Take a look at these hardware threads:
https://community.pix4d.com/t/3579-RAM-Comparison-in-Point-Cloud-Results
https://community.pix4d.com/t/3575-Desktop-vs-Cloud-Comparison
https://community.pix4d.com/t/3576-Dual-vs-Single-GeForce-GTX-1080Ti-Video-Cards
And Ryan, do you mean you only did Step 1? The full, default template needs ran to compare numbers to everybody else.