CPU Testing
Our first benchmarking program is AIDA 64. It has many different CPU benchmarks, the first two will are going to focus on are the CPU Queen and CPU PhotoWorxx. These are both synthetic benchmarks and higher scores are better.
Up next we have the ZLib and Hash tests. Again higher scores are better here.
Finally we have our AES test, which again higher scores are better.
HandBrake is a tool for converting video from nearly any format to a selection of modern, widely supported codecs. We take a video file that is ~6.27 GB, 3840 x 1714, 73.4 Mbps, 24fps, H.264, .mov file and transcoded it to a ~1480 MB, 1920×858, ~17.1 Mbps, 24fps, H.264, .mp4 video file. When we start the encoding process we start a timer, the faster the encoding completes the better.
The x264 HD Benchmark 5.0 encodes a 1080p video segment into the x264 format. There are two passes with 4 runs each. We average the 4 runs for each pass to give you what you see below. This is a multi-threaded test so it takes advantage of all the cores of your processor. Obviously higher frames per second is better.
I don’t think this is a great value. I’d suggest either saving $100 and getting a Pentium G4560 for $65, which also has hyperthreading, or spending a little more getting a proper quad core.
Pretty much every i5-7xxx and down processors have been rendered obsolete with Ryzen on the horizon anyway. Why someone would want to buy an i5, i3 or pentium right now is simply baffling, much less a dual core, even with HT. Might as well wait a month and put 30 more bucks on an AMD Ryzen 5 1400X 4c/8t or the same dollars on the 1300.
AMD shill detected. We won’t know anything for sure until release day, when the reviews come out.
Strawman logical fallacy detected.
There’s plenty of reliable data availlable yet, especially from passmark… Just search the baselines yourself on the latest version for ryzen and amd engineering sample or ryzen serials. We also saw pretty solid evidence from Cinebench R15 runs and other reliable sources… But yeah, we’ll only know for sure when the NDA lifts, altho, early evidence suggests a wait and see approach instead of a blindly buy because you’re too impatient approach.
You don’t know what a strawman is. Passmark and most synthetic benchmarks =/= real world testing or even close. Your so-called “reliable sources” are WTFTech and DGLee-esque shill fantasies.
Fine, you don’t want to discuss this rationally and just blanket deny as well as display an arrogant ignorance for the sake of protecting some cognitive dissonance, soothe yourself. 🙂