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Subject: Re: Hiarcs and the Hiarcs Mark Test

Author: Joshua Lee

Date: 08:03:44 10/14/99

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>>>>I consistently run the Hiarcs Mark test for Hiarcs 732 on my IBM Aptiva PIII 500
>>>>megahertz machine and consistently score 375 plus or minus 0, max time set at
>>>>600 seconds.  Can you tell me how this translates into Elo rating?
>>>
>>>It doesn't, really.  As far as SSDF goes, it'll be just a few points higher, if
>>>any, than the top Hiarcs on the list (with 450Mhz hardware).
>>>
>>>
>>>>Also, can you give me a practical example of what it means to adjust the hash
>>>>relative to the time controls?
>>>
>>>With shorter games, you don't need so much hash.  The program is searching many
>>>less nodes in a shorter time control, so the hash doesn't get full.  With a long
>>>time control, the hash eventually fills up - this is where a bigger hash would
>>>help.
>>>
>>>Jeremiah
>>
>>I get 228 on the short test and 354 on the long one, on my AMD K6-2 450.
>>
>>Tony
>
>These numbers will vary with the amount of Hash Memory you have set.  So it's
>hard to compare them without specifying the hash memory used for both the short
>and long test.
>Jim Walker

On a K6-3 450 Short test with 1 MB 408 17.2 sec 58Kn
Long test 1Mb 337 449.0sec
Short test 35MB  (best results on Hiarcs mark on machines with 64MB) 194 36.1sec
55Kns




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