WORKLOAD TESTS
[tabgroup] [tab title=”Video Conversion”]We use a 150MB 1080p MP4 video and convert it to standard iOS format using Xilisoft Video Converter. GPU acceleration is disabled and conversion is purely done by the CPU.
[singlepic id=12740 w=550 h=600 float=center] [/tab] [tab title=”Compression”]We use WinRAR 4.0 on default settings to compress 3340 files of varying types including MP3s, various images and documents for a total of 2.40GB of data. [singlepic id=12742 w=550 h=600 float=center] [/tab] [tab title=”Image Resizing”]We resize 3,030 varying images of different formatsand sizes (a total of 883MB) to our standard 1200×900 resolution and note the time it takes to finish up the batch job.
X264 HD is a free benchmarking tool that shows the performance of a system by converting a 720p video clip.
[singlepic id=12739 w=550 h=600 float=center] [/tab] [/tabgroup]At a glance:Â
In our real world tests, the Maximus V Extreme scores high in video conversion with the other tasks still managing to get good positions but not enough to steal the top scores from the GIGABYTE crew.
