BENCHMARK STAR 2.0

Fellow Solidworks users. A new improved version of this benchmark is
now available. It has been tuned to run as fast as possible on either
2004 or 2005 and to be less dependent on your system or graphics card.

My results for an Athlon XP2000+ with 1Gb RAM and 500XGL graphics card
are:

2004
(3) 2.04 s
(4) 8.09 s
(5) 75.02 s

2005
(3) 2.32 s
(4) 8.83 s
(5) 79.23 s

 

Hi Can you give me the link of download benchmark star. Thank you very much.

 

Make sure you set TOOLS/REFERENCES

If running on 2004 make sure SolidWorks2004TypeLib is checked.
If running on 2005 make sure SolidWorks2005 TypeLib is checked.

On an Athlon64 FX53, 2Gb, Nvidia FX3000
SW2005

(3) 0.71 s
(4) 2.43 s
(5) 39.0 s

On a 650MHz PIII, ATI Rage graphics 392Mb RAM (Laptop)
SW2005

(3) 5.22 s
(4) 22.0 s
(5) 209.55

 

Alvin,

As before is is posted on www.solidworks.com in the Discussion Forum
under the performance tab.

 

Paul,

I'm still getting wildly varieing times. The average is

3 .90 sec
4 4.5 sec
5 42 sec

Dual Opteron 246
MSI K8T master FAR
2Gb Ram
PNY 980XGL
Win2000, SP4
SW2005 SP3

When you said "make sure" tools/references was set to whatever, did you mean
turn off 2004 if your running 2005 and vise versa ??? Or just check to make
sure they're there ??

When you turn either of them off, the macro doesn't work.

Regards

Mark

 

I noticed the variation too. Possible explanations:

1. The Timer() function is used which measures real time elapsed. If
there are other processes that run while STAR is running that can
effect the time. Don't touch the mouse rule applies.

2. There really is a variation within SW that I can't explain. That
seems less likely unless there is some kind of garbage collection going
on in the background.

You shouldn't need the 2004 type library with 2005. Run it from the VB
editor after you make the change. It seems to need a kick ITB to get
going sometimes.

 

My humble results - from a system that is
slightly antique by today's standards:

AMD XP1800+
ASUS A7V133
1Gb PC133 RAM
Nvidia Quadro2 Pro
Win2k SP3
SWX2005 SP2.0

Level Time:
3) 2.85 s
4) 13.35 s
5) 104.35 s

 

My system isn't quite in the same league as yours, but not too far
behind. Two sets of times:

(3) 1.47 & 1.58
(4) 5.47 & 5.14
(5) 42.11 & 41.51

System specs:

Mobo: MSI K8N Neo 2 Platinum
CPU: Athlon 64 3500+
Video: Quadro FX-1100
Ram: 1 Gb PC3200
OS: Win 2K SP4
HD: 2x WD Raptor 74Gb SATA, in striped array
SWX: 2005 SP1.1

Art W.

 

Mark

I have a similar machine spec to yours but it seems to be *much* slower
:-( is there anything special I am missing?

3 = 1.4
4 = 8.6
5 = 85

Dual Opteron 246
2gig ram
ATI FireGL X2
SW2005 SP2

Rich

 

Mark and Rich,

First off, I misremembered my level 4 results for the FX53 as I posted
from home.

SW 2005
(3) .69, .71 s
(4) 3.87, 4.03, 4.43 s for three runs.
(5) 37.09 s

SW 2004
(3) .64, .81 s
(4) 3.43, 3.45 s
(5) 33.99 s

I think scatter is normal, especially for the shorter runs.
Have a good look at what is running in the background. Virus checker,
services, network traffic.

I don't have a virus checker running for this test and I trimmed
services per the blackviper list. I am on a network switch so I don't
see other network traffic. Even email should be shut down. My task
list only has 28 processes running including SW.

I will say it again that the timer times real time, so if some other
process grabs a few clock cycles during the test it will show up in the
results.

 

Only have the type library checked for the version of SW you are
running.

 

My results for this version. I have never disabled anything to change my
results, I run just as I run through the day - network attached, AV on, etc.

2005
(2) 0.61 s
(3) 1.63 s
(4) 6.75 s
(5) 68.58 s

WT

 

Remind me again what you are running on. TX

 

SolidWorks 2005 sp3.0
Windows XP sp2.0
Dell Precision 360
P4 2.99 GHz
2.00 GB of RAM
ATI FireGL X2 256 MB AGP 8x, Driver 6.14.10.6422


My backup location:
C:\DOCUME~1\wmtk\LOCALS~1\Temp­SWBackupDirectory


Conf. corner off.

WT

 

Rich,

I don't really know why my home machine is so fast. My work machine is
virtually identical, except for more memory, and it's slower as well.

3. .90
4. 5.22
5. 44.9

The only thing I can think of is that I have full control over the machine
set up at home, and it doesn't have any unnecessary junk running on it. I
also set up my machine at work, but I have alot more stuff running.

That still doesn't explain why your system is running at half speed, which
is what it seems like. Check the BIOS and make sure the chips are clocked
right. The 246 should be clocked at 2ghz.

What mother board are you using ?? There aren't many dual Opteron boards.
Some, like the Tyan, won't let you mess with the CPU clock, but should
report the frequency.


Regards

Mark

 

Mark

using WCPUID (http://www.h-oda.com/) I get :
AMD Opteron 246 (two off)
Internal Clock 1994.60MHz
System Clcok 199.46MHz
System bus 199.46MHz
L1 cache 64K
L2 cache 1024K
L2 Speed 1994.60MHz

Chipset 1022-7451.01, 1022-7468-05
VGA 1002:4E4B.80

Host Bridge vendor 1022, device 7451, rev 01, sub 534D108E, AMD 8131
Soutch Bridge vendor 1022, device 7468, rev 05, sub 534D108E, AMD 8111

It's a Sun system, their own? not sure
Not much running in background, but i did notice the disk keeps chugging
away and very noisey. its a Seagate ST373307LW SCSI Ultra 320

Any other ideas?

Rich

 

The other thing to consider is that STAR measures real time, not just
the CPU time devoted to running the benchmark. This means it will
account for any slowdowns due to running other processes concurrently.
This is, I suppose a good thing. AFAIK there isn't an easy way to time
just a process like in the 'NIXes.

To prove this do a level 4 and continuously move the mouse while
running. You should see a higher value than when running without
touching anything.

BlackViper has a list of services you can shut down to speed up your
system. Unfortunately it appears to be down.

 

WCPUID EXPLAINS WHY MINE IS A TAD BIT FASTER:

AMD ATHLON 64 FX53
INTERNAL CLOCK 2414.99 MHZ
SYSTEM BUS 210 MHZ
MULTIPLIER 11.5
L2 1024K
LW SPEED 2414.99 MHZ
CHIPSET
1106.3188.01
1106.3227.00
MEMORY
2048 MB

 

Tell ya what, I'll make some jpegs of all the screens from WCPUID and

thanks mark, I'll take a look, be very nice to get to the bottom of this ;-)

Rich