{"id":41396,"date":"2025-11-05T10:49:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T18:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pugetsystems.com\/?post_type=article&#038;p=41396"},"modified":"2025-11-05T10:49:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T18:49:41","slug":"effects-of-parsec-remote-desktop-on-workstation-performance","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.pugetsystems.com\/labs\/articles\/effects-of-parsec-remote-desktop-on-workstation-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Effects of Parsec Remote Desktop on Workstation Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_80 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pugetsystems.com\/labs\/articles\/effects-of-parsec-remote-desktop-on-workstation-performance\/#Introduction\" >Introduction<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pugetsystems.com\/labs\/articles\/effects-of-parsec-remote-desktop-on-workstation-performance\/#Test_Setup\" >Test Setup<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pugetsystems.com\/labs\/articles\/effects-of-parsec-remote-desktop-on-workstation-performance\/#Premiere_Pro\" >Premiere Pro<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pugetsystems.com\/labs\/articles\/effects-of-parsec-remote-desktop-on-workstation-performance\/#DaVinci_Resolve_Studio\" >DaVinci Resolve Studio<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pugetsystems.com\/labs\/articles\/effects-of-parsec-remote-desktop-on-workstation-performance\/#Unreal_Engine\" >Unreal Engine<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pugetsystems.com\/labs\/articles\/effects-of-parsec-remote-desktop-on-workstation-performance\/#Photoshop_After_Effects_Blender_V-Ray\" >Photoshop, After Effects, Blender, &amp; V-Ray<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pugetsystems.com\/labs\/articles\/effects-of-parsec-remote-desktop-on-workstation-performance\/#How_Much_Performance_Does_a_Remote_Desktop_Connection_via_Parsec_Cost\" >How Much Performance Does a Remote Desktop Connection via Parsec Cost?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-introduction\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Introduction\"><\/span>Introduction<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Nowadays, remote desktop software is a dime a dozen. Parsec, HP Anywhere, Jump Desktop, AnyDesk, TeamViewer, Splashtop, and others all let you work as if you were seated in front of a computer from a variety of devices. Yet, just like sharing a screen on Teams or streaming gameplay, they put an additional load on the host system being streamed from. Internally at Puget Labs, we use Parsec to remote into most of our systems when not actively benchmarking them, and use a hardware-based iKVM when doing testing. But how much does using a software-based remote desktop solution impact the performance of the system?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-cdn.pugetsystems.com\/2025\/11\/Effects-of-Parsec-Remote-Desktop.jpg\" alt=\"Featured Image for Effects of Parsec Remote Desktop on Workstation Performance Article With Title Text Overlaid on a Photo of Networking Hardware\" class=\"wp-image-41567\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With the rise of hybrid and remote work, it has become increasingly common for end-users to need access to a powerful workstation in multiple locations. Although we have seen some customers purchase additional computers\u2014one for home and one for the office\u2014this approach is expensive and wasteful. Others have decided to outfit employees with a high-end laptop, though even top-end models can&#8217;t match the performance of a dedicated desktop. And if an employee has two systems, this increases the networking and storage complexities in order to keep projects secure and synchronized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To that end, we have generally encouraged customers to pursue a remote desktop solution using a master workstation and a lower-power notebook to access it. The workstation could be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pugetsystems.com\/products\/workstations\/\">standard tower PC<\/a> worked on directly while in the office, or it could be one of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pugetsystems.com\/products\/rackmount-workstations\/\">rackstations<\/a> which is always remotely accessed. The latter allows an IT department to simplify the management, security, and deployment of employee workstations by collocating them in a server room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, if you are investing in an expensive, powerful workstation, you likely want to maximize its performance. Your artists and developers probably want a seamless experience with minimal latency, artifacts, or other issues. So, how much performance do you give up by using remote desktop software to do work on a computer compared to using it in the more traditional, in-person manner?<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle wp-block-ub-content-toggle-block\" id=\"ub-content-toggle-block-3d0681f0-fd4e-4e3f-8fec-c63d53b57c18\" data-mobilecollapse=\"true\" data-desktopcollapse=\"true\" data-preventcollapse=\"false\" data-showonlyone=\"false\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion\" style=\"border-color: #f1f1f1;\" id=\"ub-content-toggle-panel-block-\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-title-wrap\" style=\"background-color: #f1f1f1;\" aria-controls=\"ub-content-toggle-panel-0-3d0681f0-fd4e-4e3f-8fec-c63d53b57c18\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-title ub-content-toggle-title-3d0681f0-fd4e-4e3f-8fec-c63d53b57c18\" style=\"color: #130c64; \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Test_Setup\"><\/span>Test Setup<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-toggle-wrap right\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><span class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-state-indicator wp-block-ub-chevron-down\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-content-wrap ub-hide\" id=\"ub-content-toggle-panel-0-3d0681f0-fd4e-4e3f-8fec-c63d53b57c18\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-intel-core-ultra-test-platform\">Intel Core Ultra Test Platform<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">CPUs: <br><a href=\"https:\/\/ark.intel.com\/content\/www\/us\/en\/ark\/products\/241060\/intel-core-ultra-9-processor-285k-36m-cache-up-to-5-70-ghz.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Intel Core\u2122 Ultra 9 285K<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">CPU Cooler: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pugetsystems.com\/parts\/CPU-Cooling\/Noctua-NH-U12A-13826\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Noctua NH-U12A<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Motherboard:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pugetsystems.com\/parts\/Motherboard\/ASUS-ProArt-Z890-Creator-WiFi-15842\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ASUS ProArt Z890-Creator WiFi<\/a><br><em>BIOS version: 2006<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">RAM: 2x\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pugetsystems.com\/parts\/Ram\/DDR5-6400-CUDIMM-32GB-16166\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DDR5-6400 CUDIMM 32GB<\/a>\u00a0(64 GB total)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">GPUs:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/en-us\/geforce\/graphics-cards\/50-series\/rtx-5090\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NVIDIA GeForce RTX\u2122 5090<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/en-us\/geforce\/graphics-cards\/50-series\/rtx-5070-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NVIDIA GeForce RTX\u2122 5070<\/a><br><em>Driver Version: 580.97<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">PSU: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pugetsystems.com\/parts\/Power-Supply\/Super-Flower-LEADEX-Platinum-1600W-13583\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Super Flower LEADEX Platinum 1600W<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Storage: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pugetsystems.com\/parts\/Hard-Drive\/Samsung-980-Pro-2TB-Gen4-M-2-SSD-13831\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Samsung 980 Pro 2TB<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">OS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pugetsystems.com\/parts\/Operating-System\/Windows-11-Pro-64-bit-14215\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Windows 11 Pro 64-bit (26200)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-benchmark-software\">Benchmark Software<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Photoshop 26.11 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/puget.systems\/go\/Psbenchmark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Puget Bench for Photoshop 1.0.5<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Premiere Pro 25.2.3 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/puget.systems\/go\/Prbenchmark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Puget Bench for Premiere Pro 1.1.1<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">After Effects 25.5 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/puget.systems\/go\/AEbenchmark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Puget Bench for After Effects 1.0.0<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">DaVinci Resolve 20.0.1.6 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/puget.systems\/go\/drbenchmark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Puget Bench for DaVinci Resolve 1.2.0<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/unrealengine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Unreal Engine 5.5<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/opendata.blender.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blender 4.5<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chaos.com\/vray\/benchmark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">V-Ray 6.00.01<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>For this investigation, we performed our testing on an Intel Core\u2122 Ultra 9 285K based testbed. While we don&#8217;t think the overall configuration has too much impact, the 285K is a highly competent CPU that should minimize bottlenecks in most of the applications we tested. There are pros and cons to this approach, though. In particular, lower-end systems may be more impacted by RDP software overhead than higher-end systems; we may investigate this further in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our 285K\/Z890 platform was configured as usual for our testing: overclocking was disabled, the BIOS was set to use the Intel Performance Profile, and the RAM was running at JEDEC 6400 spec. Drivers and Windows were up to date, and features like VBS were enabled. Again, since we are looking at relative performance, we don&#8217;t expect these changes to make a large difference, if any.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our Parsec connections were configured to put as much strain on the hardware as possible. To this end, we forced streaming at 4K with the maximum configurable bitrate of 50 Mbps. &#8220;Prefer 4:4:4 color&#8221; and &#8220;Prefer 10-bit color&#8221; were both enabled, and we set a preference for H.265 encoding. In our exploratory testing, we didn&#8217;t find huge differences in performance impacts based on how these settings were configured. We did not enable &#8220;Constant FPS&#8221; as we found it sometimes interacted poorly with the visual appearance of video playback\u2014something undesirable for the tested use-cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One question we had was whether the contents of the screen would have a noticeable impact on the resources required to stream the desktop. To this end, we performed a round of testing with a full-screen video playing on top of the benchmarks. Overall, we found that this didn&#8217;t make much of a difference in relative performance between using an RDP or local connection &#8211; but it did impact the total bandwidth consumed. Therefore, all the results presented are without the video being played on top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We tested with a variety of our standard media and entertainment benchmarks. This includes most of the Puget Bench for Adobe suite as well as Puget Bench for DaVinci Resolve, our in-house Unreal Engine benchmark, the Blender benchmark, and the V-Ray benchmark. We are particularly interested in the Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve results, as those applications use the same encoders as Parsec does to stream the desktop and so could be impacted by sharing those resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-premiere-pro\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Premiere_Pro\"><\/span>Premiere Pro<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    jQuery(document).ready(function(){\n        var slid_to = 0;\n        jQuery('#image-gallery-92851').on('slid.bs.carousel', function(e){\n            slid_to = e.to;\n        });\n        jQuery('#image-gallery-92851LargeCarousel').on('slid.bs.carousel', function(e){\n            slid_to = e.to;\n            jQuery('#image-gallery-92851').carousel(slid_to);\n        });\n\n        jQuery('#image-gallery-92851 .carousel-item img').click(function(){\n            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Premiere Pro when running Parsec. The effect on the Overall score (Chart #1) is relatively minor at only 1-3%. Typically, we would call this within the margin of error, but we are relatively confident in these results to about 1%. Interestingly, we found that the NVIDIA GeForce RTX\u2122 5090 configuration was more impacted overall than the RTX\u2122 5070.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, our primary area of interest was the LongGOP encoding tests (Chart #2), as these tests should use the same hardware as Parsec does for encoding. Do note that the scores we are using are not the same as our LongGOP score, which we typically report. Instead, we calculated a geometric mean of the FPS results for the three hardware-accelerated encoding tests and ignored the processing\/decoding tests. This shows more impact. The 5070 exhibited an 8% performance drop, while the 5090 showed a smaller 1% drop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since we suspected Parsec would primarily target the GPU, we also examined the GPU Effects score (Chart #3). There was less impact on this than on the LongGOP encoding tests, but there was still an effect. The 5070 showed a 1% drop while the 5090 a 3%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-davinci-resolve-studio\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"DaVinci_Resolve_Studio\"><\/span>DaVinci Resolve Studio<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    jQuery(document).ready(function(){\n        var slid_to = 0;\n        jQuery('#image-gallery-40361').on('slid.bs.carousel', function(e){\n            slid_to = e.to;\n        });\n        jQuery('#image-gallery-40361LargeCarousel').on('slid.bs.carousel', function(e){\n            slid_to = e.to;\n            jQuery('#image-gallery-40361').carousel(slid_to);\n        });\n\n        jQuery('#image-gallery-40361 .carousel-item img').click(function(){\n            jQuery('#image-gallery-40361LargeCarousel').carousel(slid_to);\n        });\n    });\n<\/script>\n\n<div id=\"image-gallery-40361\" 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fa-external-link-alt\"><\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"carousel-control-prev\" href=\"#image-gallery-40361LargeCarousel\" role=\"button\" data-slide=\"prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"carousel-control-prev-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Previous<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"carousel-control-next\" href=\"#image-gallery-40361LargeCarousel\" role=\"button\" data-slide=\"next\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"carousel-control-next-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Next<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .modal-body -->\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In DaVinci Resolve Studio, we once again saw a performance impact from running Parsec. The overall performance hit was small, only a couple percent, but it was present. Unlike in Premiere, we found the performance impacts to be very similar between both the RTX 5090 and 5070. The overall differences are small enough that it is hard to say how much of that is due to variance, but it is interesting nonetheless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For our second chart, looking at the LongGOP encoding geomean, we performed a similar calculation to that which we did in Premiere Pro. The results were incredibly consistent, with both the 5090 and 5070 showing a 6.6% drop in performance. While not huge, that is on par with some generational improvements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-unreal-engine\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Unreal_Engine\"><\/span>Unreal Engine<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"mod-img wp-block-image aligncenter\" data-target=\"single-image-modal-62610\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\">\n\t<!-- If image is not empty, print image, else, print from image URL -->\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-cdn.pugetsystems.com\/2025\/10\/RDP_UE_FPS_Geo.png\" alt=\"\" ><\/img>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- Displays caption if entered -->\n\n<!-- Displays modal upon click of an image -->\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t\/\/Using unique random generated id\n\tjQuery(document).ready(function(){\n\t\tjQuery('[data-target=\"single-image-modal-62610\"]').click(function(){\n            jQuery('#single-image-modal-62610Modal').modal('show');\n\t\t\t});\n        });\n<\/script>\n\n<div class=\"modal fade popup-image\" id=\"single-image-modal-62610Modal\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\"> \n\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-xl\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"modal-title\">Image<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"close\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-label=\"Close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\">&times;<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- \/modal-header -->\n\n            <div class=\"modal-body inner-modal\">\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-cdn.pugetsystems.com\/2025\/10\/RDP_UE_FPS_Geo.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-center full-res-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"btn btn-light btn-lg full-res-image-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-cdn.pugetsystems.com\/2025\/10\/RDP_UE_FPS_Geo.png\" target=\"_blank\">Open Full Resolution <i class=\"fas fa-external-link-alt\"><\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/modal-body -->\n    \t<\/div><!-- \/modal-content -->\n    <\/div><!-- \/modal-dialog -->\n<\/div><!-- \/modal fade --> \n\n\n\n<p>Most of the performance impacts we have seen so far are when using the GPU&#8217;s hardware encoders for both Parsec and the application being benchmarked at the same time. Unreal Engine doesn&#8217;t use the hardware encoders, but surprisingly, we did see a performance impact on our rendering tests. A trend we believe we have seen repeated is that our RTX 5090 appears to be more affected by running Parsec than the RTX 5070 when it comes to non-encoder work. We are unsure why that is the case. Nonetheless, the overall impact was between 4 and 7%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-photoshop-after-effects-blender-amp-v-ray\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photoshop_After_Effects_Blender_V-Ray\"><\/span>Photoshop, After Effects, Blender, &amp; V-Ray<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We tested a number of other benchmarks and applications, but they are much less interesting than the three we highlighted above. 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For Blender, we looked at both CPU and GPU performance to see if any overhead from Parsec would negatively impact results; we found that it did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like Blender, we looked at CPU, CUDA, and RTX performance in V-Ray. However, our V-Ray runs behaved poorly, so we have only reported the CPU and RTX results. Those show essentially no difference between an active Parsec connection and only local access. 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