new HD x264 video encoding benchmark

[jcool]

Does it support 8 cores and x64 OS? If so I'll give this a try...

Edit: Okay, half of the bench uses 8 cores while the other half does not... strange but what the heck, here are my results:

Results for x264.exe v0.58.747
encoded 1442 frames, 76.97 fps, 3904.94 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 76.21 fps, 3904.94 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 76.14 fps, 3904.94 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 77.17 fps, 3904.94 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 37.36 fps, 3974.08 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 37.38 fps, 3974.08 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 37.26 fps, 3974.08 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 37.20 fps, 3974.08 kb/s

Results for x264.exe v0.59.819M
encoded 1442 frames, 78.01 fps, 3894.80 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 76.52 fps, 3893.19 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 76.52 fps, 3893.40 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 77.75 fps, 3892.84 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 41.89 fps, 3981.59 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 41.89 fps, 3981.46 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 41.83 fps, 3981.22 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 41.89 fps, 3981.60 kb/s


System Details
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Name Intel Xeon E5420
Name Intel Xeon E5420
Codename Harpertown
Codename Harpertown
Specification Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5420 @ 2.50GHz
Specification Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5420 @ 2.50GHz
Core Stepping C0
Core Stepping C0
Technology 45 nm
Technology 45 nm
Stock frequency 2500 MHz
Stock frequency 2500 MHz
Core Speed 3225.0 MHz (7.5 x 430.0 MHz)
Core Speed 3225.0 MHz (7.5 x 430.0 MHz)
FID range 6.0x - 7.5x
FID range 6.0x - 7.5x

Northbridge Intel 5400B rev. C0
Southbridge Intel 6321ESB rev. 09

CAS# 5.0
RAS# to CAS# 5
RAS# Precharge 5
Cycle Time (tRAS) 15
Memory Frequency 430.0 MHz (1:1)
Memory Type FB-DDR2
Memory Size 4096 MBytes

Windows Version Microsoft Windows XP x64 Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 3790)

max VID 1.213 V
max VID 1.213 V
Voltage sensor 0 1.141 Volts [0x9] (CPU VCORE)
Number of processors 2
Number of threads 8
Number of threads 4 (max 4)
Number of threads 4 (max 4)
L2 cache 2 x 6144 KBytes, 24-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 2 x 6144 KBytes, 24-way set associative, 64-byte line size
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, EM64T
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, EM64T
Package Socket 771 LGA (platform ID = 6h)
Package Socket 771 LGA (platform ID = 6h)