What are the minimum hardware requirements for running big models smoothly?

Some ten years ago, a user shared this model here in the forum.
I’ve used it as a performance test model ever since.

The statistics show it’s an all around brick.
Faces 2.56 million | Edges 6.75 million | Materials 567

Thus, heavy enough to challenge even high end systems a bit.
File Size 91.7 MB.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1mW_84hn5Qc-BUWg90I4_DXVjtmOQ4n0q
StoreAgain_Statistics



SketchUp has a built in performance test of sorts.
Type the following snippet into the Ruby Console and hit Enter
The camera then obits around the model and SketchUp reports n frames/second

Test.time_display

Test.time_display_T3620


Here are the average FPS of my current systems using SU 2018

Dell G7 15.6" Laptop … In Service September 2018
20-21 FPS

• Windows 10 Home 64-bit
• Intel Core i7-8750H CPU @ 2.20GHz – Turbo Boost @ 4.10GHz … 6 cores … 12 threads
• 8GB RAM
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
• 1 - 256GB, SSD Boot
• 1 - 500GB, SSD Storage



Dell Precision Workstation T3620 … In Service November 2016
19-20 FPS

• Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
• Intel Core i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz – Turbo Boost @ 4.20GHz … 4 cores … 8 threads
• 16GB RAM
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
• 2 - 500GB, 7200 RPM 3.5" SATA 6Gb/s HDDs … Raid 1



Dell Precision Workstation T3400 … In Service January 2008
10-11 FPS

• Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
• Intel Core2 Quad Q9650 CPU @ 3.00GHz … 4 cores … 4 threads
• 8GB RAM
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 6GB
• 2 - 300GB, 15000 RPM 3.5" SCSI 3Gb/s HDDs … Raid 1

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