01-25-2019, 08:39 PM
Only way to speed up your cracking speed is by getting better hardware. The only other way to increase your workload is by using the optimized profiles (-O) and the heaviest workload (-w 4) which may cause your system to hang. Don't expect a massive increase but it may pump out a few extra 1000 hashes a second.
When you start hashcat it'll show what devices it has identified for use. By default hashcat selects your GPU(s) as seen below that my CPU is skipped.
OpenCL Platform #1: NVIDIA Corporation
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* Device #1: GeForce GTX 1070, 2048/8192 MB allocatable, 15MCU
OpenCL Platform #2: Intel(R) Corporation
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* Device #2: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz, skipped.
* Device #3: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000, skipped.
If it has loaded Optimizers it will list that further below the devices. For example:
Applicable optimizers:
* Zero-Byte
* Single-Hash
* Single-Salt
When you start hashcat it'll show what devices it has identified for use. By default hashcat selects your GPU(s) as seen below that my CPU is skipped.
OpenCL Platform #1: NVIDIA Corporation
======================================
* Device #1: GeForce GTX 1070, 2048/8192 MB allocatable, 15MCU
OpenCL Platform #2: Intel(R) Corporation
========================================
* Device #2: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz, skipped.
* Device #3: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000, skipped.
If it has loaded Optimizers it will list that further below the devices. For example:
Applicable optimizers:
* Zero-Byte
* Single-Hash
* Single-Salt