VideoHelp.com Video Benchmarking

rallynavvie · Posted: Jan 07, 2005 23:43

There were two video files originally so you had to do a batch encode of the two. Then BJ_M streamlined it to one file to make it easier for folks to participate. Apparently only mods are interested in this endeavor though (and coalman).
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Faustus · insane. Joined: 11 Apr 2002 Location: Dallas, TX

Motherboard can have ALOT to do with this. Especially the chipset.

Also what ram are you running?

thecoalman · Member Joined: 25 Feb 2004 Location: Pennsylvania

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thecoalman · Member Joined: 25 Feb 2004 Location: Pennsylvania

About 9 months, latest updates.

I'm not going through that 2 day ordeal..... Besides I had a bitch of a time getting one old but important app installed correctly which I don't want to go through again.
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offline · Mondo Cane Joined: 05 Jun 2002 Location: 7 Craven Road

I have a P4 2.4 with ASUS board. Batch file
run on same drive as video clip - details
see above computer profile and the CPUZ
thread started by Cobra.

1.22 in standard mode (HT enabled)
1.09 auto mode (HT enabled)
0.59 overclocked (HT disabled) which is how
I run this box 24/7
Only installed XP twice since purchase. The
1st time was thanks to ATI's crappy drivers

HT slowed things down by ave. 2 seconds
(HT was only disabled from Tmpgenc environment, not bios)

BJ_M · Patron Joined: 30 Jul 2002 Location: Canada

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offline · Mondo Cane Joined: 05 Jun 2002 Location: 7 Craven Road

BJ_M i disabled HT in bios and in tmpgenc and
gained 4 seconds on average??????

BJ_M · Patron Joined: 30 Jul 2002 Location: Canada

sounds right .. HT really only works for very few things effectivly .. and I gave up on it .. good for a few things though i understand ... not sure what though .. a dual cpu is much better way to go (if you can afford one) - though even dual cpu systems have issues with some things (slower on many games for example)
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offline · Mondo Cane Joined: 05 Jun 2002 Location: 7 Craven Road

I had a dual Xeon 1.2 and was not impressed with
the cost versus performance. Back in those days
only tmpgenc seemed to make use of it & many
apps were slower. Better to invest in SCSI drives
IMHO

My next system will most likely be a single AMD
and maybe a DSP board for video encoding.

rallynavvie · Posted: Jan 08, 2005 10:40

This is unexpected but I like where this is going. This thread is not only about getting some sample benchmarks but to get other members' computers working up to their full potential. I like that, seems a little more useful than just getting encoding results

HT is pretty much useless on my system. I enabled it and did some testing with it when I first put the processors on the board but haven't had it enabled since. SMP systems generally aren't best for price/performance if you're just looking at numbers like this. However if you need all the advantages that a workstation like that can provide then it's worth every penny. I wouldn't be able to make do with an AMD or P4 solution, even if I had several of them. Batch encoding/rendering is the best thing ever since I can just set up the queue and let it go while I'm at my day job or sleeping. I won't see twice the performance of a single 3.0 P4 but the 50-60% over one is still a big deal. Besides, I still have a dual 1900 MP rig I can farm out smaller encoding jobs to, in fact that one still sees a lot of MPEG encoding use now that the big rig is doing rendering and assembly. GbE is a godsend for video work

Anywhoo, I'm gonna free that one up today and get my results posted up. I'm guessing I should be seeing about 45 seconds to do the encoding, maybe 40 if I play with it.
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rallynavvie · Posted: Jan 08, 2005 14:39

42 seconds the first try, 41 after closing a few more processes. Read from 10k SATA boot drive and written to 7200rpm SATA storage drive. HT is disabled, of course.

System specs from the txt output of CPU-Z:

Number of CPUs 2

CPU #1
APIC ID 0
Name Intel Xeon
Code name Prestonia
Specification Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.06GHz
Family/Model/Stepping F29
Extended Family/Model 0/0
Brand ID 11
Package mPGA-604
Core Stepping D1
Technology 0.13µ
Instructions Sets MMX, SSE, SSE2
Clock Speed 3066.8 MHz
Clock multiplier x23.0
Front Side Bus Frequency 133.3 MHz
Bus Speed 533.4 MHz
L1 Data Cache 8 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L1 Trace Cache 12 Kµops, 8-way set associative
L2 Cache 512 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Speed 3066.8 MHz (Full)
L2 Location On Chip
L2 Data Prefetch Logic yes
L2 Bus Width 256 bits

CPU #2
APIC ID 6
Name Intel Xeon
Code name Prestonia
Specification Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.06GHz
Family/Model/Stepping F29
Extended Family/Model 0/0
Brand ID 11
Package mPGA-604
Core Stepping D1
Technology 0.13µ
Instructions Sets MMX, SSE, SSE2
Clock Speed 3066.8 MHz
Clock multiplier x23.0
Front Side Bus Frequency 133.3 MHz
Bus Speed 533.4 MHz
L1 Data Cache 8 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L1 Trace Cache 12 Kµops, 8-way set associative
L2 Cache 512 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Speed 3066.8 MHz (Full)
L2 Location On Chip
L2 Data Prefetch Logic yes
L2 Bus Width 256 bits

Northbridge Intel i875P rev. A2
Southbridge Intel ID25A1 rev. 2
AGP Revision 3.0
AGP Transfert Rate 8x
AGP SBA supported, enabled
AGP Aperture 128 MBytes
Memory Type DDR
Memory Size 2048 MBytes
Memory Frequency 133.3 MHz (1:1)
CAS# 2.0
RAS# to CAS# 2
RAS# Precharge 2
Cycle Time (tRAS) 6
Performance Mode enabled
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offline · Mondo Cane Joined: 05 Jun 2002 Location: 7 Craven Road

No people

It too 4 seconds longer to
encode with HT disabled in the bios!

BJ_M · Patron Joined: 30 Jul 2002 Location: Canada

gain ussually means better

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vhelp · ..Semi Neutral.. Joined: 31 Mar 2001 Location: New York

Here's my results ...

-vhelp 2991

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Cobra · Moderator Joined: 06 May 2002 Location: UK

vhelp,

You need to use the exact settings rally gave you. You also need to go into CPU-Z to the last tab and give us a machine report so we know what your exact specifications are.
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Heywould3 · Posted: Jan 09, 2005 05:46

need to upgrade i guess.. but not bad for an OCed old as dirt computer BTW i have a few things running in BG might get a bit faster but not much.. good thing i dont use this for much encoding

1:37 OC
1:47 stock @1400mhz (1600+)

CPU-Z Report
(Over CLocked)
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CPU-Z version 1.26.

CPU(s)
Number of CPUs 1

Name AMD Athlon MP
Code Name Palomino
Specification AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1900+
Family / Model / Stepping 6 6 2
Extended Family / Model 7 6
Package Socket A
Core Stepping A5
Technology 0.18 µ
Supported Instructions Sets MMX, Extended MMX, 3DNow!, Extended 3DNow!, SSE
CPU Clock Speed 1575.3 MHz
Clock multiplier x 10.5
Front Side Bus Frequency 150.0 MHz
Bus Speed 300.1 MHz
L1 Data Cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L1 Instruction Cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Cache 256 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Speed 1575.3 MHz (Full)
L2 Location On Chip
L2 Data Prefetch Logic yes
L2 Bus Width 64 bits

Mainboard and chipset
Motherboard manufacturer MSI
Motherboard model MS-6380, 2.0
BIOS vendor American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS revision 07.00T
BIOS release date 01/31/2002
Chipset VIA KT266/333 rev. 0
Southbridge VIA VT8233 rev. 0
Sensor chip Winbond W83627HF

Graphic Interface AGP
AGP Status enabled, rev. 2.0
AGP Data Transfert Rate 4x
AGP Max Rate 4x
AGP Side Band Addressing supported, enabled
AGP Aperture Size 128 MBytes

Memory
DRAM Type DDR-SDRAM
DRAM Size 512 MBytes
DRAM Frequency 150.0 MHz
FSB:DRAM 1:1
DRAM Interleave none
CAS# Latency 2.0 clocks
RAS# to CAS# 2 clocks
RAS# Precharge 2 clocks
Cycle Time (TRAS) 5 clocks
# of memory modules 1
Module 0 Apacer Technology DDR-SDRAM PC2100 - 512 MBytes

Software
Windows version Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
DirectX version 9.0c

CPU-Z Report
(Stock)

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CPU-Z version 1.26.

CPU(s)
Number of CPUs 1

Name AMD Athlon MP
Code Name Palomino
Specification AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1600+
Family / Model / Stepping 6 6 2
Extended Family / Model 7 6
Package Socket A
Core Stepping A5
Technology 0.18 µ
Supported Instructions Sets MMX, Extended MMX, 3DNow!, Extended 3DNow!, SSE
CPU Clock Speed 1399.3 MHz
Clock multiplier x 10.5
Front Side Bus Frequency 133.3 MHz
Bus Speed 266.5 MHz
L1 Data Cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L1 Instruction Cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Cache 256 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Speed 1399.3 MHz (Full)
L2 Location On Chip
L2 Data Prefetch Logic yes
L2 Bus Width 64 bits

Mainboard and chipset
Motherboard manufacturer MSI
Motherboard model MS-6380, 2.0
BIOS vendor American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS revision 07.00T
BIOS release date 01/31/2002
Chipset VIA KT266/333 rev. 0
Southbridge VIA VT8233 rev. 0
Sensor chip Winbond W83627HF

Graphic Interface AGP
AGP Status enabled, rev. 2.0
AGP Data Transfert Rate 4x
AGP Max Rate 4x
AGP Side Band Addressing supported, enabled
AGP Aperture Size 128 MBytes

Memory
DRAM Type DDR-SDRAM
DRAM Size 512 MBytes
DRAM Frequency 133.3 MHz
FSB:DRAM 1:1
DRAM Interleave 4-way
CAS# Latency 2.5 clocks
RAS# to CAS# 3 clocks
RAS# Precharge 3 clocks
Cycle Time (TRAS) 6 clocks
# of memory modules 1
Module 0 Apacer Technology DDR-SDRAM PC2100 - 512 MBytes

Software
Windows version Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
DirectX version 9.0c

vhelp · ..Semi Neutral.. Joined: 31 Mar 2001 Location: New York

hmm...

Whenever I File\Open Project\.. I get an Illegal stream format. error
when I try to open this file:

* mpeg1.mcf

I even renamed it to *.tpr (cause i'm assuming that this is actually a project
type file) anyways, there were no provisions for opening *.mcf file types
anywheres inside TMPGenc.

.. You know.., I wasn't sure why I needed a settings file for this test.
.. Basically, you just have to encode a 214 frame divX file to MPEG-1 (I did
.. mpeg-2) but it doesn't matter. And, weather you choose VBR or CBR doesn't
.. matter either. And that's what I did.., unless there is something that is
.. CPU related that needs to be checked or something, I don't know.
.. But I encoded the source as such:
.
.. * CBR 7000 bitrate
.. * 720 x 480
.. * mpeg-1 and mpeg-2 (w/ same results as my pic above)

Anyways.

..and..

The pic above is from one of my lastest (last) sample clips from last years
posting:

* VHELP's Samples..

I found (through a few tests) that different types of AVI formats encode
faster. It seemed that the encode times were slower for a divX source file
vs. my DV avi test file, which was approx 5 sec's