Discrepancy between Benchmark numbers and actual numbers

[XakEp]

Think I found something wrong with hashcat itself, but you guys are the experts not me.

If I run this attack with -w3 or -w4, I get something like this -

hashcat64.exe -m0 -a3 d:\hashlists\Random\Quillen.txt -O -w3 (or -w4)

Session..........: hashcat
Status...........: Running
Hash.Type........: MD5
Hash.Target......: (redacted)
Time.Started.....: Sat Aug 31 12:26:09 2019 (30 secs)
Time.Estimated...: Sat Aug 31 12:27:13 2019 (34 secs)
Guess.Mask.......: ?1?2?2?2?2?2?2?3 [8]
Guess.Charset....: -1 ?l?d?u, -2 ?l?d, -3 ?l?d*!$@_, -4 Undefined
Guess.Queue......: 8/15 (53.33%)
Speed.#1.........: 24814.2 MH/s (17.29ms) @ Accel:64 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:4
Speed.#2.........: 29846.9 MH/s (25.97ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:4
Speed.#3.........: 16099.1 MH/s (49.42ms) @ Accel:256 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:4
Speed.#4.........: 15716.5 MH/s (37.04ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:4
Speed.#*.........: 86476.9 MH/s
Recovered........: 0/1 (0.00%) Digests, 0/1 (0.00%) Salts
Progress.........: 2579455016960/5533380698112 (46.62%)
Rejected.........: 0/2579455016960 (0.00%)
Restore.Point....: 28409856/68864256 (41.25%)
Restore.Sub.#1...: Salt:0 Amplifier:18432-19456 Iteration:0-1024
Restore.Sub.#2...: Salt:0 Amplifier:6144-7168 Iteration:0-1024
Restore.Sub.#3...: Salt:0 Amplifier:6144-7168 Iteration:0-1024
Restore.Sub.#4...: Salt:0 Amplifier:7168-8192 Iteration:0-1024
Candidates.#1....: nclt5o6r -> Hhsspig4
Candidates.#2....: 0uc85lmn -> Cisqqtfh
Candidates.#3....: 0ucoy1n9 -> Cisz52v4
Candidates.#4....: J33wqqv4 -> pfo65lmn
Hardware.Mon.#1..: Temp: 45c Fan: 96% Util: 56% Core:2100MHz Mem:7500MHz Bus:1
Hardware.Mon.#2..: Temp: 49c Fan: 44% Util: 85% Core:1923MHz Mem:5103MHz Bus:1
Hardware.Mon.#3..: Temp: 52c Fan:100% Util: 80% Core:2037MHz Mem:3802MHz Bus:1
Hardware.Mon.#4..: Temp: 53c Fan:100% Util: 81% Core:1429MHz Mem:3304MHz Bus:1

But when I run it with JUST -O and no workload options at all, I get this

hashcat64.exe -m0 -a3 d:\hashlists\Random\Quillen.txt -O

Session..........: hashcat
Status...........: Running
Hash.Type........: MD5
Hash.Target......: (redacted)
Time.Started.....: Sat Aug 31 12:27:57 2019 (6 secs)
Time.Estimated...: Sat Aug 31 12:28:47 2019 (44 secs)
Guess.Mask.......: ?1?2?2?2?2?2?2?3 [8]
Guess.Charset....: -1 ?l?d?u, -2 ?l?d, -3 ?l?d*!$@_, -4 Undefined
Guess.Queue......: 8/15 (53.33%)
Speed.#1.........: 41490.8 MH/s (8.69ms) @ Accel:64 Loops:512 Thr:256 Vec:4
Speed.#2.........: 32504.0 MH/s (6.58ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:256 Thr:256 Vec:4
Speed.#3.........: 18270.0 MH/s (6.28ms) @ Accel:256 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:4
Speed.#4.........: 18502.0 MH/s (9.38ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:256 Thr:256 Vec:4
Speed.#*.........:  110.8 GH/s
Recovered........: 0/1 (0.00%) Digests, 0/1 (0.00%) Salts
Progress.........: 637860315136/5533380698112 (11.53%)
Rejected.........: 0/637860315136 (0.00%)
Restore.Point....: 2654208/68864256 (3.85%)
Restore.Sub.#1...: Salt:0 Amplifier:75776-76288 Iteration:0-512
Restore.Sub.#2...: Salt:0 Amplifier:43264-43520 Iteration:0-256
Restore.Sub.#3...: Salt:0 Amplifier:26752-26880 Iteration:0-128
Restore.Sub.#4...: Salt:0 Amplifier:67328-67584 Iteration:0-256
Candidates.#1....: r9zwe9lo -> opqqlxv1
Candidates.#2....: N8regqlo -> Y5rsb9l1
Candidates.#3....: 7zlog4vo -> zevza7d1
Candidates.#4....: Z1vdugby -> cc7sb8un
Hardware.Mon.#1..: Temp: 46c Util: 93% Core:2100MHz Mem:7500MHz Bus:1
Hardware.Mon.#2..: Temp: 43c Fan: 44% Util: 94% Core:1923MHz Mem:5103MHz Bus:1
Hardware.Mon.#3..: Temp: 49c Fan: 92% Util: 94% Core:2037MHz Mem:3802MHz Bus:1
Hardware.Mon.#4..: Temp: 48c Fan:100% Util: 96% Core:1429MHz Mem:3304MHz Bus:1

Running the same command with JUST -w3 or -w4

Session..........: hashcat
Status...........: Running
Hash.Type........: MD5
Hash.Target......: (redacted)
Time.Started.....: Sat Aug 31 12:29:31 2019 (4 secs)
Time.Estimated...: Sat Aug 31 12:31:33 2019 (1 min, 58 secs)
Guess.Mask.......: ?1?2?2?2?2?2?2?3 [8]
Guess.Charset....: -1 ?l?d?u, -2 ?l?d, -3 ?l?d*!$@_, -4 Undefined
Guess.Queue......: 8/15 (53.33%)
Speed.#1.........: 16048.6 MH/s (40.96ms) @ Accel:64 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#2.........: 13741.6 MH/s (62.22ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#3.........:  8074.8 MH/s (112.42ms) @ Accel:256 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#4.........:  7676.1 MH/s (84.19ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#*.........: 45541.1 MH/s
Recovered........: 0/1 (0.00%) Digests, 0/1 (0.00%) Salts
Progress.........: 153075318784/5533380698112 (2.77%)
Rejected.........: 0/153075318784 (0.00%)
Restore.Point....: 0/68864256 (0.00%)
Restore.Sub.#1...: Salt:0 Amplifier:70656-71680 Iteration:0-1024
Restore.Sub.#2...: Salt:0 Amplifier:50176-51200 Iteration:0-1024
Restore.Sub.#3...: Salt:0 Amplifier:26624-27648 Iteration:0-1024
Restore.Sub.#4...: Salt:0 Amplifier:34816-35840 Iteration:0-1024
Candidates.#1....: J9yerane -> pr7njrne
Candidates.#2....: ntj5ajba -> Hq4z2wat
Candidates.#3....: 5xntwhll -> Yrr68011
Candidates.#4....: S8t81698 -> coebs7do
Hardware.Mon.#1..: Temp: 45c Fan: 96% Util: 87% Core:2100MHz Mem:7500MHz Bus:1
Hardware.Mon.#2..: Temp: 43c Fan: 44% Util: 98% Core:1847MHz Mem:5103MHz Bus:1
Hardware.Mon.#3..: Temp: 50c Fan: 94% Util: 92% Core:2025MHz Mem:3802MHz Bus:1
Hardware.Mon.#4..: Temp: 49c Util: 86% Core:1429MHz Mem:3304MHz Bus:1

I have some ideas as to what the problem might be, but I'm pretty sure it isn't my hardware at this point. Your thoughts? I'm going to keep experimenting and I'll update the thread as i find things. If I need to do anything to gather more data in a certain direction, just let me know.