Distributed ANSYS 18.1 with the SP-5 Benchmark using an INTEL 1.6TB NVMe

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I recently had a chance to run a series of benchmarks on one of our latest CUBE numerical simulation workstations. I was amazed by the impressive benchmark numbers and wanted to share with you the details for the SP-5 benchmark using ANSYS 18.1. Hopefully this information will help you make the best decision the next time you need to upgrade your numerical simulation C Drive from whatever to now is the time to buy a Non-Volitile Memory Express drive. Total speedup using identical CUBE hardware, except for the INTEL DC P3700 NVMe drive @32 Cores is a 1.19x speedup!

  • Time Spent Computing Solution ANSYS SP-5 Benchmark
    • 161.7 seconds vs. 135.6 second
    • ANSYS 17.1 & ANSYS 18.1 Benchmarks

The link below is to a great article that I think will catch you up to speed regarding NVMe, PCIe and SSD Technology.

HDD Magazine hints NVME is coming, I say NVMe is already here…

  • HDD Mag Arctle June 2, 2017

CUBE w32iP Specifications (July 2017)

  • CUBE Mid-Tower Super Quiet Chassis (900W PS)
  • CPU: 32 INTEL Cores – 2 x INTEL e5-2697A V4 32c@2.6GHz/3.6GHz Turbo
  • OS: INTEL NVMe – 1 x 1.6TB INTEL Enterprise Class SSD
  • Mid-Term Storage: – 1 x 10TB Enterprise Class SATA 6Gbp/s, 256M, Helium sealed
  • RAM: 256GB DDR4-2400MHz LRDIMM RAM
  • GRAPHICS: NVIDIA QUADRO P6000 (24GB GDDR5X RAM)
  • MEDIA: DVD-RW/Audio 7.1 HD
  • Windows 10 Professional

Just how much faster the INTEL NVME drive performs over previously run ANSYS Benchmarks?

Check out the data for yourself:

  1. ANSYS 17.1 – SP-5 Benchmarks
  2. ANSYS Website
  3. HPC Advisory Council
  • ANSYS Benchmark Test Case Information.
  • ANSYS HPC Licensing Packs required for this benchmark
    • I used (2) HPC Packs to unlock all 32 cores.
  • 1.19x Total Speedup!
  • Please contact your local ANSYS Software Sales Representative for more information on purchasing ANSYS HPC Packs. You too may be able to speed up your solve times by unlocking additional compute power!
  • What is a CUBE? For more information regarding our Numerical Simulation workstations and clusters please contact our CUBE Hardware Sales Representative at SALES@PADTINC.COM
    • Designed, tested and configured within your budget. We are happy to help and to  listen to your specific needs.

ANSYS SP-5 Benchmark Details

BGA (V18sp-5)

Analysis Type Static Nonlinear Structural
Number of Degrees of Freedom 6,000,000
Equation Solver Sparse
Matrix Symmetric
 July 2017 TIME SPENT COMPUTING SOLUTION TOTAL CPU TIME FOR MAIN THREAD ELAPSED TIME
CUBE w32iP CUEB w32iP CUBE w32iP
# of Cores CUBE w32iP CUBE w32iP CUBE w32iP
2 1034.3 1073.7 1076
4 594.7 630.3 633
6 431.5 465.7 472
8 333.4 367.9 377
10 268.7 302.6 316
12 243.6 276.5 287
14 223 256.2 264
16 186.8 219.3 227
18 180 212.4 226
20 174.4 207.4 220
22 164.5 197.4 209
24 155.6 188.2 199
26 147.1 179.2 193
28 146.4 178.2 190
30 140.8 168.5 196
31 140.4 164 196
32 135.6 158.1 182
WO/GPU Acceleration WO/GPU Acceleration WO/GPU Acceleration

July 2017, drjm, PADT, Inc.

CUBE W32iP SP-5 Benchmark Graph

CUBE w32iP with INTEL DC P3700 1.6TB

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