Results Summary - 3ds max
(sorted by price)

Larger scores indicate greater speed.
In the cost per composite column, a lower value is better,
a higher composite score per dollar spent on the system.
Price and price/performance summaries are sorted by currency.

overview  by system class  by vendor  by performance  by price  by price/perf

Company/Product Submitter System Class1 O/S Resolution Price Test Date 1
5.5%
2
5.5%
3
5.5%
4
5.5%
5
17%
6
5.5%
7
5.5%
8
5.5%
9
5.5%
10
17%
11
5.5%
12
5.5%
13
5.5%
14
5.5%
Mean Cost per Composite
Genie QD35J0W
AMD FIREGL V3600
Viglen Parts Built Microsoft Windows XP Pro Service Pack 2 1280x1024 $1317 05/06/2008 35.00 34.30 27.00 26.50 51.00 37.70 37.20 23.00 22.80 39.10 48.80 48.80 39.60 39.60 37.28 $35
HP xw4600 Workstation
ATI FireGL V7700
HP Single Supplier Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP3 1280x1024 $2,638 09/11/2008 44.10 43.40 33.80 33.40 83.10 47.00 46.50 28.70 28.50 54.70 60.90 60.80 49.20 49.20 49.71 $53
Dell Precision Workstation T3400
nVidia Quadro FX3700
Dell, Inc. Single Supplier Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP2 1280x1024 $2,682 2/14/2008 35.90 35.80 25.70 25.60 69.60 37.50 37.50 21.60 21.60 45.70 49.10 49.40 36.30 36.40 39.74   $67
Dell Precision Workstation M4400
nVidia Quadro FX 1700M
Dell, Inc. Single Supplier Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP3 1280x1024 $2,957 10/08/2008 43.00 42.80 29.60 29.60 70.10 46.70 46.70 26.10 24.60 44.30 61.80 61.80 42.20 42.30 44.56 $66
HP Compaq 8710w Mobile Workstation nVIDIA FX 3600M
nVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M
HP Single Supplier Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP2 1280x1024 $3,985 03/11/2008 31.50 31.50 22.50 22.40 60.50 32.50 32.30 18.90 18.90 39.90 42.90 43.20 31.60 31.50 34.65 $115
Dell Precision Workstation M6400
nVidia Quadro FX 3700M
Dell, Inc. Single Supplier Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP3 1280x1024 $4,087 10/09/2008 43.20 43.00 29.20 29.80 70.70 47.30 47.20 26.40 26.30 44.70 62.10 62.10 42.70 42.70 45.03 $91
Dell Precision Workstation T7400
ATI FireGL V7600
Dell, Inc. Single Supplier Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP2 1280x1024 $5,173
2/14/2008 36.30 35.90 28.90 28.50 73.70 37.10 36.80 24.40 24.30 48.70 50.00 50.00 39.90 39.90 42.07 $123 
Scan Computers 3XS Workstation
AMD FIREGL V8600
Scan Computers Parts Built Microsoft Windows XP Pro Service Pack 2 1280x1024 $5189 01/17/2008 36.70 36.20 28.40 28.10 72.40 39.00 38.70 24.00 23.90 47.70 50.50 50.50 40.60 40.60 42.05 $123
Dell Precision Workstation R5400
nVidia Quadro FX 4600
Dell, Inc. Single Supplier Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP2 1280x1024 $6,657 07/17/2008 33.90 33.90 23.60 23.60 64.00 33.20 33.10 19.90 19.90 42.20 45.60 45.90 32.70 32.70 36.48 $182
XWorks X20i - ST
AMD FireGL V7700
XWorks Interactive Ltd. Parts Built Microsoft Windows XP Pro Service Pack 2 1280x1024 $6750 04/30/2008 45.50 44.80 35.10 34.60 86.50 47.70 47.30 29.70 29.60 57.20 62.10 62.10 50.80 50.70 51.39 $131
Fujitsu Siemens CELSIUS H250 - T7800 2600MHz
NVIDIA Quadro FX570M
Fujitsu Siemens Single Supplier Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP2 1280x1024 €2,493 11/21/2007 32.80 32.80 24.00 17.80 60.60 33.50 29.50 20.30 13.40 40.60 44.80 44.90 33.90 33.90 34.40 €72
Fujitsu Siemens CELSIUS M460 - E8500 3.16 GHz - ATI FireGL V5600
ATI FireGL V5600
Fujitsu Siemens Single Supplier Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP2 1280x1024 €2,819 3/6/2008 41.80 41.10 32.10 31.70 69.70 44.50 44.10 27.30 27.10 51.80 57.70 57.70 46.90 46.90 46.19 €61
Fujitsu Siemens CELSIUS M460 - E8500 3.16 GHz - nVidia Quadro FX3700
NVIDIA Quadro FX3700
Fujitsu Siemens Single Supplier Microsoft Windows Vista 32-bit 1280x1024 €3,049 05/02/2008 44.40 44.70 32.20 32.10 74.70 49.70 49.80 28.70 28.70 48.40 64.20 64.50 46.00 46.20 47.97 €64
Fujitsu Siemens CELSIUS M460 - E8500 3.16 GHz - nVidia Quadro FX 3700
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700
Fujitsu Siemens Single Supplier Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP2 1280x1024 €3,049 3/21/2008 35.90 35.80 25.80 25.70 69.80 37.50 37.50 21.70 21.70 45.90 49.40 49.50 36.50 36.50 39.86 €76
Fujitsu Siemens CELSIUS V840 - Opteron 2222 3.016 GHz - nVidia Quadro FX3700 SLI
NVIDIA Quadro FX3700 SLI
Fujitsu Siemens Single Supplier Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP2 1280x1024 €4,225 5/7/2008 27.10 27.00 23.90 23.50 59.00 31.80 31.70 20.50 20.60 36.90 47.90 48.60 33.60 33.70 34.59 €122
Fujitsu Siemens CELSIUS R550 - X5260 3330 MHz - nVidia Quadro FX3700
NVIDIA Quadro FX3700
Fujitsu Siemens Single Supplier Microsoft Windows Vista 32-bit 1280x1024 €4,772 05/02/2008 44.20 43.80 31.90 31.80 73.50 32.10 31.10 19.60 28.50 48.10 63.40 63.90 44.50 44.50 44.17 €108
Fujitsu Siemens CELSIUS R550 - X5260 3330 MHz - nVidia Quadro FX 3700
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700
Fujitsu Siemens Single Supplier Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP2 1280x1024 €4,772 02/28/2008 32.30 32.30 22.70 22.70 62.10 31.00 30.80 19.10 19.00 40.30 43.50 43.70 31.50 31.50 34.89 €137
Fujitsu Siemens CELSIUS R550 - X5260 3330 MHz - ATI FireGL V7600
ATI FireGL V7600
Fujitsu Siemens Single Supplier Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP2 1280x1024 €4,955 02/28/2008 40.70 40.00 31.70 31.30 78.80 42.20 41.80 27.00 26.80 52.20 55.50 55.30 45.70 45.70 46.35 €107
CAD2 VISION X64 Workstation
AMD FireGL V5600
CAD2 Parts Built Microsoft Windows XP Pro Service Pack 3 1280x1024 £2165 07/06/08 42.80 42.10 32.80 32.40 69.70 45.70 45.20 27.80 27.60 52.90 59.20 59.20 47.80 47.70 47.40 £46