[ANN] dstm's ZCash / Equihash Nvidia Miner v0.6.2 (Linux / Windows)

[Biggen1]

There ya go. These things are beasts. I love them.

Low wattage, low noise, low heat, high hash.

Yeah, I love these guys.  It's amazing how quiet they are.  My two PSU fans make more noise than all 8 of the GPU fans put together!

[dstm]

Off-topic but important.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                               
I highly encourage you to inform yourself about the recent published CPU-vulnerabilities Meltdown & Spectre and evaluate how they affect your wallet security.

[koinli]

400 Sols/s no low for a  a 1070TI if it takes 80 w or less, for efficiency, but mining income is quite high these times, and hash rate is more important,

i prefer a 1070ti that takes 200 w but gives me 550-600 sol/s,

[vapourminer]

Off-topic but important.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                               
I highly encourage you to inform yourself about the recent published CPU-vulnerabilities Meltdown & Spectre and evaluate how they affect your wallet security.

yeah pretty nasty. ms has a patch out for meltdown but it can slow your machine down. wonderful.

but trezor or ledger nano s for the win.

or fire up that old pentium 2 or 3 although i think the jury is still out on whether those are immune.

or maybe olde skoole: S-100 or CP/M anyone?

[hogito]

Hi, guys here's my rig info, just to compare

# gpu   pwr  temp    sm   mem   enc   dec  mclk  pclk
# Idx     W     C     %     %     %     %   MHz   MHz
    0   126    68   100    87     0     0  4151  1784
    1   125    70   100    87     0     0  4151  1822
    2    80    67   100    74     0     0  4068  1771
    3    76    61   100    71     0     0  4068  1695

(TDP limit 0-1 125W 2-3 80W)

GPU 0: GeForce GTX 1070 8GB
GPU 1: GeForce GTX 1070 8GB
GPU 2: GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
GPU 3: GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

GPU0  70C  Sol/s: 459.8  Sol/W: 3.70  Avg: 460.6  I/s: 247.1  Sh: 1.90   1.00 55
GPU1  71C  Sol/s: 462.7  Sol/W: 3.74  Avg: 465.3  I/s: 249.3  Sh: 1.91   1.00 50
GPU2  68C  Sol/s: 277.8  Sol/W: 3.53  Avg: 281.4  I/s: 150.8  Sh: 1.22   1.00 56
GPU3  63C  Sol/s: 281.3  Sol/W: 3.46  Avg: 275.9  I/s: 147.8  Sh: 1.42   1.00 49

zm O.5.8, Ubuntu 16.04.3, nvidia Driver: 387.34

Thanks for posting the info!  I'm understanding most settings, but not seeing what % Power you clocked your 1060's down to.  I have a big fleet of 1060 3gb cards and haven't found the perfect power setting yet.  Are your set to 74% and 71% for GPU 2 & 3?

[GustETH]

at least 1 time a day dstm stops working, hastrate 0, in the logs it does not say any reason. some help? latest version 0.5.8 windows 10 pro
use ETHcontrol (last version)
It has happened to me in 2 different rigs

4:34:59 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 :    GPU2  52C  Sol/s: 503.9  Sol/W: 3.54  Avg: 497.1  I/s: 266.3  Sh: 1.84   0.99 1184 +++
4:35:02 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 :    GPU4  54C  Sol/s: 475.5  Sol/W: 3.47  Avg: 469.7  I/s: 251.6  Sh: 1.69   0.99 1819 ++
4:35:05 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 :    GPU3  55C  Sol/s: 465.6  Sol/W: 3.47  Avg: 469.5  I/s: 251.3  Sh: 1.75   0.99 164
4:35:05 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 :    GPU1  51C  Sol/s: 488.8  Sol/W: 3.54  Avg: 497.7  I/s: 266.8  Sh: 1.75   0.99 582
4:35:07 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 :    GPU0  51C  Sol/s: 470.5  Sol/W: 3.49  Avg: 472.6  I/s: 253.2  Sh: 1.78   0.99 166 +
4:35:08 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 :    GPU5  51C  Sol/s: 466.9  Sol/W: 3.49  Avg: 471.6  I/s: 252.5  Sh: 1.66   0.99 343 +
4:35:08 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 :    ========== Sol/s: 2871.2 Sol/W: 3.50  Avg: 2878.2 I/s: 1541.6 Sh: 10.47  0.99 709
4:35:09 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 :    GPU2  52C  Sol/s: 495.7  Sol/W: 3.54  Avg: 497.1  I/s: 266.0  Sh: 1.84   0.99 1184
4:35:09 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 :    GPU4  53C  Sol/s: 474.2  Sol/W: 3.47  Avg: 469.7  I/s: 251.5  Sh: 1.69   0.99 703 +
4:35:10 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 :    GPU3  55C  Sol/s: 468.7  Sol/W: 3.47  Avg: 469.5  I/s: 251.6  Sh: 1.75   0.99 164
4:35:11 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 :    GPU1  51C  Sol/s: 506.2  Sol/W: 3.54  Avg: 497.7  I/s: 266.3  Sh: 1.75   0.99 582 +
4:36:21 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 : #  zm 0.5.8
4:36:22 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 : #  GPU0 + GeForce GTX 1070         MB: 8192  PCI: 1:0
4:36:23 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 : #  GPU1 + GeForce GTX 1070         MB: 8192  PCI: 2:0
4:36:24 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 : #  GPU2 + GeForce GTX 1070         MB: 8192  PCI: 3:0
4:36:25 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 : #  GPU3 + GeForce GTX 1070         MB: 8192  PCI: 5:0
4:36:26 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 : #  GPU4 + GeForce GTX 1070         MB: 8192  PCI: 6:0
4:36:26 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 : #  GPU5 + GeForce GTX 1070         MB: 8192  PCI: 7:0
4:36:27 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 :
4:36:28 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 : #  telemetry server started
4:36:29 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 : #  connected to: us1-zcash.flypool.org:3333
4:36:35 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 : #  server set difficulty to: 0004189374bc6a7ef9db22d0...
4:36:56 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 : >  GPU0  41C  Sol/s: 481.0  Sol/W: 3.56  Avg: 481.0  I/s: 257.4  Sh: 0.00   . .  
4:36:57 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 : >  GPU1  41C  Sol/s: 498.9  Sol/W: 3.59  Avg: 498.9  I/s: 270.5  Sh: 2.98   1.00 204 +
4:36:59 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 : >  GPU2  42C  Sol/s: 498.0  Sol/W: 3.64  Avg: 498.0  I/s: 270.0  Sh: 0.00   . .  
4:37:01 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 : >  GPU3  48C  Sol/s: 475.9  Sol/W: 3.62  Avg: 475.9  I/s: 256.4  Sh: 0.00   . .  
4:37:03 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 : >  GPU4  45C  Sol/s: 478.7  Sol/W: 3.63  Avg: 478.7  I/s: 255.6  Sh: 3.00   1.00 922 +
4:37:05 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 : >  GPU5  43C  Sol/s: 480.3  Sol/W: 3.67  Avg: 480.3  I/s: 256.6  Sh: 2.99   1.00 141 +
4:37:06 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 :    ========== Sol/s: 2912.8 Sol/W: 3.62  Avg: 2912.8 I/s: 1566.3 Sh: 8.97   1.00 422

[aquavici]

Hi, guys here's my rig info, just to compare

# gpu   pwr  temp    sm   mem   enc   dec  mclk  pclk
# Idx     W     C     %     %     %     %   MHz   MHz
    0   126    68   100    87     0     0  4151  1784
    1   125    70   100    87     0     0  4151  1822
    2    80    67   100    74     0     0  4068  1771
    3    76    61   100    71     0     0  4068  1695

(TDP limit 0-1 125W 2-3 80W)

GPU 0: GeForce GTX 1070 8GB
GPU 1: GeForce GTX 1070 8GB
GPU 2: GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
GPU 3: GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

GPU0  70C  Sol/s: 459.8  Sol/W: 3.70  Avg: 460.6  I/s: 247.1  Sh: 1.90   1.00 55
GPU1  71C  Sol/s: 462.7  Sol/W: 3.74  Avg: 465.3  I/s: 249.3  Sh: 1.91   1.00 50
GPU2  68C  Sol/s: 277.8  Sol/W: 3.53  Avg: 281.4  I/s: 150.8  Sh: 1.22   1.00 56
GPU3  63C  Sol/s: 281.3  Sol/W: 3.46  Avg: 275.9  I/s: 147.8  Sh: 1.42   1.00 49

zm O.5.8, Ubuntu 16.04.3, nvidia Driver: 387.34

Thanks for posting the info!  I'm understanding most settings, but not seeing what % Power you clocked your 1060's down to.  I have a big fleet of 1060 3gb cards and haven't found the perfect power setting yet.  Are your set to 74% and 71% for GPU 2 & 3?

On linux nvidia-smi use absolute watt amount for over/under powering, GPU 1070/1060 are 150w/120w stock I set them to 125w/80w respectively.

I think perfect setting depends on electricity cost, just try to adjust until you find a Sol/W that make affordable your earning & expending. Scientific method is the rule here i.e. trial&errors ;-)

[aquavici]

at least 1 time a day dstm stops working, hastrate 0, in the logs it does not say any reason. some help? latest version 0.5.8 windows 10 pro
use ETHcontrol (last version)
It has happened to me in 2 different rigs

4:34:59 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 :    GPU2  52C  Sol/s: 503.9  Sol/W: 3.54  Avg: 497.1  I/s: 266.3  Sh: 1.84   0.99 1184 +++
4:35:02 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 :    GPU4  54C  Sol/s: 475.5  Sol/W: 3.47  Avg: 469.7  I/s: 251.6  Sh: 1.69   0.99 1819 ++
4:35:05 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 :    GPU3  55C  Sol/s: 465.6  Sol/W: 3.47  Avg: 469.5  I/s: 251.3  Sh: 1.75   0.99 164
4:35:05 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 :    GPU1  51C  Sol/s: 488.8  Sol/W: 3.54  Avg: 497.7  I/s: 266.8  Sh: 1.75   0.99 582
4:35:07 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 :    GPU0  51C  Sol/s: 470.5  Sol/W: 3.49  Avg: 472.6  I/s: 253.2  Sh: 1.78   0.99 166 +
4:35:08 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 :    GPU5  51C  Sol/s: 466.9  Sol/W: 3.49  Avg: 471.6  I/s: 252.5  Sh: 1.66   0.99 343 +
4:35:08 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 :    ========== Sol/s: 2871.2 Sol/W: 3.50  Avg: 2878.2 I/s: 1541.6 Sh: 10.47  0.99 709
4:35:09 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 :    GPU2  52C  Sol/s: 495.7  Sol/W: 3.54  Avg: 497.1  I/s: 266.0  Sh: 1.84   0.99 1184
4:35:09 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 :    GPU4  53C  Sol/s: 474.2  Sol/W: 3.47  Avg: 469.7  I/s: 251.5  Sh: 1.69   0.99 703 +
4:35:10 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 :    GPU3  55C  Sol/s: 468.7  Sol/W: 3.47  Avg: 469.5  I/s: 251.6  Sh: 1.75   0.99 164
4:35:11 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 :    GPU1  51C  Sol/s: 506.2  Sol/W: 3.54  Avg: 497.7  I/s: 266.3  Sh: 1.75   0.99 582 +
4:36:21 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 : #  zm 0.5.8
4:36:22 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 : #  GPU0 + GeForce GTX 1070         MB: 8192  PCI: 1:0
4:36:23 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 : #  GPU1 + GeForce GTX 1070         MB: 8192  PCI: 2:0
4:36:24 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 : #  GPU2 + GeForce GTX 1070         MB: 8192  PCI: 3:0
4:36:25 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 : #  GPU3 + GeForce GTX 1070         MB: 8192  PCI: 5:0
4:36:26 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 : #  GPU4 + GeForce GTX 1070         MB: 8192  PCI: 6:0
4:36:26 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 : #  GPU5 + GeForce GTX 1070         MB: 8192  PCI: 7:0
4:36:27 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 :
4:36:28 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 : #  telemetry server started
4:36:29 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 : #  connected to: us1-zcash.flypool.org:3333
4:36:35 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 : #  server set difficulty to: 0004189374bc6a7ef9db22d0...
4:36:56 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 : >  GPU0  41C  Sol/s: 481.0  Sol/W: 3.56  Avg: 481.0  I/s: 257.4  Sh: 0.00   . .  
4:36:57 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 : >  GPU1  41C  Sol/s: 498.9  Sol/W: 3.59  Avg: 498.9  I/s: 270.5  Sh: 2.98   1.00 204 +
4:36:59 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 : >  GPU2  42C  Sol/s: 498.0  Sol/W: 3.64  Avg: 498.0  I/s: 270.0  Sh: 0.00   . .  
4:37:01 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 : >  GPU3  48C  Sol/s: 475.9  Sol/W: 3.62  Avg: 475.9  I/s: 256.4  Sh: 0.00   . .  
4:37:03 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 : >  GPU4  45C  Sol/s: 478.7  Sol/W: 3.63  Avg: 478.7  I/s: 255.6  Sh: 3.00   1.00 922 +
4:37:05 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 : >  GPU5  43C  Sol/s: 480.3  Sol/W: 3.67  Avg: 480.3  I/s: 256.6  Sh: 2.99   1.00 141 +
4:37:06 p. m. viernes, 5 de enero de 2018 :    ========== Sol/s: 2912.8 Sol/W: 3.62  Avg: 2912.8 I/s: 1566.3 Sh: 8.97   1.00 422

Something similar is happening to me on linux. Maybe the same??

2018-01-05 11:49:23 PM|   ========== Sol/s: 1452.2 Sol/W: 3.75  Avg: 1440.7 I/s: 772.4  Sh: 4.94   1.00 53
2018-01-05 11:49:25 PM|>  GPU1  70C  Sol/s: 458.3  Sol/W: 3.75  Avg: 465.8  I/s: 249.7  Sh: 1.53   1.00 50  +
2018-01-05 11:49:28 PM|>  GPU2  65C  Sol/s: 276.2  Sol/W: 3.54  Avg: 282.1  I/s: 151.1  Sh: 0.95   1.00 47  +
2018-01-05 11:49:32 PM|#  connection closed by server r:0
2018-01-05 11:49:32 PM|#  exiting
2018-01-05 11:49:37 PM|#  zm 0.5.8

[jpl]

Off-topic but important.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                              
I highly encourage you to inform yourself about the recent published CPU-vulnerabilities Meltdown & Spectre and evaluate how they affect your wallet security.

yeah pretty nasty. ms has a patch out for meltdown but it can slow your machine down. wonderful.

but trezor or ledger nano s for the win.

or fire up that old pentium 2 or 3 although i think the jury is still out on whether those are immune.

or maybe olde skoole: S-100 or CP/M anyone?

Not sure I believe Intel after they laid off over 14000 employees last year.  I bet they are just looking for a jump in their stock.  We will see I guess.
.. btw.. how can a processor hold passwords?.. is there ram in there?

[malthrax]

Not sure I believe Intel after they laid off over 14000 employees last year.  I bet they are just looking for a jump in their stock.  We will see I guess.
.. btw.. how can a processor hold passwords?.. is there ram in there?

Yes, actually, there is.  Its called "cache memory", and its directly wired into the CPU.

[NoOneLt]

@dstm

Is there any space for change requests? How about adding %subvendor% of the card in output, maybe turned on by parameter.

Thanks.

[Atronoss]

Not sure I believe Intel after they laid off over 14000 employees last year.  I bet they are just looking for a jump in their stock.  We will see I guess.
.. btw.. how can a processor hold passwords?.. is there ram in there?

Yes, actually, there is.  Its called "cache memory", and its directly wired into the CPU.

And not only one, for example my Core i7-4790 has three Levels of cache, two L1 (both 32 KBytes), one L2 (256KBytes) and one L3 (8 MBytes).

Anyway altough they say that OS patch for Meltdown may decrease performance, it is only in very specific cases, normal users should not be affected.

More info at https://meltdownattack.com/

[milicic]

Could anyone please tell me what cuda is the best for this miner?

[YinYangQi]

Got my 6 giga 1070 ti rig done today, 70% TDP, works like a charm, love it. Have more risers and cards on the way 

GPU0  58C  Sol/s: 515.7  Sol/W: 4.05  Avg: 509.8  I/s: 272.9  Sh: 1.82   0.99 277
GPU2  64C  Sol/s: 515.1  Sol/W: 4.05  Avg: 508.4  I/s: 272.3  Sh: 1.93   0.98 286 +
GPU1  62C  Sol/s: 509.4  Sol/W: 4.04  Avg: 506.7  I/s: 271.4  Sh: 1.89   0.99 270
GPU4  58C  Sol/s: 515.4  Sol/W: 4.04  Avg: 507.6  I/s: 272.2  Sh: 1.94   0.99 284
GPU3  54C  Sol/s: 511.1  Sol/W: 4.05  Avg: 508.1  I/s: 272.9  Sh: 1.73   0.99 273
GPU5  64C  Sol/s: 514.0  Sol/W: 4.02  Avg: 504.0  I/s: 270.4  Sh: 1.71   0.98 298 +
========== Sol/s: 3080.7 Sol/W: 4.04  Avg: 3044.5 I/s: 1632.2 Sh: 11.03  0.99 281

[akuci]

I have a problem on one of my rigs since I started using 0.5.8. The miner crashes every like 2 days. So, what info can I provide to you so you can check it out? It was stable on 0.5.7 since it was released.

[cTnko]

For people that are wondering about the "Meltdown" security patch performance decrease on their mining rigs on Windows 10
From the one miner that i have which is running Intel G4400 and 8 GPUs (1x 980ti, 7x 1060 3GB).

The performance on 0.5.8 before the patch = 2597 h/s
Performance after Meltdown security patch = 2565 h/s

So about 1.23% decrease in hashrate.

[vapourminer]

yeah pretty nasty. ms has a patch out for meltdown but it can slow your machine down. wonderful.

but trezor or ledger nano s for the win.

or fire up that old pentium 2 or 3 although i think the jury is still out on whether those are immune.

or maybe olde skoole: S-100 or CP/M anyone?

Not sure I believe Intel after they laid off over 14000 employees last year.  I bet they are just looking for a jump in their stock.  We will see I guess.
.. btw.. how can a processor hold passwords?.. is there ram in there?

meltdown can allow other programs on the machine (even in other VMs) to read the processor cache (fast ram built into the cpu for fast access to data/instructions it thinks it will need next compared to going out to main memory). its possible (guessing here) that network share passwords and credentials may be there on occasion. if you have those, your network is compromised. although other malware would have to work in concert with it to do that. at least as far as i understand it.

keep in mind im no expert, but i do take my rigs and network seriously. this treat seems more serious for cloud computing then home users but hey additional security is additional security. every little bit helps.

[bogesman]

How exactly can I use the json-rpc?

I've enabled the telemetry. If i load IP:port in browser i see the page.

So for json-rpc i tried different options with postman and failed on all. Is there something that i'm missing?
https://i.imgur.com/qgF7EVj.png

[aidonaks]

<snip>
Version 0.5.7
<snip>

Hi,

Thanks for this, I find this version much more stable compared to 0.5.4 which I'd last tried on my Windows 10, Nvidia rig (2 x 1070, 1 x 1080) and also 6-7% better performance than EWBF.

I wanted to ask how to get email notifications whenever there are updates? The forum only offers notifications for the entire post/all new replies and I don't want that.

Let me know if there's a way to do that. Thanks! 

@DSTM - I'm still using ver 0.5.7 and gratefully paying the 2% devfee, but I have a question/suggestion - Why does the console output keep changing the order of the GPU stats it displays. It starts out as GPU0 onwards in order, but after an hour or two or three, it appears to randomize the order. See screenshot #1 linked below. This makes it quite confusing (and annoying) while viewing the console output to gauge real-time changes.

https://imgur.com/PiGsRTV

Also, the apparently random order itself keeps changing every so often, making it even more confusing to view. See screenshot #2 linked below.

https://imgur.com/pfcEKb0

Ensuring that the GPU rank/order is maintained would make it much easier to gauge real-time performance changes with a quick glance at the console, esp while tweaking for better performance.

(This is on Flypool. GPU0 & GPU1 are GTX 1080's, GPU2 and GPU3 and GTX 1070's. Driver ver 388.31. Using Windows 10 64-bit. Intel i5-4690k - this is my main PC, so..)

p.s. Also - re: the versioning updates question - can't you put this up on Github or somewhere similar so we can get push notifs for updated versions? This is a very minor issue though, the above issue is higher priority, at least for me. The randomized ordered display of GPUs is quite annoying

[pileto3]

Got my 6 giga 1070 ti rig done today, 70% TDP, works like a charm, love it. Have more risers and cards on the way 

GPU0  58C  Sol/s: 515.7  Sol/W: 4.05  Avg: 509.8  I/s: 272.9  Sh: 1.82   0.99 277
GPU2  64C  Sol/s: 515.1  Sol/W: 4.05  Avg: 508.4  I/s: 272.3  Sh: 1.93   0.98 286 +
GPU1  62C  Sol/s: 509.4  Sol/W: 4.04  Avg: 506.7  I/s: 271.4  Sh: 1.89   0.99 270
GPU4  58C  Sol/s: 515.4  Sol/W: 4.04  Avg: 507.6  I/s: 272.2  Sh: 1.94   0.99 284
GPU3  54C  Sol/s: 511.1  Sol/W: 4.05  Avg: 508.1  I/s: 272.9  Sh: 1.73   0.99 273
GPU5  64C  Sol/s: 514.0  Sol/W: 4.02  Avg: 504.0  I/s: 270.4  Sh: 1.71   0.98 298 +
========== Sol/s: 3080.7 Sol/W: 4.04  Avg: 3044.5 I/s: 1632.2 Sh: 11.03  0.99 281

Hi what about your clock settings? 200/600 core/memory or something other?