we work with dell tower T5810, E5-1650 3.5Ghz, 32GB RAM, Quadro K4200.
For the same calculation of a part, static linear, my computer takes 4 to 5 times less time to do the calculation, under all similar conditions (meshes, etc.).
Looking at the CPU used, my processors are often at more than 50% in contact resolution, while the other computer stagnates at 3%.
A silly question, but when you log in on the second PC you looked in the task manager of both PCs to see if there is not a M... which is spinning in the background???