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GeForce GTX 970
FOLDING@HOME PPD PERFORMANCE

GPU Folding Overview GeForce GTX 970

Folding@Home PPD for the GeForce GTX 970 represents the averages of folding work unit samples collected from a wide variety of users different computer hardware configurations.

Average values are used to best represent folding PPD performance of a GeForce GTX 970 across different F@H projects and user variables such as power settings, overclocks, operating system and specific work units which can yield wildly different highs and lows for PPD scores on the same GPU platform.

Stats as ofSunday, 26 April 2026 03:03:36

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GPU PPD Average All OS

479,465

Average of 500 most recent PPD samples.

Work Unit Samples All OS

68,007

All-time sample volume for this GPU profile.

Overall Rank All GPUs

#223

Ranked 223 of 439 tracked GPUs.

Brand Rank Nvidia GPUs

#176

Ranked 176 of 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
OS FILTER SAMPLES PPD
 WU Per 24hrs
 Time Per WU
 Points Per WU
 BEST PPD
 WORST PPD
All OS AVG 67916 610,106 5.53 4 hrs 20 mins 110,255 1,172,524,032 5,951
Linux 5701 773,200 8.81 2 hrs 44 mins 87,799 15,298,938 162,560
Windows 62069 595,697 5.30 4 hrs 32 mins 112,330 1,172,524,032 5,951

12 WEEK AVG PPD CHANGE VS. WORK UNITS AVAILABLE - GeForce GTX 970

GPU PPD average changes week to week for a number of reasons such as credit for type of projects/causes available, varience in work unit difficulty, OS/GPU drivers, folding cores, GPU models, clocks, power targets etc.

The chart below serves as a way to see historical week to week performance change as PPD for a GPU is never a constant, as the work units processed are always changing.

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.

24 HOUR WU ALLOCATION

Research Percent
IL 2 FORCE FIELD BENCHMARKING
 100%

7 DAY WU ALLOCATION

Research Percent
ANTIBODY DYNAMICS SIMULATION
 37.14%
ANTIBODY AFFINITY MATURATION
 17.14%
IL 2 DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS
 17.14%
IL 2 FORCE FIELD BENCHMARKING
 11.43%
ANTIBODY DYNAMICS
 11.43%
ENZYME DYNAMICS
 5.71%

12 WEEK WU ALLOCATION

Research Percent
ANTIBODY DYNAMICS SIMULATION
 30.18%
CANCER
 23.02%
ANTIBODY AFFINITY MATURATION
 14.83%
ENZYME DYNAMICS
 11.51%
IL 2 FORCE FIELD BENCHMARKING
 8.18%
IL 2 DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS
 7.42%
ANTIBODY DYNAMICS
 3.07%
IL2 RECEPTOR DYNAMICS
 1.79%

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 computers power usage.

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 137,777 $0.35 $0.726

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 Nick Name Points
Average 		Work Units
Average 		Power Usage
kWh 		Power Cost
at $0.10 per kWh
Day PPD 479,465 9.78 3.48 kWh $0.35
Week PPW 3,356,255 68.48 24.36 kWh $2.44
Month PPM 14,583,727 297.55 105.85 kWh $10.59
Year PPY 175,004,725 3570.65 1270.20 kWh $127.02

5 BEST PPD RESEARCH PROJECTS - GeForce GTX 970

The following data is the average PPD values for GeForce GTX 970 project work units based on multiple samples collected via the use of our Folding@Home Web Client.

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 1,193,794 45,086 26.48 0 hrs 54 mins
4 18242 Force-Field-Protein-Simulation 1,087,427 65,000 16.73 1 hrs 26 mins
5 18244 Molecular-Dynamics-Force-Fields 1,086,711 71,800 15.14 1 hrs 35 mins

5 LOWEST PPD RESEARCH PROJECTS - GeForce GTX 970

The following data is the average PPD values for GeForce GTX 970 project work units based on multiple samples collected via the use of our Folding@Home Web Client.

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 24 hrs 60 mins
5 18501 parkinsons 258,004 191,265 1.35 17 hrs 48 mins