Custom PC Media Benchmarks
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We have 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.
For this review, we've used a Core i-750 to get comparative results (the single line) and a Core i5-661 to show the maximum overclocked performance of the board as H55 boards still overclock better with a Clarkdale CPU rather than a Lynnfield.
GIMP Image Editing
Website: GNU Image Manipulation Program (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 hard disk drive access.
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ECS H55H-I (Core i5-661)
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Gigabyte GA-H55N-USB3 (Core i5-661)
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Asus P7H57D-V Evo
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Zotac H55-ITX WiFi (Core i5-661)
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Gigabyte GA-H55N-USB3
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Biostar TP55
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ASRock P55M Pro
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Gigabyte GA-H55M-UD2H
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ASRock H55M Pro
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ECS H55H-I
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Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD2
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Zotac H55-ITX WiFi
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Asus P7P55-M
Score (points), higher is better
Please read the
Performance Analysis section.
Handbrake H.264 Encoding
Website: HandBrake
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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Asus P7H57D-V Evo
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Gigabyte GA-H55N-USB3
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Gigabyte GA-H55M-UD2H
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Biostar TP55
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ASRock P55M Pro
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ASRock H55M Pro
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ECS H55H-I
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Asus P7P55-M
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Zotac H55-ITX WiFi
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Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD2
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ECS H55H-I (Core i5-661)
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Gigabyte GA-H55N-USB3 (Core i5-661)
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Zotac H55-ITX WiFi (Core i5-661)
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Score (points), higher is better
Please read the
Performance Analysis section.
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