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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

Concept Car dataset

10 ITERATIONS
Linear solver: AMG
Solution method: STEADY STATE

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Cells	Mesh	Iterations	Solver	Solution
1,900,308	Tet	10	AMG	Steady

PERFORMANCE TABLES

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	61.23	24.90	CRAY XD1 RapidArray interconnect 1 RAP, 2 ports, direct-connect technology
CRAY XD1, Opteron Single Core AMD-252 2.6 GHz	8	143.89	10.60	CRAY XD1 RapidArray interconnect 1 RAP, 2 ports, direct-connect technology
CRAY XD1, Opteron Single Core AMD-252 2.6 GHz	4	322.40	4.73	CRAY XD1 RapidArray interconnect 1 RAP, 2 ports, direct-connect technology
CRAY XD1, Opteron Single Core AMD-252 2.6 GHz	1	1524.64	1.00	CRAY XD1 RapidArray interconnect 1 RAP, 2 ports, direct-connect technology

CRAY XD1, Opteron Dual Core AMD-275 2.2 GHz	64	16.50	93.74	CRAY XD1 RapidArray interconnect 1 RAP, 2 ports, single fabric, Fat tree
CRAY XD1, Opteron Dual Core AMD-275 2.2 GHz	32	28.07	55.10	CRAY XD1 RapidArray interconnect 1 RAP, 2 ports, single fabric, Fat tree
CRAY XD1, Opteron Dual Core AMD-275 2.2 GHz	16	65.48	23.62	CRAY XD1 RapidArray interconnect 1 RAP, 2 ports, single fabric, Fat tree
CRAY XD1, Opteron Dual Core AMD-275 2.2 GHz	8	150.45	10.28	CRAY XD1 RapidArray interconnect 1 RAP, 2 ports, single fabric, Fat tree
CRAY XD1, Opteron Dual Core AMD-275 2.2 GHz	4	325.10	4.57	CRAY XD1 RapidArray interconnect 1 RAP, 2 ports, single fabric, Fat tree
CRAY XD1, Opteron Dual Core AMD-275 2.2 GHz	1	1546.79	1.00	CRAY XD1 RapidArray interconnect 1 RAP, 2 ports, single fabric, Fat tree

CRAY XD1, Opteron 248 Single Core 2.2 GHz	64	13.03	117.88	CRAY XD1 RapidArray interconnect 1 RAP, 2 ports
CRAY XD1, Opteron 248 Single Core 2.2 GHz	32	27.75	55.35	CRAY XD1 RapidArray interconnect 1 RAP, 2 ports
CRAY XD1, Opteron 248 Single Core 2.2 GHz	16	65.81	23.34	CRAY XD1 RapidArray interconnect 1 RAP, 2 ports
CRAY XD1, Opteron 248 Single Core 2.2 GHz	8	146.22	10.50	CRAY XD1 RapidArray interconnect 1 RAP, 2 ports
CRAY XD1, Opteron 248 Single Core 2.2 GHz	4	308.11	4.98	CRAY XD1 RapidArray interconnect 1 RAP, 2 ports
CRAY XD1, Opteron 248 Single Core 2.2 GHz	1	1536.00	1.00	CRAY XD1 RapidArray interconnect 1 RAP, 2 ports

NEC Express 5800 Woodcrest (2xDual Core 3.0 GHz/Node)	64 (16x4)	15.72	73.79	HPMPI 2.2.5 , Voltaire IB
NEC Express 5800 Woodcrest (2xDual Core 3.0 GHz/Node)	32 (8x4)	26.51	43.76	HPMPI 2.2.5 , Voltaire IB
NEC Express 5800 Woodcrest (2xDual Core 3.0 GHz/Node)	16 (4x4)	61.81	18.77	HPMPI 2.2.5 , Voltaire IB
NEC Express 5800 Woodcrest (2xDual Core 3.0 GHz/Node)	8 (2x4)	156.21	7.43	HPMPI 2.2.5 , Voltaire IB
NEC Express 5800 Woodcrest (2xDual Core 3.0 GHz/Node)	4 (1x4)	357.29	3.25	HPMPI 2.2.5 , Voltaire IB
NEC Express 5800 Woodcrest (2xDual Core 3.0 GHz/Node)	2 (1x2)	567.94	2.04	HPMPI 2.2.5 , Voltaire IB
NEC Express 5800 Woodcrest (2xDual Core 3.0 GHz/Node)	1 (1x1)	1159.95	1.00	HPMPI 2.2.5 , Voltaire IB

SGI ALTIX-3700 Bx2 1.6 GHz	32	27.00	88.29	Itanium-2
SGI ALTIX-3700 Bx2 1.6 GHz	16	68.00	35.05	Itanium-2
SGI ALTIX-3700 Bx2 1.6 GHz	8	195.00	12.22	Itanium-2
SGI ALTIX-3700 Bx2 1.6 GHz	4	451.00	5.28	Itanium-2
SGI ALTIX-3700 Bx2 1.6 GHz	2	1117.00	2.13	Itanium-2
SGI ALTIX-3700 Bx2 1.6 GHz	1	2384.000	1.00	Itanium-2

SGI ALTIX 1.5 GHz	32	35.00	72.51	Itanium-2
SGI ALTIX 1.5 GHz	16	87.00	29.17	Itanium-2
SGI ALTIX 1.5 GHz	8	219.00	11.58	Itanium-2
SGI ALTIX 1.5 GHz	4	529.00	4.80	Itanium-2
SGI ALTIX 1.5 GHz	2	1226.00	2.07	Itanium-2
SGI ALTIX 1.5 GHz	1	2538.00	1.00	Itanium-2

SGI ALTIX 1.4 GHz	16	133.00	20.68	Itanium-2
SGI ALTIX 1.4 GHz	8	295.00	9.32	Itanium-2
SGI ALTIX 1.4 GHz	4	633.00	4.34	Itanium-2
SGI ALTIX 1.4 GHz	2	1287.00	2.14	Itanium-2
SGI ALTIX 1.4 GHz	1	2751.00	1.00	Itanium-2

SGI ORIGIN-3000 600 MHz	32	101.00	78.40
SGI ORIGIN-3000 600 MHz	16	274.00	28.90
SGI ORIGIN-3000 600 MHz	8	670.00	11.82
SGI ORIGIN-3000 600 MHz	4	1638.00	4.84
SGI ORIGIN-3000 600 MHz	2	3791.00	2.09
SGI ORIGIN-3000 600 MHz	1	7918.00	1.00

SUN X2100-CLUSTER OPTERON 2.6 GHz	32	57.47	23.10	Gigabit Ethernet/LAM
SUN X2100-CLUSTER OPTERON 2.6 GHz	16	105.33	12.60	Gigabit Ethernet/LAM
SUN X2100-CLUSTER OPTERON 2.6 GHz	8	160.34	8.28	Gigabit Ethernet/LAM
SUN X2100-CLUSTER OPTERON 2.6 GHz	4	306.41	4.33	Gigabit Ethernet/LAM
SUN X2100-CLUSTER OPTERON 2.6 GHz	2	625.96	2.12	Gigabit Ethernet/LAM
SUN X2100-CLUSTER OPTERON 2.6 GHz	1	1327.64	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.