Performance comparison featuring the new MSI workstation

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SOLIDWORKS Simulation Performance on CAD
Workstations
By Reza Salari
Applications Engineer at CADspace
email: reza@cadspace.com.au
Blog Presentation

2. 2
Comparison Model and Specs
Model HP EliteBook 8570W DELL M3800 Precision Custom Gaming Machine MSI WS72-6QJ
Graphics Card NVidia Quadro K1000M NVIDIA Quadro K1100M 2 X NVIDIA GTX 960 Non-SLI NVIDIA Quadro M2000M
RAM 16 GB DDR3 16 GB DDR3 16 GB DDR3 16 GB DDR4
CPU Intel® Core™ i7-3820QM @
2.70 GHz
Intel® Core™ i7-4712HQ @
2.30 GHz
Intel® Core™ i7-4790 @ 3.60
GHz
Intel® Xeon® E3-1505M @
2.80 GHz
Operation System Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-bit Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit
Hard Drive 240 GB SSD SANDISK 512 GB SSD SAMSUNG 100 GB SSD SANDISK 256 GB SSD HGST
Four workstations have been compared with the same file sets of SOLIDWORKS
Simulation

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Comparison Area
Comparison between two models in:
Mesh Creation
Running Static study
Running Flow Simulation study
Running Linear Dynamic study
Running Non-linear Dynamic study
Running Non-linear study
Note: All models were identical for each system, tests were ran 3 times
each and an average was taken

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Comparison: Mesh Creation
Model
HP EliteBook 8570W DELL Precision
M3800
Custom Gaming Machine MSI WS72-6QJ
Run Time 1 minute 2 s 51 s 41 s 49 s

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Comparison: Static study
Model HP EliteBook 8570W DELL Precision M3800 Custom Gaming Machine MSI WS72-6QJ
Run Time 6 m 59 s 7 m 29 s 6 min 11 s 5 m 38 s

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Comparison: Flow Simulation
Model
HP EliteBook 8570W DELL Precision
M3800
Custom Gaming Machine
MSI WS72-6QJ
Run Time 14 m 54 s 18 m 35 s 16 min 29 s 13 m 15 s

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Comparison: Non-linear study
Model
HP EliteBook 8570W DELL Precision
M3800
Custom Gaming Machine
MSI WS72-6QJ
Run Time 11 m 40 s 12 m 17 s 10 m 3 s 9 m 11 s

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Comparison: Linear Dynamic study
Model
HP EliteBook 8570W DELL Precision
M3800
Custom Gaming Machine
MSI WS72-6QJ
Run Time 25 m 54 s 28 min 45 s 22 min 5 s 18 m 38 s

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Comparison: Non-linear Dynamic study
Model
HP EliteBook 8570W DELL Precision
M3800
Custom Gaming
Machine
MSI WS72-6QJ
Run Time 11 m 55 s 11 m 19 s 8 min 37 s 8 m 20 s

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Results
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Mesh Creation Static study Flow Simulation Non-linear Linear Dynamic Non-linear Dynamic
BenchmarkTime(secs)
Type of Test
Simulation Testing Results
Lower is better
HP Elitebook 8570w
DELL Precision M3800
Custom Gaming Machine
MSI WS72-6QJ

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Results
Area HP EliteBook 8570W
DELL Precision
M3800
Custom Gaming Machine MSI WS72-6QJ
Mesh Creation 1 m 2 s 51 s 41 s 49 s
Static study 6 m 59 s 7 m 29 s 6 m 11 s 5 m 38 s
Flow Simulation 14 m 54 s 18 m 35 s 16 m 29 s 13 m 15 s
Non-linear 11 m 40 s 12 m 17 s 10 m 3 s 9 m 11 s
Linear Dynamic 25 m 54 s 28 m 45 s 22 m 5 s 18 m 38 s
Non-linear Dynamic 11 m 55 s 11 m 19 s 8 m 37 s 8 m 20 s

12. 12
The Winner is MSI WS72 6QJ
With the fastest times in all but 1
test, the MSI WS72 CAD
Workstation is the winner
The Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 was
blisteringly fast with boost speeds of
3.7GHz.
The more complex the problem got,
the more efficient the MSI got, with
it’s robust Intel Xeon processor and
DDR4 RAM
Thanks to COM1 and MSI for sending us the
Workstation to test
If you’re interested in more information or
pricing on these machines please contact us