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MSI Big Bang XPOWER Intel X58 Motherboard Review

Manufacturer: Micro-Star International
Product: XPOWER
Date: Thu, Jun 10, 2010 - 12:00 AM
Written By: Dan Stoltz -
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x264 HD Video Encoding

x264 HD Benchmark

Simply put, it is a reproducible measure of how fast your machine can encode a short HD-quality video clip into a high quality x264 video file. It's nice because everyone running it will use the same video clip and software. The video encoder (x264.exe) reports a fairly accurate internal benchmark (in frames per second) for each pass of the video encode and it also uses multi-core processors very efficiently. All of these factors make this an ideal benchmark to compare different processors and systems to each other.

x264 HD Benchmark Results

Benchmark Results: The results for the x264 HD Benchmark are interesting. In the first pass, which is less processor intensive, the MSI Big Bang XPower performed the encoding process the slowest. During the second pass, which utilizes much more of the processor, it outperformed the other system boards.

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Review Index
Page 1 - MSI Big Bang XPower Explodes Onto the Scene
Page 2 - MSI Big Bang XPower Box and Bundle
Page 3 - MSI Big Bang XPower, A Closer Look
Page 4 - MSI Big Bang XPower Bios
Page 5 - Legit Reviews Test System
Page 6 - PCMark Vantage
Page 7 - 3DMark Vantage
Page 8 - Super Pi
Page 9 - Cinebench R11.5
Page 10 - SiSoftware Sandra 2010
Page 11 - x264 HD Video Encoding
Page 12 - Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.
Page 13 - Colin McRae: DiRT 2
Page 14 - Overclocking the MSI Big Bang XPower
Page 15 - System Power Consumption
Page 16 - Final Thoughts and Conclusion