Legit Processor Reviews

Intel Core i7-3820 3.6GHz Processor Review

Manufacturer: Intel
Product: BX80619I73820
Date: Thu, Feb 02, 2012 - 10:00 AM
Written By: Nathan Kirsch -
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Handbrake

Handbrake

HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows. It is popular today as it allows you to transcode multiple input video formats to h.264 output format and is highly multithreaded.

HandBrake 0.9.5 benchmarking

This workload is a 43-second HDV. The input file is encoded in Mpeg format. Video encode parameters are 23.9mbps, 1440*1080, 29.9fps. Audio encode parameters are 384 kbps, 48kHz, 2channel, mpeg audio version 1 layer 2. File size is 128MB. The workload is encoded into h.264 output format using the preset - high profile. HandBrake version 0.9.5 was used for benchmarking. HandBrake 0.9.5 does support 12-threads, but as you can see above it only used about 80-95% of the available processing power.

HandBrake 0.9.5 benchmarking

Benchmark Results: HandBrake version 0.9.5 benchmarking showed the Intel Core i7-3820 CPU finished the workload 1.3 seconds faster than the Intel Core i7-2700K and 3.4 seconds faster than the AMD FX-8150.

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Review Index
Page 1 - The $285 Sandy Bridge-E Processor
Page 2 - The Test Systems
Page 3 - SiSoftware Sandra 2011 SP5
Page 4 - x264 HD Encoding
Page 5 - CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5
Page 6 - Handbrake
Page 7 - POV-Ray 3.7 RC3
Page 8 - Cinebench R11.5
Page 9 - PCMark 7
Page 10 - 3DMark Vantage
Page 11 - Resident Evil 5
Page 12 - H.A.W.X. 2 Benchmark
Page 13 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
Page 14 - Total System Power Consumption
Page 15 - Intel Core i7-3820 CPU Overclocking
Page 16 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions