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Date/Time: Mon, 01 Dec 2025 09:21:43 +0000
[User Discussion] - PC Performance Specs
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| [2025-06-09 20:17:35] |
| SirFinesse - Posts: 3 |
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Good Afternoon, What type of computer specs do you have at Sierra Chart for running the software for max performance and min lag? For example, a CPU processor, a graphics card, fiber internet, or regular internet? When I run the simulator, my computer struggles, and I have a budget build, so it's much better than my previous pc I just would like to get an idea for my next upgrades. |
| [2025-06-10 09:58:13] |
| Sébastien - Posts: 102 |
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Hi, This is a subjective question because it depends of your kind of trading. If you have multiple monitors with a lot of charts open, a lot of studies, and need a fast update interval for your charts, you'll need a beast of a processor. Graphic card doesn't matter unless OpenGL is activated. On my side, my trading system only need a single screen with 4 DOMs and a few small charts. The DOMs and the charts are in 2 separate instances which distribute the load on 2 CPU cores. The DOMs have a 40ms refresh rate, the charts 100ms or more depending of the need. For this setup, my laptop (Thinkpad P1 Gen6) processor Intel 13900H is plenty enough, and I don't use OpenGL. The 2 cores are used at about 50% of their capacity. You don't want the cores to be overloaded (like 80-90% constant load) because you'll experience lag during high market activity. I can't speak about internet because I live in Europe... On a good day I have 120ms ping which is a pain for scalping. But no choice, I have to deal with it. In summary, my small experience with Sierra Chart makes me understand that what is the most important thing is a CPU with high single core performance because Sierra Chart isn't a multi-core program. High core count is useless unless you use a lot of sub-instances, high single core performance is everything that matter. RAM quantity, 32GB is plenty enough. Graphic card is useless unless OpenGL is activated. A Sierra Chart dedicated SDD is also a must to speed up the loading of the charts. |
| [2025-06-10 13:38:19] |
| Sierra_Chart Engineering - Posts: 21630 |
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Do you mean chart replays?: When I run the simulator, my computer struggles,
This would be unusual to have a problem with a chart replay. Or do you mean Sierra Chart itself becomes less responsive, instead of the computer? Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level Your definitive source for support. Other responses are from users. Try to keep your questions brief and to the point. Be aware of support policy: https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=PostingInformation.php#GeneralInformation For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, use the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing |
| [2025-06-10 16:14:16] |
| blt - Posts: 114 |
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... Hi SirFinesse ... I9-14900KS ram:192 GB GIGABYTE AORUS XTREME X Z790 SSD 2TB cRUCIAL T705 2X GIGABYTE RX 7600 XT 16gb internet-wired 2.2 Gb back-up internet wireless 50mb ps 1600watts 8 34" asus monitors 2k ... ... there is nothing close to INTEL I9 (water-cooled liquid arctic 360 although almost not needed !!!) PC built by me and used for trading only ... ... if you want to see set-up let me know ... I HAVE ABSOLUTELY ZERO PROBLEM WITH SIERRA CHART !!! (in any Market situation; it's true I live in Chicago/Naperville and Aurora center is 3 mile from my home-trading is my living) |
| [2025-06-10 16:15:23] |
| blt - Posts: 114 |
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... just this: I am on 12 with MBO |
| [2025-06-10 18:50:57] |
| Calculus - Posts: 116 |
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You have to love blt's 192GB Ram and 8 widescreens! More traders should have backup wireless (Starlink?). |
| [2025-06-10 19:25:04] |
| blt - Posts: 114 |
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...@Calculus... ...thank you...the real stars are really that I9 and Crucial 705T... ...also my internet: PING <7ms; JITTER: =1ms almost all the time... ...wireless is ATT stable and reliable (like DSL)... ... ...and brilliant SIERRA CHART software that treat all that so gently... ... ...wish you good trading and all the best... |
| [2025-10-22 15:05:44] |
| Fabio - Posts: 136 |
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Hello everyone! I am about to build my new trading station and I came across this post because I am looking for some answer about the choice of the CPU. I run 4 different instances of SC, one per monitor. From SC "manual", I read that the best performance is obtained with CPUs that perform well on single core, for example, one of them being the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K (latest). However, my question is: if I run 4 different instances of SC to distribute the loads, do I still need to think in terms of performance on single core, or do I have to think more about performance on multicore? Because this open the possibility to shift from Intel to AMD with its Ryzen 9 9950X or X3D, which perform best on multi-core. I am not a geek expert though so I don't know how to properly interpret this info. Hope someone can help me out! Thanks in advance! |
| [2025-10-22 15:25:30] |
| Sébastien - Posts: 102 |
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Fabio, Focus on single core performance. If you run 4 instances, SierraChart only uses 4 cores. Ryzen 9 9950X has 16 cores, 12 of them will not be used by SierraChart, so multi-core performance is meaningless. About Intel CPU : They use a mix of Performance-Core and Efficiency-Core. SierraChart instances must run on Performance-Core. Keep in mind that Windows 11 uses 2 performance cores to run its background tasks (on my PC it's like this, maybe it's different somewhere else) It means that to run 4 instances, it is best to have a CPU with at least 6 performance cores (2 for Windows tasks, 4 for SierraChart) Date Time Of Last Edit: 2025-10-22 15:33:00
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| [2025-10-22 16:11:46] |
| Sierra_Chart Engineering - Posts: 21630 |
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This is not true: Ryzen 9 9950X has 16 cores, 12 of them will not be used by SierraChart, so multi-core performance is meaningless. Sierra Chart does use, multiple cores for some functions.:Performance Based on the processors you gave we would recommend the Intel because it has more cores. Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level Your definitive source for support. Other responses are from users. Try to keep your questions brief and to the point. Be aware of support policy: https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=PostingInformation.php#GeneralInformation For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, use the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing Date Time Of Last Edit: 2025-10-22 16:12:07
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| [2025-10-22 16:24:50] |
| Sébastien - Posts: 102 |
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My bad. I didn't know that. I use a script to launch each SierraChart instances on a specific core. And I deactivated the HyperThreading. By doing that, I guess I killed the ability of SierraChart to use multi-thread on multiple cores ? |
| [2025-10-22 19:03:35] |
| Sierra_Chart Engineering - Posts: 21630 |
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Normally we do not recommend using hyperthreading. As we understand it does slightly reduce per core performance. On all of our servers we routinely disable hyperthreading. Also, this is not a commonly used feature at this time but the new Sierra Chart screen sharing, in the newest versions, extensively uses multiple threads. And on our servers, multiple threads are extensively used. Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level Your definitive source for support. Other responses are from users. Try to keep your questions brief and to the point. Be aware of support policy: https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=PostingInformation.php#GeneralInformation For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, use the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing Date Time Of Last Edit: 2025-10-22 19:04:20
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| [2025-10-23 15:40:59] |
| blt - Posts: 114 |
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... @Fabio Scroll up to post #4 |
| [2025-10-24 07:35:05] |
| User688525 - Posts: 368 |
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@blt Can I message you about your setup? Cheers |
| [2025-10-24 13:22:03] |
| blt - Posts: 114 |
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... @User688525 Certainly you can Also feel free to visit my FB page "B Trading Warehouse" ; scroll down and you will see the whole process of building my machine Stay safe good trading Leonardo |
| [2025-10-25 02:09:13] |
| User688525 - Posts: 368 |
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Thank you @blt
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