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 system is linear, so a machine 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.
Multi-tasking Performance
Website: MPC-HC
Website: 7-Zip
Multi-tasking is a phrase with which we're all familiar, because most of us are now used to running multiple applications at the same time. However, to run multiple applications well you need a powerful (ideally multi-core) CPU and plenty of RAM.
Our multi-tasking test performs a massive file backup (with encryption) using 7-Zip, while simultaneously playing back an HD movie file using mplayer, making it a demanding test for any PC.
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Asus P6X58D Premium
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Asus Rampage III Extreme
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Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R (rev. 2)
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Asus Rampage III Gene
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Asus Sabertooth X58
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Asus P6TD Deluxe
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Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7
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Asus P6X58D-E
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EVGA X58 SLI Micro
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Sapphire Pure Black X58
Score (points), higher is better.
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performance analysis.
Overall Score
The overall score is an unweighted mean average of the scores of the three individual tests.
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Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R (rev. 2)
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Asus Rampage III Gene
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Asus P6X58D Premium
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Asus Rampage III Extreme
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Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7
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Asus P6TD Deluxe
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Asus P6X58D-E
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Sapphire Pure Black X58
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Asus Sabertooth X58
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EVGA X58 SLI Micro
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Score (points), higher is better.
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