Friday Oct 26, 2007
Sun gets two new World Records for scientific desktop performance
on the Sun Ultra 24 (single 3.0 GHz Intel DC Xeon E6850)
and the 64-bit SuSE Linux SLED 10 operating system.
Results obtained from the most current competitive platforms have
been recently posted for two different Mathematica 6 benchmarks:
- The Wolfram (Mathematica ISV) Benchmark
- The Independent (Mathematica MMA6.0.nb ) Benchmark
Although both of the Mathematica 6 benchmark test suites
contains 15 test cases these test cases are different
and the two test suites are separate and distinct from each other.
The Ultra 24 beats all results currently listed at both benchmark sites.
The Wolfram (Mathematica ISV) benchmark the Ultra 24
beats other current Intel Xeon (Woodcrest) dual core platforms
(3.0 GHz & 2.66 GHz), Intel based Apple MAC desktops. Itanium 2 platforms,
Pentium 4 platforms, and the IBM Power based platforms.
Alternatively, the independent Mathematica MMA6.0 notebook
benchmark the Ultra 24 beats posted results from primarily
current competitive Apple MAC desktops:
MacPro, MacBook, iMac, and Apple Powerbook G4
Results for both benchmark test suites are shown in the Two Tables
below under "Competitive Landscape"
Table 1. The Wolfram (Mathematica ISV) Benchmark
Summary results as in the installed Mathematica 6 Data Base.
This is the latest version of Mathematica timing tests.
Overall performance in 15 test calculations (Bigger is better)
The current reference is a machine with a 2.4 GHz Pentium 4 processor
| PLATFORM | Score
|
| 1 socket DC 3GHz Intel Xeon DC E6850 SLED 10 SP 1 Ultra 24 |
3.266 |
| 2-socket DC 3GHz Intel Xeon 5160 MS 32-bit |
2.84 |
| 2-socket DC 3.2 GHz Opteron 2224 Ultra 40 M2 64-bit SLED 10 32 GB |
2.736 |
| 2-socket DC 3.2GHz Opteron 2224 Ultra 40 M2 32-bit Windows XP SP2 8GB |
2.45 |
| 2 socket DC 2.66 GHz Intel Xeon 64-bit Apple MAC 10.4.8 |
2.14 |
| 2 socket QC 1.6 GHz Intel Xeon 5310 32-bit Cent OS Linux |
1.88 |
| 2 socket DC 2.5 GHz G5 Apple MAC OS 10.4.8 32-bit |
1.22 |
| 1 socket 2.4 GHz Pent. 4 MS Win XP 32-bit |
1.00 |
The Independent (Mathematica MMA6.0.nb ) Benchmark
Summary results as listed at the independent Mathematica MMA6
http://smc.vnet.net/timings60.html website.
This is the latest version of the "Mathematica MMA" timing tests.
Overall performance in 15 test calculations (Bigger is better)
The current reference machine is one with a 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor.
| PLATFORM | Score
|
| Sun Ultra 24 3.0 GHz DC Intel E6850 8GB SuSE 10 SP 1 |
1.27505 |
| MacPro, 3.0GHz Intel Core2 Duo, 4GB, MacOS 10.4.9 [4] |
1.25404 |
| AMD Athlon 64 FX-74, 3.0GHz Socket F (1207 FX) DSDC, Windows [5] |
1.14464 |
| iMac, 2.33GHz Intel Core2 Duo, 3GB, MacOS 10.4.9 [2] |
1.00338 |
| MacBook Pro, 2.33GHz Intel Core2 Duo, 2 GB RAM, MacOS X 10.4.9 [1] |
1.00105 |
| MacBook, 2GHz Intel Core2 Duo, 2GB, MacOS 10.4.10 [6] |
0.880472 |
Benchmark Description
The Wolfram (Mathematica ISV) Benchmark
The Wolfram (Mathematica ISV) benchmark is a revised one
that now comes imbedded in the latest release of Mathematica (currently V6.0)
along with a database of results from current hardware vendor platforms.
This benchmark was developed by Schoeller Porter, one of the principlal
developers of Mathematica. He described the benchmark as follows:
This is the standard benchmark suite for Mathematica, initially introduced
in Mathematica 5.1 (as MathematicaMark2004). It includes both workstation
and parallel benchmarks. The parallel benchmark is automatically invoked
when the Parallel Computing Toolkit is loaded
and compute kernels are available.
It is actively developed, and MathematicaMark 6.0 is the current version.
The 15 Task benchmark includes:
Benchmark Name: MathematicaMark6
Full Version Number:6.0.1
Date: September 14, 2007
Benchmark Result: 3.266
Total Time 26.39
Results:
Data Fitting: 1.273
Digits of Pi: 0.488
Discrete Fourier Transform: 0.765
Eigenvalues of a Matrix: 2.059
Elementary Functions: 3.645
Gamma Function: 0.368
Large Integer Multiplication: 0.734
Matrix Arithmetic: 2.798
Matrix Multiplication: 3.062
Matrix Transpose: 1.298
Numerical Integration: 2.017
Polynomial Expansion: 1.352
Random Number Sort: 1.506
Singular Value Decomposition: 2.346
Solving a Linear System: 2.679
Output
Cell Change Times->{3.398799503863311*^9
The Independent (Mathematica MMA6.0.nb ) Benchmark
The Mathematica MMA 6 benchmark is a widely recognized benchmark.
The tasks are representative important scientific
computing desktop activities.
This benchmark was developed by karl.unterkofler@fh-vorarlberg.ac.at
The benchmark consists of 15 tasks.
Disclosure Statement:
Mathematica MMA 6 Scientific Benchmark Sun Fire Ultra 24 score: 1.27505. Mathematica is a reg
tm of Wolfram Research, Inc. results as of 10/23/07 on http://smc.vnet.net/timings60.htmlResults Summary
The Sun Ultra 24 workstation gives the best
desktop scientific computing performance as demonstrated with both
the The Wolfram (Mathematica ISV) Benchmark and the
The Independent (Mathematica MMA6.0.nb ) Benchmark.
Both of these 15 task benchmarks consists of operations that are representative
of computing a variety of scientific funtions.
| Reference Date | 23 October 2007 |
| |
| The Wolfram (Mathematica ISV) Benchmark |
| Platform | Sun Ultra 24 Workstation |
| Total Number Processors | 1 |
| Processor/GHz of Workstation | Intel DC E6850/3.0 GHz |
| Memory | 4x2 GB DDR2 667 MHz dimms |
| Operating System | 64-bit SUSE SLED 10 SP 1 |
| Graphics | nVidia Quadro FX 1700 framebuffer |
| Disks | 2x146 GB 15K rpm SAS striped |
| Software |
Mathematica 6 (Scientific Application)
Wolfram (ISV) Benchmark |
| Composite Score | 3.266 |
| |
| The Independent (Mathematica MMA6.0.nb ) Benchmark |
| Platform | Sun Ultra 24 Workstation |
| Total Number Processors | 1 |
| Processor/GHz of Workstation | Intel DC E6850/3.0 GHz |
| Memory | 4x2 GB DDR2 667 MHz dimms |
| Operating System | 64-bit SUSE SLED 10 SP 1 |
| Graphics | nVidia Quadro FX 1700 framebuffer |
| Disks | 2x146 GB 15K rpm SAS striped |
| Software |
Mathematica 6 (Scientific Application)
The Independent (Mathematica MMA6.0.nb ) Benchmark |
| Composite Score | 1.27505 |
Friday Oct 26, 2007
I now see on our Sun internal sites that some of our my fellow engineers didn't fully check
all of the submission dates for all the SPEC APC claims. I'll repost the results, when these APC experts get this all straighten out. Until then I've removed the page so I don't violate any SPEC rules.
This sort of thing usually gets straighten out in a few days. As always unintentional, but it happens in a busy world.
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 Sun Ultra 24 (3GHz QC Intel QX6850 Xeon processor, 8GB memory,
an nVidia Quadr0 FX 5600 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 32-bit "Normal" benchmark
beating all "legitimate" hardware vendors with results currently posted
at the OCUS V5 www.proesite.com benchmark website.
Reruns on the same Ultra 24 platform but with a 3GHz DC Intel
Xeon E6850 processor also with nVidia Quadro FX 5600 produced essentially
identical world record results as obtained in the initial runs with a
with a 3GHz QC E6850 processor.
Further reruns on the same Ultra 24 platform with a 3GHz DC Xeon
E6850 but with an nVidia Quadro FX 1700 produced essentially
identical world record results as obtained in the initial runs with a
3GHz QC QX6850 processor.
These results obtained with Pro/E WF 3 are better than any others posted
at the Pro/E Wildfire OCUS V5 "Normal" benchmark website by "legitimate"
harware vendors.
The top most competition comes from current Dell and HP desktop
platforms both with the recent dual-core 3GHz Woodcrest 5160
Intel processors or the Intel Core2 Duo Extreme processors
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 |
|
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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