FAHBench

FAHBench is a Folding@Home benchmark on the GPU.

To run this test with the Phoronix Test Suite, the basic command is: phoronix-test-suite benchmark fahbench.

Project Site

fahbench.github.io

Test Created

6 July 2017

Last Updated

6 October 2020

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel 

Test Type

System

Average Install Time

2 Seconds

Average Run Time

2 Minutes, 1 Second

Test Dependencies

OpenCL

Accolades

60k+ Downloads

Supported Platforms


Public Result Uploads *Reported Installs **Reported Test Completions **Test Profile Page Views ***OpenBenchmarking.orgEventsFAHBench Popularity Statisticspts/fahbench2017.072017.102018.012018.042018.072018.102019.012019.042019.072019.102020.012020.042020.072020.102021.012021.042021.072021.102022.012022.042022.072022.102023.012023.042023.072023.102024.012024.042024.072024.102025.0116003200480064008000
* Uploading of benchmark result data to OpenBenchmarking.org is always optional (opt-in) via the Phoronix Test Suite for users wishing to share their results publicly.
** Data based on those opting to upload their test results to OpenBenchmarking.org and users enabling the opt-in anonymous statistics reporting while running benchmarks from an Internet-connected platform.
*** Test profile page view reporting began March 2021.
Data updated weekly as of 19 February 2025.

Revision History

pts/fahbench-1.0.2   [View Source]   Tue, 06 Oct 2020 13:20:35 GMT
Metadata update.

pts/fahbench-1.0.1   [View Source]   Sun, 04 Mar 2018 11:23:08 GMT
Add Windows support.

pts/fahbench-1.0.0   [View Source]   Thu, 06 Jul 2017 17:28:05 GMT
Initial commit of OpenCL Folding At Home Benchmark.

Suites Using This Test

NVIDIA GPU Compute


Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

FAHBench 2.3.2

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 1,107 public results since 1 August 2017 with the latest data as of 24 January 2025.

Below is an overview of the generalized performance for components where there is sufficient statistically significant data based upon user-uploaded results. It is important to keep in mind particularly in the Linux/open-source space there can be vastly different OS configurations, with this overview intended to offer just general guidance as to the performance expectations.

Component
Percentile Rank
# Compatible Public Results
Ns Per Day (Average)
92nd
49
333 +/- 32
Mid-Tier
75th
< 267
62nd
6
228 +/- 2
Median
50th
186
36th
4
130 +/- 3
36th
3
129 +/- 2
26th
16
97 +/- 8
Low-Tier
25th
< 94
18th
5
71 +/- 5
16th
25
68 +/- 8
Detailed Performance Overview
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results1107 Results Range From 2 To 479 Ns Per Day22446689011213415617820022224426628831033235437639842044246448620406080100

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (FAHBench 2.3.2) has an average run-time of 6 minutes. By default this test profile is set to run at least 3 times but may increase if the standard deviation exceeds pre-defined defaults or other calculations deem additional runs necessary for greater statistical accuracy of the result.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMinutesTime Required To Complete BenchmarkRun-Time48121620Min: 2 / Avg: 5.46 / Max: 14

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.1%.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterAverage Deviation Between RunsDeviation246810Min: 0 / Avg: 0.09 / Max: 2

Notable Instruction Set Usage

Notable instruction set extensions supported by this test, based on an automatic analysis by the Phoronix Test Suite / OpenBenchmarking.org analytics engine.

Instruction Set
Support
Instructions Detected
SSE2 (SSE2)
Used by default on supported hardware.
 
CVTSS2SD PUNPCKLQDQ CVTSI2SD MULSD DIVSD CVTSD2SS MOVDQA PADDQ PSRLDQ UCOMISD MOVAPD ANDPD SUBSD ADDSD SQRTSD MOVDQU MOVD UNPCKLPD PSHUFD CVTDQ2PD MULPD DIVPD CVTTSD2SI PMULUDQ XORPD MAXSD MINSD MOVUPD SUBPD ADDPD CMPNLTSD ANDNPD ORPD CMPLESD CMPNLESD CMPLTSD
Last automated analysis: 17 January 2022

This test profile binary relies on the shared libraries libfahbench.so, libopenmm.so, libc.so.6, libOpenCL.so.1, libpthread.so.0, libm.so.6.

Tested CPU Architectures

This benchmark has been successfully tested on the below mentioned architectures. The CPU architectures listed is where successful OpenBenchmarking.org result uploads occurred, namely for helping to determine if a given test is compatible with various alternative CPU architectures.

CPU Architecture
Kernel Identifier
Verified On
Intel / AMD x86 64-bit
x86_64
(Many Processors)

Recent Test Results

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