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Subject: Re: Crafty Question for Dr. Hyatt

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 07:43:50 01/07/99

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On January 07, 1999 at 08:32:29, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On January 06, 1999 at 18:51:09, James T. Walker wrote:
>
>>I was running some test today on Crafty when I decided to install it on my AMD
>>K6-2 computer which runs at 350 Mhz.  I set crafty(15.20) up to run a problem on
>>both computers to compare speeds.  The Pentium II @ 333 Mhz runs Crafty twice as
>>fast as the K6-2-350.  Can you explain the large difference in speed between the
>>two machines?  I have done this test on other programs and usually the K6-2 is
>>10-20% faster than the Pentium II.  So the Pentium II running Crafty at twice
>>the speed is really a shocker.  I tried Crafty 16.3 also.  Same thing.  Two logs
>>listed below.
>>
>
>
>first thing to try is to run your test again, but in a dos box, and run
>it like this:
>
>crafty >output.1
>
>it is possible that your "scrolling" is causing part of this problem.  This
>can generate a _lot_ of screen I/O and scrolling can be inefficient.  It might
>be that the AMD is getting killed here.  I know of no reason why the AMD would
>be slower executing crafty, based on results I have seen from others that use
>these processors...
>
>maybe an even better test would be to reboot windows in dos-mode so there is no
>windows stuff going on at all..
>
>
>
>
>
Hello again,
First, I did the original test in a DOS box so don't know what else to do except
maybe try rebooting in dos mode.  Sorry I only included one log file.  Anyway
here is the test again with your >output.1 command.  The PII is still about 38%
faster ?!
Here are the two log files (only the ends) for comparison.  It's obvious that
the first one is the K6-2.  Since I lose all screen info when running in the
>output.1 mode, I just let them both run about 100 seconds and then "end".
Jim Walker

hash table memory = 48M bytes.
pawn hash table memory = 10M bytes.
 game/60 minutes primary time control


Crafty v15.20

White(1): edit

       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
    8  |   |   |   |   |   | *K|   |   |
       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
    7  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
    6  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
    5  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
    4  |   | P |   |   |   |   |   |   |
       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
    3  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
    2  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
    1  |   |   |   | K |   |   |   |   |
       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
         a   b   c   d   e   f   g   h
               32    30.02  11.02   1. Kc2 Ke7 2. Kb3 Kd6 3. Ka4 Kc7 4.
                                    Ka5 Kb7 5. Kb5 Ka7 6. Kc6 Kb8 7. Kb6
                                    Ka8 8. b5 Kb8 9. Ka6 Kc7 10. b6+ Kc8
                                    11. Ka7 Kd7 12. b7 Ke6 13. Kb6 Kd5
                                    14. b8=Q Ke4 15. Kc5 Kf3 16. Qe5 Kg2
                                    17. Qf5 Kh2 18. Kd5
               32->  30.03  11.02   1. Kc2 Ke7 2. Kb3 Kd6 3. Ka4 Kc7 4.
                                    Ka5 Kb7 5. Kb5 Ka7 6. Kc6 Kb8 7. Kb6
                                    Ka8 8. b5 Kb8 9. Ka6 Kc7 10. b6+ Kc8
                                    11. Ka7 Kd7 12. b7 Ke6 13. Kb6 Kd5
                                    14. b8=Q Ke4 15. Kc5 Kf3 16. Qe5 Kg2
                                    17. Qf5 Kh2 18. Kd5
               33    53.37  11.09   1. Kc2 Ke7 2. Kb3 Kd6 3. Ka4 Kc7 4.
                                    Ka5 Kb7 5. Kb5 Ka7 6. Kc6 Kb8 7. Kb6
                                    Ka8 8. b5 Kb8 9. Ka6 Kc7 10. b6+ Kc8
                                    11. Ka7 Kd7 12. b7 Ke6 13. b8=Q Kf5
                                    14. Qc8+ Kf4 15. Kb6 Ke3 16. Qg4 Kd3
                                    17. Qf3+ Kd4 18. Qf5 Ke3 19. Kc5 <HT>
               33->  53.38  11.09   1. Kc2 Ke7 2. Kb3 Kd6 3. Ka4 Kc7 4.
                                    Ka5 Kb7 5. Kb5 Ka7 6. Kc6 Kb8 7. Kb6
                                    Ka8 8. b5 Kb8 9. Ka6 Kc7 10. b6+ Kc8
                                    11. Ka7 Kd7 12. b7 Ke6 13. b8=Q Kf5
                                    14. Qc8+ Kf4 15. Kb6 Ke3 16. Qg4 Kd3
                                    17. Qf3+ Kd4 18. Qf5 Ke3 19. Kc5 <HT>
               34     1:13  11.17   1. Kc2 Ke7 2. Kb3 Kd6 3. Ka4 Kc7 4.
                                    Ka5 Kb7 5. Kb5 Ka7 6. Kc6 Kb8 7. Kb6
                                    Ka8 8. b5 Kb8 9. Ka6 Kc7 10. b6+ Kc8
                                    11. Ka7 Kd7 12. b7 Ke6 13. b8=Q Kf5
                                    14. Kb7 Ke4 15. Ka6 Kd3 16. Qe5 Kc4
                                    17. Qe4+ Kb3 18. Qd3+ Ka2 19. Kb5 Ka1
                                    20. Kc4
               34->   1:13  11.17   1. Kc2 Ke7 2. Kb3 Kd6 3. Ka4 Kc7 4.
                                    Ka5 Kb7 5. Kb5 Ka7 6. Kc6 Kb8 7. Kb6
                                    Ka8 8. b5 Kb8 9. Ka6 Kc7 10. b6+ Kc8
                                    11. Ka7 Kd7 12. b7 Ke6 13. b8=Q Kf5
                                    14. Kb7 Ke4 15. Ka6 Kd3 16. Qe5 Kc4
                                    17. Qe4+ Kb3 18. Qd3+ Ka2 19. Kb5 Ka1
                                    20. Kc4
               35     1:38  11.35   1. Kc2 Ke7 2. Kb3 Kd6 3. Ka4 Kc7 4.
                                    Ka5 Kb7 5. Kb5 Ka7 6. Kc6 Kb8 7. Kb6
                                    Ka8 8. b5 Kb8 9. Ka6 Kc7 10. Ka7 Kd8
                                    11. b6 Ke8 12. b7 Kf7 13. b8=Q Kg6
                                    14. Qe5 Kh6 15. Qf5 Kg7 16. Qg5+ Kf7
                                    17. Kb6 Ke6 18. Kc5 Kf7 19. Kd6 Kf8
                                    20. Qe5
               35->   1:38  11.35   1. Kc2 Ke7 2. Kb3 Kd6 3. Ka4 Kc7 4.
                                    Ka5 Kb7 5. Kb5 Ka7 6. Kc6 Kb8 7. Kb6
                                    Ka8 8. b5 Kb8 9. Ka6 Kc7 10. Ka7 Kd8
                                    11. b6 Ke8 12. b7 Kf7 13. b8=Q Kg6
                                    14. Qe5 Kh6 15. Qf5 Kg7 16. Qg5+ Kf7
                                    17. Kb6 Ke6 18. Kc5 Kf7 19. Kd6 Kf8
                                    20. Qe5
              time=1:43  cpu=99%  mat=1  n=19219706  fh=94%  nps=184964
              ext-> checks=3713131 recaps=0 pawns=47835 1rep=18286
              predicted=0  nodes=19219706  evals=5666638
              endgame tablebase-> probes done=0  successful=0
              hashing-> trans/ref=125%  pawn=99%  used=w15% b27%



               32    22.12  11.02   1. Kc2 Ke7 2. Kb3 Kd6 3. Ka4 Kc7 4.
                                    Ka5 Kb7 5. Kb5 Ka7 6. Kc6 Kb8 7. Kb6
                                    Ka8 8. b5 Kb8 9. Ka6 Kc7 10. b6+ Kc8
                                    11. Ka7 Kd7 12. b7 Ke6 13. Kb6 Kd5
                                    14. b8=Q Ke4 15. Kc5 Kf3 16. Qe5 Kg2
                                    17. Qf5 Kh2 18. Kd5
               32->  22.13  11.02   1. Kc2 Ke7 2. Kb3 Kd6 3. Ka4 Kc7 4.
                                    Ka5 Kb7 5. Kb5 Ka7 6. Kc6 Kb8 7. Kb6
                                    Ka8 8. b5 Kb8 9. Ka6 Kc7 10. b6+ Kc8
                                    11. Ka7 Kd7 12. b7 Ke6 13. Kb6 Kd5
                                    14. b8=Q Ke4 15. Kc5 Kf3 16. Qe5 Kg2
                                    17. Qf5 Kh2 18. Kd5
               33    39.06  11.09   1. Kc2 Ke7 2. Kb3 Kd6 3. Ka4 Kc7 4.
                                    Ka5 Kb7 5. Kb5 Ka7 6. Kc6 Kb8 7. Kb6
                                    Ka8 8. b5 Kb8 9. Ka6 Kc7 10. b6+ Kc8
                                    11. Ka7 Kd7 12. b7 Ke6 13. b8=Q Kf5
                                    14. Qc8+ Kf4 15. Kb6 Ke3 16. Qg4 Kd3
                                    17. Qf3+ Kd4 18. Qf5 Ke3 19. Kc5 <HT>
               33->  39.07  11.09   1. Kc2 Ke7 2. Kb3 Kd6 3. Ka4 Kc7 4.
                                    Ka5 Kb7 5. Kb5 Ka7 6. Kc6 Kb8 7. Kb6
                                    Ka8 8. b5 Kb8 9. Ka6 Kc7 10. b6+ Kc8
                                    11. Ka7 Kd7 12. b7 Ke6 13. b8=Q Kf5
                                    14. Qc8+ Kf4 15. Kb6 Ke3 16. Qg4 Kd3
                                    17. Qf3+ Kd4 18. Qf5 Ke3 19. Kc5 <HT>
               34    53.42  11.17   1. Kc2 Ke7 2. Kb3 Kd6 3. Ka4 Kc7 4.
                                    Ka5 Kb7 5. Kb5 Ka7 6. Kc6 Kb8 7. Kb6
                                    Ka8 8. b5 Kb8 9. Ka6 Kc7 10. b6+ Kc8
                                    11. Ka7 Kd7 12. b7 Ke6 13. b8=Q Kf5
                                    14. Kb7 Ke4 15. Ka6 Kd3 16. Qe5 Kc4
                                    17. Qe4+ Kb3 18. Qd3+ Ka2 19. Kb5 Ka1
                                    20. Kc4
               34->  53.43  11.17   1. Kc2 Ke7 2. Kb3 Kd6 3. Ka4 Kc7 4.
                                    Ka5 Kb7 5. Kb5 Ka7 6. Kc6 Kb8 7. Kb6
                                    Ka8 8. b5 Kb8 9. Ka6 Kc7 10. b6+ Kc8
                                    11. Ka7 Kd7 12. b7 Ke6 13. b8=Q Kf5
                                    14. Kb7 Ke4 15. Ka6 Kd3 16. Qe5 Kc4
                                    17. Qe4+ Kb3 18. Qd3+ Ka2 19. Kb5 Ka1
                                    20. Kc4
               35     1:11  11.35   1. Kc2 Ke7 2. Kb3 Kd6 3. Ka4 Kc7 4.
                                    Ka5 Kb7 5. Kb5 Ka7 6. Kc6 Kb8 7. Kb6
                                    Ka8 8. b5 Kb8 9. Ka6 Kc7 10. Ka7 Kd8
                                    11. b6 Ke8 12. b7 Kf7 13. b8=Q Kg6
                                    14. Qe5 Kh6 15. Qf5 Kg7 16. Qg5+ Kf7
                                    17. Kb6 Ke6 18. Kc5 Kf7 19. Kd6 Kf8
                                    20. Qe5
               35->   1:11  11.35   1. Kc2 Ke7 2. Kb3 Kd6 3. Ka4 Kc7 4.
                                    Ka5 Kb7 5. Kb5 Ka7 6. Kc6 Kb8 7. Kb6
                                    Ka8 8. b5 Kb8 9. Ka6 Kc7 10. Ka7 Kd8
                                    11. b6 Ke8 12. b7 Kf7 13. b8=Q Kg6
                                    14. Qe5 Kh6 15. Qf5 Kg7 16. Qg5+ Kf7
                                    17. Kb6 Ke6 18. Kc5 Kf7 19. Kd6 Kf8
                                    20. Qe5
               36     1:26     ++   1. Kc2!!
               36     1:40  Mat21   1. Kc2 Ke7 2. Kb3 Kd6 3. Ka4 Kc7 4.
                                    Ka5 Kb7 5. Kb5 Ka7 6. Kc6 Ka6 7. b5+
                                    Ka7 8. Kc7 Ka8 9. Kb6 <HT>
               36->   1:40  Mat21   1. Kc2 Ke7 2. Kb3 Kd6 3. Ka4 Kc7 4.
                                    Ka5 Kb7 5. Kb5 Ka7 6. Kc6 Ka6 7. b5+
                                    Ka7 8. Kc7 Ka8 9. Kb6 <HT>
              time=1:40  cpu=99%  mat=1  n=25713491  fh=94%  nps=255932
              ext-> checks=4946639 recaps=0 pawns=57942 1rep=27753
              predicted=0  nodes=25713491  evals=6151458
              endgame tablebase-> probes done=0  successful=0
              hashing-> trans/ref=122%  pawn=99%  used=w21% b36%

mate in 21 moves.



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