NEW Benchmark scene (Max 8 Vray RC3 required)

[arobbert]

@Donald2B

This scene is not really a good test since it is so quick. Most machines can get within a certain time now no matter how fast it is. Most of the time is spend preparing the scene and doing things that are only single threaded (Or at least that is what it looks like to me on my end). It would be better to open up an old project you have done that takes at least 30min or so on the old machine and then see how fast the new machine is.

I do know that the new dual Hexacore setup is FAST! It more than doubles the performance of my dual Xeon 5355.

Start a thread in the new hardware section with all the specs of your new computer and we can see if we can help you figure out what is going on.

It’s been discussed before that the existing benchmark is not adequate for testing the new fast machines. The discussion seems to end when we discuss the creation of the new scene. I have suggested that we just increase the rendered size of the existing scene say by 2 or 3 times. We could also just decrease the noise threshold to .001 and increase the global subdivisions. Problem solved with very little work.