World Record MCAD: Pro/E Wildfire OCUS V5 Benchmarks Sun Ultra 24

Wednesday Oct 24, 2007

The Sun Ultra 24 desktop sets a world record in the MCAD market. The Ultra 24 beats competitive platforms from Dell, IBM, and HP. The single socket Ultra 24 can use either Intel dual-core and quad-core processors. The Sun Ultra 24 demonstrates both excellent performance and $/performance.

Pro/E is leading software MCAD system. Most major MCAE ISV applications have integration with Pro/E. Pro/E is used in a variety of different disciplines such as automotive, aircraft, aerospace, marine, oil&gas, earth moving, biomedical, heavy industry, atomic energy, etc.

Sun supports Pro/E on Opteron-based desktop platforms and Xeon-based platforms. Pro/E users appreciate Solaris for its maturity, reliability, suberb maintenanace and comprehensive well developed network features. This is a benefit for many engineering corporations that have distributed design.

The OCUS V5 benchmark has a 32-bit "Normal" benchmark and a newer 64-bit "Large Memory" benchmark to show performance on larger new workloads.

The 32-bit "Normal" OCUS V5 benchmark and World Record Ultra 24 Performance

The 64-bit "Large Memory" OCUS V5 benchmark and World Record Ultra 24 Performance

• The Sun Ultra 24 with a 3GHz DC Intel Xeon E6850, 8GB memory, an nVidia Quadr0 FX 1700 framebuffer, 2x15K SAS striped drives under 64-bit Win 2003 SP 2 XP 64-Ed. sets a new MCAD world record running the Pro/E Wildfire OCUS V5 64-bit "Large Memory" benchmark
• Reruns on the same Ultra 24 again with a 3GHz DC Intel Xeon E6850 but with the NVidia Quadro FX 5600 framebuffer instead of the NVidia Quadro FX 1700 also produced essentailly the same world record results.
• Further reruns on the same Ultra 24 platform but now with a 3GHz QC Intel QX6850 processor (same nVidia Quadro FX 5600 framebuffer) produced essentially identical world record results as obtained in the initial runs with a 3GHz DC E6850 Xeon and an nVidia Quadro FX 1700 framebuffer.
• These results obtained with Pro/E WF 3 are better than any others posted at the Pro/E Wildfire OCUS benchmark website. The top most competition comes from current Dell and HP desktop platforms both equipped with the recent dual core 3GHz Woodcrest 5160 Intel processors or the Intel Core2 Duo Extreme processors

PRO/E WILDFIRE MCAD OCUS V5 32-bit "NORMAL" BENCHMARK Selected results are run times in seconds, smaller is better
Ultra 24 vs. Topmost Current Posted Competitive Result

		Time (in seconds)
Platform	Processor	Total	Graphics	CPU	Disk I/O	OS
Ultra 24	1x3.0GHz QC Intel QX6850	1228	664	563	91	Win 64 XP
Dell Prec 390	1x2.93GHz Intel Core2 X6800	1285	692	591	95	Win 64 XP

PRO/E WILDFIRE MCAD OCUS V5 64-bit "Large Memory" BENCHMARK

Selected results are run times in seconds, smaller is better
Ultra 24 vs. Topmost Current Posted Competitive Result

		Time (in seconds)
Platform	Processor	Total	Graphics	CPU	Disk I/O	OS
Ultra 24	1x3.0GHz DC Intel E6850	2809	877	1926	352	Win 64 XP
Dell Prec. 490	1x3.0GHz DC Intel 5160	3026	1094	1925	341	Win 64 XP

For results see OCUS website: http://www.proesite.com

Results Summary

PRO/E WILDFIRE MCAD OCUS V5 32-bit "NORMAL" BENCHMARK

Submitted Results	32-bit "Normal" OCUS V5 Benchmark
Reference Date	23 October 2007
Platform	Sun Ultra 24 Workstation
Total Number Processors	1
Processor/GHz of Workstation	Intel QC QX6850/3.0 GHz
Memory	4x2 GB DDR2 667MHz dimms
Operating System	Win 2003 SP 2 64 Ed.
Graphics	nVidia Quadro FX 5600 framebuffer
Disks	2x146 GB 15K rpm SAS striped
Software	Pro/E Wildfire 3 (MCAD Application)
	OCUS V5 32-bit "Normal" Benchmark
Total Elapsed Time	1228 seconds
Total CPU Time	563 seconds
Total Graphics Time	664 seconds
Total Disk I/O Time	91 seconds

PRO/E WILDFIRE MCAD OCUS V5 64-bit "Large Memory" BENCHMARK

Submitted Results	64-bit OCUS V5 Benchmark
Reference Date	23 October 2007
Platform	Sun Ultra 24 Workstation
Total Number Processors	1
Processor/GHz of Workstation	Intel DC E6850/3.0 GHz
Memory	4x2 GB DDR2 667MHz dimms
Operating System	Win 2003 SP 2 64 Ed.
Graphics	nVidia Quadro FX 1700 framebuffer
Disks	2x146 GB 15K rpm SAS striped
Software	Pro/E Wildfire 3 (MCAD Application)
	OCUS V5 64-bit "Large Memory" Benchmark
Total Elapsed Time	2809 seconds
Total CPU Time	1926 seconds
Total Graphics Time	877 seconds
Total Disk I/O Time	352 seconds

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Posted at 07:00AM Oct 24, 2007 in Benchmarks
Tags: hpc mcad mcae ultra xeon

Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation New World Records in Performance

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

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Posted at 10:57AM Jan 10, 2007 in Benchmarks
Tags: 40 benchmark ensight mcae ultra