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1) Since GPUs are so much better at trial factoring than CPUs, benchmarking no
longer times
prime95's trial factoring by default. Two new benchmarking options are avai
lable:
OnlyBenchThroughput and OnlyBenchMaxCPUs. See undoc.txt for details.
2) Slightly reduced the memory bandwidth requirements for several large FFTs.
May lead to
a very small speed increase for users testing 100 million digit numbers.
3) If running more than worker, prime95 looks for any sin/cos data that it can
share among
the workers. Depending on the FFT sizes you are running, this could lead to
a very slight
reduction in needed memory bandwidth.
4) Method for choosing the best FFT implementation changed. In previous versio
ns, the FFT
implementation that resulted in the fastest single worker timing was used.
In this version
the FFT implementation that had the best throughput was selected. For FMA3
FFTs I used a
4-core Skylake to measure best throughput. For AVX FFTs I used a 4-core San
dy Bridge
to measure best throughput. Not many FFTs were affected, but you may see a
few percent
variation in throughput with this version.
5) Improved AVX2 trial factoring in 64-bit executable. Trial factoring should
still be done
on a GPU. A GPU is on the order of 100 times more efficient at trial factor
ing than a CPU!!!
6) Trial factoring now defines one "iteration" as processing 128KB of sieve, or
1M possible
factors. In previous versions an iteration was defined as 16KB of sieve in
32-bit executables
and 48KB in 64-bit executables. The trial factoring benchmark still times p
rocessing 16KB of sieve.
7) Trial factoring in 64-bit executables is now multi-threaded.
8) On initial install, the default settings for number of worker windows will b
e set to
the number of cores / 4 with multithreading turned on.
9) The worker windows dialog box now enforces a minimum number of multi-threade
d cores for some
work types to ensure timely completion of assignments. Also, the worker win
dows menu choice
no longer allows assigning work to hyperthreads (they are rarely beneficial
in prime95).
This behavior can be overridden with the ConfigureHyperthreads undoc.txt fea
ture.
New features in Version 28.6 of prime95.exe
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1) The "days between sending new end dates" preference now accepts values betwe
en 0.125 and
7.0 (was between 1 and 7). This lets you contact the server as frequently a
s every three
hours. This can be useful in conjunction with the server feature that sends
an email to
you if the computer is more than one hour late contacting the server. To tu
rn on that
server feature, go to the CPUs web page, and click on the CPU, there you can
turn on a
couple of email features.
2) AVX2 support for trial factoring. About a 50% speedup over the previous ver
sion. However,
all trial factoring should still be done on a GPU. A GPU is on the order of
100 times more
efficient at trial factoring than a CPU!!!
New features in Version 28.5 of prime95.exe
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1) Changed the output to the worker windows during LL and PRP tests. The new o
utput includes
the estimated time to complete the test. There are two new options describe
d in undoc.txt:
ClassicOutput and OutputRoundoff.
2) Added some new options described in undoc.txt: ScaleOutputFrequency, TitleOu
tputFrequency,
and SilentVictoryPRP.
3) Benchmarking on hyperthreaded machines now times only the most common cases.
Specifically,
hyperthreading is used only in the one cpu and all cpu cases.
4) Benchmarking trial factoring is now off by default. Prime95 should not be u
sed for trial
factoring. GPUs are about 100 times more efficient at that task.
5) On multi-core machines, benchmarks are now run on multiple workers. This me
asures the effect
of memory bandwidth during testing and helps you select the setup that gives
you the most throughput.
6) There are many new options described in undoc.txt to customize the benchmark
ing process.
7) In build 2, added a preference to bypass some of Mac OS X Mavericks' power s
aving features.