Fixed a couple of spelling mistakes

Reverted back from TortureHyperthreading to the "old" mechanic of 2 worker threads (fixes #33)

Author: sp00n

config.default.ini

@@ -67,15 +67,15 @@ suspendPeriodically = 1
 coreTestOrder = Default
 
 
-# Skip a core that has thrown an error on the following iterations
-# If set to 0, this will test a core on the next iterations even if has thrown an error before
+# Skip a core that has thrown an error in the following iterations
+# If set to 0, this will test a core in the next iterations even if has thrown an error before
 # Default: 1
 skipCoreOnError = 1
 
 
 # Stop the whole testing process if an error occurred
 # If set to 0 (default), the stress test programm will be restarted when an error
-# occurs and the core that caused the error will be skipped on the next iteration
+# occurs and the core that caused the error will be skipped in the next iteration
 # Default: 0
 stopOnError = 0
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ numberOfThreads = 1
 
 
 # The max number of iterations
-# High values are basically unlimited
+# High values are basically unlimited (good for testing over night)
 # Default: 10000
 maxIterations = 10000
 
@@ -150,9 +150,9 @@ mode = SSE
 # The FFT size preset to test for Prime95
 # These are basically the presets as present in Prime95, plus an additional few
 # Note: If "mode" is set to "CUSTOM", this setting will be ignored
-# Smallest:     4K to   21K - Prime95 preset: "tests L1/L2 caches, high power/heat/CPU stress"
-# Small:       36K to  248K - Prime95 preset: "tests L1/L2/L3 caches, maximum power/heat/CPU stress"
-# Large:      426K to 8192K - Prime95 preset: "stresses memory controller and RAM" (although dedicated memory stress testing is disabled here by default!)
+# Smallest:     4K to   21K - Prime95 preset text: "tests L1/L2 caches, high power/heat/CPU stress"
+# Small:       36K to  248K - Prime95 preset text: "tests L1/L2/L3 caches, maximum power/heat/CPU stress"
+# Large:      426K to 8192K - Prime95 preset text: "stresses memory controller and RAM" (although dedicated memory stress testing is disabled here by default!)
 # Huge:      8960K to   MAX - anything beginning at 8960K up to the highest FFT size (32768K for SSE/AVX, 51200K for AVX2)
 # All:          4K to   MAX - 4K to up to the highest FFT size (32768K for SSE/AVX, 51200K for AVX2)
 # Moderate:  1344K to 4096K - special preset, recommended in the "Curve Optimizer Guide Ryzen 5000"
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ name = CoreCycler
 # 1: Write additional information to the log file (verbose)
 # 2: Write even more information to the log file (debug)
 # 3: Also display the verbose messages in the terminal
-# 4: Also display he debug messages in the terminal
+# 4: Also display the debug messages in the terminal
 # Default: 2
 logLevel = 2
 

script-corecycler.ps1

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .AUTHOR
     sp00n
 .VERSION
-    0.9.1.1
+    0.9.1.2
 .DESCRIPTION
     Sets the affinity of the selected stress test program process to only one core and cycles through
     all the cores to test the stability of a Curve Optimizer setting
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #>
 
 # Global variables
-$version                    = '0.9.1.1'
+$version                    = '0.9.1.2'
 $startDate                  = Get-Date
 $startDateTime              = Get-Date -format yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss
 $logFilePath                = 'logs'
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ function Get-PerformanceCounterLocalName {
 .DESCRIPTION
     This is used to get the Performance Counter IDs, which will be used to get the localized names
 .PARAMETER englishCounterNames
-    [Array] An arraay with the english names of the counters
+    [Array] An array with the english names of the counters
 .OUTPUTS
     [HashTable] A hashtable with Name:ID pairs of the counters
 #>
@@ -1632,7 +1632,9 @@ function Get-TortureWeakValue {
     
     - Only CPU_AVX512F, CPU_FMA3, CPU_AVX & CPU_SSE2 is used for the calculation
     - If one of these is set to disabled, add the number to the total value
-    - AVX512 is never available on Ryzen
+    - AVX512 is never available on Ryzen <= 5000
+    - AVX512 seems to be available beginning with Ryzen 7000
+    - TODO: Need a way to detect if AVX512 is available or not
 
     All enabled (except AVX512):
     1048576 --> CPU_AVX512F
@@ -2280,11 +2282,11 @@ function Initialize-Prime95 {
     # Prime 30.7 and above:
     if ($isPrime95_30_7) {
         # If this is not set, Prime95 will create #numCores worker threads in 30.7+
-        Add-Content $configFile1 ('NumThreads='    + $settings.General.numberOfThreads)
+        Add-Content $configFile1 ('NumThreads='    + $settings.General.numberOfThreads)             # This has been renamed from CpuNumHyperthreads
         Add-Content $configFile1 ('WorkerThreads=' + $settings.General.numberOfThreads)
 
         # If we're using TortureHyperthreading in prime.txt, this needs to stay at 1, even if we're using 2 threads
-        # TortureHyperthreading introduces inconsistencies with the log format for two threads though, so we won't use it
+        # TortureHyperthreading introduces inconsistencies with the log format for two threads, so we won't use it
         # Add-Content $configFile1 ('NumThreads=1')
         # Add-Content $configFile1 ('WorkerThreads=1')
     }
@@ -2315,7 +2317,8 @@ function Initialize-Prime95 {
     # TortureHyperthreading=0/1
     # Goes into the prime.txt ($configFile2)
     # If we set this here, we need to use NumThreads=1 in local.txt
-    # TortureHyperthreading introduces inconsistencies with the log format for two threads though, so we won't activate it
+    # However, TortureHyperthreading introduces inconsistencies with the log format for two threads, so we won't use it
+    # Instead, we're using the "old" mechanic of running two worker threads (as in 30.6 and before)
     if ($isPrime95_30_7) {
         # Add-Content $configFile2 ('TortureHyperthreading=' + ($settings.General.numberOfThreads - 1))   # Number of Threads = 2 -> Setting = 1 / Number of Threads = 1 -> Setting = 0
         Add-Content $configFile2 ('TortureHyperthreading=0')
@@ -2356,7 +2359,7 @@ function Initialize-Prime95 {
     #Add-Content $configFile2 ('WGUID_version=2')                   # The algorithm used to generate the Windows GUID. Not important
     #Add-Content $configFile2 ('WorkPreference=0')                  # This seems to be a PrimeNet only setting
 
-    #Add-Content $configFile2 ('[PrimeNet]')
+    #Add-Content $configFile2 ('[PrimeNet]')                        # Settings for uploading Prime results, not required
     #Add-Content $configFile2 ('Debug=0')
 }