Fierce PC Prodigy GT Review

Written by Antony Leather

May 13, 2013 | 09:36

Tags: #gtx-670 #prodigy

Companies: #fierce-pc

Media Benchmarks
Download from:
bit-tech.net

We've 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.

Gimp Image Editing
Website:
Gimp

Far from being some kind of pr0n-filtering tool, Gimp is an open-source image editing application - Gimp is an acronym of GNU Image Manipulation Program. Our test simulates how well a PC can manipulate a collection of large digital photos, and to achieve a low time requires a PC with a powerful CPU, plenty of quick memory and efficient access to storage.

Image Editing

Application: Gimp

  • Fierce PC Prodigy GT
  • Intel Core i7-3770K (3.5GHz/4.8GHz)
  • Intel Core i5-3570K (3.4GHz/5GHz)
  • Intel Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition (3.3GHz/4.7GHz)
  • Intel Core i5-2500K (3.3GHz/5GHz)
  • Intel Core i7-2600K (3.4GHz/5GHz)
  • Intel Core i7-3930K (3.2GHz/4.7GHz)
  • AMD FX-8150 (3.6GHz/4.818GHz)
    • 2010
    • 2121
    • 1916
    • 2308
    • 1862
    • 2392
    • 1805
    • 2127
    • 1715
    • 2228
    • 1714
    • 2225
    • 1613
    • 2152
    • 887
    • 1077
0
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1000
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2500
Score, higher is better
  • Stock Speed
  • Overclocked

Video encoding with Handbrake
Website:
http://handbrake.fr

We use the open-source, GPL-licensed, multi-platform, multi-threaded video encoder Handbrake to encode a HD video using the H.264 codec. This primarily tests multi-threaded CPU and memory subsystem performance

Video Encoding

Application: Handbrake

  • Intel Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition (3.3GHz/4.7GHz)
  • Intel Core i7-3770K (3.5GHz/4.8GHz)
  • Fierce PC Prodigy GT
  • Intel Core i7-2600K (3.4GHz/5GHz)
  • Intel Core i5-3570K (3.4GHz/5GHz)
  • Intel Core i5-2500K (3.3GHz/5GHz)
  • AMD FX-8150 (3.6GHz/4.818GHz)
    • 3985
    • 4787
    • 3461
    • 4229
    • 3320
    • 3409
    • 3211
    • 4208
    • 3160
    • 4245
    • 2997
    • 3903
    • 2520
    • 3063
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
Score, higher is better
  • Stock Speed
  • Overclocked

Multi-tasking with 7-Zip and mplayer
Websites:
www.7-zip.org and www.mplayerhq.hu

Multi-tasking is a phrase with which we're all familiar, as 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

Applications: mplayer and 7-Zip

  • Intel Core i7-3770K (3.5GHz/4.8GHz)
  • Fierce PC Prodigy GT
  • Intel Core i7-2600K (3.4GHz/5GHz)
  • Intel Core i5-3570K (3.4GHz/5GHz)
  • Intel Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition (3.3GHz/4.7GHz)
  • Intel Core i5-2500K (3.3GHz/5GHz)
  • AMD FX-8150 (3.6GHz/4.818GHz)
    • 1767
    • 1908
    • 1729
    • 1753
    • 1727
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    • 1721
    • 1915
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    • 1637
    • 1854
    • 1283
    • 1439
0
500
1000
1500
2000
Score, higher is better
  • Stock Speed
  • Overclocked

Overall Score

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

Overall Score

Applications: Gimp, Handbrake, mplayer, 7-Zip

  • Intel Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition (3.3GHz/4.7GHz)
  • Intel Core i7-3770K (3.5GHz/4.8GHz)
  • Fierce PC Prodigy GT
  • Intel Core i5-3570K (3.4GHz/5GHz)
  • Intel Core i7-2600K (3.4GHz/5GHz)
  • Intel Core i5-2500K (3.3GHz/5GHz)
  • AMD FX-8150 (3.6GHz/4.818GHz)
    • 2478
    • 2966
    • 2403
    • 2836
    • 2353
    • 2427
    • 2248
    • 2851
    • 2217
    • 2791
    • 2116
    • 2662
    • 1563
    • 1860
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  • Stock Speed
  • Overclocked

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