siacoin-sgminer-r7-370

Testing SGMiner 5.4.0 performance using 2 x MSi R7 370 4GB AMD GPU’s

I recently did a post on using the Marlin miner at the Siamining.com pool and in this post I wanted to do a comparison using another pool and different mining software.

SGMiner has been extensively tested and developed and is one of the most popular miners due to it’s performance and also the wide range of algorithms it supports. This miner can be used by Nvidia and AMD graphics cards.

Today we’re using a custom version which is best suited for use mining Siacoin and it can be downloaded using the link below.

Download Link – SGMiner 5.4.0 Siacoin GPU Miner

I tested the miner at the Suprnova pool and had my batch file configuration set like this

sgminer -k sia -o stratum+tcp://sia.suprnova.cc:2786 -u riskyfire.worker1 -p x -I 25

Using the 2 X R7 370’s installed in this machine and using their default clocks speeds of core 1030 memory 1400 I was able to get a average hash rate of 870 Mh/s around 435 Mh/s for each GPU.

siacoin-sgminer-default

When testing the cards with a overclocked core speed of 1150 mhz memory 1500 mhz the performance was improved by about 10% and increased the average hash rate to 978 Mh/s

siacoin-sgminer-r7-370

I did test the effect of changing the miner intensity but it didn’t seem to yield any obvious performance gains during this brief test.

I also tested this miner on another GPU a Gigabyte R9 280x using factory clocks speeds of core 1100 mem 1500 and it hashed at 910 Mh/s for comparison.

Overall this miner and pool combination performed very well and with no advantage or disadvantage in comparison to using the Marlin miner on the Siamining.com pool. A longer duration test or wider range of tested hardware might provide a better indication of the best combination but I think the time would be better spent on optimizing drivers, clock speed and voltage use to get the best overall performance and efficiency from mining Siacoin.

 

I’ve done the research and found the best motherboards available for GPU crypto coin mining. Start with these quality and pcie packed motherboards and get mining in the fast lane.

Efficiently and return on capital was the primary focus for this selection of motherboards.

Hardware in this video

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I break down what you need to be looking for when choosing a motherboard suitable for a efficient 4,5,6x card GPU mining rig.

In the second part of the video I share the best motherboards I’ve found online for GPU mining.

Hardware in this video

Asrock H61 Pro BTC
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Asrock H81 Pro BTC
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Asrock B85 Anniversary
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Gigabyte F2A88X-D3H
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UK http://amzn.to/23gRM65

Asus P5N32-E Sli
US http://www.ebay.com
UK http://www.ebay.co.uk

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Buy anything on Amazon
US http://amzn.to/1Ttb8P9
UK http://amzn.to/27P0s71

Tips are appreciated. Here’s my Addresses

Bitcoin 12v4d15AuopsVzudct7J8LJMm7qH95SxA1
Ethereum 0x5B905114167C80276AD28A997f606C698547fe40