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.

GIMP Image Editing

Website: GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP)

GIMP Image Editing

Media Benchmarks

  • Aria Titan Prometheus (£1,300, 4GHz Core i7-930 PC)
  • Scan 3XS Cyclone (£1,640, 4GHz Core i7-920 PC)
  • OcUK Ultima Nemesis (£1,482, 4GH Core i5-750 PC)
  • Scan 3XS i3 OC (£706, 4GHz Core i3-530 PC)
  • Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R
    • 1700
    • 1731
    • 1699
    • 1745
    • 1665
    • 0
    • 1564
    • 1642
    • 1519
    • 1883
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Score (higher is better)
  • Stock
  • 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.

Handbrake H.264 Video Encoding

Media Benchmarks

  • Scan 3XS Cyclone (£1,640, 4GHz Core i7-920 PC)
  • Aria Titan Prometheus (£1,300, 4GHz Core i7-930 PC)
  • OcUK Ultima Nemesis (£1,482, 4GH Core i5-750 PC)
  • Scan 3XS i3 OC (£706, 4GHz Core i3-530 PC)
    • 3063
    • 3147
    • 3062
    • 3147
    • 2807
    • 0
    • 2089
    • 2168
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3500
Score (higher is better)
  • Stock
  • Overclocked

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