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Subject: Re: Hiarcs and the Hiarcs Mark Test

Author: Tony Hedlund

Date: 09:33:25 10/15/99

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On October 14, 1999 at 11:03:44, Joshua Lee wrote:

>
>>>>>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

I used 102MB Hash Memory as suggested by the program. (I've got 128 RAM).

Tony



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