Thursday Jun 21, 2007
Record SPECapc Unigraphics UGS-NX3 MCAD Benchmark Sun Ultra 40 M2
The Sun Ultra 40 M2 (dual nVidia Quadro FX 5600s SLI mode & 3.0 GHz dual-core Opteron 2222 SE) sets a new world record running the SPEC APC
UGS-NX3 graphics oriented MCAD benchmark beating all desktop platforms,
including the the Woodcrest and Intel Core2 "Extreme Processor" X6800 cpu's.
In dual framebuffer SLI mode the Ultra 40 M2 with 3.0 GHz
2222 SE dual core Opteron processors outperforms a
Dell 690 (3.0 GHz Woodcrest) by 7% overall.
SPECapc Unigraphics NX 3 Benchmark(Larger numbers indicate greater speed)
| System |
Overall
Composite |
CPU
Composite |
File I/0
Composite |
Graphics
Composite |
Sun Ultra 40 M2
2x3.0GHz Opteron 2222SE
2x FX 5600 (SLI) |
9.61 |
4.47 |
2.93 |
20.95 |
Dell Precision 690
2x3.0GHz Woodcrest
2x FX 4600 (SLI) |
8.98 |
3.52 |
3.06 |
27.95 |
Sun Ultra 40 M2
2.8GHz Opteron 2220SE
2x FX 5500 (SLI) |
7.19 |
3.08 |
3.00 |
16.85 |
Dell Precision 690
3.0GHz Woodcrest
2x FX 4500 (SLI) |
6.30 |
3.25 |
1.64 |
12.29 |
Current posted results at the SPEC website for the SPEC APC UGS-NX3
benchmark: http://www.spec.org/gpc/apc.data/specapc_nx3_summary.html
Benchmark Description
The SPEC APC MCAD benchmarks consist of tasks
representative of what a designer would do in a typical
session.
This consists of "Graphics", "CPU", and "I/O" activities.
A subscore is given for each of these subcategories as
well as the overall score.
The benchmark results shown here pertain to the SPEC APC
UGS-NX3 benchmark. The MCAD application Unigraphics was used.
This is a prominent system used by major engineering
organizations worldwide.
The SPEC APC MCAD benchmark test suite for UGS-NX3 was developed
under the auspices of the SPEC APC Committee. Results for a variety
of current desktop platforms from various hardware vendors are shown
at the SPEC APC website.
The characteristics of this MCAD application benchmark
are very similar to other types of MCAD application benchmarks
in that it consists of several groups of tasks each group involving
different types of activity: graphics intensive, cpu intensive,
and I/O intensive.
The benchmark scoring will improve with the clock rate of
the processor. The cpu intensive operations are sufficiently
large that faster dimms will definitely provide some benefit.
The graphics operations are intensive enough that using a better
framebuffer will also contribute to higher performance. In fact
using a second framebuffer in nVidia SLI mode will also improve
performance by providing up to double the graphics performance
component. The models are large enough and the I/O big enough
that using multiple striped disks to store the assemblies and parts
as well as writing plot and other types of database and interface
files will also improve performance .
Unigraphics is one of the prominent top 5 MCAD sytems used
extensively by all sorts of diverse engineering organizations
worldwide. There is a very big and broad market for the desktop
platform that exhibits the leading price/performance with this
code.
Disclosure Statement:
SPEC reg tm, SPECapc server mark of Standard Performance
Evaluation Corporation.
Dell Precision 690,2xFX4600,overall composite 8.98;
Sun Ultra 40 M2,2xFX5500,overall composite 7.19;
Dell Precision 690,2xFX4500,overall composite 6.30.
Sun Ultra 40 M2, 2xFX 5600, overall composite 9.61.
Results from http://www.spec.org/gpc/apc.data/specapc_nx3_summary.html as of June 20, 2007.
| Results |
|
|
|
Dual
FX 5600 |
|
Dual
FX 5500 |
|
Overall Composite: |
|
9.61 |
|
7.19 |
|
CPU Composite: |
|
4.47 |
|
3.08 |
|
File I/O Composite: |
|
2.93 |
|
3.00 |
|
Graphics Composite: |
|
20.95 |
|
16.85 |
| Reference Date: |
|
06/08/07 |
|
11/10/06 |
| System: |
|
Sun Ultra U40 M2 |
|
Sun Ultra U40 M2 |
| Processor/GHz: |
|
Opteron 2222SE/3.0 |
|
Opteron 2220SE/2.8 |
System Configuration
Hardware Configuration:
Sun Ultra 40 M2
2-socket 2x3.0 GHz dual core Opteron 2222 SE processors
2x4x1 GB DDR2 667 MHz dimms
2x nVidia Quadro FX 5600 (SLI)
Sun Ultra 40 M2
2-socket 2x2.8 GHz dual core Opteron 2200 processors
2x4x1 GB DDR2 667 MHz dimms
2x nVidia Quadro FX 5500 (SLI)
Software Configuration:
64-bit Windows XP Pro SP 1
Unigraphics NX 3 (EDS-PLM Solutions)
SPEC APC UGS-NX3 Benchmark Test Suite
nVidia Quadro driver for Win XP: 160.02
Wednesday Jan 10, 2007
Engineering Visualisation World Record: The Sun Ultra 40 M2 equipped
with the new dual core 2.8 GHz
Opteron 2220 SE processors, nVidia Quadro FX 5500 framebuffer(s)
and 667 MHz DDR2 dimms has established new world records
running the graphics-intensive engineering visualization
Ensight benchmark with an overall Composite Score of 9.55
The world record was obtained
on an Ultra 40 M2 with dual nVidia Quadro FX 5500 framebuffers operating
in "split frame" SLI mode. The No. 2 result of 9.39 was obtained on the
the same platform also with dual FX 5500 framebuffers but in "alternate frame"
SLI mode.
The Ultra 40 M2 also set the world record for desktop platforms
with a single framebuffer. Equipped with one nVidia Quadro FX 5500
the Ultra 40 M2 obtained an overall composite score of 9.29
ahead of the previous world record mark of 9.26 held by an
H-P XW 8400 equipped with four 2.66 GHz Xeon processors and
an nVidia Quadro FX 3500.
The next best overall composite score of 9.21 (5th spot) was
recorderd on an Ultra 40 with single core 3.0 GHz Opteron 256
processors and an nVidia Quadro FX 4500. Sun Ultra 40 M2,
Ultra 40 and Ultra 20 desktop configurations dominate the
top 10.
Currently the best Ensight BM results for all hardware vendor
platforms are obtained under a 64-bit Linux OS. The closest
result under a Windows operating system was obtained on an
Ultra 40 with dual single core 3.0 GHz Opteron 256 processors
and with dual nVidia Quadro FX 4500 framebuffers in SLI mode.
Overall Composite Score: 8.86
Benchmark Information
The Sun Ultra 40 M2 workstation gives the best engineering visualization
performance as demonstrated with the Ensight MCAE benchmark. The 5
task benchmark consists of graphics intensive operations that are
representative of rendering activity. The benchmark also stresses
the cpu and memory systems of the platform.
Ensight V8.0 Engineering MCAE Visualization Benchmark
Composite score: weighted sum of task frame rates
| System |
Processor |
Graphics |
OS |
Composite Score |
| Sun Ultra 40 M2 |
2x2.8 GHz DC 2220 SE |
2xFX 5500 (SLI-SFR) |
SLED 10 |
9.55 |
| Sun Ultra 40 M2 |
2x2.8 GHz DC 2220 SE |
2xFX 5500 (SLI-AFR) |
SLED 10 |
9.39 |
| Sun Ultra 40 M2 |
2x2.8 GHz DC 2220 SE |
FX 5500 |
SLED 10 |
9.29 |
| HP XW 8400 |
4x2.66 GHz Xeon |
FX 3500 |
Linux 2.6 |
9.26 |
| Sun Ultra 40 |
2x3.0 GHz 256 |
FX 4500 |
SLES 9 SP 3 |
9.21 |
| Sun Ultra 40 |
2x2.8 GHz 254 |
FX 4500 |
SLES 9 SP 3 |
9.18 |
| Sun Ultra 40 |
2x3.0 GHz 256 |
2xFX 4500 (SLI) |
Win64 XP |
8.86 |
| HP XW 9300 |
2x2.8 GHz 254 |
FX 3450 |
Win64 XP |
8.67 |
For more results see
Ensight website.
Benchmark Description
The Ensight
Benchmark consists of five tests that stress the graphics system
as well as the CPU and memory systems of a platform. All five
tests operate on a geometry containing three parts with a total of
6324 quads and 128,534 triangles. These parts are then duplicated
for a total of six instances. Thus the total number of polygons in
the test are 37,944 quads and 771,204 triangles. All tests are run
using a display area measuring 600x500 pixels. All polygons are
randomly oriented (i.e., no stripping is done).
A description of the tasks follows:
- The
first test is a line drawing test which rotates the scene 360
degrees in 12 degree increments for 30 refreshes of the screen.
The total number of lines drawn during the test is (37,944*4 +
771,204*3)*30 = 73,961,640 lines. Each part has a single color.
- The
second test is a shaded test which rotates the scene 360 degrees
in 12 degree increments for 30 refreshes of the screen. The total
number of polygons drawn during the test is 24,274,440. Each part
has a single color.
- The
third test is a repeat of the second test, but here the parts are
colored on a per vertex basis.
- The
fourth test is a repeat of the third test, except it is run in
immediate mode (as opposed to display list mode for the previous
tests). Immediate mode is used by Ensight for flipbook
animations, hidden line display, and all detached (VR) displays.
- The
fifth test is a repeat of the fourth test, but here the two large
isosurface parts are transparent and the rotation uses 72 degree
increments for a total of 5 refreshes. This test stresses not
only the graphics subsystem, but the cpu/memory as well since the
polygons have to be sorted for each refresh of the screen.
The Ensight
Benchmark composite score is a weighted average of the
individual 5 tests.
Given test times T1 through T5, the composite score C is computed as:
C = 0.25*(30.0/T1) + 0.2*(30/T2) +
0.2*(30/T3) + 0.2*(30/T4) + 0.15*(5/T5)
Disclosure Statement:
Ensight V8.0 is a reg tm of CEI Corporation
|
|
| Approved Results |
http://www.ensight.com/rendering-performance-tests.html
|
| Reference Date | 12 December 2006 |
|
| |
| Platform | Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation |
| Total Number Processors | 2 |
| Processor/MHz of Workstation | Opteron 2220 SE /DC 2.8 GHz |
| Memory | 8x1 GB DDR2 667 MHz dimms |
| Operating System | 64-bit SLED 10 |
| Graphics | 2xnVidia Quadro FX 5500 framebuffers (SLI) |
| Disks | 2x250 GB 7200 rpm SATA striped |
| Software |
Ensight V8.0
Rendering Performance Benchmark |
| Composite Score | 9.55 |
| Total Elapsed Time | 28.65 seconds |
| Task Times (seconds) | 2.27 2.31 2.33 5.83 15.90 |
| Task Frame Rates | 13.19 13.00 12.89 5.14 0.31 |
|
| |
| Platform | Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation |
| Total Number Processors | 2 |
| Processor/MHz of Workstation | Opteron 2220 SE /DC 2.8 GHz |
| Memory | 8x1 GB DDR2 667 MHz dimms |
| Operating System | 64-bit SLED 10 |
| Graphics | nVidia Quadro FX 5500 framebuffer |
| Disks | 2x250 GB 7200 rpm SATA striped |
| Software |
Ensight V8.0
Rendering Performance Benchmark |
| Composite Score | 9.29 |
| Total Elapsed Time | 28.47 seconds |
| Task Times (seconds) | 2.34 2.36 2.45 5.75 15.57 |
| Task Frame Rates | 12.84 12.72 12.22 5.21 0.32 |
Tuesday Oct 24, 2006
Another result of Opteron beating Woodcrest.
The Sun Ultra 40 with dual nVidia Quadro
FX 5500s set a world record on the SPEC APC
UGS-NX3 MCAD graphics-oriented benchmark beating all desktops
inluding those with the Woodcrest and Intel Core2 "Extreme Processor" X6800.
The Ultra 40 with two FX 5500's
sets the world record beating a Dell 690 with a 3GHz Woocrest
and two FX 4500's by 15% overall and by 61% on graphics.
The Sun Ultra 40 with a single nVidia Quadro FX 5500
set a the world record for those with a single framebuffer on the
SPEC APC UGS-NX3 benchmark.
The Sun Ultra 40 with FX 5500 framebuffer
outperforms all Woodcrest desktops:
HP XW 6400 (4% overall, 39% on graphics),
Dell Precision 690 (9% overall, 52% on graphics), and
IBM Intellistation Z Pro 9228 (14% overall, 62% on graphics)
The Sun Ultra 40 with FX 5500 framebuffer also beats
all desktops equipped with the Intel 2.93 GHz X6800
"Extreme Processors":
H-P XW 4400 (6% overall, 47% on graphics) and
Dell Precision 390 (10% overall, 47% on graphics)
SPECapc Unigraphics NX 3 Benchmark Landscape (Larger is faster)
| System |
Overall
Composite |
CPU
Composite |
File I/0
Composite |
Graphics
Composite |
Sun Ultra 40
3.0GHz Opteron 256
2x FX 5500 (SLI) |
7.28 |
2.94 |
2.85 |
19.81 |
Dell Precision 690
3.0GHz Woodcrest
2x FX 4500 (SLI) |
6.30 |
3.25 |
1.64 |
12.29 |
Sun Ultra 40
3.0GHz Opteron 256
FX 5500 |
5.66 |
2.94 |
1.96 |
10.11 |
HP xw6400 WS
3.0GHz Woodcrest
FX 4500 |
5.42 |
3.39 |
3.51 |
7.26 |
HP xw4400
2.93GHz X6800
FX 3500 |
5.33 |
3.40 |
4.52 |
6.87 |
Dell Precision 690
3.00 GHz Woodcrest
FX 3500 |
5.17 |
3.38 |
3.69 |
6.64 |
Dell Precision 390
2.93 GHz X6800
FX 3500 |
5.16 |
3.46 |
2.18 |
6.87 |
IBM Intellistation Z Pro 9228
3.0GHz Woodcrest
FX 3500 |
4.96 |
3.43 |
2.84 |
6.23 |
Current SPEC APC UGS-NX3 results at:
http://www.spec.org/gpc/apc.data/specapc_nx3_summary.html
Benchmark Description
The SPEC APC MCAD benchmarks consist of tasks
representative of what a designer would do in a typical
session.
This consists of "Graphics", "CPU", and "I/O" activities.
A subscore is given for each of these subcategories as
well as the overall score.
The benchmark results shown here pertain to the SPEC APC
UGS-NX3 benchmark. The MCAD application Unigraphics was used.
This is a prominent system used by major engineering
organizations worldwide.
The characteristics of this MCAD application benchmark
are very similar to other types of MCAD application benchmarks
in that it consists of several groups of tasks each group involving
different types of activity: graphics intensive, cpu intensive,
and I/O intensive.
System Configuration
Sun Ultra 40
2-socket 2x3.0 GHz single core Opteron 256 processors
2x4x1 GB PC 3200 400 MHz dimms
nVidia Quadro FX 5500
Sun Ultra 40
2-socket 2x3.0 GHz single core Opteron 256 processors
2x4x1 GB PC 3200 400 MHz dimms
2x nVidia Quadro FX 5500 (SLI)
Software Configuration:
64-bit Windows XP Pro SP 1
Unigraphics NX 3 (EDS-PLM Solutions)
SPEC APC UGS-NX3 Benchmark Test Suite
nVidia Quadro driver for Win XP: 91.36
Disclosure Statements:
SPEC reg tm, SPECapc server mark of Standard Performance
Evaluation Corporation.
Results from www.spec.org as of Oct 12, 2006.
Sun Ultra 40, 2xFX 5500, overall composite 7.28;
Dell Precision 690, 2xFX 4500, overall composite 6.30.
SPEC reg tm, SPECapc server mark of Standard Performance
Evaluation Corporation.
Results from www.spec.org as of Oct 12, 2006.
Sun Ultra 40, FX 5500, overall composite 5.66;
HP xw6400, FX 4500, overall composite 5.42;
Dell Precision 690, FX 3500, overall composite 5.17;
IBM Intellistation Z Pro 9228, FX 3500, overall composite 4.96.
SPEC reg tm, SPECapc server mark of Standard Performance
Evaluation Corporation.
Results from www.spec.org as of Oct 12, 2006.
Sun Ultra 40, FX 5500, overall composite 5.66;
HP xw4400, FX 3500, overall composite 5.33;
Dell Precision 390, FX 3500, overall composite 5.16.
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