406_26617_HIP20917_0102.13816.409.22.45.116.vlar_1 4/8/2019 1:40:58 PM \| SETI@home \| Started upload of blc22_2bit_guppi_58406_26617_HIP20917_0102.19094.818.22.45.67.vlar_1_r1910062098_0 4/8/2019 1:41:00 PM \| SETI@home \| Finished upload of blc22_2bit_guppi_58406_26617_HIP20917_0102.19094.818.22.45.67.vlar_1_r1910062098_0 4/8/2019 1:43:29 PM \| SETI@home \| Computation for task blc22_2bit_guppi_58406_28625_HIP21029_0108.19580.818.22.45.150.vlar_1 finished 4/8/2019 1:43:29 PM \| SETI@home \| Starting task blc22_2bit_guppi_58406_28625_HIP21029_0108.13763.409.21.44.233.vlar_0 4/8/2019 1:43:31 PM \| SETI@home \| Started upload of blc22_2bit_guppi_58406_28625_HIP21029_0108.19580.818.22.45.150.vlar_1_r16748046_0 4/8/2019 1:43:35 PM \| SETI@home \| Finished upload of blc22_2bit_guppi_58406_28625_HIP21029_0108.19580.818.22.45.150.vlar_1_r16748046_0 4/8/2019 1:48:34 PM \| \| Suspending computation - CPU is busy 4/8/2019 1:48:44 PM \| \| Resuming computation 4/8/2019 1:59:13 PM \| SETI@home \| Computation for task blc22_2bit_guppi_58406_26949_HIP20491_0103.21371.0.21.44.200.vlar_0 finished 4/8/2019 1:59:13 PM \| SETI@home \| Starting task blc22_2bit_guppi_58406_27943_HIP20917_0106.21383.0.22.45.22.vlar_0 4/8/2019 1:59:15 PM \| SETI@home \| Started upload of blc22_2bit_guppi_58406_26949_HIP20491_0103.21371.0.21.44.200.vlar_0_r848817680_0 4/8/2019 1:59:19 PM \| SETI@home \| Finished upload of blc22_2bit_guppi_58406_26949_HIP20491_0103.21371.0.21.44.200.vlar_0_r848817680_0 4/8/2019 2:01:25 PM \| \| Suspending computation - CPU is busy 4/8/2019 2:01:45 PM \| \| Resuming computation 4/8/2019 2:08:06 PM \| \| Suspending computation - CPU is busy 4/8/2019 2:08:46 PM \| \| Resuming computation 4/8/2019 2:13:03 PM \| SETI@home \| Computation for task blc22_2bit_guppi_58406_25930_HIP20901_0100.19701.818.21.44.93.vlar_1 finished 4/8/2019 2:13:03 PM \| SETI@home \| Starting task blc22_2bit_guppi_58406_27612_HIP20531_0105.13806.409.21.44.47.vlar_0 4/8/2019 2:13:05 PM \| SETI@home \| Started upload of blc22_2bit_guppi_58406_25930_HIP20901_0100.19701.818.21.44.93.vlar_1_r1945097066_0 4/8/2019 2:13:09 PM \| SETI@home \| Finished upload of blc22_2bit_guppi_58406_25930_HIP20901_0100.19701.818.21.44.93.vlar_1_r1945097066_0 4/8/2019 2:14:11 PM \| SETI@home \| Sending scheduler request: To report completed tasks. 4/8/2019 2:14:11 PM \| SETI@home \| Reporting 9 completed tasks 4/8/2019 2:14:11 PM \| SETI@home \| Requesting new tasks for CPU and NVIDIA GPU 4/8/2019 2:14:13 PM \| SETI@home \| Scheduler request completed: got 5 new tasks 4/8/2019 2:14:15 PM \| SETI@home \| Started download of blc22_2bit_guppi_58406_28625_HIP21029_0108.2534.0.22.45.126.vlar 4/8/2019 2:14:15 PM \| SETI@home \| Started download of blc22_2bit_guppi_58406_28625_HIP21029_0108.2534.0.22.45.137.vlar 4/8/2019 2:14:18 PM \| SETI@home \| Finished download of blc22_2bit_guppi_58406_28625_HIP21029_0108.2534.0.22.45.126.vlar 4/8/2019 2:14:18 PM \| SETI@home \| Finished download of blc22_2bit_guppi_58406_28625_HIP21029_0108.2534.0.22.45.137.vlar 4/8/2019 2:14:18 PM \| SETI@home \| Started download of blc22_2bit_guppi_58406_31368_HIP21036_0116.1327.818.22.45.11.vlar 4/8/2019 2:14:18 PM \| SETI@home \| Started download of blc22_2bit_guppi_58406_31368_HIP21036_0116.1327.818.22.45.72.vlar 4/8/2019 2:14:21 PM \| SETI@home \| Finished download of blc22_2bit_guppi_58406_31368_HIP21036_0116.1327.818.22.45.11.vlar 4/8/2019 2:14:21 PM \| SETI@home \| Finished download of blc22_2bit_guppi_58406_31368_HIP21036_0116.1327.818.22.45.72.vlar 4/8/2019 2:14:21 PM \| SETI@home \| Started download of blc22_2bit_guppi_58406_28625_HIP21029_0108.2534.0.22.45.119.vlar 4/8/2019 2:14:24 PM \| SETI@home \| Finished download of blc22_2bit_guppi_58406_28625_HIP21029_0108.2534.0.22.45.119.vlar 4/8/2019 2:28:53 PM \| SETI@home \| Computation for task blc22_2bit_guppi_58406_27943_HIP20917_0106.21383.0.22.45.22.vlar_0 finished 4/8/2019 2:28:53 PM \| SETI@home \| Starting task blc22_2bit_guppi_58406_25930_HIP20901_0100.31354.409.22.45.80.vlar_0 4/8/2019 2:28:55 PM \| SETI@home \| Started upload of blc22_2bit_guppi_58406_27943_HIP20917_0106.21383.0.22.45.22.vlar_0_r1629718021_0 4/8/2019 2:28:58 PM \| SETI@home \| Finished upload of blc22_2bit_guppi_58406_27943_HIP20917_0106.21383.0.22.45.22.vlar_0_r1629718021_0 4/8/2019 2:51:11 PM \| SETI@home \| Computation for task blc22_2bit_guppi_58406_25930_HIP20901_0100.31354.409.22.45.80.vlar_0 finished 4/8/2019 2:51:11 PM \| SETI@home \| Starting task blc22_2bit_guppi_58406_25930_HIP20901_0100.31423.0.22.45.110.vlar_1 ID: 1989321 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51521 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 1989322 - Posted: 8 Apr 2019, 20:24:03 UTC Try SIV. It shows total system usage and many other parameters. Meow. "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." ID: 1989322 ·

Keith Myers Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 29 Apr 01 Posts: 13164 Credit: 1,160,866,277 RAC: 1,873	Message 1989323 - Posted: 8 Apr 2019, 20:24:38 UTC Probably the easiest is run nvidia-smi in a command window. It will show both the utilization and power usage of the card while crunching. The utility is installed by default with the Nvidia drivers. It is located at C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVSMI in Windows. Seti@Home classic workunits:20,676 CPU time:74,226 hours A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association) ID: 1989323 ·

Joseph Stateson Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 27 May 99 Posts: 309 Credit: 70,759,933 RAC: 3	Message 1989324 - Posted: 8 Apr 2019, 20:39:57 UTC Techpowerup's GPUz is excellent. They also have a database of GPU firmware [/img] ID: 1989324 ·

Swabbie Send message Joined: 6 Feb 18 Posts: 13 Credit: 13,236,190 RAC: 13	Message 1989334 - Posted: 8 Apr 2019, 22:31:29 UTC - in response to Message 1989324. Thanks for the direction. Below is a similar image from my computer: https://postimg.cc/YjdXB2f6 I should mention that I must run Boinc in administrator mode. If I don't do this, Bonic gets stuck with an error (below) I know this isn't normal, but it's a quick work-a-round and I don't know how to fix the underlying problem. I wonder if this is a factor in my GPU performance. https://postimg.cc/SXZrFDcy ID: 1989334 ·

Keith Myers Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 29 Apr 01 Posts: 13164 Credit: 1,160,866,277 RAC: 1,873	Message 1989337 - Posted: 8 Apr 2019, 23:56:01 UTC - in response to Message 1989334. My first thought is your firewall is blocking the Manager. https://boinc.mundayweb.com/wiki/index.php?title=BOINC_Manager_cannot_connect_to_a_client Seti@Home classic workunits:20,676 CPU time:74,226 hours A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association) ID: 1989337 ·

Joseph Stateson Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 27 May 99 Posts: 309 Credit: 70,759,933 RAC: 3	Message 1989343 - Posted: 9 Apr 2019, 1:44:08 UTC - in response to Message 1989334. Thanks for the direction. Below is a similar image from my computer: https://postimg.cc/YjdXB2f6 Wow! Your temps are at 99c ! that would fry any of my socket 1366 CPUs. I did see that your processor is rated at 100c so it is good to go (maybe). If you have a laptop I might be concerned about the heating on adjacent components. you might look into using tthrottle to control temps and report them back to BoincTasks. http://www.efmer.eu/ ID: 1989343 ·

Grant (SSSF) Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13903 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304	Message 1989359 - Posted: 9 Apr 2019, 5:35:54 UTC - in response to Message 1989343. Last modified: 9 Apr 2019, 5:43:13 UTC Wow! Your temps are at 99c ! that would fry any of my socket 1366 CPUs. And the clock speed is only 140MHz- due to thermal throtlling, and there is no indication of fan speed. I'd check your GPU and make sure the fans are running before it dies completely. Grant Darwin NT ID: 1989359 ·

Tom M Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 28 Nov 02 Posts: 5126 Credit: 276,046,078 RAC: 462	Message 1989469 - Posted: 10 Apr 2019, 13:50:02 UTC If you have a Windows laptop that is running "too hot" there are two other things, besides opening it up and getting all the fuzz out, that might help. A "cooling table" which is essentially a fan in a table that fits under your laptop. This helps because it forces more air through the machine. Some versions run off the laptop's USB port. Others require an external power supply. All I have seen are under $50USD. I have had good luck with temperature throttling of BOINC apps (cpu and gpu) based on a windows application. I like "TThrottle" https://boinc.berkeley.edu/addon_item.php?platform=win&item=http%3A%2F%2Fefmer.eu%2Fboinc%2F from the addons list. My experience with laptops is they have a tendency to run even hotter than desktops even if the cpu has a lower speedlimit. Tom A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association). ID: 1989469 ·

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