XEON vs. i7 again - TESTING INTERIOR SCENE

[baastyan]

Hi guys,

Some of you might say that it was discussed so many times before, but I believe that still not enough
The more we test the better understanding we have about how Vray works with i7 and Xeon CPUs.

So I did this pretty simple interior scene for CPU testing.

Here's what I got:

Time: 9 min. 16s.
CPU: 3930K (no OC)
Vray: 3,0
MAX: 2014
Win7

And if you have i7 or Xeon please join the test too!

Testing scene here (max 2014 Vray 3.0)

[sduck]

Edited post to reflect new file post:

Time: 2 min. 35 sec
CPU: i7-5960x @ 4.14 GHz
Vray: 3.0
Max: 2015
Win: 8.1

[cheerioboy]

Time: 4 min. 57 sec
CPU: E5 2650 v2 (2.6GHz, no OC)
Vray: 3.0
Max: 2015
Win: 7

turned off bitmap pager which had my initial render at 11 min. 38.3 sec...

[vlado]

turned off bitmap pager which had my initial render at 11 min. 38.3 sec...

This is really important to turn off, otherwise it's not really a meaningful comparison of anything.

Best regards,
Vlado

[baastyan]

This is really important to turn off, otherwise it's not really a meaningful comparison of anything.

Best regards,
Vlado

You are right guys.
But please do not change anything else in the settings (except turning off bitmap paging) ... otherwise the comparison is also useless

[baastyan]

So lets do it one more time. Now in a proper way:

Time: 4 min. 10s.
CPU: 3930K (no OC)
Vray: 3,0
MAX: 2014
Win: 7
Bitmap paging: OFF!



To avoid missunderstandings I have also updated the scene (link in post#1)
Bitmap paging is OFF now.

[m_hinks]

Is Bitmap paging not off by default? I've never used it, and only seen reasons not to use it on here! And by the speed improvement its clearly not good to use. I'll put some benchmarks for a couple of blades, and workstations when I have time.

[tricky]

Time: 1 min 36s.
CPU: Dual Xeon CPU E5-2697 v2 @ 2.7GHz
Vray: 3.0
Max: 2014
Win: 7

[m_hinks]

Time: 1 min 43s.
CPU: Dual xeon - E5-2670 v2 @2.5
Vray: 3.0
Max: 2014
Win: 7



Time: 3 min 28s.
CPU: i7 - 4930k @3.4 with OC
Vray: 3.0
Max: 2014
Win: 7



Interesting....

[vlado]

Is Bitmap paging not off by default? I've never used it, and only seen reasons not to use it on here! And by the speed improvement its clearly not good to use.

It is off by default in newer 3ds Max releases, however there were a few Max versions that had it enabled and from there it has crept up in a lot of scenes.

Best regards,
Vlado

[alexyork]

Time: 3 min 52s.
CPU: i7 - 3930k @4.0 with OC
Vray: 3.0
Max: 2014
Win: 7

[DanielBrew]

Time: 1 min 38.1s.
CPU: Xeon E5-2687 v2 @3.4 - 4.0GHz
Vray: 3.0
Max: 2014
Win: 7

[vlado]

Let's see if someone will get it under a minute

Best regards,
Vlado

[Vizioen]

Time: 1 min 36s.
CPU: Dual Xeon CPU E5-2695 v2 @ 2.4GHz
Vray: 3.0
Max: 2014
Win: 8.1 x64

[baastyan]

Let's see if someone will get it under a minute

Best regards,
Vlado

Waiting for your score, Vlado