BRL-CAD

BRL-CAD is a cross-platform, open-source solid modeling system with built-in benchmark mode.

To run this test with the Phoronix Test Suite, the basic command is: phoronix-test-suite benchmark brl-cad.

Project Site

brlcad.org

Source Repository

github.com

Test Created

2 October 2018

Last Updated

19 March 2024

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel 

Test Type

System

Average Install Time

25 Minutes, 56 Seconds

Average Run Time

19 Minutes, 2 Seconds

Test Dependencies

C/C++ Compiler Toolchain + CMake + Flex + Tool Command Language + Zlib + PNG Library

Accolades

90k+ Downloads

Supported Platforms


Public Result Uploads *Reported Installs **Reported Test Completions **Test Profile Page Views ***OpenBenchmarking.orgEventsBRL-CAD Popularity Statisticspts/brl-cad2018.102018.122019.022019.042019.062019.082019.102019.122020.022020.042020.062020.082020.102020.122021.022021.042021.062021.082021.102021.122022.022022.042022.062022.082022.102022.122023.022023.042023.062023.082023.102023.122024.022024.043K6K9K12K15K
* Uploading of benchmark result data to OpenBenchmarking.org is always optional (opt-in) via the Phoronix Test Suite for users wishing to share their results publicly.
** Data based on those opting to upload their test results to OpenBenchmarking.org and users enabling the opt-in anonymous statistics reporting while running benchmarks from an Internet-connected platform.
*** Test profile page view reporting began March 2021.
Data updated weekly as of 21 April 2024.

Revision History

pts/brl-cad-1.6.0   [View Source]   Tue, 19 Mar 2024 17:23:34 GMT
Update against BRL-CAD 7.38.2 upstream.

pts/brl-cad-1.5.0   [View Source]   Thu, 27 Jul 2023 10:47:20 GMT
Update against BRL-CAD 7.36 upstream.

pts/brl-cad-1.4.0   [View Source]   Tue, 03 Jan 2023 11:20:53 GMT
Update against BRL-CAD 7.34 upstream.

pts/brl-cad-1.3.0   [View Source]   Tue, 06 Sep 2022 07:42:55 GMT
Update against BRL-CAD 7.32.6 upstream.

pts/brl-cad-1.2.0   [View Source]   Mon, 31 May 2021 14:30:48 GMT
Update against BRL-CAD 7.32.2 to work with newer compilers / distributions.

pts/brl-cad-1.1.2   [View Source]   Fri, 11 Dec 2020 12:11:12 GMT
BSD build fix per https://github.com/apurvanandan1997/pts-test-profiles-dev/commit/2426d18ee21cbd95bab2898f753f7d64d7f50899#diff-8074891d75800c73e983a9e342094e82800c066916aa8c43f9777da5df6f0920

pts/brl-cad-1.1.1   [View Source]   Thu, 12 Nov 2020 10:52:58 GMT
Enable building on macOS.

pts/brl-cad-1.1.0   [View Source]   Sun, 17 May 2020 06:46:22 GMT
Update BRL-CAD per https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/phoronix-test-suite/pull/438

pts/brl-cad-1.0.1   [View Source]   Wed, 03 Oct 2018 19:06:11 GMT
Update download URLs.

pts/brl-cad-1.0.0   [View Source]   Tue, 02 Oct 2018 18:30:08 GMT
Initial commit of BRL-CAD solid modeling software benchmark.

Suites Using This Test

Common Workstation Benchmarks

CPU Massive

Creator Workloads

CAD


Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

BRL-CAD 7.30.8

VGR Performance Metric

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 884 public results since 17 May 2020 with the latest data as of 6 March 2022.

Below is an overview of the generalized performance for components where there is sufficient statistically significant data based upon user-uploaded results. It is important to keep in mind particularly in the Linux/open-source space there can be vastly different OS configurations, with this overview intended to offer just general guidance as to the performance expectations.

Component
Percentile Rank
# Compatible Public Results
VGR Performance Metric (Average)
100th
9
2799970 +/- 77347
100th
4
998236 +/- 4051
98th
5
707665 +/- 4806
97th
20
635925 +/- 9009
96th
8
634254 +/- 11331
95th
10
633731 +/- 6839
93rd
7
527520 +/- 9738
93rd
7
522772 +/- 12150
91st
4
456761 +/- 5354
90th
5
403393 +/- 4854
88th
4
378507 +/- 5822
88th
4
373090 +/- 7200
88th
7
370390 +/- 11888
87th
7
355157 +/- 16056
85th
15
322283 +/- 13159
84th
9
301806 +/- 9563
81st
19
263976 +/- 3152
80th
5
257331 +/- 2970
77th
17
241542 +/- 21154
77th
4
236995 +/- 69
76th
11
229630 +/- 11387
Mid-Tier
75th
< 218441
73rd
28
211597 +/- 8493
72nd
8
209215 +/- 8138
72nd
15
208156 +/- 3098
71st
4
204829 +/- 1943
69th
7
201118 +/- 4804
66th
10
187388 +/- 1282
66th
34
186538 +/- 7274
62nd
15
179750 +/- 2723
60th
10
163515 +/- 2115
59th
5
156830 +/- 1354
58th
18
154574 +/- 6075
58th
12
154445 +/- 4949
55th
5
134863 +/- 43
54th
9
128434 +/- 2559
52nd
6
122830 +/- 1032
51st
15
121990 +/- 2578
Median
50th
120622
50th
11
120288 +/- 3588
48th
4
115534 +/- 337
48th
12
115050 +/- 2245
46th
12
105933 +/- 403
45th
7
104418 +/- 1131
43rd
22
101825 +/- 1489
41st
7
99718 +/- 1364
40th
4
93275 +/- 755
39th
7
92353 +/- 1362
39th
9
91644 +/- 2091
38th
3
90138 +/- 4173
38th
4
89043 +/- 296
37th
5
88726 +/- 404
37th
3
88553 +/- 51
35th
9
85181 +/- 922
35th
5
84352 +/- 6742
32nd
5
70029 +/- 399
31st
3
67589 +/- 919
31st
4
67575 +/- 7307
30th
11
66372 +/- 1419
30th
3
66265 +/- 212
29th
4
65073 +/- 7606
28th
5
62479 +/- 450
28th
3
61702 +/- 120
27th
4
60679 +/- 1408
27th
6
59920 +/- 1401
Low-Tier
25th
< 58952
25th
10
58458 +/- 4429
25th
6
57036 +/- 314
24th
8
56705 +/- 322
23rd
24
53793 +/- 2938
21st
9
49784 +/- 169
19th
7
48611 +/- 151
19th
6
48451 +/- 201
18th
7
45252 +/- 199
17th
4
43016 +/- 245
16th
6
42323 +/- 82
16th
6
42017 +/- 206
14th
6
40654 +/- 45
14th
9
39132 +/- 3863
14th
7
39082 +/- 1729
12th
6
36485 +/- 122
12th
5
36270 +/- 50
10th
6
31930 +/- 268
9th
7
28694 +/- 4144
8th
3
26710 +/- 362
8th
3
26328 +/- 481
7th
3
24954 +/- 3542
7th
4
23734 +/- 66
6th
3
23265 +/- 93
6th
5
23127 +/- 175
4th
8
16748 +/- 516
4th
4
14574 +/- 60
3rd
3
12920 +/- 132
3rd
4
12752 +/- 135
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - VGR Performance Metric884 Results Range From 2779 To 2951330 VGR Performance Metric277961751120723179695238667297639356611415583474555533527592499651471710443769415828387887359946331100530310642751123247118221912411911300163135913514181071477079153605115950231653995171296717719391830911188988319488552007827206679921257712184743224371523026872361659242063124796032538575259754726565192715491277446328334352892407295137950100150200250

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (BRL-CAD 7.30.8 - VGR Performance Metric) has an average run-time of 15 minutes. By default this test profile is set to run at least 1 times but may increase if the standard deviation exceeds pre-defined defaults or other calculations deem additional runs necessary for greater statistical accuracy of the result.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMinutesTime Required To Complete BenchmarkVGR Performance MetricRun-Time612182430Min: 7 / Avg: 14.01 / Max: 26

Does It Scale Well With Increasing Cores?

Yes, based on the automated analysis of the collected public benchmark data, this test / test settings does generally scale well with increasing CPU core counts. Data based on publicly available results for this test / test settings, separated by vendor, result divided by the reference CPU clock speed, grouped by matching physical CPU core count, and normalized against the smallest core count tested from each vendor for each CPU having a sufficient number of test samples and statistically significant data.

IntelAMDOpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Core Scaling To BaseBRL-CAD CPU Core ScalingVGR Performance Metric2468121624324864612182430

Tested CPU Architectures

This benchmark has been successfully tested on the below mentioned architectures. The CPU architectures listed is where successful OpenBenchmarking.org result uploads occurred, namely for helping to determine if a given test is compatible with various alternative CPU architectures.

CPU Architecture
Kernel Identifier
Verified On
Intel / AMD x86 64-bit
x86_64
(Many Processors)
IBM POWER (PowerPC) 64-bit
ppc64le
POWER9 4-Core, POWER9 44-Core