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The NVIDIA nVector SPECviewperf 13 test with 3ds Max and Maya viewsets generated the reported SPEC benchmark scores. SPEC scores indicate the speed and performance of the simulated graphics applications. A good SPEC score is usually associated with a system with good GPU acceleration capabilities.
We used VMware vCenter to gather key host utilization metrics, including CPU, memory, disk, and network usage from the compute host during each test run. We have not included results from the management host server in our reporting. The management server was monitored during testing to ensure it was not responsible for any testing bottlenecks. We used nVector to run a script on the ESXi host to gather GPU-related resource usage. We ran the script before starting the test run and stopped it when the test was completed. The script contained NVIDIA System Management Interface commands to query each GPU and log GPU utilization and GPU memory utilization to an output file for analysis.