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 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: 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 i5-2500K (4.9GHz)
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Intel Core i7-2600K (4.85GHz)
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Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition (4.4GHz)
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Intel Core i7-950 (4.3GHz)
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Intel Core i5-2400 (up to 3.99GHz)
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Intel Core i5-760 (4.1GHz)
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Intel Core i7-2600K (3.4GHz)
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Intel Core i5-2500K (3.3GHz)
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Intel Core i5-2400 (3.1GHz)
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Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition (3.33GHz)
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Intel Core i7-950 (3.06GHz)
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AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition (4.2GHz)
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Intel Core i5-760 (2.8GHz)
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AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition (3.3GHz)
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2190
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2106
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1856
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1784
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1742
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1712
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1631
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1594
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1487
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1428
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1376
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1368
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1207
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1181
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2500
Points (higher is better)
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 i7-2600K (4.85GHz)
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Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition (4.4GHz)
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Intel Core i5-2500K (4.9GHz)
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Intel Core i7-950 (4.3GHz)
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Intel Core i5-2400 (up to 3.99GHz)
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Intel Core i7-2600K (3.4GHz)
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Intel Core i5-760 (4.1GHz)
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Intel Core i5-2500K (3.3GHz)
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Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition (3.33GHz)
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AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition (4.2GHz)
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Intel Core i5-2400 (3.1GHz)
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Intel Core i7-950 (3.06GHz)
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AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition (3.3GHz)
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Intel Core i5-760 (2.8GHz)
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4063
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4042
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3935
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3188
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3062
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2972
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2850
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2649
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2624
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2573
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2569
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2408
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2106
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2037
Points, higher is better
Read our performance analysis of the
Core i5-2400,
Core i5-2500K and
Core i7-2600K separately.
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