SPECapc^® for Maya 2017 Benchmark

The SPECapc^® for Maya 2017 benchmark, released on September 27, 2017, is all-new performance evaluation software for systems running Autodesk Maya 2017 3D animation software.

On December 13, 2017, the SPECapc committee released an updated version of the SPECapc for Maya 2017 benchmark that improves the way multi-sample anti-aliasing (MSAA) is measured. Results from V1.0.6 are not comparable to those from previous versions of the benchmark.

The benchmark includes nearly 80 individual tests that reflect the processes used to model, animate and render scenes within the application. Composite scores are provided for CPU, GPU interactive, GPU animation and GPU-compute performance. There is an option to run the benchmark at 4K resolution.

The following workloads are included within the SPECapc for Maya 2017 benchmark:

Sven animation – 10 copies of a character model, rigged for animation.
Tiger – A 1.3-gigabyte realistically rendered tiger model.
Bifrost bridge fall – A Bifrost simulation of a bridge falling into water.
Sven space crash – A Bifrost simulation of a spaceship crashing into water.
Sven textured model – A textured character model that measures retesselation performance.
Sven space animation – An action-scene animation featuring the Sven character.
Jungle escape – Another action-scene animation featuring the Sven character.
Toy store – A walkthrough of a city scene.

The SPECapc committee developed the benchmark in cooperation with Autodesk, which supplied seven new graphics models and scenes.

Benchmark Run Rules

The benchmark must be run using Autodesk Maya 2017 with Update 4 applied.
The default Maya 2017 application settings must be used.
The benchmark may only be run using the default display driver.
The display resolution must be at least 1920 pixels by 1080 pixels. If the system has an integrated display which cannot achieve 1920×1080 resolution, e.g., a notebook, the system’s maximum possible resolution must be used.
Submissions can optionally be made at 4k resolutions.
Windows Display scaling in Windows 10 and DPI scaling in Widows 7 must be set to 100%.
This benchmark is only supported on systems running Microsoft Windows Windows 7 and Windows 10 64-bit operating system.
The Maya 2017 benchmark should be run with at least 16GB of system memory installed.
It is recommended that the system be rebooted before running the benchmark, and the application window must be fully visible and not be occluded by any other windows. Task-bar auto-hide must be enabled. Any windows on top of the application rendering window may interfere with the performance. The benchmark status window is an exception to this rule as it should not intersect the graphics rendering window.
The submission must contain the entire results folder generated from running the benchmark. The results folder will be named results_[MSAA|noMSAA]_timestamp after a successful run of the benchmark. All fields in the “Submission Info” panel must be filled out prior to running the benchmark.
The directory structure of the submission must be as follows:
…/company-name/system_1/maya2017/results_[MSAA|noMSAA]_timestamp/
…/company-name/system_2/maya2017/results_[MSAA|noMSAA]_timestamp/
etc…
The submission file must be named company_apc_maya2017_vN.zip where company is the member company or organization name in lower case and vN is the file version (e.g. dell_apc_maya2017_v0.zip.) The initial submission is v0. Resubmitted files must have the version number incremented.

SPECapc^® for Maya 2017 Benchmark

Benchmark Run Rules

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