SPECworkstation 3 is a specialized test designed for benchmarking the key aspects of workstation performance; it uses over 30 workloads, containing nearly 140 tests to test CPU, graphics, I/O, and memory bandwidth. The workloads fall into seven categories;
Media and Entertainment – 3D animation, rendering
Product Development – CAD/CAM/CAE
Life Sciences – medical, molecular
Energy – oil and gas
Financial Services,
General Operations
GPU Compute.
We use the WPCstorage section of the benchmark to test drives which uses fifteen separate tests.
In the SPECworkstation 3.1 test, the DC1500M outperforms the previous DC1000M drive in all but one test, the Energy Storage test.