excavator by NiceHash - multi-algorithm NVIDIA GPU miner [1.5.6a]

[MarkAz]

Unfortunately, you can't change the intensity/number of blocks for the equihash (the only algorithm where you can't do that).

Is that something that you're planning to add in a future update, or is it something that doesn't really apply to this algo?  Just wanting to know if I should keep an eye out for this, or figure something else out...

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[m1n1ngP4d4w4n]

since 1.3.8 i noticed a drop in keccak performance (7.1GH v1.3.7a) vs (6.6GH v1.3.8+) could you take a look ? (6x1080Ti rig)

I'll take a look into this. We haven't made any changes on keccak though.

I finally had some time to look at this.

Platform: Windows
Driver version: 390.65

Excavator version: 1.3.7a_nvidia | 3456 | 2017-11-17 13:26:36
GeForce GTX 1080: speed = 1.00 GH/s, 0.00 H/s, power usage = 179.39 W

Excavator version: 1.4.1a_nvidia | 4380 | 2018-01-22 10:16:39
GeForce GTX 1080: speed = 1.00 GH/s, 0.00 H/s, power usage = 179.11 W

It looks fine. I tested it on 1080 (not 1080 Ti) though, but it shouldn't be a difference.  Which OS are you using?

I use windows 10 enterprise, lemme recheck with 1.4.1 in both cuda 8 and 9

Yeah with 1.4.1 it's back to proper numbers, thanks for publishing this

[dropky]

Unfortunately, you can't change the intensity/number of blocks for the equihash (the only algorithm where you can't do that).

Is that something that you're planning to add in a future update, or is it something that doesn't really apply to this algo?  Just wanting to know if I should keep an eye out for this, or figure something else out...

No, we're not planning to add it. As you said it can't really be applied to equihash (cause of its implementation) - it's quite unique algorithm. 

[m1n1ngP4d4w4n]

Woah guys, i just installed on my 1080Ti rig the latest 390.65 nvidia drivers, and i tried the latest 1.4.1 excavator compiled in cuda9.1, you really did awesome this time guys.

Neoscrypt from 7MH to 8.4MH (6x1080Ti - 150W per card (TDP 60%) - OC  +120/+200)

Keccak from 7GH to 7.5GH (6x1080Ti - 150W per card (TDP 60%) - OC  +120/+200)

going to test out more algos, cards model

EDIT1 : no increase on good old 1070 and 1070Ti, but 1080Ti gain is huge.

[dropky]

Woah guys, i just installed on my 1080Ti rig the latest 390.65 nvidia drivers, and i tried the latest 1.4.1 excavator compiled in cuda9.1, you really did awesome this time guys.

Neoscrypt from 7MH to 8.4MH (6x1080Ti - 150W per card (TDP 60%) - OC  +120/+200)

Keccak from 7GH to 7.5GH (6x1080Ti - 150W per card (TDP 60%) - OC  +120/+200)

going to test out more algos, cards model

EDIT1 : no increase on good old 1070 and 1070Ti, but 1080Ti gain is huge.

Thanks! Speedups on 1080Ti are quite good!

Regarding 1070 cards, there should be some increase as well, but definitely not as big as on 1080Ti.

Here are the results of some quick benchmark on 1070 (stock settings):

Excavator version: 1.4.1a_nvidia
Algorithm: lyra2rev2
GeForce GTX 1070: speed = 42.22 MH/s, 0.00 H/s, power usage = 168.27 W
Algorithm: keccak
GeForce GTX 1070: speed = 803.26 MH/s, 0.00 H/s, power usage = 179.34 W

Excavator version: 1.4.1a_nvidia (CUDA 9.1)
Algorithm: lyra2rev2
GeForce GTX 1070: speed = 42.87 MH/s, 0.00 H/s, power usage = 170.12 W
Algorithm: keccak
GeForce GTX 1070: speed = 854.04 MH/s, 0.00 H/s, power usage = 179.22 W

Remark: Neoscrypt performs worse with CUDA 9.1 on 1070 cards - we already have a fix for it and hopefully a new version will be pushed out this week.

[lyolyalya]

always starting equihash with that json.

Code:

[
	{"time":0,"commands":[
		{"id":1,"method":"algorithm.add","params":["neoscrypt","yiimp.eu:4233","wallet:x"]}
	]},
	{"time":3,"commands":[
		{"id":1,"method":"worker.add","params":["0","0"]}
	]},
	{"time":10,"loop":10,"commands":[
		{"id":1,"method":"worker.print.speed","params":["0"]},
		{"id":1,"method":"algorithm.print.speeds","params":["0"]}
	]}
]

what i'm doing wrong?

[sir_blacks]

@lyolyalya be sure neo.json is in same place with excavator like location it look like it load default one with what it came program, same be sure neo.json what you create is with that extension & not have txt extension if you create with notepad

[dropky]

what i'm doing wrong?

Please run excavator with -d 0 parameter (excavator.exe -c neo.json -d 0) and post the output here.

[dropky]

Does anyone here have a problem with NeoScrypt speed lowering over time? If so, what are your hardware specs, OS, driver version? Which build are you running - CUDA 9.1 build or the standard one? Thanks!

[dropky]

We released a new version today - https://github.com/nicehash/excavator/releases/tag/v1.4.2a. Drivers 387.xx or more recent are required. New version includes speed improvements for neoscrypt and multiple bug fixes (including the one causing low hashrate on neoscrypt when switching from equihash).

[Kompik]

Is there a way to run a benchmark that will test all of the algos at once?

[m1n1ngP4d4w4n]

Holy hell guys, you again did it,

New version (1.4.2) 9.324 MH/s on my 6x1080Ti Rigs

The 1070 rigs have improved too !

6MH/s to 6.5MH/s it's still a bit under KlausT (6.7MH/s) but it's getting super close

[lyolyalya]

what i'm doing wrong?

Please run excavator with -d 0 parameter (excavator.exe -c neo.json -d 0) and post the output here.

C:\Users\lyo\Downloads\excavatorgui_0.12_win64\excavatorgui\excavator>excavator.exe -c neo.json -d 0

=========================== www.nicehash.com =========================
           Excavator v1.4.1a_nvidia (CUDA 9.1) GPU Miner for NiceHash.
           Copyright (C) 2017 NiceHash. All rights reserved.
                              Developed by
                djeZo, dropky, voidstar, and agiz
                   with help and contributions from
           zawawa, pallas, Vorksholk, bitbandi, ocminer, and Genoil.
=========================== www.nicehash.com =========================

Build time: 2018-01-24 08:48:58
Build number: 4386
Provided startup commandline:
        excavator.exe  -c neo.json -d 0

[20:56:45][0x00000614][info] Log started
[20:56:46][0x00000614][info] core | Found CUDA device: GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
[20:56:48][0x00000614][info] api | Listening on 127.0.0.1:3456
[20:56:48][0x00000614][debug] Adding command with 0 seconds execution delay:
        {"id":1,"method":"algorithm.add","params":["equihash","equihash.usa.nicehash.com:3357","34HKWdzLxWBduUfJE9JxaFhoXnfC6gmePG.testrig"]}
[20:56:48][0x00000614][debug] Adding command with 3 seconds execution delay:
        {"id":1,"method":"worker.add","params":["0","0"]}
[20:56:48][0x00000614][debug] Adding command with 10 seconds execution delay and 10 seconds loop time:
        {"id":1,"method":"worker.print.speed","params":["0"]}
[20:56:48][0x00000b6c][trace] Executing: {"id":1,"method":"algorithm.add","params":["equihash","equihash.usa.nicehash.com:3357","34HKWdzLxWBduUfJE9JxaFhoXnfC6gmePG.testrig"]}
[20:56:48][0x00000614][debug] Adding command with 10 seconds execution delay and 10 seconds loop time:
        {"id":1,"method":"algorithm.print.speeds","params":["0"]}
[20:56:48][0x00000b6c][debug] core | Command method: algorithm.add
[20:56:48][0x00000614][info] core | Initialized!
[20:56:48][0x00000b6c][info] net | Connecting to 169.62.79.78:3357 (equihash.usa.nicehash.com)
[20:56:48][0x00000b6c][trace] Response: {"algorithm_id":0,"id":1,"error":null}
[20:56:48][0x00000b6c][info] net | Connected!
[20:56:48][0x00000b6c][debug] net | Sending mining.subscribe message
[20:56:48][0x00000b6c][trace] net | Sending: {"id":1,"method":"mining.subscribe","params":["excavator/1.4.1a_nvidia (CUDA 9.1)","equihash.usa.nicehash.com",3357,null]}
[20:56:48][0x00000b6c][debug] net | Sending mining.authorize message
[20:56:48][0x00000b6c][trace] net | Sending: {"id":2,"method":"mining.authorize","params":["34HKWdzLxWBduUfJE9JxaFhoXnfC6gmePG.testrig","x"]}
[20:56:48][0x00000b6c][debug] net | Sending mining.extranonce.subscribe message
[20:56:48][0x00000b6c][trace] net | Sending: {"id":3,"method":"mining.extranonce.subscribe","params":[]}
[20:56:48][0x00000b6c][trace] net | Received: {"id":1,"error":null,"result":[null,"280000a9be"]}
[20:56:48][0x00000b6c][debug] net | Extranonce is: 280000a9be
[20:56:48][0x00000b6c][trace] net | Received: {"id":2,"result":true,"error":null}
[20:56:48][0x00000b6c][info] net | Authorized as 34HKWdzLxWBduUfJE9JxaFhoXnfC6gmePG.testrig
[20:56:48][0x00000b6c][trace] net | Received: {"id":null,"method":"mining.set_target","params":["0003c3c3c3c00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"]}
[20:56:48][0x00000b6c][debug] net | Difficulty changed to: 1024
[20:56:48][0x00002dd8][trace] net | Received: {"params":["000000051b765180","04000000","ad0415331b031e5dafc536cfb0e443a8fd94aab99aa50d92e34f052a02000000","0fe9a62cbb7e9a4dede461682dff503ea07a398240d01f756eb6ec278b2da672","0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000","c7bf705a","112f041d",true],"id":null,"method":"mining.notify"}
[20:56:48][0x00002dd8][info] algo-equihash | New job_0 '000000051b765180', diff=1024
[20:56:48][0x00000b6c][trace] net | Received: {"id":3,"result":true,"error":null}
[20:56:51][0x00002dd8][trace] Executing: {"id":1,"method":"worker.add","params":["0","0"]}
[20:56:51][0x00002dd8][debug] core | Command method: worker.add
[20:56:51][0x00002dd8][debug] wrkr0-0 | Assigning algorithm equihash
[20:56:51][0x000009e0][debug] wrkr0-0 | Worker thread started
[20:56:51][0x00002dd8][trace] Response: {"worker_id":0,"id":1,"error":null}
[20:56:51][0x000009e0][debug] wrkr0-0 | Device context initialised
[20:56:51][0x000009e0][info] wrkr0-0 | Algorithm: CUDA-equihash parameters: M=1
[20:56:51][0x000009e0][debug] wrkr0-0 | Fetched new work, job_0 '000000051b765180'
[20:56:55][0x000009e0][debug] wrkr0-0 | Found nonce_0: 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000009b020000 diff=2345.7
[20:56:55][0x000009e0][debug] net | Sending share #10
[20:56:55][0x000009e0][trace] net | Sending: {"id":10,"method":"mining.submit","params":["34HKWdzLxWBduUfJE9JxaFhoXnfC6gmePG.testrig","000000051b765180","c7bf705a","00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000009b020000","fd400500785698d94f1a23c7f800e96458d108d97a955bdc173cb9ffdd4c6c837d89b26f1051782 903dfcf37550c95729fb38840b12ab3134b315b596d4b0ecf43d22edab1fc496a05936f0514f050 e9874e973f5a40cc029c590c7799e655701c32cc286eb0e636de3e82001e17f3c5f70f5eaaf18ea 509f8f9bc362e7151841815c581a624ec2abda2a7b35ecd1c09521953fb2d731cd525c5f807623a 774015f1ec40f1d5d74fb5167300c89ec1ef8575b3849b32e7c868bc526494b6767e021f183b064 254450e8830589afa51b054713c7e4301851f89609215d6dd9a003cbf7d199a4d6b384c7b2d7027 8025a0dd7dd3cee67cfabbb3c5db3431eba207062fe0269354c5a6286ade33d95ab6d8ead98c0c2 0c61ddec90897adfc98233e8afc05edef66fced210f2c99336a925fcb1bf7868c906222e61f4cff 49da376d354780a0b9c3fd6b339c04599e2d9093132e0b044887b56e815d00afe190b16dd8d5f0e cd2f43c381b4f661b3d260e61551ce20cf692d0ea5a9c52ffba13ecea8195c7502ddabc51a45b3c e454c1869174584082132c63a06b3f9af72510f333747f3ca57bb09f13b658f7e35e62a13e50e22 172b0718988ebffb3683820070bcf9c5109056646b79f5fd752fb123bdf8e1af435b399c91a9726 7df4d1e0dde4f1f3c272d6671b627c35365041d593d7044d754ae40d96da36ce5704be61f979c17 eaef55de0fb18d0b55de917507bba15bca3fd37b01175d1fd75296ab56079c939b07bf10b8f6ff6 698d0681d1d763681069e83583d5bff5d11780e4b396ad0fefc76673885856fd756012f7b9af06d 8d8949d2af3a9f6341770e9e50b15f398f0463731dbebf8ce14e14eb2d987ed84c55fe2ebbcdf8c 8d19adce47f0dfc0f9089da442ac49099e14a7989be71b8aec8dae55c630fd60544b58e19cc721a 5fa838701f498e96082ed365e641097712ba2349811df30b104a6a33165ce2563952121ebf3c332 5491d3fff6352bfcf732df1173eeb0640404082d68cb29141f00f54f685445d3d894150feed6744 c7d4a95d11ff9fc2d02c6a9fa1519049187cd111f2d3b3f7dd8beb8cd99165a269211219f6b2d68 f95afb6a4ed68584bf09a906a622f8a201c021383741160e6c8a15c01b3a19ed27e664ddf42fad4 fbe7c943af7e67e51ddd1d1203906ab6a3b0403baf08b4dc2f46dd8b164d9e8aa817f304175b05c 5e3dbd4ad5558f5f2c9ef5ef49d8a9830ef295cba0a6daef48a1b1e1cadc19b97ce5edd11d253ef 1a2c84bf055150909da1fe61a16bf29db7a0b0727812aa34fae3aa017614291d2109778dd7faa34 325c86d5afe6b2198b9d53dc11dab5e981e6ffb46d1192f3a4e11ff0358c44492f5ae95a8f5fac3 d65f0388bac3fdd3aa37ff327a54384b03d99cff776a2ee040a7279924107be96df48995c6ee8cf 19b11df7a709ee591a695768b0cdeba64cf2b5fa262f3ad61cd50f8d8a00039d1159c404a291a02 993fab02ebf5f67122ca89e0621ba9bebd633df7df76a8b01647bffb2043859171f70ba37dfbd34 e5fc4d3f2657b4dcdb9e148b2c8502d96a03d0c111a3eaf87111fce3732286068e1b57468d2b59c 090208cd4db55b060d0fdb2202763b42e5fd93a87d64763826a4a1901aa9e300df612d7e28a6fcb 2d9d5b6bc904a9e470ba87eeb8a20225e944b55db71943eba6688fbacc8df232f3d5aec31c4bfed 7f59545f99575d6971e79f002ef48991aa83c424e1d762367bf93b935e06ff17c56307e3f6e891a 8d1934d44c84c46bd2631f7f36a7dcfe11f5183f28d2a4968198bd116226933ff89f3108d36d08a 79624692f373d0e099e8d3bd32421eb7b59488f9bf17b6a634d48e39f5273749809d828707756c6 995ddfc5"]}
[20:56:55][0x00000b6c][trace] net | Received: {"id":10,"result":true,"error":null}
[20:56:55][0x00000b6c][info] net | Share #10 accepted
[20:56:58][0x00002dd8][trace] Executing: {"id":1,"method":"worker.print.speed","params":["0"]}
[20:56:58][0x00002dd8][debug] core | Command method: worker.print.speed
[20:56:58][0x00002dd8][info] core | Device #0-0 speed: 311.094891 H/s
[20:56:58][0x00002dd8][trace] Response: {"id":1,"error":null}
[20:56:58][0x00002dd8][trace] Executing: {"id":1,"method":"algorithm.print.speeds","params":["0"]}
[20:56:58][0x00002dd8][debug] core | Command method: algorithm.print.speeds
[20:56:58][0x00002dd8][info] core | Algorithm 'equihash' total speed: 309.693359 H/s
[20:56:58][0x00002dd8][trace] Response: {"id":1,"error":null}
[20:57:04][0x00002dd8][trace] net | Received: {"params":["000000051b77180e","04000000","ad0415331b031e5dafc536cfb0e443a8fd94aab99aa50d92e34f052a02000000","80dd9d21188a180b6c84a21b687e43e11b5a27a7b4a85fd4b6fb1646619aac1c","0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000","febf705a","112f041d",true],"id":null,"method":"mining.notify"}
[20:57:05][0x00002dd8][info] algo-equihash | New job_0 '000000051b77180e', diff=1024
[20:57:05][0x000009e0][debug] wrkr0-0 | Hasher interrupted
[20:57:05][0x000009e0][debug] wrkr0-0 | Fetched new work, job_0 '000000051b77180e'

[lyolyalya]

@lyolyalya be sure neo.json is in same place with excavator like location it look like it load default one with what it came program, same be sure neo.json what you create is with that extension & not have txt extension if you create with notepad

[dropky]

Is there a way to run a benchmark that will test all of the algos at once?

You've got a point there We have a simple python script for that, I'll upload it to GitHub tomorrow. 

[m1n1ngP4d4w4n]

That would be great, by the way you should change the title of the topic reflecting the new version it's still @1.3.7a also maybe post changelog in OP ?

[dropky]

That would be great, by the way you should change the title of the topic reflecting the new version it's still @1.3.7a also maybe post changelog in OP ?

Will take care of this.. Thanks for the reminder.

[dropky]

@lyolyalya be sure neo.json is in same place with excavator like location it look like it load default one with what it came program, same be sure neo.json what you create is with that extension & not have txt extension if you create with notepad

Can you post here the content of the bat file?

[Sledge0001]

Please add the HOdl coin to the Nvidia Miner!!! Why must we suffer with only cryptonight?? Why!!! 

[dropky]

Please add the HOdl coin to the Nvidia Miner!!! Why must we suffer with only cryptonight?? Why!!! 

I'll forward this suggestion to the NHM team Excavator only supports GPU (for now), we might expand it to the CPU in the future.