For comparison, I've tested a 12 beacon design, specifically the one used by Smurphy1 in his UPS record megabase and I must say it compares rather well. Sure, its 2.7% slower than the current best 10 beacon build, but it definitely does not support the idea that 12 beacon builds are terribly ineffic...

Agreed, all UPS is relative to a number of variables. Let's assume for a moment that we are talking about the same design, on the same machine. What I mean is that when comparing varied designs, the impact of the mod elements such as ore sources, may* have different trends than vanilla elements with...

The one other concern I have with benchmarking with mod entities is that it is unclear whether it takes in the same ups as an equivalent batch of miners or even infinite chests+loader in vanilla. After testing, I know for a fact that there is a difference between those two vanilla methods, so I woul...

I am glad I found this thread before adding a 12 beacon steel build to my factory! I don't know if this is still a thread in progress, but if that is ok, I hope to add a bit to it. Based on the concepts elaborated in the links below, I have come to changes in design: -Mechanics of Transport lines by...