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SOLIDWORKS Simulation Performance on CAD Workstations

By Reza SalariApplications Engineer at CADspace

email: reza@cadspace.com.au

Blog Presentation

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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 AreaComparison 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 PrecisionM3800 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 PrecisionM3800 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 PrecisionM3800 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 PrecisionM3800 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 PrecisionM3800

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

Mesh Creation Static study Flow Simulation Non-linear Linear Dynamic Non-linear Dynamic

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Simulation Testing ResultsLower is better

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Results

Area HP EliteBook 8570W DELL PrecisionM3800 Custom Gaming Machine MSI WS72-6QJ

Mesh Creation 1 m 2 s 51 s 41 s 49 sStatic 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 sNon-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 sNon-linear Dynamic 11 m 55 s 11 m 19 s 8 m 37 s 8 m 20 s

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The Winner is MSI WS72 6QJWith 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