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Photoshop Batch Processing

For this test we run all the auto-adjustments available in Photoshop on a large collection of images and time how long it takes to complete. It's an old test that isn't multi-threaded but it is incredibly reliable at demonstrating differences in single-threaded performance.

Our Photoshop test is normally very reliable at showing the difference in single core performance. However, today it's thrown us a bit of a wild card. Contrary to all the other tests so far it seems to suggest it can either be beneficial or detrimental to move from AM2+ to AM3 depending on which of the 720 BE or 810 you're using. Frankly we're baffled as to why this might be.

WinRAR File Compression

Though zipping and unzipping files is a fairly quick and easy task, the frequency with which a heavy computer user has to do it means saving five seconds each time you unzip something is a real boon. We therefore feel it makes for an interesting test of system performance.

This test is split into two parts. The first times how long it takes to compress a large video file and the second records how long it takes to compress the folder of photos used in the above Photoshop test.

Thankfully, our file compression tests seem to fit back in with what we've mostly been seeing so far.

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