[vtkusers] VTK Sphere Benchmark 2.1

[Dieter Nützel]

Hello Sebastien,

I have some 'new' input for you :-)
Remember that it was taken with XFree86 4.0.1e DRI CVS, tdfx-3-0-0-branch 
(latest development stuff).
DRI + Glide3 with 3DNow!

Athlon TBird 950 MHz SlotA (yes, SlotA:-)
MSI MS-6167 Rev 1.0B (AMD Irongate C4, without bypass)
256 PC100 SDRAM
AHA-2940UW
IBM DDRS-34560W
Voodoo5 5500 AGP (only one VSA-100/NO SLI !!!)

Linux 2.4.0-test10-pre5
glibc-2.1.97 (pre 2.2)

Regards,
	Dieter

VTK Simple Sphere Benchmark 2.1

  - Robert Riviere (results) : Robert.Riviere at sophia.inria.fr
    www.inria.fr/caiman/personnel/Robert.Riviere/vtk/sphere-bench.html

  - Sebastien Barre (script) : Sebastien.Barre at utc.fr
    www.hds.utc.fr/~barre/vtk/sphere-bench.html

Find the best sphere resolutions for your card, launch *bench combinations* 
and send us your results (copy the session with <Control />) along with a 
complete description of your system (VTK/OS version, hardware description).

System :
  - i686 running Linux 2.4.0-test10-pre5
  - VTK 3.1.2 (rev: 1.668, 2000/10/26 00:02:16)
  - OpenGL
  - Visual is 1280x1024, truecolor/truecolor/24
  - Tcl/Tk 8.0.5

Defaults :
WARNING : $active_camera GetClippingRange was 2.45199 4.78654 , should be 
0.348564 17.4282
  - VTK : wrong, please report us your values...
  - Rotation limit, increment, number : (300 by 30) x 3
  - Sphere opacity (if transparency activated) : 0.3
  - Sphere radius and small radius (if small_sphere activated) : 0.9, 0.5
  - Combinations : [stripper] [small_sphere] [] [transparency] [wireframe] 
[texture] [texture, transparency] 

NOTE : the 512x512 and above sphere resolutions are *really* high, use them 
carefully, as it might hang your system for a while. Moreover, they have no 
real signification in 400x400 or less window.

IMPORTANT : move the camera a little to interact with the sphere before 
playing with this bench...

------- BENCH COMBINATIONS -------

Benching for sphere resolutions : 32, 64, 128, 256, 512
Setting(s) : window is 400 x 400, sphere radius is 0.9
 Option(s) : [stripper]
    32x32  :  369.6 kpolys/s
    64x64  : 1140.5 kpolys/s
   128x128 : 1365.3 kpolys/s
   256x256 : 1477.6 kpolys/s
   512x512 : 1735.2 kpolys/s

Benching for sphere resolutions : 32, 64, 128, 256, 512
Setting(s) : window is 400 x 400, sphere radius is 0.5
 Option(s) : [small_sphere]
    32x32  :  483.5 kpolys/s
    64x64  :  681.5 kpolys/s
   128x128 :  752.8 kpolys/s
   256x256 :  780.3 kpolys/s
   512x512 :  786.0 kpolys/s

Benching for sphere resolutions : 32, 64, 128, 256, 512
Setting(s) : window is 400 x 400, sphere radius is 0.9
    32x32  :  370.7 kpolys/s
    64x64  :  658.7 kpolys/s
   128x128 :  757.6 kpolys/s
   256x256 :  781.2 kpolys/s
   512x512 :  787.0 kpolys/s

Benching for sphere resolutions : 32, 64, 128, 256, 512
Setting(s) : window is 400 x 400, sphere radius is 0.9
 Option(s) : [transparency]
    32x32  :  391.8 kpolys/s
    64x64  :  684.2 kpolys/s
   128x128 :  750.4 kpolys/s
   256x256 :  782.8 kpolys/s
   512x512 :  787.2 kpolys/s

Benching for sphere resolutions : 32, 64, 128, 256, 512
Setting(s) : window is 400 x 400, sphere radius is 0.9
 Option(s) : [wireframe]
    32x32  :  307.5 kpolys/s
    64x64  :  448.7 kpolys/s
   128x128 :  488.7 kpolys/s
   256x256 :  499.1 kpolys/s
   512x512 :  503.8 kpolys/s

Benching for sphere resolutions : 32, 64, 128, 256, 512
Setting(s) : window is 400 x 400, sphere radius is 0.9
 Option(s) : [texture]
    32x32  :  263.6 kpolys/s
    64x64  :  552.3 kpolys/s
   128x128 :  601.9 kpolys/s
   256x256 :  620.1 kpolys/s
   512x512 :  624.1 kpolys/s

Benching for sphere resolutions : 32, 64, 128, 256, 512
Setting(s) : window is 400 x 400, sphere radius is 0.9
 Option(s) : [texture, transparency]
    32x32  :  271.8 kpolys/s
    64x64  :  552.6 kpolys/s
   128x128 :  604.8 kpolys/s
   256x256 :  620.1 kpolys/s
   512x512 :  621.2 kpolys/s

Best results, summary :
  - i686 running Linux 2.4.0-test10-pre5
  - VTK 3.1.2 (rev: 1.668, 2000/10/26 00:02:16)
  - OpenGL
  - Visual is 1280x1024, truecolor/truecolor/24
  - Tcl/Tk 8.0.5
  - window was 400 x 400
   1) 512x512 : 1735.2 kpolys/s : [stripper]
   2) 512x512 :  787.2 kpolys/s : [transparency]
   3) 512x512 :  787.0 kpolys/s : []
   4) 512x512 :  786.0 kpolys/s : [small_sphere]
   5) 512x512 :  624.1 kpolys/s : [texture]
   6) 512x512 :  621.2 kpolys/s : [texture, transparency]
   7) 512x512 :  503.8 kpolys/s : [wireframe]

------- DONE (in 303 sec.) -------
-- 
Dieter Nützel
Graduate Student, Computer Science

University of Hamburg
Department of Computer Science
Cognitive Systems Group
Vogt-Kölln-Straße 30
D-22527 Hamburg, Germany

email: nuetzel at kogs.informatik.uni-hamburg.de
@home: Dieter.Nuetzel at hamburg.de