
Jessica Heerboth enthusiastically assumed the role as the main driver of porting the old SPECapc for 3ds Max benchmark to the new SPECapc for 3ds Max 2020 benchmark. To do this, Jessica had to start with a benchmark designed for 2015 hardware, which meant she had to painstakingly examine existing workloads and determine what made sense to remove and what could be ported to the new version. There are also differences in the way scripts are executed now versus how they were run in 2015. In addition, differences in the way some scripts were encrypted meant they couldn't be resolved by examining code in a text document. As a result, Jessica spent significant time working with Autodesk to determine which workloads could be used in the new version, and that they would make sense to the users. She also created test builds that incorporated feedback from various members of the SPECapc committee.