Very bad mining performance

[Zottel87]

Hi,

I have 4 Geforce 1060 installed in my new mining Rack.
The Mining works but the performance is very bad.
I think every Geforce 1060 should perform 18 Mh/s.
M cards provides the following Mh/s values:
GPU0 6,23
GPU1 3,17
GPU2 6,02
GPU3 10,24

My Hardware:
Intel Celeron G3900
MSI Z270-A PRO
4GB RAM
2x 1060 3GB form Asus
2x 1060 3GB from Gainward
Netzteil Corssair RM 850X
Windows 10 Pro

In the Bios I had made the following settings:
Settings > Advanced > PCI Subsystem Settings:
PEG0 set to Gen1
PCI Latency Timer set to 96 PCI Bus Clocks
Above G4... set to Enabled

Has anyone an idea why the performance is so bad?

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[ironkid]

Probably because you have hynix memory which are bad for ethereum and  cant be overclocked really well. I would suggest mining another coin like zcash etc

[xxcsu]

what nvidia drivers are you using ?

[joshuajones02]

Probably because you have hynix memory which are bad for ethereum and  cant be overclocked really well. I would suggest mining another coin like zcash etc

This would be the reason; however, OP's numbers he's listing are far to poor for this to be the cause. Op you may have your PEG & speed setting or something off. Edit: just reread your post, sorry. I would try other Gen settings for PEG, Gen2 works better on some boards but I would trial and error between them. Also DMI speed setting has made a difference for me when I changed them but thats just a guess.. I have this board and I hate it, I will never buy another MSI board to mine on ever again lol.

Does it still act poorly with just 1 card installed?

[damNmad]

Like others saying it might be because of the memory type!

But I would still back 1060 3GB cards just like 6GB cards because of the price, can be used to mine coins other than ethash algo based!

Mostly cryptonight algo coins are really profitable with the 3GB version!

[shibob]

It looks quite weird because even 1060 with Hynix memory could achieve more than 14Mh/s as I remembered not as your GPU's performance with just 6-10Mh/s.
Have you tested with 1 GPU only? 

[aakriti]

Your processor is Intel Carleton 9300. This processor is not good for mining you need i5 or i7 machine or equivalent AMD machine and ram must be 8gb, after that mining will be fast and profitable.

[DarkoBlog]

Your processor is Intel Carleton 9300. This processor is not good for mining you need i5 or i7 machine or equivalent AMD machine and ram must be 8gb, after that mining will be fast and profitable.

I'm not sure the processor has any connection. Processor power is not used for mining unless the processor itself is activated for certain algorithms.

[Zottel87]

Thanks for your awsners.

I testet the following thinks:
I connectet only one Card to the Rack with a PCIE Riser

Asus 1 = 18MHs
Asus 2 = 15MHs
Gainward 1 = 15MHs
Gainward 2 = 12MHs

I can not explain that. The Cards work normal in the single mode but if i connect all carts to the System the MHs is realy bad.

I use the Nvidia 23.21.13.8871 Driver from December 15, 2017.

It is necessary to Change the RAM or Processor?

[crairezx20]

Di you tried to install blockchain driver for your cards..i heard it can help to improves your mining performance.. are you using MSI burner?
And what script you are using? is it claymore result as the above you post?
Please detail more about drivers and what script you are using..

[mombay]

In the Bios I had made the following settings:
Settings > Advanced > PCI Subsystem Settings:
PEG0 set to Gen1
PCI Latency Timer set to 96 PCI Bus Clocks
Above G4... set to Enabled

Has anyone an idea why the performance is so bad?

Try to restore your motherboard BIOS settings to stock. And then set Gen2 on PCI Subsystem Settings, with PCI Latency Timer set to 32 PCI Bus Clocks. Use IGD for you Integrated Graphic Config instead of PEG. So connect you monitor directly to your motherboard. Try uninstalling your current nvidia driver with DDU and try to clean install newest driver or use driver version 384.xx. Hope it helps

[smoolae]

Have you rised your page file size?

[umine]

Describe your config carefully:

My Hardware:
Intel Celeron 9300
MSI Z270-A PRO

How can it be?
There is no such CPU model

I think every Geforce 1060 should perform 18 Mh/s.

What hashing algo do you exactly mean?

Windows 10 Pro

What build of your OS?
There is hashing power problem on Win10 without Anniversary update

[Zottel87]

are you using MSI burner?

No I don't use the MSI Afterburner. If the System runs I will try to dest the Afterburner.

And what script you are using?

I use the Claymore script
The Claymore Logfile tells me that the script cannot read the Fan Speed.

Here is a small part from the Claymore Log:

Code:

11:17:16:667	108c	NVIDIA Cards available: 2 
11:17:16:682	108c	CUDA Driver Version/Runtime Version: 9.1/8.0
11:17:16:698	108c	GPU #0: GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, 3072 MB available, 9 compute units, capability: 6.1

11:17:16:713	108c	GPU #1: GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, 3072 MB available, 9 compute units, capability: 6.1

11:17:16:729	108c	Total cards: 2 
11:17:20:403	108c	No AMD cards in the list, ADL library will not be used.
11:17:20:423	108c	NVML version: 9.388.71

...

11:17:51:467	15f0	parse packet: 247
11:17:51:483	15f0	ETH: job is the same
11:17:51:483	15f0	new buf size: 0
11:17:51:514	85c	GPU 1, GpuMiner cu_k1 failed 30, unknown error
11:17:51:530	1a80	GPU 0, GpuMiner kx failed 1
11:17:51:545	1abc	GPU 1 failed
11:17:51:561	85c	GPU 1, GpuMiner kx failed 1
11:17:51:545	1a80	Set global fail flag, failed GPU0
11:17:51:623	85c	Set global fail flag, failed GPU1
11:17:51:623	85c	GPU 1 failed
11:17:51:639	1a78	GPU 0, GpuMiner cu_k1 failed 30, unknown error
11:17:51:701	1a80	GPU 0 failed
11:17:51:748	1a78	GPU 0, GpuMiner kx failed 1
11:17:51:764	1a78	Set global fail flag, failed GPU0
11:17:51:826	1a78	GPU 0 failed
11:17:52:467	102c	NVML: cannot get current temperature, error 15
11:17:52:467	102c	NVML: cannot get fan speed, error 15
11:17:53:467	15f0	got 248 bytes
11:17:53:467	15f0	buf: {"id":0,"jsonrpc":"2.0","result":

Try to restore your motherboard BIOS settings to stock. And then set Gen2 on PCI Subsystem Settings, with PCI Latency Timer set to 32 PCI Bus Clocks. Use IGD for you Integrated Graphic Config instead of PEG. So connect you monitor directly to your motherboard. Try uninstalling your current nvidia driver with DDU and try to clean install newest driver or use driver version 384.xx. Hope it helps

I made a restore to factory Defaults and set the PCI Subsystem Settings zu Gen2 and the Latency timer to 32 PCI Bus Clock.
The internal Graphic is set to IGD.
I reinstall the latest Driver (388.71).
The Problem is the same.

Is it better to install an older Driver?

Have you rised your page file size?

Yes, I set it to 16000MB

There is no such CPU model

Sorry this was my fault.
I mean the Intel Celeron G3900

What hashing algo do you exactly mean?

I mean the hashing for mining Ethereum

What build of your OS?

It is the Version 1703 Build 15063.483

[ironkid]

Since these boards dont have extra power inputs like mining boards for pcie slots it might be a limitation too.

[baga105]

I had the same problem with gtx 1060 (hynix). Install the latest updates, set the speed to Gen1 and try again. It should do the job. and yes, use powered risers.

[mrdrumspin]

i think with 1 PC it is more profitable to mine something on equihash probably. SHA-256 far too much for any PC with 1 gpu.

[Zottel87]

I had the same problem with gtx 1060 (hynix). Install the latest updates, set the speed to Gen1 and try again. It should do the job. and yes, use powered risers.

I tried this but the issue is the same.
Yes I use powerd risers.

If I connect two 1060 directly to die PCI-E connector (without riser) it works fine.

Has anyone an idea how I can check if the risercards work correct?

[aakriti]

Your processor is Intel Carleton 9300. This processor is not good for mining you need i5 or i7 machine or equivalent AMD machine and ram must be 8gb, after that mining will be fast and profitable.

[Dannyh2]

Your processor is Intel Carleton 9300. This processor is not good for mining you need i5 or i7 machine or equivalent AMD machine and ram must be 8gb, after that mining will be fast and profitable.

Since when you need an i5/i7 for gpu mining lol