SW Benchmark updated! 3

[Theophilus]

Here's what a system with a $1K chip built in January 2006 will do:

SolidWorks 2007 Workstation Benchmark
Manufacturer : MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD (Xi Computer)
OS : Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS SP : Service Pack 2
CPU : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 FX-60 Dual Core Processor
# of CPU : 2
Memory : 3071


Test Averages for 5 tests(s).
Test Total = 230.79
Graphics = 84.14
CPU = 61.12
I/O = 85.53



Jeff Mowry

http://www.industrialdesignhaus.com

Reason trumps all. And awe transcends reason.

 

[draftsman101]

http://www.mydatabus.com/public/WorkFiles/swbenchmarkerror.bmp

B. Long
Dell Precision 380
P 4 2.80 GHz
2.5 Gig Ram
Solidworks Office 2007 Sp. 2.2
AutoCAD 2005

 

[Theophilus]

Did you start SW once before running the benchmark? Seems it's looking for a user key to delete.



Jeff Mowry

http://www.industrialdesignhaus.com

Reason trumps all. And awe transcends reason.

 

[MattBD]

[tt]
One-Sample T: C1

Variable N Mean StDev SE Mean 95% CI
C1 10 301.367 82.177 25.986 (242.581, 360.153)
[/tt]

I'd be interested in separating this into laptops and desktops if we get enough data. My company wants me to have a laptop for some reason, though I haven't undocked it in the 8 months I've been here. It looks like clem's 202 is kicking butt thus far.

 

[Keveo]

Here's what I got:

Manufacturer : IBM
Model : 622378U
OS : Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS SP : Service Pack 2
CPU : Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.80GHz
# of CPU : 2
Memory : 2814
Graphics Card: Wildcat Realizm

Test Averages for 5 tests(s).
Test Total = 266.21
Graphics = 96.59
CPU = 75.84
I/O = 93.78


Can anyone help me decipher what the data means or comment good, bad, average?

 

[draftsman101]

Here is what I got:

SolidWorks 2007 Workstation Benchmark
User Name : Adminstrator
Computer Name: ENGINEERING
Manufacturer : Dell Inc.
Model : Precision WorkStation 380
OS : Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS SP : Service Pack 2
CPU : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
# of CPU : 2
Memory : 2558


Test Averages for 5 tests(s).
Test Total = 338.89
Graphics = 127.8
CPU = 96.17
I/O = 114.92

B. Long
Dell Precision 380
P 4 2.80 GHz
2.5 Gig Ram
Solidworks Office 2007 Sp. 2.2
AutoCAD 2005

 

[Theophilus]

Keveo, your graphics card and hard drive seem to be slowing you down (relative to your processor--as is mine).

The top number is simply the bottom three added for a total score. So the lower the top number, the faster the components of your system.

Check out the posts thus far and compare yours to those numbers. I'd say you're looking average to a bit above average.

MattBD is right regarding Clem's system at 202--quite fast and the leader so far.



Jeff Mowry

http://www.industrialdesignhaus.com

Reason trumps all. And awe transcends reason.

 

[mccrisco]

Here's my results:

SolidWorks 2007 Workstation Benchmark

Manufacturer : INTEL_
Model : Intel D975XBX Motherboard
OS : Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Professional x64
OS SP : Service Pack 2
CPU : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6700 @ 2.66GHz
# of CPU : 2
Memory : 4093
GPU : Quadro FX 1500 (91.36)
HD : 2x 250GB WD @ RAID 1

Test Averages for 5 tests(s).
Test Total = 167.35
Graphics = 37.3
CPU = 38.72
I/O = 91.33

 

[Sneakers]

Brand new workstation...

SolidWorks 2007 Workstation Benchmark
Manufacturer : Hewlett-Packard
Model : HP xw8400 Workstation
OS : Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS SP : Service Pack 2
CPU : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU 5160 @ 3.00GHz
# of CPU : 4
Memory : 3071
GPU : Quadro FX 3500 (91.36)
HD : 136GB 15k RPM SAS


Test Averages for 5 tests(s).
Test Total = 173.45
Graphics = 67.42
CPU = 47.06
I/O = 58.97

I'm suprised that MCCRISCO in the post above scored so well on the Graphics. Does Win64 affect the graphics performance that much?

Matthew Dunbar, CSWP
New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc.

 

[SBaugh]

I am running 32bit and managed 13.3... I don't think that 64bit has anything to do with it.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

faq731-376

 

[draftsman101]

So why is this thread not at the top of the list?????


B. Long
Dell Precision 380
P 4 2.80 GHz
2.5 Gig Ram
Solidworks Office 2007 Sp. 2.2
AutoCAD 2005

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Which list?

 

[tristram]

SolidWorks 2007 Workstation Benchmark

Manufacturer : Gigabyte GA-M59SLI-S5_
OS : Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Professional x64 Edition
OS SP : Service Pack 2
CPU : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4800+
# of CPU : 2 (dual core seen as 2 cpu's)
Memory : 3583
GPU : Quadro FX 3400 (91.36)


Test Averages for 5 tests(s).
Test Total = 228.72
Graphics = 81.61
CPU = 54.75
I/O = 92.36

 

[kd1959]

Updated my graphic card driver to 91.36 (From 77.56).
The results improved but not how I expected.
I'm not even sure that the better test results are from this update. Strange that the CPU score would be the one to jump so significantly. Probably could run the test 5 times and get 5 different results!
I am still amazed at Scott's graphic's numbers (13.3). No one else's is even close. From my test it does not appear to be the Driver.


SolidWorks 2007 Workstation Benchmark
User Name : Administrator
Computer Name: KLD
Manufacturer : TYAN Computer Corp (Xi Computer)
Model : S2895
OS : Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS SP : Service Pack 2
CPU : AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 254
# of CPU : 2
Memory : 2814

Test Averages for 5 tests(s).
Test Total = 220.95
Graphics = 88.75
CPU = 59.15
I/O = 73.05

Scores prior to update -
Test Averages for 5 tests(s).
Test Total = 251.53
Graphics = 89.13
CPU = 76.96
I/O = 85.44



kd1959
Solidworks 2007 SP3.1, PDMworks
4GB Ram,3GB switch
2x AMD Opteron 254,2x 19" Viewsonic
Quadro FX 3400

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

kd1959 ... what other programs were running when you ran the benchmark?

The benchmark only reported 2814MB of memory, yet you list 4GB in your signature.

 

[draftsman101]

In the Solidworks forum.

B. Long
Dell Precision 380
P 4 2.80 GHz
2.5 Gig Ram
Solidworks Office 2007 Sp. 2.2
AutoCAD 2005

 

[draftsman101]

Here is what I got on my home computer last night:

SolidWorks 2007 Workstation Benchmark
User Name : Compaq_Administrator
Computer Name: HOME
Manufacturer : Compaq Presario 061
Model : RE474AA-ABA SR2023WM NA680
OS : Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS SP : Service Pack 2
CPU : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+
# of CPU : 1
Memory : 958


Test Averages for 5 tests(s).
Test Total = 387.03
Graphics = 172.17
CPU = 83.07
I/O = 131.79

This is an off the shelf computer with onboard video. Bought it at walmart 2 or 3 months ago. It was last years model.

B. Long
Dell Precision 380
P 4 2.80 GHz
2.5 Gig Ram
Solidworks Office 2007 Sp. 2.2
AutoCAD 2005

 

[draftsman101]

One question, How do I know if I installed the 64 bit version of solidworks on my home computer?

B. Long
Dell Precision 380
P 4 2.80 GHz
2.5 Gig Ram
Solidworks Office 2007 Sp. 2.2
AutoCAD 2005

 

[MattBD]

8 more data points brings the total to 18, and I ran for all categories. Yes, I'm an engineer!

(Data was normal in each category)
[tt]
One-Sample T: overall, graphics, CPU, I/O

Variable N Mean StDev SE Mean 95% CI
overall 18 280.433 80.958 19.082 (240.174, 320.693)
graphics 18 107.974 51.389 12.112 ( 82.419, 133.530)
CPU 18 75.7150 24.3922 5.7493 (63.5850, 87.8450)
I/O 18 96.7439 24.2789 5.7226 (84.6703, 108.8175)
[/tt]

Here's how you stand as a percentile (lower is better):

[tt]
Cumulative Distribution Function

Student's t distribution with 17 DF and noncentrality parameter 280.433

x P( X <= x )
405.42 0.963582
457.10 0.990075
294.78 0.567728
293.24 0.556102
251.53 0.220530
353.66 0.872234
226.34 0.072778
202.63 0.012830
298.18 0.592831
230.79 0.092558
266.21 0.336372
338.89 0.821335
167.35 0.000095
173.45 0.000297
228.72 0.082994
220.95 0.052706
251.53 0.220530
387.03 0.942555
[/tt]

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

[draftsman101] ...
Take a look at Start > Control Panel > System > General or My Computer > View system information

Or if you really want to know just about everything about your computer download and run Belarc Advisor from

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html