Shuttle SS21T

May 17, 2007 | 15:02

Tags: #am2 #barebone #benchmark #complete #evaluation #testing #xpc

Companies: #amd #asus #dell #shuttle

Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0

For our Photoshop Elements test, we used a selection of 400 3MP photographs taken in a variety of surroundings using the batch file processing function in the Elements Editor. We performed all of the auto fixes, including Auto Levels, Auto Contrast, Auto Colour and Sharpen before resizing the image to 640x480 and saving as a high quality JPEG.

Adobe Photoshop Elements

Quick Fix, 400 Photos, 2048x1536 to 640x480 HQ .jpg

  • Shuttle SS21T (AMD FX62, onboard SiS Mirage 1 video)
  • Shuttle SS21T (AMD FX62, 7600GT)
  • AOpen XC Cube EU965 (Intel X6800, onboard GMA950 video)
  • AOpen XC Cube EU965 (Intel X6800, 7600GT)
  • Shuttle SD37P2 (Intel X6800, 7900GTX)
  • Asus Crosshair (AMD FX62, 7900 GTX)
  • 932.0
  • 417.0
  • 447.0
  • 332.0
  • 311.0
  • 410.0
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750
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Time in Seconds (lower is better)

That's not a typo, the integrated graphics is actually that slow. It's abysmal in Photoshop, taking nearly two and a quarter times longer than using a dedicated graphics card. Even the integrated Intel G965 graphics on the AOpen XC Cube EU965 aren't anywhere near this bad. Thankfully using a dedicated (7600 GT) PCI-Express x16 card means the performance is only a fraction slower than the reference AMD FX-62 system with a 7900 GTX in it but they're still a little way off the performance of AOpen system.

File Compression & Encryption:

Our file compression and decompression tests were split into two halves to cover a broad spectrum of performance. The first test we ran was to compress and encrypt the MPEG-2 source file from our video encoding test with the highest quality compression ratio. Secondly, we compressed and encrypted the folder of 400 photographs used in our Photoshop Elements test with the same compression settings.

Small File Compression & Encryption

WinRAR 3.60, Multithreaded, 400 2048x1536 Photos

  • Shuttle SS21T (AMD FX62, onboard SiS Mirage 1 video)
  • Shuttle SS21T (AMD FX62, 7600 GT)
  • AOpen XC Cube EU965 (Intel X6800, onboard GMA950 video)
  • AOpen XC Cube EU965 (Intel X6800, 7600 GT)
  • Shuttle SD37P2 (Intel X6800, 7900 GTX)
  • Asus Crosshair (AMD FX62, 7900 GTX)
  • 128.0
  • 124.0
  • 115.0
  • 105.0
  • 100.0
  • 120.0
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125
150
Time in Seconds (lower is better)

Large File Compression & Encryption

WinRAR 3.60, Multithreaded, 276MB source file

  • Shuttle SS21T (AMD FX62, onboard SiS Mirage 1 video)
  • Shuttle SS21T (AMD FX62, 7600 GT)
  • AOpen XC Cube EU965 (Intel X6800, onboard GMA950 video)
  • AOpen XC Cube EU965 (Intel X6800, 7600 GT)
  • Shuttle SD37P2 (Intel X6800, 7900 GTX)
  • Asus Crosshair (AMD FX62, 7900 GTX)
  • 135.0
  • 131.0
  • 149.0
  • 133.0
  • 117.0
  • 126.0
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25
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75
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125
150
Time in Seconds (lower is better)

On platform performance, the more expensive AOpen XC Cube EU965 is actually slower in large file compression than the AMD FX-62 Shuttle SS21T with equivalent cards installed. Small file compression is the opposite however by a larger 15 to 20 second margin, which is quite a margin over just a two minute test. However the comparative AMD FX-62 system is only half this, at just 10 seconds faster.

There's a four second difference between integrated and discrete graphics in both cases, so a small investment can give you better performance as well as a better visual quality and extras like dual monitor support.

File Decompression & Decryption:

The two RAR archives created during the compression and encryption tests were then decompressed and decrypted.

Small File Decompression & Decryption

WinRAR 3.60, Multithreaded, 400 2048x1536 Photos

  • Shuttle SS21T (AMD FX62, onboard SiS Mirage 1 video)
  • Shuttle SS21T (AMD FX62, 7600 GT)
  • AOpen XC Cube EU965 (Intel X6800, onboard GMA950 video)
  • AOpen XC Cube EU965 (Intel X6800, 7600 GT)
  • Shuttle SD37P2 (Intel X6800, 7900 GTX)
  • Asus Crosshair (AMD FX62, 7900 GTX)
  • 32.0
  • 31.0
  • 23.0
  • 22.0
  • 22.0
  • 29.0
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
Time in Seconds (lower is better)

Large File Decompression & Decryption

WinRAR 3.60, Multithreaded, 276MB source file

  • Shuttle SS21T (AMD FX62, onboard SiS Mirage 1 video)
  • Shuttle SS21T (AMD FX62, 7600 GT)
  • AOpen XC Cube EU965 (Intel X6800, onboard GMA950 video)
  • AOpen XC Cube EU965 (Intel X6800, 7600 GT)
  • Shuttle SD37P2 (Intel X6800, 7900 GTX)
  • Asus Crosshair (AMD FX62, 7900 GTX)
  • 22.0
  • 21.0
  • 17.0
  • 14.0
  • 14.0
  • 20.0
0
5
10
15
20
25
Time in Seconds (lower is better)

Again, the FX-62 Shuttle drops quite a bit of time to the AOpen SFF, even over such a short test, however it's still within a tolerable amount. Compared to the other, more expensive AMD FX-62 ATX system there is only a couple of seconds difference and that is likely attributed to the memory performance difference.

While everyone likes a faster system, having a dual core CPU and one process taking 30 seconds rather than 20 means most less intensive PC users just spend 10 seconds doing something else. The SS21T supported technology is still capable of doing multiple things at once.
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