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<font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:12pt">Dear PWSCF Users,<br>
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I run the calculation for a system of 216 atoms (SiP). The CPU time for the calculation of 4x4x4 kpt mesh, which actually did calculation for 24 kpts due to symmetry, is 1d4h18m (~28h). When I performed a nscf calculation for 41kpts along 001 direction, the CPU time is 3d5h (~77h). Thus, the time for one kpt in scf calculation is ~1.17h/kpt, and 1.87h in nscf calculation. I am wondering how can it take more time for nscf calculation than for scf calculation. I don’t understand why. Could you explain to me what can cause this to happen. I use QE-4.1.2.<br>
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Thank you very much,<br>
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Trinh Vo<br>
CalTech/JPL<br>
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