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Small Cases:
Engine Block
S-Bend
Car Interior

Medium Cases:
Aerodynamic Body
Concept Car
Space Shuttle

Large Cases:
A-Class
Large A-Class

Benchmarks STAR-CD V3200

Aerodynamic Body dataset

100 ITERATIONS
Linear solver: AMG
Convergence Criteria 1.0E-3
Solution method: STEADY STATE

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Cells	Mesh	Iterations	Solver	Solution
499,236	Tetrahedral	100	AMG	Steady

PERFORMANCE TABLES

CRAY

NEC

SGI

SUN

PARALLEL PLOTS ELAPSED TIMES (LOG-SCALE)

PARALLEL PLOTS SCALE-FACTORS (LOG-SCALE)

RANKING BY ALPHABETICAL ORDER OF VENDOR NAME

System	No of Procs (NxP)	Elapsed Time (Secs)	Speedup Factor	Comments/Notes

CRAY XD1, Opteron Single Core AMD-252 2.6 GHz	16	61.44	19.99	CRAY XD1 RapidArray interconnect 1 RAP, 2 ports, direct-connect technology
CRAY XD1, Opteron Single Core AMD-252 2.6 GHz	8	133.06	9.23	CRAY XD1 RapidArray interconnect 1 RAP, 2 ports, direct-connect technology
CRAY XD1, Opteron Single Core AMD-252 2.6 GHz	4	253.69	4.84	CRAY XD1 RapidArray interconnect 1 RAP, 2 ports, direct-connect technology
CRAY XD1, Opteron Single Core AMD-252 2.6 GHz	1	1228.21	1.00	CRAY XD1 RapidArray interconnect 1 RAP, 2 ports, direct-connect technology

CRAY XD1, Opteron Dual Core AMD-275 2.2 GHz	32	40.79	26.94	CRAY XD1 RapidArray interconnect 1 RAP, 2 ports, single fabric, Fat tree
CRAY XD1, Opteron Dual Core AMD-275 2.2 GHz	16	71.77	15.31	CRAY XD1 RapidArray interconnect 1 RAP, 2 ports, single fabric, Fat tree
CRAY XD1, Opteron Dual Core AMD-275 2.2 GHz	8	155.37	7.07	CRAY XD1 RapidArray interconnect 1 RAP, 2 ports, single fabric, Fat tree
CRAY XD1, Opteron Dual Core AMD-275 2.2 GHz	4	296.20	3.71	CRAY XD1 RapidArray interconnect 1 RAP, 2 ports, single fabric, Fat tree
CRAY XD1, Opteron Dual Core AMD-275 2.2 GHz	1	1099.00	1.00	CRAY XD1 RapidArray interconnect 1 RAP, 2 ports, single fabric, Fat tree

CRAY XD1, Opteron 248 Single Core 2.2 GHz	32	38.72	33.07	CRAY XD1 RapidArray interconnect 1 RAP, 2 ports
CRAY XD1, Opteron 248 Single Core 2.2 GHz	16	72.34	17.70	CRAY XD1 RapidArray interconnect 1 RAP, 2 ports
CRAY XD1, Opteron 248 Single Core 2.2 GHz	8	155.40	8.24	CRAY XD1 RapidArray interconnect 1 RAP, 2 ports
CRAY XD1, Opteron 248 Single Core 2.2 GHz	4	300.00	4.26	CRAY XD1 RapidArray interconnect 1 RAP, 2 ports
CRAY XD1, Opteron 248 Single Core 2.2 GHz	1	1280.43	1.00	CRAY XD1 RapidArray interconnect 1 RAP, 2 ports


NEC Express 5800 Woodcrest (2xDual Core 3.0 GHz/Node)	64 (16x4)	23.71	31.77	HPMPI 2.2.5 , Voltaire IB
NEC Express 5800 Woodcrest (2xDual Core 3.0 GHz/Node)	32 (8x4)	34.48	21.84	HPMPI 2.2.5 , Voltaire IB
NEC Express 5800 Woodcrest (2xDual Core 3.0 GHz/Node)	16 (4x4)	60.04	12.54	HPMPI 2.2.5 , Voltaire IB
NEC Express 5800 Woodcrest (2xDual Core 3.0 GHz/Node)	8 (2x4)	123.94	6.08	HPMPI 2.2.5 , Voltaire IB
NEC Express 5800 Woodcrest (2xDual Core 3.0 GHz/Node)	4 (1x4)	264.30	2.85	HPMPI 2.2.5 , Voltaire IB
NEC Express 5800 Woodcrest (2xDual Core 3.0 GHz/Node)	2 (1x2)	378.36	1.99	HPMPI 2.2.5 , Voltaire IB
NEC Express 5800 Woodcrest (2xDual Core 3.0 GHz/Node)	1 (1x1)	753.17	1.00	HPMPI 2.2.5 , Voltaire IB

SGI ALTIX-3700 Bx2 1.6 GHz	32	54.00	35.51	Itanium-2
SGI ALTIX-3700 Bx2 1.6 GHz	16	97.00	19.77	Itanium-2
SGI ALTIX-3700 Bx2 1.6 GHz	8	206.00	9.31	Itanium-2
SGI ALTIX-3700 Bx2 1.6 GHz	4	449.00	4.27	Itanium-2
SGI ALTIX-3700 Bx2 1.6 GHz	1	1918.00	1.00	Itanium-2

SGI ALTIX 1.5 GHz	32	65.00	31.37	Itanium-2
SGI ALTIX 1.5 GHz	16	111.00	18.37	Itanium-2
SGI ALTIX 1.5 GHz	8	231.00	8.83	Itanium-2
SGI ALTIX 1.5 GHz	4	492.00	4.14	Itanium-2
SGI ALTIX 1.5 GHz	1	2039.00	1.00	Itanium-2

SGI ALTIX-350 1.4 GHz	16	144.00	15.98	Itanium-2
SGI ALTIX-350 1.4 GHz	8	274.00	8.40	Itanium-2
SGI ALTIX-350 1.4 GHz	4	564.00	4.08	Itanium-2
SGI ALTIX-350 1.4 GHz	1	2301.00	1.00	Itanium-2

SGI ALTIX 1.3 GHz	32	81.00		Itanium-2
SGI ALTIX 1.3 GHz	16	143.00		Itanium-2
SGI ALTIX 1.3 GHz	8	289.00		Itanium-2
SGI ALTIX 1.3 GHz	4	589.00		Itanium-2

SUN X2100-CLUSTER OPTERON 2.6 GHz	8	187.69	6.53	Gigabit Ethernet/LAM
SUN X2100-CLUSTER OPTERON 2.6 GHz	4	341.95	3.59	Gigabit Ethernet/LAM
SUN X2100-CLUSTER OPTERON 2.6 GHz	2	636.02	1.93	Gigabit Ethernet/LAM
SUN X2100-CLUSTER OPTERON 2.6 GHz	1	1226.24	1.00	Gigabit Ethernet/LAM

DISCLAIMER
The data reported here has been supplied by the vendors of the respective hardware platforms listed, and though checked by the CD-adapco, we can make no warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to the accuracy of the data. In addition the CD-adapco makes no recommendations as to the suitability or preference of one hardware platform over another with regards to STAR-CD or any other CD-adapco product.