GIMP Image Editing

Website: GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP)


Despite the average memory performance, the usually memory sensitive image editing test shows stock performance that's a few seconds ahead of the Asus, MSI and Gigabyte mATX boards we've also seen. It still doesn't match the Asus P7P55D Deluxe for overclocked performance though, losing out by seven seconds there.

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.


Again, top of the table for stock speed but on the slower half when overclocked, matching the MSI but dropping behind the Asus and Gigabyte UD4. This is not surprising since both these boards achieved upwards of 4.2GHz, compared to the MSI and Gigabyte UD5's ~4.1-4.2GHz.

Multitasking Performance

Website: MPC-HC
Website: 7-Zip


While at the bottom here it's only a second off the Gigabyte UD4 and Asus boards, although it's four seconds, or nearly three per cent off the MSI GD65. When tweaked, the extra base clock clearly helps, despite its slower core clock, as it exceeds the Gigabyte UD5 and Asus by three to five per cent, although it's a similar distance behind the MSI.