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S23231 - GPU-Acceleration For Office Workers? Yes!

Part 2: Win10/Office2016

Rasmus Raun-Nielsen

Sr. Systemconsultant

Conecto A/S

@RBRConecto#GfxForTheUsers@ConectoDK

Agenda

•Intro

•Recap on Win7/Office 2013

•Testing Win10/Office 2016

•Results


Who am I?

•Rasmus Raun-Nielsen−@RBRConecto−#GfxForTheUsers

www.teamRGE.com


Introduction

•Who are we?−Conecto A/S•Established 1997•Copenhagen, Denmark•Appr. 30 people

Our Focus

•User Experience!−Performance−Workflows−Happy endusers ☺

Introduction

Citrix Platinum Solution Advisor (CSA)

• Specialization Partner, all: Mobility, Virtualization, Networking for Apps, Networking for Datacenter

• Approved subcontractor for Citrix Consulting Services (CCS) in DK

NVIDIA Preferred Solution Provider

SMS Passcode Gold Partner

Imprivata Service Provider

Cisco Select Certified Partner



Introduction to GPU-virtualization

•High-end users− Niche applications

•Power users− Special applications

•Knowledge workers− Common applications


GPU for Office workers?


GPU for Office workers?

•Disclaimer!−User experience is much more than server

resources!−CPU-offloading is just one piece of the puzzle!


Recap of Win7/Office 2013

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Recap of Win7/Office 2013

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Office 2013 - max. process-load

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Follow-up!


Test lab – Hardware

•Core i7-6700 4,0 GHz @ 2,3 GHz−4 pCores/8 logical cores

•16 GB RAM

•Nvidia Tesla P4


Test lab – Software

•XenServer 7.2

•XenDesktop 7.14.1

•Receiver 4.9

•“As default as possible”−No tweaking or optimizations


Test lab – Environment, VDI VM

•2 vCPU

•4 GB RAM

•P4-1B Profile


Recap of the GRID-technology

•vGPU− Timesliced

•Framebuffer− Reserved

Total Framebuffer pGPU

P4-1B-profile

P4-1B-profile

P4-1B-profile

P4-1B-profile

P4-1B-profile

P4-1B-profile

P4-1B-profile

P4-1B-profile


Test lab – Environment, VDI VM

•Windows 10, version 1607 (“CBB”)

•Office 2016

•Standard Workstation VDA (No HDX 3D Pro!)

•GRID 5.0 Tech Preview drivers


Test lab – Environment, session

•ICA FullHD-session (1920 * 1080)

•HDX Policies:−“Very Hi-Def UX”-template, but…−Adaptive Display v2-protocol−Deactivated clipboard

•As few AD-GPO-settings as possible


Test lab – Environment, session


Test lab – Methodology

•Scripted, automated sequences

•Sequentially executed

•Monitoring PerfMon-counters of processes

•WMI for FPS



•30 runs of simulated workload in:−Word−Excel−Powerpoint−IE11 w. YouTube −IE11 website idle + scroll



•4 scenarios:−No GPU, HW-acceleration ON/SW-rendering OFF

−No GPU, HW-acceleration OFF/SW-rendering ON−GPU (P4-1B), HW-acceleration OFF/SW-rendering ON−GPU (P4-1B), HW-acceleration ON/SW-rendering OFF



•4 calculations:− Average dataset from all runs

− Peak dataset from all runs

− Average values of 95th percentile dataset

− Peak values of 95th percentile dataset

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Test results Word 2016

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Test results Word 2016 - 95th percentile avg CPU-load

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Test results Word 2016 - 95th percentile peak CPU-load

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Test resultsExcel 2016

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Test resultsExcel 2016 – 95th percentile avg CPU-load

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Test resultsExcel 2016 – 95th percentile peak CPU-load

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Test resultsPowerpoint 2016

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Test resultsPowerpoint 2016 – 95th percentile avg

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Test resultsPowerpoint 2016 – 95th percentile peak

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Test resultsIE11 YouTube video

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Test resultsIE11 YouTube video – 95th percentile avg

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Test resultsIE11 YouTube video – 95th percentile peak

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Test resultsIE11 Borsen.dk Idle

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Test resultsIE11 Borsen.dk Idle – 95th percentilae avg

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Test resultsIE11 Borsen.dk Idle – 95th percentile peak

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Test resultsIE11 Borsen.dk scroll

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Test resultsIE11 Borsen.dk scroll – 95th percentile avg

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Test resultsIE11 Borsen.dk scroll – 95th percentile peak

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Summary? CPU-usage reduced by…

•Word 2016−up to 20%-points

•Excel 2016−up to 16%-points

•Powerpoint 2016−Up to 14 %-points

Word 2016

Excel 2016Powerpoint 2016


Summary? CPU-usage reduced by… Cont’d

•IE11/YouTube−Almost 50%-points!

•IE11 idle−up to 14%-points

•IE11 scrolling−Up to 16 %-points

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Summary – Key takeaways

•GPU’s:−More than just graphics

•CPU-offload:−Just a part of the puzzle

•All users can benefit from GPU’s


Fun(-ish) facts…

•Amount of…−Test reruns: Unknown…−Consumed beverages: Don’t wanna know−Time spent: Don’t ask… ☺

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