8700k utilization surges?

that sounds great, im getting a 10850k for now, you’re running 3 threads w/60min delay in parallel but how many plots?

I just max it out and let it crank out plots, so 29? The 60min delay and my plotting speed really determines how many are running at any one time I guess. I’ll let you know in the morning.

for sure let me know, 29 plots in parallel sounds insane lol

With the delay there are only like 6 or 7 running at any one time.

Ok, so 60Min is too low. Woke up to 9 parallel threads going at the same time. 5 were out of phase 1 and 4 were still in. So I am going to bump the time up to like 85 min and see if that gets me in the sweet spot. Killed the remaining queued plots and I’ll let these run their course before I start a new process.