Processing Speed Slow

[Loover]

I use a program that runs single thread. I have set up a home computer and its performance is way slower than the computer i run at work. Here is my setup:

Motherboard - Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H
Processor - Intel Core i5 3570k 3.4GHz 6Mb
Hard Drive - Crucial M4 128GB SSD Sata 6GB/s
- Western Digital 1TB 32MB 3.5" SA
Video Card - HIS Radeon HD7870 IceQ 2GB GDDR5
Ram - Kingston 16GB 1600MHz DDR3

When I run the program, one command that takes 20 seconds at work is taking me 5 minutes at home. Anyone have any ideas why?

Computer at work is 3 years old, we are upgrading this week to the processor that I have. We are running 2 solid states, if that makes any difference.

Again, the program is single thread.

 

[Kenmitch]

What program is it and what command takes so long? Guess it would be hard for somebody to possibly point you towards a solution without the proper info.

 

[Loover]

The program is called Tekla, it is a 3D modelling software. I create programs in the software using c++. My programs have become very large and now they take lots of time to make changes to them. My computer at work can take 10 minutes + to make a single change. Running the program at work generally takes 20 - 30 seconds, but like I said previously, my home setup is taking 5 minutes.

I am running windows 7, and the program is 64 bit.

 

[borisvodofsky]

The program is called Tekla, it is a 3D modelling software. I create programs in the software using c++. My programs have become very large and now they take lots of time to make changes to them. My computer at work can take 10 minutes + to make a single change. Running the program at work generally takes 20 - 30 seconds, but like I said previously, my home setup is taking 5 minutes.

I am running windows 7, and the program is 64 bit.

What is the exact model of the graphic card on your work computer?

Also, check the configurations/preferences of your tekla software, there may be performance options that need to be enabled, like photoshop requires opencl to be manually enabled.

 

[Eeqmcsq]

Maybe your home computer is somehow stuck running in a low speed mode, like in a power save state. Do you have any other single threaded apps you can run on both your home computer and your work computer?

If it's not your CPU, maybe this Tekla app uses the GPU. I did a quick search, and the "Tekla Structures" app uses OpenGL. If this is what you're using, maybe you need to enable openGL in the app.

 

[moonbogg]

Do you have a Quadro GPU at work? I duno, maybe thats the reason its faster?

 

[Loover]

Yes, the program is Tekla Structures. Can you tell me how I would enable openGL?

 

[Loover]

Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think it has anything to do with the video card. I can have no 3d views open (just the grey standard program background) and it still takes 5 minutes.

If you can't tell yet, I don't know much about computer. Thanks for helping.

 

[ShintaiDK]

If your program requires certificed cards/drivers to enable hardware acceleration. Then you need a Quadro card.

A quick look at:
http://www.tekla.com/SiteCollection...s/TeklaStructures_Hardware_recommendation.pdf

Shows they only tested with nVidia cards as well.

 

[Puppies04]

Off the top of my head....

Does the work PC have more RAM than your home one, maybe the program is having to use HDD space as a RAM cache which can drastically slow any program down.

Also are both systems running the program from the SSDs? If there are a lot of reads and writes your mechanical drive could be slowing you down.

I find it hard to belive that either of these issues would be turning a 20 second job into a 5 minute one though....

 

[Eeqmcsq]

Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think it has anything to do with the video card. I can have no 3d views open (just the grey standard program background) and it still takes 5 minutes.

If you can't tell yet, I don't know much about computer. Thanks for helping.

Yeah, then I have no idea, since I have never used this app before.

 

[Loover]

I don't know much about my computer at work. I know that both my work and home symtems are running the program from the solid state drive.

How would I know if RAM is an issue? When I check the Task Manager Performance, is has CPU usage at 25% and memory at 2.88GB.

Since I have 16GB of RAM, does that mean that this is not the problem?

 

[ShintaiDK]

I bet the issue is that your workcomputer offloads to the graphics card. While your homecomputer doesnt for the computational part.

Also 25% means its singlethreaded.

Another possible case is that at work you distribute the workload to several computers. Look at the PDF I linked on the last page.

 

[Loover]

I am trying to look at that pdf, but thats another issue. For some reason I cannot install the adode reader. It just says installation failed. Looking into it now.

 

[Loover]

ShintaiDK, maybe you found it. Since I am connected to the server at work, maybe our server is helping with the workload. Does this sound like the issue to anyone else?

Is there any way to check computer performance? To see exactly what your CPU is performing at?

 

[Loover]

ShintaiDK, can you explain what you mean by "offloads to the graphics card"?

 

[billyb0b]

This should help you narrow down the exact problem

http://itexpertvoice.com/home/what’s-taking-so-long-how-to-fight-slow-startup-times-in-windows-7/

 

[Kenmitch]

What version of Tekla Structures are you using?

The app looks to be highly configurable to me as far as I can tell. Most likely your work rig is fully optimized and possibly getting aid from other rigs on the network.

Here's a page I found which shows some of the configuration settings. Not sure if it'll help you out or not.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/56138666/38572761-TeklaStructureStart-upGuide#outer_page_32

Graphic cards can accelerate OpenGL which the program is based on.

 

[Kenmitch]

Guess I should have given you the welcome to the forum in my first post....My bad

Is your computer by chance a fresh build?

 

[Loover]

Thanks for the welcome. Computer is a fresh build done myself. This is my first time doing any computer build.

It is Tekla Structures version 18.0.

 

[Loover]

Billybob, that looks like alot to go through. I will go through it later today.

 

[Kenmitch]

Thanks for the welcome. Computer is a fresh build done myself. This is my first time doing any computer build.

It is Tekla Structures version 18.0.

No problem

I'm thinking maybe it's an OS issue with drivers or something. If you view windows device manager do you see any unkown devices?

You could try a OpenGL benchmark to see if your OpenGL is functional.

I looked and didn't find much maybe others know of some.

You could try running the Furmark Benchmark as it's OpenGL

http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/FurMark-Download-102854.html

Goes pretty quick and is somewhat nice to look at.

Just use the benchmark preset: 1080 or 720 and see what your results are.

The text in upper left of screen should show your renderer which should be your video card

 

[borisvodofsky]

Thanks for the welcome. Computer is a fresh build done myself. This is my first time doing any computer build.

It is Tekla Structures version 18.0.

Open up the software, and post screenshots of performance related options. :sneaky:

 

[Loover]

FurMark Benchmark 1080 results:

SCORE:1784 points (29 FPS, 60000 ms)
Max GPU Temp: 53°C
Resolution: 1920x1080 (FS) - AA:0 samples
FPS: min:30, max:31, avg:29 - OPTIONS: DynBkg

Do these results give us any new idea?

 

[Kenmitch]

FurMark Benchmark 1080 results:

SCORE:1784 points (29 FPS, 60000 ms)
Max GPU Temp: 53°C
Resolution: 1920x1080 (FS) - AA:0 samples
FPS: min:30, max:31, avg:29 - OPTIONS: DynBkg

Do these results give us any new idea?

It looks like your OpenGL is functional. Score wise I'm not sure but seems low to me.

DId you check device manager for unkown devices?

What video card drivers are you using?