How to Determine Flops of your Future System?

[thamir]

Hello guys,

I am planing to build a high performance computer system with high computational power of around 6 Tflops. I was wondering if there is a way of estimating a system flops before actually buying the parts. I cannot just go buy pc parts then measure flops, I need to find the best parts to achieve the highest possible flops.

[David (PassMark)]

The best parts to buy will depend on what software you will be running.
For example some applications can take advantage of multiple CPUs & some can't.
Some applications can take advantage of GPU acceleration & some can't.

So if you are just buying high end hardware without considering the software, you'll probably end up wasting a lot of money.

[thamir]

I see but I am trying to build a personal super computer using Parallel Computing Cluster. I need to know the computing power(flops) of the parts i am buying to determine best ones.

[David (PassMark)]

You seem to be ignoring my sage advice.

For what it is worth,
Have a look at the Supermicro X9QRi-F+ motherboard (Quad LGA2011) and then get four of the Intel Xeon E5-2687W CPUs. This will give you 64 cores per machine. Then in each machine put a pair of GeForce GTX TITAN Blacks in it. Then replicate this configuration for each code in the cluster.

[thamir]

Thanks a lot mate. Don't get me wrong I truly appreciate your advice. I would love if I can discuss my idea with you online using Skype or similar voice communication. If that is possible please pm me your Skype ID.

Thanks in advance.