The OCUS Benchmark v5 Compare WF3 vs. WF4

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Results of running the OCUS Benchmark v5 with Wildfire 3.0 and Wildfire 4.0.

I ran the Wildfire 3.0 and Wildfire 4.0 trail files of the OCUS benchmark v5 on several computers and windows versions.

Overall results

These OCUS Benchmark v5 results show how the overall performance of Pro/E Wildfire 4.0 M040 is better than Wildfire 3.0 M170 (on this specific workstation). Only the normal benchmark when run on a 64bit configuration is a bit slower.
WF4 excels in assembly retrieval (which is a lot of instance regeneration stuff), IGES export and Postscript export. WF4 32bit is also a lot faster with some of the other drawing mode tests. There are a few tests though which are much slower: jpeg creation and shade calculations. PTC is currently looking into these issues.

Benchmark time in seconds
Benchmark version OS WF3 M170 WF4 M040 Diff
normal x32 1370 1293 -6%
normal x64 1253 1285 3%
64bit x64 2886 2692 -7%
Memory Usage in Kb
Benchmark version OS WF3 M170 WF4 M040 Diff
normal x32 1443308 1469284 2%
normal x64 1739640 1797636 3%
64bit x64 4883468 5191640 6%

OCUS Benchmark v5 normal - WF3.0 vs. WF4.0


Machine
Make Sun Microsystems
Model Ultra24
Processor Core2 Duo E6850 @ 3.00GHz
RAM 6Gb DDR2 667MHz ECC
Graphics NVIDIA FX1700 Forceware 178.13
Operating System WinXP Pro SP2
Version Wildfire x32 / Benchmark Normal
Test WF3 M170 WF4 M040 Diff Remarks
Retrieve generic assembly (CP) 49 46 -6%  
Retrieve assembly 1 (CP) 60 51 -15%  
Retrieve assembly 2 (CP) 68 57 -16%  
Retrieve large assembly (GR) 2 2 0%  
300 wireframe view redraws (GR) 48 48 0%  
80 wireframe view redraws with DATUMS on (GR) 61 63 3%  
3 hidden view redraws (GR) 58 52 -10%  
6 Fast HLR activations (CP) 39 39 0%  
120 hidden view redraws with Fast HLR (GR) 53 50 -6%  
2 shaded mouse spins (GR) 54 50 -7%  
270 shaded view redraws (GR) 50 50 0%  
240 realtime rendered redraws (GR) 45 46 2%  
6 shade calculations (CP) 22 38 73% Shade calculations are much slower
12 wireframe mouse zooms (GR) 40 41 3%  
initiate advanced shaded mode (CP) 11 11 0%  
6 advanced shaded mouse zooms (GR) 55 52 -5%  
20 very advanced shaded spins (GR) 61 53 -13%  
2 save jpeg (CP) 32 45 41% JPEG is much slower
end advanced shaded mode (CP) 6 6 0%  
10 screen translates (GR) 46 43 -7%  
30 automatic regenerates (CP) 39 38 -3%  
60 Perspective views (GR) 53 57 8%  
20 Perspective zooms (GR) 52 43 -17%  
3 mass prop calculations (CP) 72 49 -32%  
6 global interference checks (CP) 52 50 -4%  
1 IGES exports (CP+DI) 44 42 -5%  
4 drawing creations (CP) 29 30 3%  
135 dimensions show all (GR) 36 39 8%  
1 regen views HIDDEN LINE (CP) 29 26 -10%  
1 regen views NO HIDDEN (CP) 28 23 -18%  
1 PostScript file creations (CP+DI) 43 25 -42%  
1 DXF File creations (CP+DI) 32 27 -16%  
Erase all from memory (MEM) 1 1 0%  
         
Total 1370 1293 -6%  
Graphics 714 689 -4%  
CPU 655 603 -8%  
Disk 119 94 -21%  


Check out the links below if you're interested in the comparison between older releases:


And what about memory usage ....


The following graph shows the RAM usage in Kb for each release at startup of Pro/E and at the end of the OCUS Benchmark v5
Wildfire 4.0 uses about the same amount of memory as Wildfire 3.0 does.

OCUS Benchmark v5 normal - WF3.0 x64 vs. WF4.0 x64

Machine
Make Sun Microsystems
Model Ultra24
Processor Core2 Duo E6850 @ 3.00GHz
RAM 6Gb DDR2 667MHz ECC
Graphics NVIDIA FX1700 Forceware 169.96
Operating System WinXP SP2 x64
Version Wildfire x64 / Benchmark Normal
Test WF3 M170 WF4 M040 Diff Remarks
Retrieve generic assembly (CP) 45 44 -2%  
Retrieve assembly 1 (CP) 55 51 -7%  
Retrieve assembly 2 (CP) 66 59 -11%  
Retrieve large assembly (GR) 2 1 -50%  
300 wireframe view redraws (GR) 46 47 2%  
80 wireframe view redraws with DATUMS on (GR) 91 96 5%  
3 hidden view redraws (GR) 49 51 4%  
6 Fast HLR activations (CP) 36 40 11%  
120 hidden view redraws with Fast HLR (GR) 45 45 0%  
2 shaded mouse spins (GR) 48 47 -2%  
270 shaded view redraws (GR) 48 52 8%  
240 realtime rendered redraws (GR) 44 47 7%  
6 shade calculations (CP) 21 39 86% Shade calculations are much slower
12 wireframe mouse zooms (GR) 40 40 0%  
initiate advanced shaded mode (CP) 11 10 -9%  
6 advanced shaded mouse zooms (GR) 50 50 0%  
20 very advanced shaded spins (GR) 49 49 0%  
2 save jpeg (CP) 25 36 44% JPEG is much slower
end advanced shaded mode (CP) 6 6 0%  
10 screen translates (GR) 40 40 0%  
30 automatic regenerates (CP) 41 41 0%  
60 Perspective views (GR) 49 56 14%  
20 Perspective zooms (GR) 42 40 -5%  
3 mass prop calculations (CP) 47 47 0%  
6 global interference checks (CP) 45 46 2%  
1 IGES exports (CP+DI) 34 27 -21%  
4 drawing creations (CP) 34 37 9%  
135 dimensions show all (GR) 35 36 3%  
1 regen views HIDDEN LINE (CP) 25 26 4%  
1 regen views NO HIDDEN (CP) 23 24 4%  
1 PostScript file creations (CP+DI) 32 26 -19%  
1 DXF File creations (CP+DI) 27 27 0%  
Erase all from memory (MEM) 2 2 0%  
         
Total 1253 1285 3%  
Graphics 678 697 3%  
CPU 573 586 2%  
Disk 93 80 -14%  

OCUS Benchmark v5 64bit - WF3.0 x64 vs. WF4.0 x64

Machine
Make Sun Microsystems
Model Ultra24
Processor Core2 Duo E6850 @ 3.00GHz
RAM 6Gb DDR2 667MHz ECC
Graphics NVIDIA FX1700 Forceware 169.96
Operating System WinXP SP2 x64
Version Wildfire x64 / Benchmark 64bit
Test WF3 M170 WF4 M040 Diff Remarks
Retrieve generic assembly (CP) 45 44 -2%  
Retrieve assembly 1 (CP) 55 51 -7%  
Retrieve assembly 2 (CP) 66 58 -12%  
Retrieve assembly 3 (CP) 76 66 -13%  
Retrieve assembly 4 (CP) 88 73 -17%  
Retrieve assembly 5 (CP) 101 81 -20%  
Retrieve assembly 6 (CP) 112 88 -21%  
Retrieve assembly 7 (CP) 119 96 -19%  
Retrieve assembly 8 (CP) 132 103 -22%  
Retrieve assembly 9 (CP) 145 111 -23%  
Retrieve assembly 10 (CP) 157 120 -24%  
Retrieve largest assembly (GR) 7 5 -29%  
60 wireframe view redraws (GR) 28 30 7%  
24 wireframe view redraws with DATUMS on (GR) 93 98 5%  
1 hidden view redraws (GR) 73 73 0%  
1 Fast HLR activations (CP) 23 23 0%  
50 hidden view redraws with Fast HLR (GR) 56 56 0%  
1 shaded mouse spins (GR) 67 66 -1%  
100 shaded view redraws (GR) 51 56 10%  
80 realtime rendered redraws (GR) 44 49 11%  
3 shade calculations (CP) 37 67 81% Shade calculations are much slower
6 wireframe mouse zooms (GR) 44 46 5%  
initiate advanced shaded mode (CP) 37 37 0%  
4 advanced shaded mouse zooms (GR) 102 100 -2%  
16 very advanced shaded spins (GR) 35 35 0%  
1 save jpeg (CP) 20 34 70% JPEG is much slower
end advanced shaded mode (CP) 24 24 0%  
6 screen translates (GR) 86 84 -2%  
6 automatic regenerates (CP) 37 39 5%  
25 Perspective views (GR) 67 77 15%  
10 Perspective zooms (GR) 75 73 -3%  
1 mass prop calculations (CP) 52 53 2%  
1 global interference checks (CP) 38 38 0%  
1 IGES exports (CP+DI) 171 130 -24%  
1 drawing creations (CP) 29 34 17%  
150 dimensions show all (GR) 84 89 6%  
1 regen views HIDDEN LINE (CP) 92 95 3%  
1 regen views NO HIDDEN (CP) 87 90 3%  
1 PostScript file creations (CP+DI) 128 94 -27%  
1 DXF File creations (CP+DI) 96 99 3%  
Erase all from memory (MEM) 7 7 0%  
         
Total 2886 2692 -7%  
Graphics 912 937 3%  
CPU 1967 1748 -11%  
Disk 395 323 -18%