EUC Score Test Results

[List of Test Results Obtained in EUC Score Experiments]

EUC Score Test Results - Parallels RAS on Azure

Benchmarking Parallels RAS on Azure. The test results presented here are a subset of the complete datasets collected during multiple Parallels RAS test sequences.

If you want to learn how the EUC Score results were produced then check out EUC Score Test Methodology and EUC Score Toolset.

Parallels RAS 19 HTML5 versus Full Client

Test Engineer: Benny Tritsch Date of test: 20 May 2022

Testable question: Is there a noticeable difference between the Parallels RAS 19 HTML5 client and the full client?

Parallels RAS 19 HTML5 Client

Parallels RAS 19 Full Client

System Under Test: Azure West Europe, D4s v3 VM, Windows Server 2019 Datacenter, Xeon Platinum 8272CL 2.60GHz 4vCPUs, 16GB RAM, 32GB Premium SSD P15.

System Under Test: Azure West Europe, D4s v3 VM, Windows Server 2019 Datacenter, Xeon Platinum 8272CL 2.60GHz 4vCPUs, 16GB RAM, 32GB Premium SSD P15.

Connection: HTML5 client, RDP-UDP, 15ms round trip time.

Connection: Full client, RDP-UDP, 15ms round trip time.

 

Simload and Link View and Type Observation
Sync Player SL1-ChromeFishbowlHTML5 SxS View - Standard Slightly better performance with HTML5 client at almost identical network consumption.
Sync Player SL1-MSEdgeVideoConf6 SxS View - Standard Higher network consumption with HTML5 client and higher CPU load with full client.
Sync Player SL1-WMPlayer720pMP4 SxS View - Standard Higher network consumption with HTML5 client and higher CPU load with full client.
Sync Player SL1-RollercoasterDX9 SxS View - Standard Slightly higher network consumption with HTML5 client.

Result: The performance of the Parallels RAS HTML5 client and the full client are almost identical.

Azure VM with Parallels RAS 19

Test Engineer: Benny Tritsch Date of test: 11 December 2022

Testable question: What are the results when running the score Simloads (type 3) on an Azure D4s v3 VM with Parallels RAS 19?

System under test: Azure West Europe, D4s v3 VM, Windows Server 2019 Datacenter, Xeon Platinum 8272CL 2.60GHz 4vCPUs, 16GB RAM, 32GB Premium SSD P15.

Connection: RDP-UDP, 14ms round trip time.

 

Simload and Link View and Type Observation
Sync Player SL3-AppStart Single View - Standard APP LAUNCH SCORE = 0.61
Sync Player SL3-AppDialog Single View - Standard APP DIALOG SCORE = 0.31
Sync Player SL3-FractalsDragon Single View - Standard FRACTALS DRAGON SCORE = 2.63
Sync Player SL3-FractalsPythagoras Single View - Standard FRACTALS PYTHAGORAS SCORE = 4.38
Sync Player SL3-GDIPlusRect Single View - Standard GDI+ RECTANGLES SCORE = 2.35
Sync Player SL3-IOPS Single View - Standard IOPS SCORE = 9.87

Result: The Simload type-3 scores are in the range as can be expected on an Azure D4s v3 VM, independently of Parallels RAS 19. Start times and CPU performance is good, while the Standard SSD IOPS performance of the VM is below average.

Windows 365 Cloud PC versus Parallels RAS 19 Full Client

Test Engineer: Benny Tritsch Date of test: 11 December 2022

Testable question: What is the difference between a Windows 365 Cloud PC and an Azure D4s v3 VM with RAS 19?

Windows 365 Cloud PC

Azure D4s v3 VM with RAS 19

System Under Test: Azure West Europe, Windows 365 Business, Windows 11, Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL 2vCPUs @ 2.6GHz, 8GB RAM, Microsoft Virtual Disk 128GB.

System Under Test: Azure West Europe, D4s v3 VM, Windows Server 2019 Datacenter, Xeon Platinum 8272CL 2.60GHz 4vCPUs, 16GB RAM, 32GB Premium SSD P15.

Connection: RDP-UDP, 20ms round trip time.

Connection: RDP-UDP, 14ms round trip time.

 

Simload and Link View and Type Observation
Sync Player SL3-IOPS SxS View - Standard CPC IOPS SCORE = 15.18 | RAS19 IOPS SCORE = 9.87. The storage in the RAS19 session performs significantly better.
Sync Player SL1-ChromeAquariumWebGL SxS View - Standard RAS19 session shows faster load time and better performance. CPUs are at their load limits on both sides, but CPU queue length in the Cloup PC session is much higher.
Sync Player SL1-ChromePhotoGalleryJS SxS View - Standard CPU comes to its limits on CPC side. Higher network bandwidth and better user experience in the RAS19 session, in particular during image transitions.
Sync Player SL1-MSOPptSimple SxS View - Standard Almost identical user experience, but initially CPU load is significantly higher on the CPC side.
Sync Player SL1-WMPlayer1080pMP4 SxS View - Standard Video doesn't start in the CPC session. Spectacular video artifacts on the RAS19 side. Both is unacceptable for users.

Result: The Windows 365 Cloud PC cannot keep up with the Azure D4s v3 VM with Parallels RAS 19. This doesn't come as a big surprise due to the different numbers of vCPUs.

NUC2 Physical Machine versus Parallels RAS 19 Full Client

Test Engineer: Benny Tritsch Date of test: 11 December 2022

Testable question: What is the difference between the physical NUC2 reference PC and an Azure D4s v3 VM with RAS 19?

Physical NUC2 Reference PC

Azure D4s v3 VM with RAS 19

System Under Test: Intel NUC NUC8i7HNK, Windows 11, i7-8705G 3.10GHz 8Threads, 16GB RAM, Samsung SSD 850 EVO M.2 500GB, AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL, 4GB VRAM.

System Under Test: Azure West Europe, D4s v3 VM, Windows Server 2019 Datacenter, Xeon Platinum 8272CL 2.60GHz 4vCPUs, 16GB RAM, 32GB Premium SSD P15.

Connection: Local console.

Connection: RDP-UDP, 14ms round trip time.

 

Simload and Link View and Type Observation
Sync Player SL3-GDIPlusRect SxS View - Standard NUC2 GDI+ RECTANGLES SCORE = 1.3 | RAS19 GDI+ RECTANGLES SCORE = 2.35
Sync Player SL3-IOPS SxS View - Standard NUC2 IOPS SCORE = 3.04 (local SSD) | RAS19 IOPS SCORE = 9.87 (Azure Premium SSD P15)
Sync Player SL1-BSPBlendingDX11 SxS View - Standard The physical NUC has a GPU, allowing it to offload DirectX functions. This results in lower CPU load and much better performance. The Azure VM without GPU cannot keep up, response to user input is affected massively.
Sync Player SL1-MSEdgeCarVisualizer SxS View - Standard The physical NUC with a GPU massively outperforms the Azure VM without GPU.

Result: This test setup is absolutely unfair, but some customers were asking for exactly such a comparison! The physical NUC2 reference PC with its embedded AMD GPU and the Samsung SSD massively outperforms the Azure D4s v3 VM with RAS 19.