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5090 Reports
45 posts on 5090 reports — guides and lab notes from real runs on hardware we own. New posts land here automatically. Start anywhere, or grab the copy-paste prompts that ship with them.
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Your Benchmark Row Never Saved the Driver Version
I audited seven RTX 5090 benchmark files on 2026-08-27. Not one records the GPU driver version. Here are the four fields every local LLM row needs.
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Preflight Local AI Before You Benchmark a Model
My local AI test stopped before model load because the runtime could not build. This preflight keeps setup failures out of benchmark results.
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49W Average Hid a 338W Burst on Gemma 26B
Gemma 4 26B Q4_K_M averaged 49 W on a long RTX 5090 run and peaked at 338 W. Keep both watt numbers before you compute energy per token.
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How to Calculate Local LLM Energy per Token
My RTX 5090 test shows how watts and output rate become joules per token, and why the faster of two matched settings can waste energy.
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Why a Failed Local LLM Benchmark Row Still Matters
A failed local LLM row marks the test boundary. My RTX 5090 report shows why quality, speed, and settings belong in one receipt.
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My local LLM eval hid four token caps
My 5090-rig eval uses four output caps: 50, 180, 192, and 256 tokens. A score without the cap is not a model result. Record the cap on every row.
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The 26B Model Hit the Cap. The 8B Finished.
Same code task, same 512-token cap. Ollama's done_reason showed one local model finished and one got cut off. Tokens per second hid it.
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Unload Local LLMs After Every Test
A local model test is not over when text appears. I unload the model, read idle VRAM, and record the result before I start another run.
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How I Benchmark Local LLMs Before I Trust Them
A local LLM benchmark should end with a decision. I record task quality, tokens per second, VRAM, power, and failure state before I add a model.
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How I Test a 30B Local Model Before I Load It
A 30B local model can fit on paper and still fail the job. This test plan checks memory, tool use, speed, and repeatability first.
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Why Local LLM Benchmarks Need Power Data
A local LLM benchmark that reports only tokens per second hides the operating cost. My RTX 5090 run shows what power data adds.
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VRAM Fit Is Not Runtime Support
A local model can fit in VRAM, download cleanly, and still fail before the first token. My 5090 test adds runtime support as a separate gate.
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