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NEW! Free Total-Systems After Effects Benchmarking Suite – AfterBenchCC – Test your CPU / GPU / RAM / VRAM
Available for download at https://www.teddygage.com/AfterBenchCC/
will work on mac and pc, you need the latest AE updates to run I believe.
I put a ton of work into this and think you folks will find this handy. It has already been useful around the studio for profiling system strengths and deficiencies.
Here is a sample video of all the files that your machine will render in a run of the 60 MB AfterBenchCC project
Again, the file is available at https://www.teddygage.com/AfterBenchCC/
It’s not really recommended for systems older than 2 years, it may take a long time to run, especially with older GPUs. However it is broken into several 3-5 minute tests, so you can pick and choose which test you want to run without demanding too much time or resources. I highly recommend the fractal noise CPU test to get a clear idea of system performance in a single run.
A little background:
It will generate about 6 GB of video files on your system. Everything here is procedural, no video files or prerendered assets are needed, it is created from scratch on your machine.
This benchmark tests total systems RAM, CPU, and GPU performance in After Effects Creative Cloud 12.2.1, simulating typical rigorous production demands with 4k footage output, intensive render-heavy effects and encoding. Make sure your system is able to handle 100% load on GPU & CPU – I am not liable for any system crashes, loss of work or mechanical failures as a result of this test.
It is recommended that, if you have any GPU released prior to the Nvidia GTX 480, you disable the “Raytrace & Environment Map” benchmark test in the render queue, as render times may exceed 1 hour and beyond. This may also be true for many modern mobile GPUs, or GPUs with less than 1 GB VRAM. This does not mean your computer is slow, it simply means your GPU is not able to run the highly specialized AfterEffects CUDA raytrace engine with reasonable speed.
Make sure you have latest GPU drivers AE CC version and Quicktime codecs installed. There is an optional Element 3D benchmark left unchecked, if you have Element 1.6 installed, you should check the render tickbox. Element 3D is a great plugin that works extremely fast with many common OpenGL GPUs. However, it will not affect the benchmark if you do not have Element 3D installed, simply hit cancel.
You will have to select all render items and output the project to its own folder on your fastest drive. You may need to click each item in the render queue and output each render item to the chosen render folder individually.
INSTRUCTIONS:
STEP 1: Purge RAM and disk cache (disk optional)
STEP 2: Confirm output paths to fastest drive available
STEP 3: Confirm roughly 6 GB HDD space available
STEP 4: Confirm system airflow is good and CPU / GPU are stable under load
STEP 5: Confirm MP is ON, at least 2 GB allocated per CPUSTEP 6: Recommend you render each item separately – cannot guarantee full run in sequence. May need to purge RAM between each render to avoid memory warnings. If render crashes, simply delete render files and re-add that comp to render queue.
STEP 7: Make sure your VRAM is set to maximum usable in GPU settings and your GPU is recognized with the latest CUDA drivers, if running the GPU Envmap Test
STEP 8: RENDER
I recommend having PC system resource monitor running and open to watch CPU / RAM usage.
Other good apps include TechPowerUp GPU-Z, Real Temp GT for live systems monitoring. On Mac I would use Activity Monitor or Menu Meters
Here are my current results, the rest of our machines will be added soon.
“IRONMAN”
4.7 GHz hex core CPU, 64 GB RAM, 720 GB SSD RAID1, hyperthreading offMP OFF: 2:28
4K KEYFRAME: 3:12
4K ENCODING H264: 0:26
Fractal Noise 4K all CPU: 3:55
4K Encoding MP4: 0:18
RT & EnvMap GPU: 5:12
Cineware: 8:51
Element 3D: 5:02“The flash”
4.3 GHZ quad cpu, 4770k, 16gb ram, 2x gtx 580, hyperthreading onMP OFF: 2:22
4K KEYFRAME: 3:25
4K ENCODING H264: 0:36
Fractal Noise 4K all CPU: 7:11
4K Encoding MP4: 0:22
RT & EnvMap GPU: 4:15
Cineware: 8:42
Element 3D: na“JACKAL”
Late 2013 Macbook pro
2.6 GHZ boost up to 3.8 GHz, quad core cpu, 16gb ram, gtx 720m, 1 TB on board SSD, hyperthreading onMP OFF: 2:34
4K KEYFRAME: 3:36
4K ENCODING H264: 0:35
Fractal Noise 4K all CPU: 7:01
4K Encoding MP4: 0:25
RT & EnvMap GPU: 43:23
Cineware: 9:13
Element 3D: naSome really interesting numbers here, I’m going to create a spreadsheet with some nice graphs and have a link on my site. Thanks for checking it out!
TO SUBMIT YOUR SCORES FOR OFFICIAL VERIFICATION:
Increment and save the file after render.
Delete all compositions and outputs, and save AE project again, with your name appended to the file name.
Email file to FS**********@***il.com for verification, along with system specs:
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Really nice work, Teddy! Thanks for sharing this.
Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
RenderBreak Blog – What I’m thinking when my workstation’s thinking
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Thanks Walter, here are the results so far
I’m looking especially for new Mac Pro and 4930K processor, please either post results here, email to fstopdigital@gmail.com or on twitter @teddyrocksteady
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Where are you going to post the uploaded results? I didn’t see a link other than the zip file link.
Jason Jantzen
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In the post you just responded to – a google docs spreadsheet for now
or the shortened URL
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When I have time at work I will get you the 4930K results at stock and 4.4GHz. I will try to run on a Xeon E5 12 Core 2697 V2 on an X79 as well when we have 1 up or I get time at home on my system.
Eric-ADK
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@Eric – Awesome, would love to see the 3930 vs. 4930 results, let me know if you get a chance to run it.
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Hey folks, would really love to see these tests run on a new Mac Pro – or any systems that aren’t currently represented. The tests don’t take too long and you don’t have to do all of them. Check it out and post your results, thanks!!
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Hi Teddy! Just wondered if you saw my reply to your post on
your old benchmark thread – can your new test suite be run
with AE 11.0.4?Ian.
SGI Guru
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No, unfortunately not. The entire point of this suite is to test performance of hardware with new creative cloud features. You would get wildly different results if you tried to convert it back to cs6. I highly recommend the upgrade, although I understand it would be quite expensive if you’re not using it to make a living…
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Teddy writes:
> No, unfortunately not. The entire point of this suite is to
> test performance of hardware with new creative cloud features. …I thought that was the case. Ah well, never mind.
> … although I understand it would be quite expensive if
> you’re not using it to make a living…Correct, just researching CUDA with AE.
It’s ok though, a friend is sorting out an insanely intesive
AE/CUDA test for me, which in its present form takes about
10 mins to render one frame using four GTX 580s. 😀Ian.
SGI Guru
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