Speed up PixInsight processes by up to 30%

I did this modification and yes, it worked, but just den opposite way - the additional folders slowed down the entire process. Here the two reports to compare…

Frist AFTER the added swap folders:

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The Official PixInsight Benchmark version 1.0
Copyright (C) 2014-2021 Pleiades Astrophoto. All Rights Reserved.
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Benchmark version …… 1.00.08
Input checksum ……… 2cd72b67e12fff2812ef5b5da054ab2a70a25e23
Serial number ………. M9W31LQ627R7IWEF927890672Y022HB0

CPU Identification
CPU vendor …………. GenuineIntel
CPU model ………….. Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz

System Information
Platform …………… Windows
Operating system ……. Microsoft Windows 11 Pro
Core version ……….. PixInsight Core 1.8.9-3 (x64)
Logical processors ….. 12
Total memory size …… 31.739 GiB

Execution Times
Total time …………. 01:43.06
CPU time …………… 00:39.71
Swap time ………….. 01:03.32
Swap transfer rate ….. 261.773 MiB/s

Performance Indices
Total performance …… 4564
CPU performance …….. 9533
Swap performance ……. 1450

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And here BEFORE I added the swap folders as per your suggestion:

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The Official PixInsight Benchmark version 1.0
Copyright (C) 2014-2021 Pleiades Astrophoto. All Rights Reserved.
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Benchmark version …… 1.00.08
Input checksum ……… 2cd72b67e12fff2812ef5b5da054ab2a70a25e23
Serial number ………. TZNYX3H6Z17GHC4X6GWW4448GU2T3BMD

CPU Identification
CPU vendor …………. GenuineIntel
CPU model ………….. Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz

System Information
Platform …………… Windows
Operating system ……. Microsoft Windows 11 Pro
Core version ……….. PixInsight Core 1.8.9-3 (x64)
Logical processors ….. 12
Total memory size …… 31.739 GiB

Execution Times
Total time …………. 00:55.79
CPU time …………… 00:40.00
Swap time ………….. 00:15.76
Swap transfer rate ….. 1051.615 MiB/s

Performance Indices
Total performance …… 8432
CPU performance …….. 9463
Swap performance ……. 5824

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I asked my self why did this happen? Well - easy explanation - my additional drives D and E are "normal" hard drives and not SSD drives, so those slow the process down, right?

I deleted the additional swap files on E (the slower drive) and ran the benchmark test again - now it is faster, not much, but yes, faster

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The Official PixInsight Benchmark version 1.0
Copyright (C) 2014-2021 Pleiades Astrophoto. All Rights Reserved.
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Benchmark version …… 1.00.08
Input checksum ……… 2cd72b67e12fff2812ef5b5da054ab2a70a25e23
Serial number ………. 89F1Q87KIVGPK7YT3104B7MPH3062563

CPU Identification
CPU vendor …………. GenuineIntel
CPU model ………….. Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz

System Information
Platform …………… Windows
Operating system ……. Microsoft Windows 11 Pro
Core version ……….. PixInsight Core 1.8.9-3 (x64)
Logical processors ….. 12
Total memory size …… 31.739 GiB

Execution Times
Total time …………. 00:53.49
CPU time …………… 00:44.64
Swap time ………….. 00:08.81
Swap transfer rate ….. 1881.669 MiB/s

Performance Indices
Total performance ……  8794
CPU performance ……..  8480
Swap performance ……. 10422

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CS

Georg

AstroShed:

Georg N. Nyman:
I did this modification and yes, it works fine! Here the two reports to compare...

Frist before the added swap folders:

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The Official PixInsight Benchmark version 1.0
Copyright (C) 2014-2021 Pleiades Astrophoto. All Rights Reserved.
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Benchmark version ...... 1.00.08
Input checksum ......... 2cd72b67e12fff2812ef5b5da054ab2a70a25e23
Serial number .......... M9W31LQ627R7IWEF927890672Y022HB0

CPU Identification
CPU vendor ............. GenuineIntel
CPU model .............. Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz

System Information
Platform ............... Windows
Operating system ....... Microsoft Windows 11 Pro
Core version ........... PixInsight Core 1.8.9-3 (x64)
Logical processors ..... 12
Total memory size ...... 31.739 GiB

Execution Times
Total time ............. 01:43.06
CPU time ............... 00:39.71
Swap time .............. 01:03.32
Swap transfer rate ..... 261.773 MiB/s

Performance Indices
Total performance ...... 4564
CPU performance ........ 9533
Swap performance ....... 1450

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And here after I added the swap folders as per your suggestion:

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The Official PixInsight Benchmark version 1.0
Copyright (C) 2014-2021 Pleiades Astrophoto. All Rights Reserved.
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Benchmark version ...... 1.00.08
Input checksum ......... 2cd72b67e12fff2812ef5b5da054ab2a70a25e23
Serial number .......... TZNYX3H6Z17GHC4X6GWW4448GU2T3BMD

CPU Identification
CPU vendor ............. GenuineIntel
CPU model .............. Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz

System Information
Platform ............... Windows
Operating system ....... Microsoft Windows 11 Pro
Core version ........... PixInsight Core 1.8.9-3 (x64)
Logical processors ..... 12
Total memory size ...... 31.739 GiB

Execution Times
Total time ............. 00:55.79
CPU time ............... 00:40.00
Swap time .............. 00:15.76
Swap transfer rate ..... 1051.615 MiB/s

Performance Indices
Total performance ...... 8432
CPU performance ........ 9463
Swap performance ....... 5824

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Wow, That’s a great increase, glad it worked for you…👍🏻

I was making a mistake, which I corrected right away but you responded just a minute before - sorry for that mistake - now the values and data are correct!

Apologize....

CS
Georg

Die Launische Diva:
Sadly I don't believe this will speed up WBPP, only the processing of individual images and especially undo/redo. But thankfully, now we have FastBatchProcessing and FastIntegration.

Yes as I stated in the video, it’s only for Processes, and does not help with scripts….👍🏻

Dark Matters Astrophotography:
Is posting videos to farm views really an appropriate use of Astrobin forums?

If it is against any rules or people are really not happy then I will gladly take it down.
Also I am not posting to farm views, I am posting as I thought it was maybe good information and possibly helpful….but like I say I am happy to remove if people are really not happy….👍🏻

AstroShed:

Dark Matters Astrophotography:
Is posting videos to farm views really an appropriate use of Astrobin forums?

You are in here posting your images and promoting your business, is that not the same thing, and I don’t and won’t make any money out of it like you do…so maybe people in glass houses and all that…

We pay for advertising here, and our gallery is a paid for service like everyone else has.

Right on. If you want to promote your channel Sal offers good rates on advertising. We leverage that and Sponsor the site as well. 

https://welcome.astrobin.com/sponsors-and-partners/dark-matters-astrophotography

Dark Matters Astrophotography:
Right on. If you want to promote your channel Sal offers good rates on advertising. We leverage that and Sponsor the site as well. 

https://welcome.astrobin.com/sponsors-and-partners/dark-matters-astrophotography

Good for you well done, and I bet you make a good load of money from the advertising, which is fine, I am not here to make any money at all, I don’t and won’t even monetise my Chanel…
have a nice day…

Thanks for the tip.   It increased my performance significantly.

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The Official PixInsight Benchmark version 1.0
Copyright (C) 2014-2021 Pleiades Astrophoto. All Rights Reserved.
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Benchmark version …… 1.00.08
Input checksum ……… 2cd72b67e12fff2812ef5b5da054ab2a70a25e23
Serial number ………. B0LR1TX91BV1ES5F3EGWY6W89Y1C2H5J

CPU Identification
CPU vendor …………. GenuineIntel
CPU model ………….. 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-12900K

System Information
Platform …………… Windows
Operating system ……. Microsoft Windows 11 Pro
Core version ……….. PixInsight Core 1.8.9-3 (x64)
Logical processors ….. 24
Total memory size …… 63.696 GiB

Execution Times
Total time …………. 00:26.57
CPU time …………… 00:16.57
Swap time ………….. 00:09.92
Swap transfer rate ….. 1670.016 MiB/s

Performance Indices
Total performance …… 17705
CPU performance …….. 22847
Swap performance …….  9249

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The Official PixInsight Benchmark version 1.0
Copyright (C) 2014-2021 Pleiades Astrophoto. All Rights Reserved.
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Benchmark version …… 1.00.08
Input checksum ……… 2cd72b67e12fff2812ef5b5da054ab2a70a25e23
Serial number ………. WDM68006SLK0K57KB87UJ7F22ZZ8Q86L

CPU Identification
CPU vendor …………. GenuineIntel
CPU model ………….. 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-12900K

System Information
Platform …………… Windows
Operating system ……. Microsoft Windows 11 Pro
Core version ……….. PixInsight Core 1.8.9-3 (x64)
Logical processors ….. 24
Total memory size …… 63.696 GiB

Execution Times
Total time …………. 00:16.97
CPU time …………… 00:13.98
Swap time ………….. 00:02.94
Swap transfer rate ….. 5636.195 MiB/s

Performance Indices
Total performance …… 27718
CPU performance …….. 27066
Swap performance ……. 31216

AstroShed:

Adriano:
Using an NVME SSD disk makes a difference! This without changing anything.

The Official PixInsight Benchmark version 1.0
Copyright (C) 2014-2021 Pleiades Astrophoto. All Rights Reserved.
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Benchmark version ...... 1.00.08
Input checksum ......... 2cd72b67e12fff2812ef5b5da054ab2a70a25e23
Serial number .......... N7KS143LB7K7WOB0491BW74JJ2JER4V2

CPU Identification
CPU vendor ............. AuthenticAMD
CPU model .............. AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor

System Information
Platform ............... Windows
Operating system ....... Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
Core version ........... PixInsight Core 1.8.9-2 (x64)
Logical processors ..... 16
Total memory size ...... 15.952 GiB

Execution Times
Total time ............. 00:36.04
CPU time ............... 00:24.79
Swap time .............. 00:11.19
Swap transfer rate ..... 1480.772 MiB/s

Performance Indices
Total performance ...... 13052
CPU performance ........ 15266
Swap performance .......  8201

Wow, those are very fast, my processor is faster I have 64gb RAM and my main drive is an NVME and my figures are no where near yours…😮👍🏻

From what I understand in the video, your hard drive is a SATA SSD.

Adriano:

AstroShed:

Adriano:
Using an NVME SSD disk makes a difference! This without changing anything.

The Official PixInsight Benchmark version 1.0
Copyright (C) 2014-2021 Pleiades Astrophoto. All Rights Reserved.
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Benchmark version ...... 1.00.08
Input checksum ......... 2cd72b67e12fff2812ef5b5da054ab2a70a25e23
Serial number .......... N7KS143LB7K7WOB0491BW74JJ2JER4V2

CPU Identification
CPU vendor ............. AuthenticAMD
CPU model .............. AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor

System Information
Platform ............... Windows
Operating system ....... Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
Core version ........... PixInsight Core 1.8.9-2 (x64)
Logical processors ..... 16
Total memory size ...... 15.952 GiB

Execution Times
Total time ............. 00:36.04
CPU time ............... 00:24.79
Swap time .............. 00:11.19
Swap transfer rate ..... 1480.772 MiB/s

Performance Indices
Total performance ...... 13052
CPU performance ........ 15266
Swap performance .......  8201

Wow, those are very fast, my processor is faster I have 64gb RAM and my main drive is an NVME and my figures are no where near yours…😮👍🏻

From what I understand in the video, your hard drive is a SATA SSD.

No, my main C drive is NVME my second D drive is an M.2 Sata, and my third driver is jut a bog standard 2.5” SSD sata drive…👍🏻

Adriano:

AstroShed:

Adriano:

AstroShed:

Adriano:
Using an NVME SSD disk makes a difference! This without changing anything.

The Official PixInsight Benchmark version 1.0
Copyright (C) 2014-2021 Pleiades Astrophoto. All Rights Reserved.
*******************************************************************************

Benchmark version ...... 1.00.08
Input checksum ......... 2cd72b67e12fff2812ef5b5da054ab2a70a25e23
Serial number .......... N7KS143LB7K7WOB0491BW74JJ2JER4V2

CPU Identification
CPU vendor ............. AuthenticAMD
CPU model .............. AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor

System Information
Platform ............... Windows
Operating system ....... Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
Core version ........... PixInsight Core 1.8.9-2 (x64)
Logical processors ..... 16
Total memory size ...... 15.952 GiB

Execution Times
Total time ............. 00:36.04
CPU time ............... 00:24.79
Swap time .............. 00:11.19
Swap transfer rate ..... 1480.772 MiB/s

Performance Indices
Total performance ...... 13052
CPU performance ........ 15266
Swap performance .......  8201

Wow, those are very fast, my processor is faster I have 64gb RAM and my main drive is an NVME and my figures are no where near yours…😮👍🏻

From what I understand in the video, your hard drive is a SATA SSD.

No, my main C drive is NVME my second D drive is an M.2 Sata, and my third driver is jut a bog standard 2.5” SSD sata drive…👍🏻

SATA and M2 disks are hampering system performance.

I may try the full 12 swap files on my one main NVME drive, and see if that helps rather than use 4 swap files on all 3 drives I have…worth a try

John Hayes:
Interesting.  I tried this on my MacBook Pro M2 with a 2TB SSD and it made essentially zero difference.

It would be nice if, when reporting results, participants would provide information about their hardware.

John

 you can extrapolate that information by the OS and chipset.  Or were you talking about something more specific?