GeForce GTX 970
FOLDING@HOME PPD PERFORMANCE
Performance snapshot
Current averages, ranks, sample depth, and data freshness.
- All-OS average
- 606,875
- Average PPD from submitted samples
- Linux average
- 762,325
- Linux-only samples
- Windows average
- 593,103
- Windows-only samples
- Work unit samples
- 68,019
- All-time profile volume
- Overall rank
- #227
- 441 GPUs tracked
- Brand rank
- #178
- 294 Nvidia GPUs
Folding Statistics GM204 [GeForce GTX 970] 3494 - Nvidia
| DATA SAMPLES INFO Filter applied, PPD samples all time |
AVERAGE FOLDING PERFORMANCE Based on ALL available PPD samples by filter |
WORK UNIT PPD RECORDS All Time |
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| OS FILTER | SAMPLES | PPD | WU Per 24hrs | Time Per WU | Points Per WU | BEST PPD | WORST PPD |
| All OS AVG | 67,928 | 606,875 | 5.50 | 4 hrs 22 mins | 110,246 | 1,172,524,032 | 5,951 |
| Linux | 5,723 | 762,325 | 8.69 | 2 hrs 46 mins | 87,679 | 15,298,938 | 162,560 |
| Windows | 62,059 | 593,103 | 5.28 | 4 hrs 33 mins | 112,339 | 1,172,524,032 | 5,951 |
Profile your GeForce GTX 970 in our V8 Web Client
Launch the LAR.SYSTEMS V8 Web Client to monitor live work-unit activity, compare your machine with community benchmarks, and contribute real samples that keep public rankings and hardware insights current for the Folding@Home community.
| Sample | Folder | Team | Platform | Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most recent WU sample | maximizzar | PC Games Hardware | Linux GPU | 3 months ago |
| First seen | Anonymous Folder | Team not recorded | GPU sample | 6 years ago |
12-week performance at a glance
Use the range, net change, and latest average as a quick signal—not a final judgment on the GPU.
How to read this
- Weekly movement can reflect project mix, available work units, drivers, or operating systems rather than a lasting hardware change.
- Use the detailed chart to compare operating systems and work-unit availability across the full period.
- Latest weekly average
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Recent Work Unit Performance - GeForce GTX 970
Average PPD is impacted by the types of research work units being done as they return different amounts of points and take different amounts of time.
The following shows the work unit allocation of research causes to better understand changes in PPD over time for the GeForce GTX 970.
Data is provided in legacy mode until new work units are folded using our web client.
Recent Work Unit Performance Clusters - GeForce GTX 970
The following visualization illustrates the PPD / Credit allocation of work units across different research causes, providing insight into how PPD varies by work unit PPD samples for the GeForce GTX 970.
This analysis helps better understand the relationship between research causes and PPD/Credit, highlighting any performance trends as clusters or anomalies as outliers.
GeForce GTX 970 kWh POWER CONSUMPTION & COST
Power consumption information for the GeForce GTX 970 is based on an average wattage taken from vendor information for the lowest and highest power draws for the GPU under Folding@Home compute loads.
Wattage information is only for the GPU and does not include the host computer's power usage.
Current GPU power consumption snapshot
| GPU Power Draw Watts - TDP |
Daily Power Usage kWh |
Points per kWh |
Daily Cost at $0.10 per kWh |
Power Cost per 1m Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 145 W | 3.48 kWh | 129,755 | $0.35 | $0.771 |
GeForce GTX 970 COMPUTE VS kWH USAGE DAY, MONTH, WEEK & YEAR
Folding@Home compute projections for the GeForce GTX 970 can be used to help inform long-term point goals and related costs based on 24/7 usage.
| Duration | Nickname | Points Average |
Work Units Average |
Power Usage kWh |
Power Cost at $0.10 per kWh |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | PPD | 451,546 | 9.02 | 3.48 kWh | $0.35 |
| Week | PPW | 3,160,822 | 63.13 | 24.36 kWh | $2.44 |
| Month | PPM | 13,734,524 | 274.30 | 105.85 kWh | $10.59 |
| Year | PPY | 164,814,290 | 3291.55 | 1270.20 kWh | $127.02 |
Highest sampled PPD
| PPD Rank | Project ID | Cause Research | PPD Average | Points WU Average | WUs Day Average | WU Time Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12122 | Reflectin-Peptide-Structure | 3,162,145 | 67,500 | 46.85 | 0 hrs 31 mins |
| 2 | 18929 | cancer | 1,288,404 | 16,700 | 77.15 | 0 hrs 19 mins |
| 3 | 12701 | cancer | 1,106,847 | 44,978 | 24.61 | 0 hrs 59 mins |
| 4 | 18244 | Molecular-Dynamics-Force-Fields | 1,086,711 | 71,800 | 15.14 | 1 hrs 35 mins |
| 5 | 17651 | Protein-Dynamics-Dataset | 976,317 | 3,850 | 253.59 | 0 hrs 6 mins |
Lowest sampled PPD
| PPD Rank | Project ID | Cause Research | PPD Average | Points WU Average | WUs Day Average | WU Time Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19306 | Mg2-ion-binding | 116,383 | 42,519 | 2.74 | 8 hrs 46 mins |
| 2 | 12256 | dud-e | 117,383 | 20,772 | 5.65 | 4 hrs 15 mins |
| 3 | 17604 | cancer | 173,115 | 109,619 | 1.58 | 15 hrs 12 mins |
| 4 | 18450 | influenza | 204,979 | 213,481 | 0.96 | 25 hrs 0 mins |
| 5 | 12137 | cancer | 238,982 | 43,248 | 5.53 | 4 hrs 21 mins |