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| by MAC | September 6, 2009 | ||
| System Benchmarks: x264 HD / WinRAR System Benchmarks: x264 HD / WinRARx264 HD Benchmarkx264 HD Benchmark v1.0 Test: MPEG-2 HD 720P Video Clip Conversion to x264 DVD Video Length: 30 Seconds Comparison: FPS of Second Pass 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.  Hyper-Threading rules the way in the x264 HD Benchmark, with the HT-enabled chips posting substantially higher scores than all other processors. Even the plucky i7-750 is 29% slower than the i7-920. It is scenarios like this one that justifies spending the extra $80ish dollars on the i7-860 compared to the i5-750. WinRARWinRAR 3.8.0 Test: Compression of 1GB of Assorted Files Comparison: Time to Finish One of the most popular file compression/decompresion tools, we use WinRAR to compress a 1GB batch of files and archive them, timing the task until completion.  Another highly multi-threaded application, WinRAR makes good use of the Core i7 series Hyper-Threading functionality. Despite this, the i5-750 is very competitive as usual, being a good bit faster than either the Phenom II X4 945 and Core 2 Quad Q9550. | ||
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