GTX 1080 FE overclock
#1
Im very new to all this and have my system running with a GTX 1080 Founders Edition from Nvidia

I did a quick test on a wpa2 hash with rockyou.txt  and this was the output:

Code:
Session..........: hashcat
Status...........: Cracked
Hash.Type........: WPA/WPA2
Hash.Target......: Documents/HouseE2.hccapx
Time.Started.....: Thu May 11 16:40:09 2017 (27 secs)
Time.Estimated...: Thu May 11 16:40:36 2017 (0 secs)
Guess.Base.......: File (Documents/wordlists/rockyou.txt)
Guess.Queue......: 1/1 (100.00%)
Speed.Dev.#2.....:   345.0 kH/s (49.09ms)
Recovered........: 3/3 (100.00%) Digests, 1/1 (100.00%) Salts
Progress.........: 14343297/14343297 (100.00%)
Rejected.........: 4733979/14343297 (33.00%)
Restore.Point....: 13835830/14343297 (96.46%)
Candidates.#2....: 0817115022 -> PASWORD
HWMon.Dev.#2.....: Temp: 57c Fan: 37% Util:100% Core:1847MHz Mem:4513MHz Bus:16


This is a very significant improvement than a cpu attempt which took about 2 hours..  But im wondering if i should do anything to optimize the GPU, how do i overclock, and/or does hashcat automatically optimize the GPU
#2
You should be able to get at least 400 KH/s out of a GTX 1080 on stock clocks. Look at raising the power limit and changing the PowerMizer mode before you start overclocking.
#3
you mean in the NVIDIA X Server Settings? I tried that and it still cracks at the same speed to the second.. i'll try again and check the kH/s
#4
Ok, weird.. it defaulted back, but just changed it again to Maximum Performance and got 341.9 kH/s (48.77ms) so even less on the kH/s hmm.. what could be the problem? I am NOT using a riser.. plugged directly into the pci slot.

my watt consumption jumps from around 70 to about 220 when running hashcat
#5
(05-12-2017, 12:53 AM)epixoip Wrote: You should be able to get at least 400 KH/s out of a GTX 1080 on stock clocks. Look at raising the power limit and changing the PowerMizer mode before you start overclocking.

here are my nvidia details:

==============NVSMI LOG==============

Timestamp                           : Thu May 11 21:24:59 2017
Driver Version                      : 381.22

Attached GPUs                       : 1
GPU 0000:01:00.0
    Product Name                    : GeForce GTX 1080
    Product Brand                   : GeForce
    Display Mode                    : Enabled
    Display Active                  : Enabled
    Persistence Mode                : Disabled
    Accounting Mode                 : Disabled
    Accounting Mode Buffer Size     : 1920
    Driver Model
        Current                     : N/A
        Pending                     : N/A
    Serial Number                   : 0322116051820
    GPU UUID                        : GPU-0aa1fbc4-3b6c-b617-fc31-e79717e3e21b
    Minor Number                    : 0
    VBIOS Version                   : 86.04.17.00.01
    MultiGPU Board                  : No
    Board ID                        : 0x100
    GPU Part Number                 : N/A
    Inforom Version
        Image Version               : G001.0000.01.03
        OEM Object                  : 1.1
        ECC Object                  : N/A
        Power Management Object     : N/A
    GPU Operation Mode
        Current                     : N/A
        Pending                     : N/A
    GPU Virtualization Mode
        Virtualization mode         : None
    PCI
        Bus                         : 0x01
        Device                      : 0x00
        Domain                      : 0x0000
        Device Id                   : 0x1B8010DE
        Bus Id                      : 0000:01:00.0
        Sub System Id               : 0x119E10DE
        GPU Link Info
            PCIe Generation
                Max                 : 3
                Current             : 3
            Link Width
                Max                 : 16x
                Current             : 16x
        Bridge Chip
            Type                    : N/A
            Firmware                : N/A
        Replays since reset         : 0
        Tx Throughput               : 0 KB/s
        Rx Throughput               : 11000 KB/s
    Fan Speed                       : 35 %
    Performance State               : P0
    Clocks Throttle Reasons
        Idle                        : Not Active
        Applications Clocks Setting : Active
        SW Power Cap                : Not Active
        HW Slowdown                 : Not Active
        Sync Boost                  : Not Active
        Unknown                     : Not Active
    FB Memory Usage
        Total                       : 8110 MiB
        Used                        : 563 MiB
        Free                        : 7547 MiB
    BAR1 Memory Usage
        Total                       : 256 MiB
        Used                        : 5 MiB
        Free                        : 251 MiB
    Compute Mode                    : Default
    Utilization
        Gpu                         : 0 %
        Memory                      : 0 %
        Encoder                     : 0 %
        Decoder                     : 0 %
    Ecc Mode
        Current                     : N/A
        Pending                     : N/A
    ECC Errors
        Volatile
            Single Bit            
                Device Memory       : N/A
                Register File       : N/A
                L1 Cache            : N/A
                L2 Cache            : N/A
                Texture Memory      : N/A
                Texture Shared      : N/A
                Total               : N/A
            Double Bit            
                Device Memory       : N/A
                Register File       : N/A
                L1 Cache            : N/A
                L2 Cache            : N/A
                Texture Memory      : N/A
                Texture Shared      : N/A
                Total               : N/A
        Aggregate
            Single Bit            
                Device Memory       : N/A
                Register File       : N/A
                L1 Cache            : N/A
                L2 Cache            : N/A
                Texture Memory      : N/A
                Texture Shared      : N/A
                Total               : N/A
            Double Bit            
                Device Memory       : N/A
                Register File       : N/A
                L1 Cache            : N/A
                L2 Cache            : N/A
                Texture Memory      : N/A
                Texture Shared      : N/A
                Total               : N/A
    Retired Pages
        Single Bit ECC              : N/A
        Double Bit ECC              : N/A
        Pending                     : N/A
    Temperature
        GPU Current Temp            : 46 C
        GPU Shutdown Temp           : 99 C
        GPU Slowdown Temp           : 96 C
    Power Readings
        Power Management            : Supported
        Power Draw                  : 41.48 W
        Power Limit                 : 180.00 W
        Default Power Limit         : 180.00 W
        Enforced Power Limit        : 180.00 W
        Min Power Limit             : 90.00 W
        Max Power Limit             : 217.00 W
    Clocks
        Graphics                    : 1607 MHz
        SM                          : 1607 MHz
        Memory                      : 5005 MHz
        Video                       : 1442 MHz
    Applications Clocks
        Graphics                    : N/A
        Memory                      : N/A
    Default Applications Clocks
        Graphics                    : N/A
        Memory                      : N/A
    Max Clocks
        Graphics                    : 1911 MHz
        SM                          : 1911 MHz
        Memory                      : 5005 MHz
        Video                       : 1708 MHz
    Clock Policy
        Auto Boost                  : N/A
        Auto Boost Default          : N/A
    Processes
        Process ID                  : 907
            Type                    : G
            Name                    : /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg
            Used GPU Memory         : 349 MiB
        Process ID                  : 1714
            Type                    : G
            Name                    : compiz
            Used GPU Memory         : 208 MiB
        Process ID                  : 2185
            Type                    : G
            Name                    : /usr/bin/nvidia-settings
            Used GPU Memory         : 0 MiB
        Process ID                  : 2342
            Type                    : G
            Name                    : unity-control-center
            Used GPU Memory         : 2 MiB
#6
Start here:

https://hashcat.net/forum/thread-5051-po...l#pid28022

Then raise the power limit with `nvidia-smi -pl <limit>`
#7
(05-12-2017, 04:24 AM)epixoip Wrote: Start here:

https://hashcat.net/forum/thread-5051-po...l#pid28022

Then raise the power limit with `nvidia-smi -pl <limit>`

I tried that, but its already at its max of 217..  I am thinking i need to up the temp threshold, because if i monitor close, i get up to 400 but as soon as the temp gets up to 75c it seems to start throttling down back to around 350
#8
could part of the problem be the display that is also running on that card at 3440x1440?
#9
Ok so right now i have the power limit set to the max 217, and im running it with a evga hybrid all in one water cooler block.. its running at 39 degrees celcius and still I am only getting around 370kH/s

any ideas?
#10
(05-13-2017, 12:44 AM)elidell Wrote: Ok so right now i have the power limit set to the max 217, and im running it with a evga hybrid all in one water cooler block..  its running at 39 degrees celcius and still I am only getting around 370kH/s

any ideas?

Overclock with nvidia-settings commands:

Code:
nvidia-settings -a GPUPowerMizerMode=1 --ctrl-display=:0
nvidia-settings -a GPUGraphicsClockOffset[3]=200 --ctrl-display=:0
nvidia-settings -a GPUFanControlState=1 --ctrl-display=:0

The above example sets the clock to +200 Mhz faster than the factory clock.  Also, the fan control state can be controlled by hashcat with --gpu-temp-retain.  Manual control of the fan isn't strictly necessary, which makes that bottom line optional.

In order to reset, you might need to do this:

Code:
nvidia-settings -a GPUGraphicsClockOffset[3]=0 --ctrl-display=:0
nvidia-settings -a GPUPowerMizerMode=0 --ctrl-display=:0
nvidia-settings -a GPUFanControlState=0 --ctrl-display=:0

You might need to do this first, before the above.

Code:
cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak

nvidia-xconfig -s -a --force-generate --allow-empty-initial-configuration \
   --cool-bits=12 --registry-dwords="PerfLevelSrc=0x2222" \
   --no-sli --connected-monitor="DFP-0" -o /etc/X11/xorg.conf

sed -i '/Driver/a     Option         "Interactive" "False"' /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Cool bits needs the proper settings.  You might need to reboot after you set this.

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