PassMark CPU Test
Now in its 8th iteration, Performance Test software suite by PassMark is a test suite that evaluates your computer’s performance capabilities. For our needs we have used the CPU test which consist of 8 sections which run concurrently. When completed the program provides a score based upon those results which can be directly compared to other CPUs.
CINEBENCH R15
CINEBENCH is a real-world cross platform test suite that evaluates your computer’s performance capabilities. CINEBENCH is based on MAXON’s award-winning animation software CINEMA 4D, which is used extensively by studios and production houses worldwide for 3D content creation.
x264 HD Benchmark
x264 HD Benchmark is a benchmark that allows you to measure how fast your PC can encode a 1080p video clip into a high quality x264 video file. It allows for an easy comparison because everyone running it will use the same video clip and software. The x264 video encoder has a fairly accurate internal benchmark (in frames per second) for each pass of the video encode and it also uses multi-core processors very efficiently. All these factors make the x264 HD Benchmark an ideal tool in comparing the video encoding performance of different processors and systems.
winRAR Benchmark
WinRAR is a popular file compression and decompression tool that also happens to be multi-threaded application. While it does have a built in benchmark we have opted to use a custom 3GB test consisting of small, medium, and moderately large files. We then time how long it takes to compress the files into one .rar file with all WinRAR settings left at their defaults.
Geekbench 3 Benchmark
Geekbench 3 is Primate Labs’ cross-platform processor benchmark, with a new scoring system that separates single-core and multi-core performance, and new workloads that simulate real-world scenarios. Geekbench 3 makes it easier than ever to find out if your computer is up to speed.
As you can see this devises strong suit is not synthethic benchmarks. Equally obvious is if you have room for an ATX system – and don’t mind spending more you can get better performance. On the other hand if you want ‘good enough’ performance in a package that is smaller than a fricking hard drive, then this little bad boy is what you are looking for – as even ‘shoe box’ mITX builds look bloated in comparison.
