Revit advised settings for optimal performance

[b.nijhofAKKR6]

At work, we recently acquired some new CAD desktops. However, we've noticed that these machines are considerably slower than the rest of the stations. When using Revit, I observed that it never utilizes more than 30-40% of the GPU, CPU, and RAM.

Here are the specs: System Model: HP Z4 G4 Workstation

Motherboard Manufacturer: HP Motherboard Product: 81C5

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-10900X CPU @ 3.70GHz, 3696 MHz, 10 cores, 20 logical processors Installed Physical Memory (RAM): 32.0 GB GPU:

NVIDIA RTX 4000 or NVIDIA RTX A4000

I have a few questions regarding whether I can maximize some settings in the BIOS and configurations.

To explore this, I installed HP Performance Advisor and made some adjustments:

• Applied the HP optimized Power Plan

• Increased IDLE Fan speed by 30%

• Set Performance control to High-performance Mode

• Considered managing CPU Affinity for Revit (Turn Core 1 on/off) due to its L1-Cache of 640kb, L2-Cache of 10mb, and L3-cache of 19.2mb. Is this advisable? 

Additionally, I'm unsure about the optimal Workload Configuration: Balanced or I/O Focused?

Regarding the RAM, I came across an old post recommending increasing virtual memory to boost Revit performance. However, since I already have 32GB RAM, I'm not sure if this is necessary or advisable. If it is, what settings should I use? Here is the link to the post: https://www.symetri.co.uk/insights/blog/increase-virtual-memory-to-boost-revit-performance/ Alternatively, can I change settings for my RAM with Revit using Resource Monitor?

Lastly, what about the graphics card? Are there any settings I should tweak for better performance?

If there are any other suggestions or areas that I might be overlooking,

I would greatly appreciate any help.

Thank you!

[Simon_Weel]

Do a Google search for 'optimize revit performance' and you'll get numerous tips. These are Autodesks tips.

[b.nijhofAKKR6]

Thank you for your time and the suggestion. I did search for 'optimize Revit performance' on Google and came across Autodesk's tips. I appreciate the effort, but I've already tried various methods to improve Revit's performance, including optimizing models. However, I'm still facing an issue where Revit doesn't utilize the desktop's full potential, especially because the processor usage remains around 30-40% while it could go up to 90-100% (on ot her pc's).

Given that I've exhausted the usual optimization techniques, do you have any other suggestions for me to enhance Revit's performance with hardware tweaking on these desktops? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[ToanDN]

Are they running windows 11?

[b.nijhofAKKR6]

Hello,

No we haven't implemented Windows 11 organization-wide yet, but i can upgrade the workstations to windows 11 if needed. Is that better? and how?

[HVAC-Novice]

monitor CPU and GPU temperature. Use the Nvidia and Intel tools to see actual clockspeeds (Windows task manager is not necessarily correct for clockspeed)

while doing tasks in Revit, monitor CPU/GPU usage. Also monitor in the Intel tool. 

This is a new desktop? that 10th generation CPU is 4 years old. Not saying it is slow, but it shouldn't be a new desktop. They are about to release the 14th generation. 

Don't meddle with virtual memory settings, or CPU core stuff. Windows is best to do that. 

Watch what memory usage is. But 32GB should be fine for most work. 

All drivers inc. chipset up to date? Go to intel/Nvidia directly and don't rely on HP. 

If you have W10, that should be fine. You CPU doesn't have the (stupid) performance and efficiency core setup. If you get a newer intel CPU with P and E cores, you need W11 since W10 doesn't know how to assign task to real (P) cores, and kindergarden  game (E) cores. But this isn't an issue with your CPU. 

[ToanDN]

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@b.nijhofAKKR6 wrote:

Hello,

No we haven't implemented Windows 11 organization-wide yet, but i can upgrade the workstations to windows 11 if needed. Is that better? and how?

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I just wanted to check if OS was an issue.  I believe Revit is still more stable in Windows 10.  What are the specs of the computer that seems to run Revit faster?