Hi everyone,
Our buddies with Macbook Pro’s are having lots of fun benching their latest and greatest laptops with Sandy Bridge processors. There is a great thread by acedickson right here:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1111126/
I bought my iMac 24 Inch alu (model 7,1) in November 2007 and I feel it is getting a bit old, especially for Handbrake encodes.
So, in order to give us some kind of an idea as to where our current (and older) iMacs stand in terms of performance, I propose that we run the same benchmark.
Step 1: Download Handbrake
The link is here: http://handbrake.fr/downloads.php
Click on Download (Intel 64bit)
Step 2: Download a movie called “Big Buck Bunny”.
The link is here: http://www.bigbuckbunny.org/index.php/download/
Make sure you select the right movie (1920x1080 MP4)
Step 3: Set up Handbrake log
Open up Handbrake, open preferences, select Advanced, then click on “put individual encode logs in same location as movie”
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Step 4: Select Handbrake Apple TV2 Preset (it's the only quality setting you change !!!)
Open up Handbrake, click on “source”, select the file named big_buck_bunny_1080p_surround.avi, select the Apple TV 2 preset, add to queue, then start !
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The end result
The file will encode and after it’s finished you will go into your encode log
Mine was called big_buck_bunny_1080p_surround 2011-03-15 21-46-48.txt
You will find the average frames per second in this segment (do a search in textedit)
[22:02:12] work: average encoding speed for job is 13.115541 fps
You have your FPS. You will then need to calculate your total encode time.
[21:46:48] macgui: Rip: Pending queue count is 1
[22:02:12] work: average encoding speed for job is 13.115541 fps
My 2007 iMac 24/2.4GHz has run this encode in 15 minutes flat.
Let's see the benches while we wait for our Sandy Bridge iMacs !
BENCHMARK RESULTS
Thanks
François
PS: If someone has a suggestion to make on the above please do so!
PS2: For those for are holding off from buying a current top-end iMac, just look at the results compiled in the Macbook Pro thread. Similar speed to the Sandy Bridge Macbook Pros.
Our buddies with Macbook Pro’s are having lots of fun benching their latest and greatest laptops with Sandy Bridge processors. There is a great thread by acedickson right here:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1111126/
I bought my iMac 24 Inch alu (model 7,1) in November 2007 and I feel it is getting a bit old, especially for Handbrake encodes.
So, in order to give us some kind of an idea as to where our current (and older) iMacs stand in terms of performance, I propose that we run the same benchmark.
Step 1: Download Handbrake
The link is here: http://handbrake.fr/downloads.php
Click on Download (Intel 64bit)
Step 2: Download a movie called “Big Buck Bunny”.
The link is here: http://www.bigbuckbunny.org/index.php/download/
Make sure you select the right movie (1920x1080 MP4)
Step 3: Set up Handbrake log
Open up Handbrake, open preferences, select Advanced, then click on “put individual encode logs in same location as movie”
[URL=http://img37.imageshack.us/i/pic4m.png/] [/URL]
Step 4: Select Handbrake Apple TV2 Preset (it's the only quality setting you change !!!)
Open up Handbrake, click on “source”, select the file named big_buck_bunny_1080p_surround.avi, select the Apple TV 2 preset, add to queue, then start !
[URL=http://img231.imageshack.us/i/pic5.png/] [/URL]
The end result
The file will encode and after it’s finished you will go into your encode log
Mine was called big_buck_bunny_1080p_surround 2011-03-15 21-46-48.txt
You will find the average frames per second in this segment (do a search in textedit)
[22:02:12] work: average encoding speed for job is 13.115541 fps
You have your FPS. You will then need to calculate your total encode time.
[21:46:48] macgui: Rip: Pending queue count is 1
[22:02:12] work: average encoding speed for job is 13.115541 fps
My 2007 iMac 24/2.4GHz has run this encode in 15 minutes flat.
Let's see the benches while we wait for our Sandy Bridge iMacs !
BENCHMARK RESULTS
Thanks
François
PS: If someone has a suggestion to make on the above please do so!
PS2: For those for are holding off from buying a current top-end iMac, just look at the results compiled in the Macbook Pro thread. Similar speed to the Sandy Bridge Macbook Pros.
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