SPECworkstation 3.1 is a specialised 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 used the WPCstorage section of the benchmark to test drives, which uses fifteen separate tests from the following categories: Media and Entertainment, Product Development, Life Sciences, Energy and General Operations.
The DC3000ME handles the rigours of the SPECworkstation 3.1 test very well, as you might expect from this class of drive.