GIMP Image Editing

Website: GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP)


The image editing performance is pretty average, as the Gene sits only a second behind the P6T and only a few seconds behind the performance leaders, although there are only a few seconds between them.

Handbrake H.264 Encoding

Website: HandBrake
Our test uses HandBrake - an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows - to encode a high resolution MPEG-2 video using the H.264 codec. This primarily tests multi-threaded CPU and memory subsystem performance.


The video editing performance is mightily impressive though, with the Gene outperforming everything else on average by several seconds - it's a good 11 seconds faster (3 per cent) then the P6T.

Multitasking Performance

Website: MPC-HC
Website: 7-Zip


On the other hand the multitasking performance is only just average again, as the Gene falls off the performance leaders by a few seconds.