Why does the 3D Modeling scenario fail on systems with greater than 16 cores/threads?

SYSmark® 2012 3D Modeling scenario may fail to run on systems with greater than 16 cores/threads due to a limitation in the 3D Studio Max 2011 application. This issue has been fixed in SYSmark 2012 Patch 2 v1.5.2.295. Please update to the latest version.