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The latest release of the ccMiner 1.7 fork by tpruvot (source) has added some new interesting functionality among which is the ability to run a benchmark on all of the supported crypto algorithms by the software. There is no more need to go through all of the algorithms one by one and record the returned results, all you have to do is run ccminer.exe --benchmark and the miner will go through all of the algorithms automatically and print out the hashrate you get with your particular Nvidia GPU. It can work with single and multiple GPUs in the system, but if you have more than one and you do not specify which one you want tested it will benchmark all of them and display individual hashrate. Thanks to the ease of use of this feature and the fact that it needs just about 5 minutes to run we might soon start seeing crypto hashrate benchmarks included in Nvidia GPU reviews on sites that do hardware reviews, but generally do not bother to test crypto mining performance.

Since the output in the console when you run ccMiner in benchmark mode is quite big, you might want to automate the run and have the results written to a text file by default that you can later open and view more easily than having to scroll in a console window. To do so and have the results written to benchmark.txt file just run the following command line: ccminer.exe --benchmark > benchmark.txt

Here is a sample benchmark run on a GTX 980 Ti GPU:

*** ccminer 1.7 for nVidia GPUs by tpruvot@github ***
Built with VC++ 2013 and nVidia CUDA SDK 6.5

Originally based on Christian Buchner and Christian H. project
Include some of the work of djm34, sp, tsiv and klausT.

BTC donation address: 1AJdfCpLWPNoAMDfHF1wD5y8VgKSSTHxPo (tpruvot)

[2015-11-07 14:08:41] Starting benchmark mode with blakecoin
[2015-11-07 14:08:41] NVAPI GPU monitoring enabled.
[2015-11-07 14:08:41] 1 miner thread started, using 'blakecoin' algorithm.
[2015-11-07 14:08:44] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 1503.75 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:08:47] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 1485.03 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:08:47] GPU #0: blakecoin hashrate = 1494.39 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:08:47] Benchmark algo blake...
[2015-11-07 14:08:51] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 997.23 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:08:56] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 990.02 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:08:56] GPU #0: blake hashrate = 993.62 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:08:56] Benchmark algo bmw...
[2015-11-07 14:08:58] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 1384.80 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:09:02] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 1389.88 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:09:02] GPU #0: bmw hashrate = 1387.34 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:09:03] Benchmark algo deep...
[2015-11-07 14:09:12] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 32.92 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:09:21] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 32.93 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:09:22] GPU #0: deep hashrate = 32.93 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:09:22] Benchmark algo fresh...
[2015-11-07 14:09:28] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 12.02 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:09:32] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 12.03 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:09:32] GPU #0: fresh hashrate = 12.03 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:09:32] Benchmark algo fugue256...
[2015-11-07 14:09:34] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 373.83 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:09:42] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 376.02 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:09:42] GPU #0: fugue256 hashrate = 376.02 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:09:42] Benchmark algo groestl...
[2015-11-07 14:09:45] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 30.83 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:09:55] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 30.76 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:09:55] GPU #0: groestl hashrate = 30.80 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:09:56] Benchmark algo heavy...
[2015-11-07 14:10:02] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 30.82 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:10:05] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 30.86 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:10:05] GPU #0: heavy hashrate = 30.84 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:10:05] Benchmark algo keccak...
[2015-11-07 14:10:10] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 347.10 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:10:15] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 394.14 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:10:15] GPU #0: keccak hashrate = 394.14 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:10:15] Benchmark algo jackpot...
[2015-11-07 14:10:20] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 6292.92 kH/s
[2015-11-07 14:10:22] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 6595.98 kH/s
[2015-11-07 14:10:22] GPU #0: jackpot hashrate = 6444.45 kH/s
[2015-11-07 14:10:23] Benchmark algo luffa...
[2015-11-07 14:10:23] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 111.07 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:10:23] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 6572.03 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:10:27] GPU #0: luffa hashrate = 6572.03 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:10:27] Benchmark algo lyra2...
[2015-11-07 14:10:32] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 1078.98 kH/s
[2015-11-07 14:10:33] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 1119.20 kH/s
[2015-11-07 14:10:33] GPU #0: lyra2 hashrate = 1099.09 kH/s
[2015-11-07 14:10:34] Benchmark algo lyra2v2...
[2015-11-07 14:10:39] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 9949.18 kH/s
[2015-11-07 14:10:42] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 12.46 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:10:42] GPU #0: lyra2v2 hashrate = 12.46 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:10:43] Benchmark algo myr-gr...
[2015-11-07 14:10:53] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 43.80 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:11:03] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 43.67 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:11:03] GPU #0: myr-gr hashrate = 43.73 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:11:03] Benchmark algo neoscrypt...
[2015-11-07 14:11:03] GPU #0: Using 8192 cuda threads
[2015-11-07 14:11:13] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 660.65 kH/s
[2015-11-07 14:11:23] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 661.27 kH/s
[2015-11-07 14:11:23] GPU #0: neoscrypt hashrate = 660.96 kH/s
[2015-11-07 14:11:23] Benchmark algo nist5...
[2015-11-07 14:11:31] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 20.42 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:11:33] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 23.67 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:11:33] GPU #0: nist5 hashrate = 22.04 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:11:33] Benchmark algo penta...
[2015-11-07 14:11:41] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 12.11 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:11:42] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 15.95 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:11:42] GPU #0: penta hashrate = 14.03 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:11:43] Benchmark algo quark...
[2015-11-07 14:11:47] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 14.64 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:11:49] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 15.42 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:11:49] GPU #0: quark hashrate = 15.03 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:11:50] Benchmark algo qubit...
[2015-11-07 14:11:52] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 15.95 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:11:53] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 15.82 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:11:53] GPU #0: qubit hashrate = 15.82 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:11:53] Benchmark algo skein...
[2015-11-07 14:11:58] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 332.57 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:12:01] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 330.01 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:12:01] GPU #0: skein hashrate = 331.29 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:12:02] Benchmark algo skein2...
[2015-11-07 14:12:05] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 85.98 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:12:07] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 219.13 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:12:07] GPU #0: skein2 hashrate = 219.13 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:12:07] Benchmark algo s3...
[2015-11-07 14:12:08] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 28.61 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:12:17] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 29.49 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:12:17] GPU #0: s3 hashrate = 29.49 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:12:18] Benchmark algo x11...
[2015-11-07 14:12:24] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 9270.83 kH/s
[2015-11-07 14:12:29] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 9906.28 kH/s
[2015-11-07 14:12:29] GPU #0: x11 hashrate = 9906.28 kH/s
[2015-11-07 14:12:29] Benchmark algo x13...
[2015-11-07 14:12:38] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 8304.47 kH/s
[2015-11-07 14:12:39] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 8229.94 kH/s
[2015-11-07 14:12:39] GPU #0: x13 hashrate = 8267.20 kH/s
[2015-11-07 14:12:39] Benchmark algo x14...
[2015-11-07 14:12:48] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 8275.62 kH/s
[2015-11-07 14:12:49] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 8168.95 kH/s
[2015-11-07 14:12:49] GPU #0: x14 hashrate = 8222.28 kH/s
[2015-11-07 14:12:49] Benchmark algo x15...
[2015-11-07 14:12:58] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 7292.03 kH/s
[2015-11-07 14:12:59] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 7233.74 kH/s
[2015-11-07 14:12:59] GPU #0: x15 hashrate = 7262.88 kH/s
[2015-11-07 14:13:00] Benchmark algo x17...
[2015-11-07 14:13:06] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 6703.77 kH/s
[2015-11-07 14:13:09] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 6650.18 kH/s
[2015-11-07 14:13:10] GPU #0: x17 hashrate = 6676.98 kH/s
[2015-11-07 14:13:10] Benchmark algo whirlpool...
[2015-11-07 14:13:18] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 17.52 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:13:19] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 17.41 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:13:19] GPU #0: whirlpool hashrate = 17.47 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:13:20] Benchmark algo whirlpoolx...
[2015-11-07 14:13:26] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 250.26 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:13:36] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 251.12 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:13:36] GPU #0: whirlpoolx hashrate = 250.69 MH/s
[2015-11-07 14:13:37] Benchmark algo zr5...
[2015-11-07 14:13:46] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 1907.64 kH/s
[2015-11-07 14:13:55] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 2107.89 kH/s
[2015-11-07 14:13:55] GPU #0: zr5 hashrate = 2007.77 kH/s
[2015-11-07 14:13:55] Benchmark results for GPU #0 - GeForce GTX 980 Ti:
[2015-11-07 14:13:55] blakecoin : 1459369.4 kH/s, 1 MB, 4194304 thr.
[2015-11-07 14:13:55] blake : 970336.8 kH/s, 1 MB, 4194304 thr.
[2015-11-07 14:13:55] bmw : 1354822.5 kH/s, 65 MB, 2097152 thr.
[2015-11-07 14:13:55] deep : 32154.5 kH/s, 33 MB, 524288 thr.
[2015-11-07 14:13:55] fresh : 11745.7 kH/s, 609 MB, 524288 thr.
[2015-11-07 14:13:55] fugue256 : 367203.5 kH/s, 129 MB, 4194304 thr.
[2015-11-07 14:13:55] groestl : 30076.7 kH/s, 1 MB, 524288 thr.
[2015-11-07 14:13:55] heavy : 30115.6 kH/s, 147 MB, 524032 thr.
[2015-11-07 14:13:55] keccak : 384901.8 kH/s, 129 MB, 2097152 thr.
[2015-11-07 14:13:55] jackpot : 6293.4 kH/s, 106 MB, 1048576 thr.
[2015-11-07 14:13:55] luffa : 6417996.4 kH/s, 129 MB, 2097152 thr.
[2015-11-07 14:13:55] lyra2 : 1073.3 kH/s, 515 MB, 65536 thr.
[2015-11-07 14:13:55] lyra2v2 : 12163.3 kH/s, 393 MB, 262144 thr.
[2015-11-07 14:13:55] myr-gr : 42708.4 kH/s, 9 MB, 131072 thr.
[2015-11-07 14:13:55] neoscrypt : 645.5 kH/s, 261 MB, 8192 thr.
[2015-11-07 14:13:55] nist5 : 21525.5 kH/s, 65 MB, 1048576 thr.
[2015-11-07 14:13:55] penta : 13701.2 kH/s, 33 MB, 524288 thr.
[2015-11-07 14:13:55] quark : 14678.7 kH/s, 86 MB, 1048576 thr.
[2015-11-07 14:13:55] qubit : 15453.1 kH/s, 609 MB, 524288 thr.
[2015-11-07 14:13:55] skein : 323525.3 kH/s, 1 MB, 1048576 thr.
[2015-11-07 14:13:55] skein2 : 213998.6 kH/s, 33 MB, 524288 thr.
[2015-11-07 14:13:55] s3 : 28802.4 kH/s, 609 MB, 524288 thr.
[2015-11-07 14:13:55] x11 : 9674.1 kH/s, 609 MB, 524288 thr.
[2015-11-07 14:13:55] x13 : 8073.4 kH/s, 609 MB, 524288 thr.
[2015-11-07 14:13:55] x14 : 8029.6 kH/s, 609 MB, 524288 thr.
[2015-11-07 14:13:55] x15 : 7092.7 kH/s, 609 MB, 524288 thr.
[2015-11-07 14:13:55] x17 : 6520.5 kH/s, 609 MB, 524288 thr.
[2015-11-07 14:13:55] whirlpool : 17056.7 kH/s, 33 MB, 524288 thr.
[2015-11-07 14:13:55] whirlpoolx : 244812.1 kH/s, 65 MB, 1048576 thr.
[2015-11-07 14:13:55] zr5 : 1960.7 kH/s, 84 MB, 262144 thr.