[gmx-users] Which computer yields the highest performance per price

[Mark Abraham]

Hi,

You should likely start with a careful reading of
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcc.24030

Mark

On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 4:17 PM Morten <morten at slyngborg.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am trying to decide which computer to buy. I am primarily running all
> atom simulations and MARTINI CG simulations with approximately 200000 or
> 10000 atoms, respectively. I care manly about through-put and run single
> precision. The computers I am considering are:
>
> i7-6700K with GTX970 or GTX1070
>
> i7-6800K with GTX1070
>
> i7-6900K with GTX1080
>
> I think the price scale with the amount of cores rather well, but which
> solution would yield the best CPU/GPU balance and highest performance
> per price? Of cause this is pretty much speculations as we have no valid
> benchmarks yet, but any input is appreciated as I need to buy the
> computer soon.
>
> Best regards
> Morten
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