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Digital content creation benchmarks
SPECapc* for LightWave* 9.6
SPECapc* for LightWave* 9.6
Benchmark description
SPECapc* for LightWave* 3D* v9.6 is performance evaluation software for systems running NewTek* LightWave* 3D v9.6 software. LightWave* is a complete modeling, rendering, and animation solution used worldwide for visual effects in television, film, broadcast graphics, games, visualization, print, and web.
The benchmark, developed in cooperation with NewTek*, provides realistic workloads that simulate a typical LightWave* 3D workflow. It contains 11 datasets—ranging from 64,000 to 1.75 million polygons representing such applications as 3D character animation, architectural review, and industrial design. Scores for individual workloads are composited under three categories: interactive, render, and multitask.
The benchmark puts special emphasis on processes that benefit from multi-threaded computing, such as animation, OpenGL* playback, deformations, and high-end rendering that includes ray tracing, radiosity, complex textures, and volumetric lighting.
Please see www.spec.org for more information on the workloads.
Configuration details SPECapc* for LightWave* 3D 9.6
Benchmarks: SPECapc* for LightWave 3D 9.6
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 Lightwave3D program settings, vertical sync off), one 21" LCD display (1920x1200, 32-bit color quality, 60Hz), 3Gb/s SATA SSD 160GB, Windows* 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 OS. Source: Intel estimates as of December 2010. Score: Interactive composite: 2.14, render composite: 4.01, multitask composite: 3.83.
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 Lightwave3D program settings, vertical sync off), one 21" LCD display (1920x1200, 32-bit color quality, 60Hz), 3Gb/s SATA SSD 160GB, Windows* 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 OS. Source: Intel estimates as of December 2010. Score: Interactive composite: 2.61, render composite: 5.51, multitask composite: 5.12.
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