Media Benchmarks
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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 an 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 system is linear, so a machine 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: 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.
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Intel Core i3-3220 (3.3GHz)
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Intel Core i5-2400 (3.1GHz)
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Intel Core i3-2100 (3.1GHz)
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AMD A10-6800K (4.73GHz)
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AMD A10-6700 (4.33GHz)
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AMD A10-6800K (4.1GHz)
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AMD A10-6700 (3.7GHz)
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AMD A10-5800K (3.8GHz)
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AMD A10-5700 (3.4GHz)
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AMD A8-3870K (3.0GHz)
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AMD A8-3850 (2.9GHz)
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1537
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1487
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1331
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1203
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1105
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1090
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1062
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1038
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961
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947
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889
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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.
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Intel Core i5-2400 (3.1GHz)
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AMD A10-6800K (4.73GHz)
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AMD A10-6700 (4.33GHz)
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Intel Core i3-3220 (3.3GHz)
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AMD A10-6800K (4.1GHz)
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AMD A10-6700 (3.7GHz)
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AMD A10-5800K (3.8GHz)
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Intel Core i3-2100 (3.1GHz)
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AMD A10-5700 (3.4GHz)
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AMD A8-3870K (3.0GHz)
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AMD A8-3850 (2.9GHz)
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2569
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2326
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2172
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2135
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2129
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2034
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1988
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1957
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1817
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1533
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1530
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