Legacy CPU Benchmarks

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Legacy CPU Product Benchmarks

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Bench Results

Intel (Sandy Bridge) Core i5 2500K (95W) - 4C/4T, 3.3GHz, 1MB L2, 6MB L3

AMD (Vishera) FX-8350 (125W) - 4M/8T, 4.0 GHz. 8MB L2, 8MB L3

Product Ratings & Comparisons

z(Retired) Windows 8 - x264 HD 5.0.1 - 1st Pass
Frames per Second - Higher is Better

49.1

62.2

z(Retired) Windows 8 - x264 HD 5.0.1 - 2nd Pass
Frames per Second - Higher is Better

10.6

15.1

z(Retired) Windows 8 - POV-Ray 3.7RC6 - Multi Threaded
Pixels Per Second - Higher is Better

1012.8

1504.4

z(Retired) Windows 8 - Diablo 3 - 1680 x 1050
Frames per Second - Higher is Better

214.2

215.8

z(Retired) SYSMark 2012 - Data/Financial Analysis
Score in SYSMarks - Higher is Better

195

241

z(Retired) SYSMark 2012 - 3D Modeling
Score in SYSMarks - Higher is Better

191

239

z(Retired) DivX 6.8.5 Encode (Xmpeg 5.0.3)
Time in Seconds - Lower is Better

31.3

31.4

z(Retired) x264 HD Encode Test - 2nd pass - x264 0.59.819
Frames Per Second - Higher is Better

27.7

z(Win7) Cinebench R10 - Multi-Threaded Benchmark
Score in CBMarks - Higher is Better

20381

22674

z(Retired) POV-Ray 3.7 beta 23 - SMP Benchmark
CPU Score in PPS - Higher is Better

3439

5008

z(Retired) Par2 - Multi-Threaded par2cmdline 0.4
Time to Recover 57.2MB from 707.5MB Archive in Seconds - Lower is Better

19.8

16.1

z(Retired) Blender 2.48a Character Render
Time in Seconds - Lower is Better

46.1

44.6

z(Retired) Microsoft Excel 2007 SP1 - Monte Carlo Simulation
Time in Seconds - Lower is Better

15.4

12.6

z(Retired) Sorenson Squeeze Pro 5 - Flash Video Creation
Time in Seconds - Lower is Better

90.8

77.4

z(Win7) Cinebench 11.5 - Multi-Threaded
Score in CBMarks - Higher is Better

5.42

6.85

z(Win 7) x264 HD Benchmark - 2nd pass - v3.03
Frames per Second - Higher is Better

28.7

41.5

z(Win7) 7-zip Benchmark (Win7)
32MB Dictionary - Total MIPS - Higher is Better

15274

23223

z(Retired) Adobe Photoshop CS4 - Retouch Artists Speed Test
Time in Seconds - Lower is Better

12.6

13.3

z(Retired) x264 HD Encode Test - 1st pass - x264 0.59.819
Frames Per Second - Higher is Better

100.8

90.4

z(Retired) Windows Media Encoder 9 x64
Time in Seconds - Lower is Better

z(Win7) Cinebench R10 - Single Threaded Benchmark
Score in CBMarks - Higher is Better

5860

4338

z(Retired) WinRAR 3.8 Compression - 300MB Archive
Time in Seconds - Lower is Better

70.5

74.9

z(Win 7) x264 HD Benchmark - 1st pass - v3.03
Frames per Second - Higher is Better

100

88.29

z(Retired) Dragon Age Origins - 1680 x 1050 - Max Settings (no AA/Vsync)
Frames per Second - Higher is Better

159.4

139.2

z(Retired) Dawn of War II - 1680 x 1050 - Ultra Settings
Frames per Second - Higher is Better

82.3

70.5

z(Retired) World of Warcraft
FRAPS Runthrough - FPS - Higher is Better

119.4

91.5

z(Retired) Starcraft 2
1024 x 768 - Medium Graphics, Ultra CPU Settings

64.9

47.9

z(Retired) SYSMark 2012 - Overall
Score in SYSMarks - Higher is Better

179

176

z(Retired) SYSMark 2012 - Office Productivity
Score in SYSMarks - Higher is Better

159

147

z(Retired) SYSMark 2012 - Media Creation
Score in SYSMarks - Higher is Better

172

158

z(Retired) SYSMark 2012 - Web Development
Score in SYSMarks - Higher is Better

184

154

z(Retired) SYSMark 2012 - System Management
Score in SYSMarks - Higher is Better

174

146

z(Win 7) TrueCrypt 7.1 Benchmark (AES Performance)
Mean Encryption/Decryption AES Algorithm - GB/s

2.8

3.6

z(Win7) Cinebench 11.5 - Single Threaded
Score in CBMarks - Higher is Better

1.47

1.06

z(Retired) Windows 8 - POV-Ray 3.7RC6 - Single Threaded
Pixels Per Second - Higher is Better

274.9

252.1

z(Retired) Windows 8 - Visual Studio 2012 - Firefox Compile
Time in Minutes - Lower is Better

31.1

31.3

z(Retired) Windows 8 - Mozilla Kraken Javascript Benchmark
Time in ms - Lower is Better

4426.8

5812

z(Retired) Windows 8 - Skyrim - 1680 x 1050
Frames per Second - Higher is Better

225.9

209.4

z(Win7) 3D Particle Movement: Single Threaded
Score (Higher is Better)

117.5

72.52

z(Win7) 3D Particle Movement: MultiThreaded
Score (Higher is Better)

374.67

398.64

z(Win 7) FastStone Image Viewer 4.9
Time in Seconds (Lower is Better)

z(Win 7) WinRAR 5.01, 2867 files, 1.52 GB
Time in Seconds (Lower is Better)

84.09

68.61

z(Win 7) HandBrake v0.9.9 LQ Film
Frames Per Second

416.6

357.1

z(Win 7) HandBrake v0.9.9 2x4K
Frames Per Second

15.59

17.53

z(Win7) Agisoft PhotoScan Benchmark - Stage 1: Align Photos
Time in Minutes (Lower is Better)

9.98

7.88

z(Win7) Agisoft PhotoScan Benchmark - Stage 2: Build Point Cloud
Time in Minutes (Lower is Better)

10.33

12.34

z(Win7) Agisoft PhotoScan Benchmark - Stage 3: Build Mesh
Time in Minutes (Lower is Better)

3.45

4.56

z(Win7) Agisoft PhotoScan Benchmark - Stage 4: Build Texture
Time in Minutes (Lower is Better)

1.52

3.45

z(Win7) Agisoft PhotoScan Benchmark - Total Time
Time in Minutes (Lower is Better)

25.28

28.23

z(Win7) Agisoft PhotoScan Benchmark - CPU Mapping Speed
Million Points Per Second

126

105

z(Win 7) POV-Ray 3.7 Beta RC4
Score (Higher is Better)

1103

1503