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| by FiXT | August 29, 2009 | ||
| System Benchmarks System BenchmarksPCMark Vantage While still classified under the description of a Synthetic benchmark, PCMark Vantage uses many of Vista's (Note - Vantage is Vista Only) built in programs and features along with its own tests. So it is "real-world" applicable in regards to CPU performance. The PCMark Suite runs through operations such as data manipulation, image manipulation, media transcoding, web page rendering and game tests.  Vantage really is one of the best synthetic benchmarks to accurately pinpoint performance differences in everyday day tasks, the overclocked X4 955 gains a bit if a performance boost, mostly from the applications using CPU intensive tasks such as media manipulation, and the game test. Over clocking isn't likely to speed up your e-mail process or help out with your Windows contacts which makes up a small portion of the PCMark suite. x264 HD Encoding x264 is quickly becoming the new codec of choice for encoding a growing number of H.264/MPEG-4 AVC videos. Think of it as the new Divx of HD and you can understand why we felt it critical to include. Tech Arp's recent development of the x264 HD Benchmark takes a 30 second HD video clip and encodes it into the x264 codec with the intention of little to no quality loss. The test is measured using the average frames per second achieved during encoding, which scales with processor speed and efficiency. The benchmark also allows the use of multi-core processors so it gives a very accurate depiction of what to expect when using encoding application on a typical full length video.  The x264 benchmark showcases just how powerful the processor can be. The higher frames render indicate the potential to 15% more time while encoding an HD video. While on a 30 second clip that isn't much, spanning it over the typical few hours it takes to do a full length feature film, and you are calculating savings by the minutes. Cinebench R10 64bit Developed by MAXON, creators of Cinema 4D, Cinebench 10 is designed using the popular Cinema software and created to compare system performance in 3D Animation and Photo applications. There are two parts to the test; the first stresses only the primary CPU or Core, the second, makes use of up to 16 CPUs/Cores. Both are done rendering a realistic photo while utilizing various CPU-intensive features such as reflection, ambient occlusion, area lights and procedural shaders  Cinebench shows great improvements both in single core mode, and when taking advantage of all four cores on the system. In spreading the work load out across all four cores, Cinebench proves that multi core processors have real world application when software is able to utilize the technology. WinRar 3.80 One of the most popular file compression tools, we take a 1GB batch of files and archive them, timing the task until completion.  Our last last basic system's test takes a look at raw processing and sub-system power. WinRar has one thing on it's mind and that is to use all available resources to get it's job done. It makes good use of quad core processors, and benefits immensely from every little boost to the CPU, knocking off roughly 3% of the time for every 100MHz of improvement - dropping the total compression time by 25% | ||
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