Re: [WCG] 8 Core Xeon not crunching at full capacity

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HiVolt Premium join:2000-12-28 Toronto, ON clubs: ·TekSavvy Solutions.. ·Bell Sympatico	reply to HiVolt Re: [WCG] 8 Core Xeon not crunching at full capacity And here's output from "top" in terminal. Processes: 73 total, 10 running, 2 stuck, 61 sleeping... 303 threads 14:50:10 Load Avg: 7.25, 7.23, 7.46 CPU usage: 22.09% user, 65.45% sys, 12.46% idle SharedLibs: num = 8, resident = 84M code, 248K data, 5192K linkedit. MemRegions: num = 8399, resident = 483M + 18M private, 158M shared. PhysMem: 519M wired, 847M active, 63M inactive, 1451M used, 4693M free. VM: 8203M + 371M 64983(0) pageins, 0(0) pageouts PID COMMAND %CPU TIME #TH #PRTS #MREGS RPRVT RSHRD RSIZE VSIZE 2682 top 5.5% 0:06.96 1 18 29 1964K 188K 2560K 18M 2673 bash 0.0% 0:00.01 1 14 19 268K 184K 916K 18M 2672 login 0.0% 0:00.02 1 17 55 284K 228K 1056K 19M 2671 Terminal 1.2% 0:03.65 3 100 175 3148K 17M 13M 367M 2648 Preview 0.0% 0:00.84 13 141 259 8364K 21M 14M 390M 2597 cupsd 0.0% 0:00.03 2 30 30 484K 228K 1400K 19M 2571 mdworker 0.0% 0:00.44 4 72 52 1092K 8468K 4084K 34M 2570 mdworker 0.0% 0:00.16 3 51 32 700K 9724K 2580K 33M 2097 LKDCHelper 0.0% 0:00.01 1 18 23 204K 184K 860K 19M 1330 wcg_hcc1_i 84.8% 2:31:52 2 15 92 37M+ 2076K 37M+ 57M 1329 wcg_hcc1_i 84.6% 2:31:42 2 15 100 38M+ 2076K 39M+ 59M+ 1328 wcg_hcc1_i 85.0% 2:31:46 2 15 112 41M- 2076K 42M+ 62M+ 1327 wcg_hcc1_i 84.6% 2:31:46 2 15 128 45M+ 2076K 46M+ 66M+ 1326 wcg_hcc1_i 84.5% 2:31:37 2 15 128 45M 2076K 46M+ 66M 1325 wcg_hcc1_i 85.0% 2:31:41 2 15 128 45M- 2076K 46M+ 66M 1324 wcg_hcc1_i 84.8% 2:31:50 2 15 128 45M- 2076K 46M- 66M- 1323 wcg_hcc1_i 84.9% 2:31:51 2 15 128 45M- 2076K 46M+ 66M+ 1319 boinc 0.1% 0:16.97 1 19 42 3924K 252K 6348K 21M 1317 BOINCManag 0.5% 1:05.53 1 77 170 7432K 23M 17M 373M 153 AppleSpell 0.0% 0:00.06 1 29 31 592K 8600K 2948K 34M 149 BBNotifica 0.0% 0:00.40 9 92 149 2452K 14M 6216K 328M 143 TeamViewer 0.1% 0:19.02 5 88 151 3928K 11M 11M 355M 141 Mail 0.1% 5:44.25 30 291 609 23M 43M 54M 454M 138 usbmuxd 0.0% 0:00.00 2 21 26 204K 184K 700K 19M 137 Stickies 0.0% 0:01.34 1 77 163 2684K 16M 7372K 351M 136 iTunesHelp 0.0% 0:00.04 2 53 47 540K 3156K 2360K 281M 133 Google Upd 0.0% 0:00.07 1 56 38 500K 7260K 2444K 290M 128 pboard 0.0% 0:00.00 1 15 23 152K 184K 588K 19M 126 Finder 0.0% 0:07.75 6 183 255 5504K 31M 16M 386M 125 SystemUISe 0.3% 0:38.68 13 282 387 6100K 20M 12M 366M 124 ATSServer 0.0% 0:05.66 2 98 952 1420K 7664K 7584K 130M 123 Dock 0.0% 0:06.38 3 131 353 3684K 45M 15M 398M 122 coreaudiod 0.0% 0:00.32 2 140 51 1124K 1268K 2152K 20M 119 UserEventA 0.0% 0:00.18 2 153 84 708K 2896K 2172K 21M 118 Spotlight 0.0% 0:00.27 8 85 96 3092K 9896K 6080K 296M 116 AppleVNCSe 0.0% 0:00.17 2 60 40 2120K 5244K 3960K 282M 113 AirPort Ba 0.0% 0:00.19 1 58 114 2144K 10M 4512K 323M 112 GoogleSoft 0.0% 0:00.20 1 58 52 2192K 9812K 4760K 291M 108 launchd 0.0% 0:02.42 3 182 25 212K 296K 548K 18M 105 VNCPrivile 0.0% 0:00.00 1 16 24 148K 188K 624K 19M 92 pvsnatd 0.0% 0:01.69 3 26 28 200K 184K 528K 21M 79 llipd 0.0% 0:05.15 1 8 17 84K 184K 220K 18M 71 racoon 0.0% 0:00.06 1 14 27 228K 224K 1036K 18M 66 blued 0.0% 0:00.12 1 49 34 540K 5216K 1964K 28M 64 ioupsd 0.0% 0:00.88 1 30 23 404K 184K 1056K 18M 63 WindowServ 0.9% 3:16.49 11 250 897 5228K 42M 53M 406M 58 coreservic 0.0% 0:01.94 2 165 129 1760K 19M 18M 41M 51 krb5kdc 0.0% 0:00.02 1 17 43 476K 188K 1424K 18M 46 socketfilt 0.0% 0:00.47 3 35 25 608K 224K 1572K 18M 45 autofsd 0.0% 0:00.00 1 21 18 148K 184K 672K 18M 41 diskarbitr 0.0% 0:00.47 1 129 18 376K 184K 1000K 18M 39 dynamic_pa 0.0% 0:00.02 1 17 20 176K 184K 712K 18M 37 fseventsd 0.0% 0:01.26 10 77 51 1012K 184K 1540K 23M 36 hidd 0.0% 0:00.00 2 28 20 124K 192K 604K 18M 34 kdcmond 0.0% 0:01.31 2 24 19 264K 184K 1024K 18M 33 KernelEven 0.0% 0:00.00 2 20 19 160K 184K 652K 18M 32 loginwindo 0.0% 0:00.48 3 200 125 1660K 16M 5648K 299M 31 mds 0.0% 0:13.37 17 268 252 14M 8600K 16M 75M 30 RFBRegiste 0.0% 0:00.01 1 16 22 208K 184K 1060K 19M 26 SystemStar 0.0% 0:00.00 1 20 18 152K 184K 668K 18M 25 update 0.0% 0:07.21 1 13 17 76K 184K 284K 17M 24 ntpd 0.0% 0:01.25 1 15 19 196K 184K 836K 18M 21 securityd 0.0% 0:00.30 3 103 37 748K 224K 2040K 20M 18 launchd 0.0% 0:02.00 3 25 24 132K 296K 464K 18M 16 mDNSRespon 0.0% 0:01.24 2 41 30 1396K 224K 2368K 20M 15 distnoted 0.0% 0:01.93 1 52 18 296K 184K 776K 18M 14 configd 0.0% 0:09.79 3 169 71 640K 256K 1868K 19M 13 syslogd 0.0% 0:01.81 4 37 28 224K 188K 516K 19M 12 notifyd 0.0% 0:00.33 2 150 20 224K 188K 480K 18M 11 DirectoryS 0.0% 0:02.32 5 65 36 1724K 188K 3400K 21M 10 kextd 0.0% 0:00.46 2 32 19 644K 184K 1252K 18M 1 launchd 0.0% 0:02.35 3 103 25 236K 296K 568K 19M 0 kernel_tas 0.8% 6:47.01 65 2 750 18M 0 124M 358M -- ,,!,,('-'),,!,,
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bbarrera Premium,MVM join:2000-10-23 Sacramento, CA clubs:	Next time run "top -o cpu" to sort highest CPU processes first. Might want to check the 'nice' level of BOINC client and renice if possible. I've never understood the Mac OS X process scheduler, and there is a website with some good info (believe it is Amit Singh of Google).
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HiVolt Premium join:2000-12-28 Toronto, ON clubs: ·TekSavvy Solutions.. ·Bell Sympatico	said by bbarrera : Might want to check the 'nice' level of BOINC client and renice if possible. I've never understood the Mac OS X process scheduler, and there is a website with some good info (believe it is Amit Singh of Google). Can you explain how do I go about doing that? -- ,,!,,('-'),,!,,
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Dogfather Altitude is your friend Premium join:2007-12-26 Laguna Hills, CA ·Cox HSI ·MegaPath ·Verizon FIOS ·Cox VOIP ·Verizon west (ex G.. ·ViaTalk ·Time Warner VOIP ·RoadRunner Cable edit: September 17th, @05:05PM	»www.macosxhints.com/article.php?···85034927 I've also see a few utilities in my Google search like BeNicer »www.versiontracker.com/dyn/morei···sx/16534 that claim to make the process a bit quicker. EDIT - Just toyed with BeNicer and it may not like Leo...I get some errors and VT showed it only supported Tiger and earlier.
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ajeb Premium join:2002-04-18 Norristown, PA clubs:	This can't be this hard...lol. I'm running 99.3% to 100% on all eight cores. My process list looks the same as yours. The only thing seems to be that I'm using an older version of BOINC.
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HiVolt Premium join:2000-12-28 Toronto, ON clubs: ·TekSavvy Solutions.. ·Bell Sympatico	said by ajeb : This can't be this hard...lol. I'm running 99.3% to 100% on all eight cores. My process list looks the same as yours. The only thing seems to be that I'm using an older version of BOINC. I was running the same version of BOINC before, it was doing the same thing, so I downloaded the latest... Now, I've been thinking a bit... When I got this new 8-Core Mac Pro, I was upgrading my main workstation from a 4-Core Mac Pro that was moved to another part of the office... Now, All I did was move the hard drive over, it booted right up and I didn't think anything of it. Everything else has been working fine. Could the Kernel or something else not be handling the 8-cores properly because of this, and not letting a low priority process like BOINC access 100% of the cores when the system is idle? Could an archive & install from the DVD's that came with the 8-Core (10.5.4) do the trick perhaps? -- ,,!,,('-'),,!,,
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Dogfather Altitude is your friend Premium join:2007-12-26 Laguna Hills, CA	Try downloading the combo update for 10.5.5 which just came out yesterday. Perhaps there will be some magic in there for ya.
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ajeb Premium join:2002-04-18 Norristown, PA clubs: ·Verizon FIOS	reply to HiVolt Your using all cores so the system knows they're there. I can't see why the kernel would be written to handle them all. How about the EFI firmware update? »support.apple.com/kb/HT1237 Repair permission? »www.macworld.com/article/52220/2···ons.html Just throwing out things now...lol. I've been reading message boards for other projects using MAC and compiled a list of the stupid things. Are you using local preferences or web preferences? Things seem to run better for most with setting the preferences on the website of the project not locally. I set that up using the custom option of device profile on the WCG website. I have two profiles, one for my MAC, the other for my PCs. I found that Protein folding took forever to run and blocked it running on the MAC. Screen saver set to never? Run always in activity pull down? I'll keep looking.
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HiVolt Premium join:2000-12-28 Toronto, ON clubs:	What i'll do when I have some free time is to install a fresh OS copy on a spare hard drive... I have a feeling it's got something to do with me just transferring the hard drive from the old Mac Pro. -- ,,!,,('-'),,!,,
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HiVolt Premium join:2000-12-28 Toronto, ON clubs: ·TekSavvy Solutions.. ·Bell Sympatico edit: September 23rd, @10:46AM	Well, I had some free time today at work so I installed a clean copy of Leopard 10.5.4 (that came with the new Mac Pro). After installation, the first thing I did was Install Boinc... After running the test benchmarks at 100% on all 8 cores, once all 8 work units of HCC populated the spots, it dropped down from 100% to 85%. I'm at a loss for words. Is this beast of a machine simply not cut out for crunching? I don't get it... Edit: I also have XP Pro installed on this machine, and I just rebooted into it and installed Boinc, and it's happily crunching on all 8 cores. WTF is wrong with the Mac version? -- GO LEAFS GO!
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