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.
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 an HD movie file using mplayer, making it a demanding test for any PC.
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Intel Core i5-2400 (3.1GHz)
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Intel Core i3-3220 (3.3GHz)
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AMD A10-6800K (4.73GHz)
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AMD A10-6700 (4.33GHz)
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Intel Core i3-2100 (3.1GHz)
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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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1494
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1410
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1227
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1219
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1141
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1122
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1089
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1071
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1039
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768
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757
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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 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.
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Intel Core i5-2400 (3.1GHz)
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Intel Core i3-3220 (3.3GHz)
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AMD A10-6800K (4.73GHz)
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AMD A10-6700 (4.33GHz)
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Intel Core i3-2100 (3.1GHz)
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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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1850
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1694
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1585
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1499
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1476
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1447
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1395
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1366
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1272
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1082
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1059
Points (higher is better)
Read our
performance analysis.
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