Custom PC Media Benchmarks 2007
Gimp and Handbrake tests
Download from: www.custompc.co.uk/benchmarks
Custom PC,
bit-tech's sister magazine, has developed its own Media Benchmarks to simulate the tasks that most of us perform on a regular basis. There are three tests, each of which measure different aspects of a PC's performance.
The scores are normalised against a reference PC that includes a stock-speed Core 2 Duo E6700, 2GB of DDR2 memory and a fast P45 motherboard, as you can see below. This PC scores 1,000 points, so if your PC scores 1,300, it's 30 per cent faster than the reference system, and if it scores less than 1,000 points, it's slower. You can download the suite from the link above.
Image Editing with Gimp
Website: www.gimp.org
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 hard disk drive access.
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Intel Core i5-750 (4.15GHz)
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Intel Core i3-530 (4.07GHz)
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Intel Core i5-661 (4GHz)
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Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 (4.25GHz)
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (3.7GHz)
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Intel Core i5-661 (3.33GHz)
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AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (3.99GHz)
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Intel Core i5-750 (2.66GHz)
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AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (3.4GHz)
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Intel Core i3-530 (2.93GHz)
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AMD Athlon II X4 630 (3.71GHz)
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Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 (3GHz)
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4GHz)
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AMD Athlon II X4 630 (2.8GHz)
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1689
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1621
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1570
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1558
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1325
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1324
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1311
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1290
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1112
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1104
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1096
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1037
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877
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865
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750
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1250
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1750
Score (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 i5-750 (4.15GHz)
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Intel Core i3-530 (4.07GHz)
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Intel Core i5-661 (4GHz)
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AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (3.99GHz)
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Intel Core i5-750 (2.66GHz)
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (3.7GHz)
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AMD Athlon II X4 630 (3.71GHz)
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Intel Core i5-661 (3.33GHz)
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AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (3.4GHz)
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Intel Core i3-530 (2.93GHz)
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Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 (4.25GHz)
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AMD Athlon II X4 630 (2.8GHz)
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4GHz)
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Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 (3GHz)
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2852
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2122
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2096
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2007
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1937
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1915
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1813
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1775
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1720
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1546
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1542
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1425
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1305
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1040
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500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
Score (points), higher is better. Blue: stock spee
For performance conclusions, see
page 10.
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