New PC for Industrial scanning

[NicelyMKV]

Mine had a dual fan radiator with filters leading into it. Software shows pump speed, CPU temps etc. I can control fan speed etc.. Ill post some screenshots of the software controls when I get it hooked up. Also has filters on the bottom and a 120mm fan.

I think it would be fun to benchmark our systems?

 

[DMC]

I honestly do not know if the new Dell will have filters, or not.


The Alienwares do not.

The Steinbichler meshing software is designed exactly for my PC, as well as the new exocad 64-bit. Any Consumer or non-workclass PC would not even be fair to compare.
They are not the same.

But, For the software you are running, I think you have a great machine and anything else would be a waste of money. I have many of similar builds I guess?

I can tell you that Two $1000 Xeon Six core processors and 10GB of GPU power fully using PCI 3.0 and 4x the RAM speed will be like trying to compare a bicycle and a plane for serious benchmarks. I have Eight channels of RAM and you have Two. Your processor was only $199. It not a fair fight. 8MB L3 Cache vs/ 30MB L3 Cache. Not in the same class or price range at all.

The benchmarks already exist, and for the applications written for my set-up...the difference would be between 10x faster and ?? This is already published for many applications. A Single Xeon hex out performs the Eight Core AMD in all tests. Then add another to the mix.

GPU will be same story, only a more dramatic difference? I don't know.

What should we run to test??

 

[DMC]

-Four 250GB SAMSUNG SSDs in RAID 10 config. that pull out from front.
-Two Xenon Hexcore
-Sixteen slots of RAM ....Total maxed out I think is 512GB?
-Quadro K5000 on PCI gen3 linked to CPU#1
-nVidia Tesla K20 on PCI gen3 linked to CPU#2

 

[DMC]

7.8 out of possible 7.9

 

[harmonylab]

7.8 out of possible 7.9

what the... shouldn't that thing be 8.0 out of 7.9? lol

 

[NicelyMKV]

7.8 out of possible 7.9

Nice! This is mine but it is off the less powerful system I had built a few weeks ago. 7.8 put of 7.9 I was waiting on my keyboard, mouse and monitor to get here for the new more powerful build I just got. Ill post it's score when I get it.

 

[DMC]

yeah, I dunno about that rating stuff?

I have about $6000 worth of GPU cards. LOL

It doesn't get any better, but still I don't end up with 7.9 rating. LOL

Also, I have xeon processors that rank higher than both your old and new CPU (Actually Two of them!) but still I only get 7.8?

(!)

You also had dual SSDs in RAID 0 ?? How did you get perfect score for drives?

What processor was that? 7.8 is amazing score for your "old" processor.

You think this is accurate measurement??

 

[actittle]

There are other benchmark tests out there that would give a better assessment of your computer's capabilities

 

[NicelyMKV]

Scott, its an AMD FX 8350 8 core 4.0ghz. 16mb cache. Not bad but your dual Xeon would obviously be faster.

That one has a7850 HD graphics card. My new computer has the same CPU but over clocked to 4.6ghz and has the 7970 3GB card.

 

[NicelyMKV]

I was going to build an opteron system but was told the server specific architecture may not run optimally for the kind of software I'm using?

 

[DMC]

CPU time used: kernel 0.33 seconds, user 2125.22 seconds, total 2125.54 seconds.
Elapsed time 97.97 seconds, CPU vs elapsed time ratio 21.70.
Render averaged 2675.70 PPS (123.33 PPS CPU time) over 262144 pixels.


This is my first results for benchmark of POV-Ray something..?
I left network cable plugged in and am using Two monitors at the moment.

Did not try any tricks to better the results yet.
This software was downloaded here if anyone else wants to try it out to see results. http://www.povray.org/beta/
Use the ver3.7 ......download....launch software and click on "Render", then "Run Benchmark ALL CPUs"

Score will automatically be copied to clipboard, and also shown in pop-up window.

Scott

 

[NicelyMKV]

 

[DMC]

OK, I think I had not configured my GPU cards correctly.
This is Test #2 results....
My computer is still very new to me, and I forgot to download and install an important nvidia maximus driver. LOL
I still need to play with some stuff to make sure it is all working correctly.

I think this particular test is mainly for the CPU only, and not really the GPU anyways?

I dunno, I am new at this whole benchmarking thingy.?


CPU time used: kernel 0.14 seconds, user 2144.76 seconds, total 2144.90 seconds.
Elapsed time 98.70 seconds, CPU vs elapsed time ratio 21.73.
Render averaged 2655.94 PPS (122.22 PPS CPU time) over 262144 pixels.

 

[DMC]

I have no idea what numbers are all that important.

Again, I think this is mainly for testing CPU only, and this test is a multi-threaded One.

There are soooo many tests that I see to try out, I really have no clue what would show what??

Anyone else have an idea as to a proper way to test??

Thanks,
Scott

 

[DMC]

How to benchmark your GPU... How to Properly Benchmark Your PC - Page 5 | Maximum PC

but.....
[h=2]One Note about Professional Graphics[/h]If you’re a graphics artist or professional CAD user, you may want to test performance of your card in that context. The problem here is that professional graphics apps vary in performance on specific GPUs even more than games, and the CPU can often be a big factor.
If you do want to see how your graphics card performs, there are several free benchmarks that can assist you. We won’t go into details as to how to run them, but there are a couple of good free benchmarks. In addition, there are several application-specific tests, but those often require you to own the app. If you are, for example, a 3dsmax 9 user, you may want to see how your card (and system performs with benchmarks for that particular app.
One quick and easy source is SPEC, the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation, a standards group that develops a variety of benchmarks. One free benchmark that’s widely used is SPECViewperf, now at version 10. SPEC also offers app specific tests for 3dsmax 9, Maya 6.5, SolidEdge and others.

 

[Dentaleng]

Manufacturing attendees | GPU Technology Conference

 

[eyeloveteeth]

SPEC is a good sounding board. I am curious to see how well the software reacts now. It is totally fine to get top of the line (I'm a sucker for stuff like that too) - but it is still only as good as the program is written.

So what would be an appropriate benchmark test? run 6-12 apps of exocad across 3-6 monitors. let each one render and load large cases on each one?

Maybe load a 32 single-unit full crown case and design while running other programs in the back and check for lag?

 

[NicelyMKV]

SPEC is a good sounding board. I am curious to see how well the software reacts now. It is totally fine to get top of the line (I'm a sucker for stuff like that too) - but it is still only as good as the program is written.

So what would be an appropriate benchmark test? run 6-12 apps of exocad across 3-6 monitors. let each one render and load large cases on each one?

Maybe load a 32 single-unit full crown case and design while running other programs in the back and check for lag?

Lol! I just want a system that runs the software I am using it for to the fullest capabilities of the "software"

 

[shane williams]

-Four 250GB SAMSUNG SSDs in RAID 10 config. that pull out from front.
-Two Xenon Hexcore
-Sixteen slots of RAM ....Total maxed out I think is 512GB?
-Quadro K5000 on PCI gen3 linked to CPU#1
-nVidia Tesla K20 on PCI gen3 linked to CPU#2

Know what this sounds like....
[video=youtube_share;e3LxQJ6xvyA]http://youtu.be/e3LxQJ6xvyA[/video]


Awesome!!
Hey Scott I know before told me that cuz 3Shape is a 32 bit I couldn't do a lot of these harder design cases, is getting a faster pc going to help me? Or would that just be like like putting 20's on my old Reliant, waste of money!!

 

[DMC]

SPEC is a good sounding board. I am curious to see how well the software reacts now. It is totally fine to get top of the line (I'm a sucker for stuff like that too) - but it is still only as good as the program is written.

So what would be an appropriate benchmark test? run 6-12 apps of exocad across 3-6 monitors. let each one render and load large cases on each one?

Maybe load a 32 single-unit full crown case and design while running other programs in the back and check for lag?

The Steinbichler software is specifically written for my build. So it the new 64-bit exocad. Both are written to use the GPU and Steinbichler ONLY recommends a workstation platform. No Alienware this time around.

Otherwise, it would be a total waste of computer horsepower.