I've actually built a simple scene as a benchmark that runs for over a minute. I just have the render settings turned way up. I was kicking around the idea of building a web page for the backroom which could be added to as people posted. I think it's more important to have a render which takes a while because it can smooth out irregularities and also be "worthy" to test systems for a long time. Irregularities means (my definition strictly) that some computers perform little tasks or page memory or do things that interfere with the render. If you have a long render and perform it a few times, you can get a better idea of how well your machine is performing. If the test takes a long time (minutes), it can also be used for a while to compare to older machines. This scene in this thread is already being crushed down to 8 seconds. I personally believe this is already too short. What happense when we get it down to 2 seconds? It's just not long enough to really know how things are comparing. 170 seconds versus 125 seconds is a little more telling (not a ton but a little). I'm getting ready to open the final boxes from my move this weekend. I'll see what I can do. -Kix

-Kix