SETI@MURC - Who is the fastest?

[Ant]

Hello fellow setees, received this in the mail today:

"Hi,

"The Register" is having a contest about trying to find the person and
hardware configuration that achieved the smallest time to analyze a work
unit. Since MatroxUsers have a team on it it would be nice to find out who's
the ONE ("And There Can Be Only One" ... at least at MatroxUsers).

Thanks

António Correia "

[Brian R.]

OK, who's running an Alpha processor?

[paulcs]

I think Manex is the fastest (4 hr 05 min 59.3 sec) followed by Rags (5 hr 13 min 06.9 sec).

Paul
paulcs@flashcom.net

[paulcs]

Arguably, the team member who worked the hardest for his one WU contribution is NawtyPentium75 (138 hr 09 min 30.9 sec). Whew! One suspects that handle is an exageration. That looks like a PalmPilot number.

Paul
paulcs@flashcom.net

[Rags]

My last 200 work units have been just under 3hrs each average.

Rags

[Brian R.]

Everyone, don't go by your average hours/wu if you have more than one computer. What is the average time from your fastest computer only? My best is around 5.5 hours, although some of my wu are finished in about 30 seconds


[This message has been edited by Brian R. (edited 14 April 2000).]

[Rags]

Hi Brian,

If you are referring that to me, I run only one computer, so what you see is my "fastest" computer.

Rags

[paulcs]

Kind of an odd thing to ask of a Beta Tester, but ...

Post Your Specs!

We may be throwing you to the wolves, -er, I mean The Register.

Paul
paulcs@flashcom.net

[Brian R.]

No Rags, I was just talking in general.

[Rags]

Pentium class cpu, bx board, 128MB RAM, Matrox Card, sony floppy

[Ees]

The 20 fastest *average* WU times, from the top 200 MURCers:

<pre>
+----------------+------+--------+---------+
| name | rank | tot_wu | ave_cpu |
+----------------+------+--------+---------+
| Manex | 37 | 645 | 4.09 |
| Rags | 22 | 893 | 5.21 |
| KvHagedorn | 24 | 789 | 6.25 |
| Ace | 118 | 164 | 6.58 |
| Eye MD | 158 | 99 | 6.95 |
| T_Burgler | 155 | 102 | 7.00 |
| Martin | 117 | 164 | 7.53 |
| Guru | 40 | 602 | 7.57 |
| Rakido | 74 | 288 | 7.92 |
| Daniel Ackerot | 171 | 82 | 8.00 |
| hominid skull | 132 | 143 | 8.13 |
| Jakob Kruse | 31 | 729 | 8.19 |
| Batknight2 | 102 | 194 | 8.27 |
| Mark F. | 13 | 1424 | 8.75 |
| Greebe | 11 | 1556 | 8.92 |
| Dyre | 51 | 485 | 9.00 |
| Ees | 1 | 3892 | 9.01 |
| Jorden | 86 | 237 | 9.02 |
| VSA | 18 | 1051 | 9.12 |
| paulcs | 14 | 1335 | 9.14 |
+----------------+------+--------+---------+
</pre>

As Brian noted, this is generally not a good measure of the fastest system a person uses. Also note that "ave_cpu" is in decimal hours.

I'll measure my fastest system today, but I don't expect too much of it; in my case, it's the quantity that counts .

Martin

(Oops, that table didn't come out that well; does this fix it?)
(Well, not really, but at least it's readable...)

[This message has been edited by Ees (edited 14 April 2000).]

[paulcs]

Must be that Sony floppy.

Paul
paulcs@flashcom.net

[Rags]

Actuall that Sony floppy is the quietest and fastest one I have used to date....

[paulcs]

I like Sony floppies as well. I have trouble finding them though. So I settle for Teacs.

Paul
paulcs@flashcom.net

[This message has been edited by paulcs (edited 14 April 2000).]

[Greebe]

My Teac floppy gets it done in 3:15 ('bout time someone beat me!