Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1200 product family
Professional workstations based on the Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1200 product family deliver intelligent performance for engineers, animators, and analysts.
Digital content creation benchmarks
SPECapc* for 3ds Max* 9
SPECapc* for 3ds Max* 9
Benchmark description
SPECapc* 3ds Max* 9 from Autodesk* is an application-based benchmarking tool used to measure overall workstation performance with two metrics: interactive—combining graphics subsystem plus I/O performance, and rendering—measuring the CPU performance. See www.spec.org for more information.
Configuration details SPECapc* for 3ds Max* 9
Benchmarks: SPECapc* for 3ds Max* 9.0
Baseline configuration and score on benchmark: Intel® Software Development Platform (Intel® SDP) D3CD2 system with one Intel® Xeon® processor X3480 (quad-core, 3.06 GHz, 8MB L3 cache, 4.8GT/s Intel® QuickPath Interconnect (Intel® QPI), B1 stepping, Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology enabled, Intel® Turbo Boost Technology enabled, Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology) enabled), BIOS version CGIBX 1.70 X64, 16GB memory (4x 4GB DDR3-1333 ECC UDIMM), one NVIDIA* Quadro* FX1800, NVIDIA* graphic driver version 259.81 (using Autodesk 3ds Max program settings, vertical sync off), one 21" LCD display (1280x1024, 32-bit color quality, 75Hz), 3Gb/s SATA SSD 160GB, Windows* 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 OS. Source: Intel estimates as of December 2010. Score: Rendering composite: 11.71, graphics composite: 2.84, shaders composite: 10.86.
New configuration and score on benchmark: Intel® Software Development Platform (Intel® SDP) DHSB2 system (Los Lunas SCPT CRB Fab A board, Cougar Point Super SKU B1 stepping chipset) with one Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1280 (quad-core, 3.50 GHz, 8MB L3 cache, D2 stepping), BIOS version ASNBCPT1.86C.0052.P02.101119, Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology enabled, Intel® Turbo Boost Technology enabled, Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology) enabled, 16GB memory (4x 4GB DDR3-1333 UDIMM), one NVIDIA* Quadro* FX1800, NVIDIA* graphic driver version 259.81 (using Autodesk 3ds Max program settings, vertical sync off), one 21" LCD display (1280x1024, 32-bit color quality, 75Hz), 3Gb/s SATA SSD 160GB, Windows* 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 OS. Source: Intel estimates as of December 2010. Score: Rendering composite: 14.74, graphics composite: 4.38, shaders composite: 11.86.
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