Add "-DNO_AES_NI" to the CFLAGS.

I haven't gotten Windows to compile since I forked from TPruvot, the project file hasn't been maintained.
Good luck.

The SSE2 compile should be on par with scmorse.

Perhaps I should change the recommendation to always use -march=core2 for all non-aesni cpus since it works
on AMD as well.

Which algo?

Not sure how that happened, I didn't touch x11. There is no change for me.
Maybe you had fewer processes running.

If this is a NO_AES_NI compile then, yes there were improvements to many algos.

Thanks!
It seems that ZR5 on v3.1.9 AES-NI compile is a little faster than v3.1.7 (about 5 khash)

But decred is just SSE2 on both Intel and AMD - almost same speed per thread on Intel i7 and Phenom II x4 940?
Strange thing is that both of them don't succeed to submit a share for about 5 minutes. (Maybe the network diff is too high now).

Since ASIC chips, which were built specifically for solving the mathematical calculations needed to mine Cryptocurrency, can do so many calculations per second it is near impossible for a normal desktop computer to do enough calculations towards the network to compare to what such a chip can do (in terms of hashpower).

Desktop computers can support mining, though (should you use a pool) you will be giving very little hash power to the network and therefore get next to no reward. If you are trying to solo mine and find a block, the chances of the pools finding the block is exponentially higher due to them solving a lot more calculations per second. To find a block yourself is near, if not, impossible with a desktop computer.

It depends on the algo and whether there is a miner available for the device. ASICS are available for sha256, scrypt
and recently x11. SHA256 andscrypt are hopeless with anything less. X11 hasn't yet taken a hit from the introduction
of the ASIC for it.

GPU mining is most efficient for most other algos and CPU mining isn't really worth it. However, there are a few
algos designed specifically to be difficult to implement on a GPU or ASIC. Some have a poorly performing GPU
miner or none at all. Look around the forum, there's always discussion about it, and be sure to use cpuminer-opt.

Coins come and go too quickly, it would be too much work to try to maintain such a list. Go visit some pools
to see what coins they offer and what algo they require. There's a good chance cpuminer-opt supports it.
Some pools also display the coins' profitability.

No CPU mining here but I like your style,

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Cheers!