Custom PC Media Benchmarks

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We have developed our own suite of benchmarks using real-world and open source applications to simulate how PCs are actually used. The suite comprises an image editing test using Gimp, a video encoding test using Handbrake and a multi-tasking test using 7-Zip to archive and encrypt a large batch of files while a HD movie plays in mplayer.

A score of 1,000 means that the test system is as fast as our reference PC, which used a 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 at stock speed, 2GB of Corsair 1,066MHz DDR2 memory, a 250GB Samsung SpinPoint P120S hard disk and an Asus P5K Deluxe WiFi-AP motherboard. The scoring is linear, so a system scoring 1,200 points is 20 per cent faster than our reference system. Equally, a system scoring 1,200 is 4 per cent faster than a system scoring 1,150.

Multi-tasking Performance

Website: MPC-HC
Website: 7-Zip
Multi-tasking is a phrase that we're all familiar with, because most of us are now used to running multiple applications at the same time. However, to run multiple applications well you need a powerful (ideally multi-core) CPU and plenty of RAM.

Our multi-tasking test performs a massive file backup (with encryption) using 7-Zip, while simultaneously playing back a HD movie file using mplayer, making it a demanding test for any PC.

Multi-tasking

Media Benchmarks

  • Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition
  • EVGA SR-2 with 2 x X5680
  • EVGA SR-2 with 2 x X5650
    • 1498
    • 1888
    • 1440
    • 1789
    • 1310
    • 1722
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Score (higher is better)
  • Stock
  • Overclocked

For an explanation of what these numbers mean, head to the Performance Analysis page.

Overall Score

The overall score is an unweighted mean average of the scores of the three individual tests.

Overall Score

Media Benchmarks

  • EVGA SR-2 with 2 x X5680
  • Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition
  • EVGA SR-2 with 2 x X5650
    • 2042
    • 2567
    • 2002
    • 2715
    • 1670
    • 2323
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1000
1500
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Score (higher is better)
  • Stock
  • Overclocked

For an explanation of what these numbers mean, head to the Performance Analysis page.
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