fahinfo.org is a database of collected Folding@Home project scores. The scores are submitted along with details about the CPU on which they were run. This information will show which workunits are best (and worst) for specific CPUs, and also highlight the differences between the different cores on the same CPU type. The more data collected and added the better, as this will serve to make the PPD/GHz values more accurate. You can lookup the work-unit (by project number) you are currently running to see how well it could or should be doing on your particular CPU, I might even make it recommend the CPU that you should be using for that WU. This site was written by and is maintained by me, Uncle_Fungus, and has been hand-coded from scratch in PHP and MySQL.
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News
C2D Fixes
The more observant among you may have noticed that there was a slight problem with certain scores being misreported when the submitting machine was a Core 2 Duo CPU. The problem causing this issue has dealt with and there should be no further problems with CPU data not appearing in lists etc. Development will be slow over the next couple of months as I'm quite busy in the real world, but not to worry, I'll tinker with things here and there when I have the time.
Posted by: Uncle_Fungus on 2006-10-26 13:29:54 [Direct Link]
Usability fixes
From this day forth I denounce massive and bloated javascript arrays. Henceforth we shall use AJAX, and do things properly.
Anyway, as a result of all of that I've managed to fix some other niggling issues with the site.
CPU Comparison Creator is significantly improved - CPUs can be chosen side by side, if you read the instructions
Edit machines now shows the CPU lists properly, with no asterixed values.
I can now manage the CPU lists much more easily
I'll be fiddling around with the CPU lists fairly soon to move some around etc.
IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR GPU CLIENT USERS. DO NOT SUBMIT CPU SCORES FOR CPUS ON WHICH A GPU CLIENT IS ALSO RUNNING!
Don't Submit GPU Scores here yet either.
Posted by: Uncle_Fungus on 2006-10-03 11:41:02 [Direct Link]
Mini update 1
Just to show you that I am in fact still alive, I've just released a mini update that adds the ability to set the login expiration time.
The default expiration is after 1 hour, which is what the site used to do for every user.
Now every user can set their own login expiration, values range from 1 hour to 1 week + a "forever" option
Posted by: Uncle_Fungus on 2006-08-31 21:49:11 [Direct Link]
Stanford server changes
At ~ 11am PST yesterday Stanford initiated a network switchover which resulted in various web pages being inaccessible due to DNS changes. With this server being located in the UK, the DNS changes took some time to propagate, so several updates to psummary are missing. With this in mind some projects may be missing from my aggregate lists, i've already added some manually using data from jmol, but there may be others too.
I also need to run a manual re-average script this evening, since a bug was discovered that would prevent entries being added to the "Average Scores" table in some instances. The bug has been squashed, but any scores added prior to this fix remain uncalculated.
Posted by: Uncle_Fungus on 2006-07-19 12:16:29 [Direct Link]
The updates are finally in place
It's been a long time coming, but I have finally completed the upgrade I've been working on for far too long. The actual upgrade itself was done in 4 stages:
Major code update and database upgrade, the site was down for about an hour whilst I was doing this. My live server decided that it would break on some perfectly valid mysql queries, luckily fixing them was fairly easy, once I'd worked out what it was complaining about.
Minor code update and bug-fix. Corrected some stupid mistakes here...
Replaced "All Scores" code, to show new tables and allow filtering etc.
Another round of bug-fixes. Fixed some code relating to working out the registered machine name from the specs stored per score, it should get it right almost 100% of the time now.
So here's what's new: Invisible bits
Complete database upgrade, structure is now more efficient
Many administrative changes to allow easier management
Much of the code has been cleaned up to remove non-fatal errors etc.
New features
Beta Unit Filtering - By default, no data for beta WUs are shown in any of the stats. Beta testers can contact me to have their account "beta enabled", which will allow them to view and submit beta scores
Any sortable lists now show direction arrows (which look ugly in IE - no png support, I'll probably change them to gif) to show how they are sorted
Any paginated lists now have a jump forward and backward 10 pages link to ease navigation
An "Export data" option is now available from the menu, this provides a list of every WU ever created, along with its best performing data etc. (It's a big file)
All Scores changes
"All Scores" has changed it's name to "Score Lists" to better reflect its function.
If you are logged in it now shows 4 tables, "All Scores Today", "All Historic Scores", "My Scores Today" and "My Historic Scores".
All these lists are now paginated and have a project filter options - you can now finally filter the "All Historic Scores" to find data for 1 WU
These changes were made to make it easier to change your scores once you have submitted them, and to make most of the data available in one place.
The submit score page now defaults to an invalid project, this prevents people sumbitting scores for the project by accidentally not selecting a project number
The project number and Machine name are now sticky and remain set when you submit a score.
A few visiual enhancements made to acknowledgment messages
Public Graphing engine changes
CPU oriented graphs now sort results by FAHCore, then Project, and color code the results, like this:
The above graphs can be filtered by each core type, which then show the project numbers on the x axis:
The same core-color sorting has been added to the CPU comparison graphs, although the displays are slightly different. The graphs no longer show 1 CPU red and the other blue, rather they use the above color schemes but with ligh and dark variations:
These results become much clearer once you apply the core filtering:
The filtering options are currently unavailable on the wattage comparison charts.
The best way to access these graphs is to use the "Graphs/Buyers Guide" section, although the CPU graphs can be created by clicking the CPU core in the "Average Scores" or "Score Lists" tables.
You should also notice that the benchmark line designations have been altered. "Benchmark Bonus WU PPD" has been changed to "100%Bonus PPD" to reflect the fact that bonuses have varied
All graphs should fail gracefully to
User account specific changes
The "My Scores" table is now fully sortable and tries to show the registered machine name for each score submitted in addition to the PPD/GHz values, which weren't previously displayed.
New "My Averages" feature which lists the average scores based on data you submitted, and compares it to the overall averages, the data is split by machine spec.
"My Graphs" has been revamped. The complete data comparison chart has a few more options and can be filtered to show global data, or only user specific data. You may have to play around with the settings to produce decent results (hint: bigger is better)
"Individual Registered Machine Graphs" have been added, this simply creates graphs like the topmost one above, but all you do is select the machine name, no more manaully entering the details into the "Graphs/Buyers Guide" section
"Individual Registered Machine v AVG Graphs" Does exactly what it says on the tin, creates a graph comparing YOUR averages with the GLOBAL averages for that CPU, like this:
The results are filterable too
"Account Options" section - Now allows you to change your password
Posted by: Uncle_Fungus on 2006-07-16 00:06:30 [Direct Link]
