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  • Standard Candle 9.0

    Posted by Sascha Haber on September 20, 2012 at 8:35 am

    Hello everyone,

    now that Resolve 9 is official and people are using it in production, its time to update the Standard Candle.
    A standard candle is a known source of luminosity .
    Here some more detailed information what it is used in astronomy :
    https://www.astro.ex.ac.uk/people/hatchell/rinr/candles.pdf

    I created a Resolve document that everyone can import and flick through the versions to see how much performance their system has.
    Please post the numbers and refer to this thread as a reference how “good” your system performs.
    There is only one footage file used and it comes with the DVD.
    So the only thing you need to do is to use the “Change source folder” function to re-link to the file called 01412968.mov

    The project itself is HD with 100% default values , the footage is SD to minimize HD stress.
    This test is designed to put stress on your GPU pipeline, so be sure you have enough cooling.

    Here the results from our system.

    Globalstor workstation , 24 GB, 2x Intel Xeon X5680 @ 3.33 GHz
    Quadro 6000 UI , Cubix Desktop with 4X ZOTAC ZT-50103-10P GeForce GTX 580 3GB

    V01 04 blur nodes 24 fps
    V02 08 blur nodes 24 fps
    V03 16 blur nodes 24 fps
    V04 32 blur nodes 18 fps
    V05 64 blur nodes 09 fps
    V06 01 NR 2 nodes 24 fps
    V07 03 NR 2 nodes 20 fps
    V08 06 NR 2 nodes 11 fps

    Here is the YouSendIt file :
    https://www.yousendit.com/download/TEhYaUNGSWhKV05vZE1UQw
    Please share and host it if you can.

    Happy testing and please post you results and system specs

    A slice of color…

    Colorist / Aerial footage nerd
    https://vimeo.com/saschahaber

    Elliott Balsley replied 11 years, 11 months ago 27 Members · 50 Replies
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  • Pepijn Klijs

    September 20, 2012 at 4:31 pm

    Hi Sasha,
    Cool you’re setting this up again!

    My system: asus p9x79 deluxe, 32gb ram, gtx 560ti 2gb (ui), gtx 580 1.5gb (gpu). Dual boot, so 2 scores:

    Mac (hackintosh 10.7.3):
    V1: 24
    V2: 24
    V3: 14
    V4: 7,5
    V5: 4
    V6: 14
    V7: 5
    V8: 2,5

    Win 7:
    V1: 24
    V2: 24
    V3: 12
    V4: 6,5
    V5: 3,5
    V6: 14,5
    V7: 5,5
    V8: 3

    Cheers

    Editor/Colorist, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    http://www.pepijnklijs.nl

  • Michael Cinquin

    September 20, 2012 at 5:11 pm

    [Sascha Haber] “The project itself is HD with 100% default values , the footage is SD to minimize HD stress.”
    = “The project itself is High Definition with 100% default values , the footage is Standard Definition to minimize Hard Drive stress.” (the question would arise 😉

    thanks for the project and the figures. Not yet running v9, but in the meanwhile I’ve put the project file here :

    https://www.michaelcinquin.com/Stabdard_Candle_9.0.drp.zip

    cheers

    Michael Cinquin

    Final Cut Pro – Avid Media Composer editor
    DaVinci – Color – Baselight colorist
    Color profiles for Color
    http://www.michaelcinquin.com/tools : tools for FCP | Color | RED | subtitles | Cinema Tools | Timecode – Keycode calculator

  • Art Stretovych

    September 20, 2012 at 6:21 pm

    Hi Sasha!

    Excuse me for stupid question, but there’s one thing I can’t get: which DVD are you talking about? Where do I get the source footage?

    Thanx,

    Artem.

  • Art Stretovych

    September 20, 2012 at 6:22 pm

    Ok, that’s a false alarm. Found it on an Resolve Install DVD.
    Pardon me.

    Artem.

  • Adam Hendershot

    September 20, 2012 at 6:46 pm

    Fun.

    V01 04 blur nodes 24 fps
    V02 08 blur nodes 24 fps
    V03 16 blur nodes 24 fps
    V04 32 blur nodes 12 fps
    V05 64 blur nodes 6.5 fps
    V06 01 NR 2 nodes 24 fps
    V07 03 NR 2 nodes 09 fps
    V08 06 NR 2 nodes 05 fps

    Mac Pro 12-core 2.66, OSX 10.7.4, 24GB RAM, Radeon 5770 GUI, Cubix Desktop Pro 2 with 2xGTX570 3GB (flashed).

  • Mel Matsuoka

    September 21, 2012 at 3:42 am

    Thanks for making this new std. candle!

    Here’s my results:

    2010 Mac Pro (2×2.4 GHz Quad-core)
    24GB RAM
    GUI: GTX570 (MacVidCards 2.5GB)
    GPU: 2x GTX570 (MacVidCards 2.5GB) in external Cyclone 2707 chassis
    Mac OS X 10.7.4
    CUDA driver: 5.0.24

    V01 04 blur nodes: 24 fps
    V02 08 blur nodes: 24 fps
    V03 16 blur nodes: 24 fps
    V04 32 blur nodes: 12 fps
    V05 64 blur nodes: 6 fps
    V06 01 NR 2 nodes: 24 fps
    V07 03 NR 2 nodes: 9 fps
    V08 06 NR 2 nodes: 5 fps

  • Juan Salvo

    September 21, 2012 at 4:26 pm

    Hi Sascha,

    Thanks for posting the new improved Standard Candle. I actually had some interesting results.

    Our configs are similiar, except you have the Zotac, I’m using the EVGA 580 3GB Classifieds X3 in Cubix.

    My Results:

    V01 04 blur nodes 24 fps
    V02 08 blur nodes 24 fps
    V03 16 blur nodes 24 fps
    V04 32 blur nodes 24 fps
    V05 64 blur nodes 12 fps
    V06 01 NR 2 nodes 24 fps
    V07 03 NR 2 nodes 17 fps
    V08 06 NR 2 nodes 9 fps

    So in the Blur nodes I seemed to get a bit more performance on the EVGA than you did. However with NR your Zotac’s beat my GPUs. Very interesting.

    Colorist | Online Editor | Post Super | VFX Artist | BD Author

    https://JuanSalvo.com

  • Sascha Haber

    September 21, 2012 at 9:24 pm

    haha…ok, i might have put the bar sliiightly to high here 😉

    here the numbers from a so called “standard” system :

    MacPro 5.1 24 BG
    GT120 / Quadro 4000

    V00 02 blur nodes 24 fps
    V01 04 blur nodes 16 fps
    V02 08 blur nodes 09 fps
    V03 16 blur nodes 05 fps
    V04 32 blur nodes 02 fps
    V05 64 blur nodes 01 fps
    V06 01 NR 2 nodes 4.5 fps
    V07 03 NR 2 nodes 1.5 fps
    V08 06 NR 2 nodes 0.5 fps

    Should we spread it out a little more ?

    A slice of color…

    DaVinci 9b3 OSX 10.8
    MacPro 5.1 2×2,4 24GB
    RAID0 8TB
    GTX 470 / Quadro 4000
    Extreme 3D+

    Colorist / Aerial footage nerd
    https://vimeo.com/saschahaber

  • Fred Ricci

    September 24, 2012 at 8:35 pm

    Chez moi:
    4 B nodes 24fps
    8 B nodes 19fps
    16 B nodes 11fps
    32 B nodes 6fps
    64 B nodes 3fps
    1 nr nodes 12fps
    3 nr nodes 5fps
    6 nr nodes 3fps

    Resolve 9
    Mac pro 4.1 octo 2,26
    GTX 570 GUI and CUDA
    8 Giga RAM
    SOFT RAID 8 Tera

  • Teo Rižnar

    September 25, 2012 at 10:22 am

    What about this test:
    https://www.barefeats.com/rogue04.html

    Looks so GTX 580 is the best choice right now.

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