1. Purpose of the Benchmark Test
To see the effect on TMPGEnc when using Intel HT Technology.
2. Testing Environment
This benchmark test was carried out using the following system:
# Testing Environment |
CPU |
Intel® Pentium®4 3.06GHz |
Memory |
RDRAM PC1066 768MB |
Motherboard |
D850EMV2 |
Video Card |
NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti500 |
Drive |
C: (HDD) MAXTOR 6L080J4 |
D: (HDD) IBM IC35L120AWA07-0 |
Windows |
WindowsXP Professional Edition SP1 (English) |
3. Source Files
The following three types of files were used as source for this benchmark test.
# Types of Source File |
Content |
Aero-dancing 4 Promotion Movie (2min. and 18sec.) Game for PlayStation® 2 |
Copyright |
©SEGA-AM2 ©SEGA-AM2/SEGA2002 |
|
Form |
Resolution |
Capacity |
Note |
File 1 |
AVI(Huffyuv) |
720 x 480 |
885 MB |
|
File 2 |
AVI(Huffyuv) |
352 x 240 |
240 MB |
|
File 3 |
MPEG-1 |
640 x 480 |
21.5 MB |
*1 |
*1 Sample movie which is distributed at www.tmpgenc.net |
4. Outline of the test
We tested the encoding time of both TMPGEnc Plus 2.59 and TMPGEnc DVD Source Creator with the three files shown above (2.), switching between using HT Technology (ON) and without using HT Technology (OFF).
Since it was expected, that the encoding time might be changed by the multithread processing, even with the HT Technology switched off, we also tested toggling between the Multithread switched on and off in the TMPGEnc Environment Settings.
In this test, since an uncompressed AVI with large capacity is used as a source file, there is a possibility that disk access speed upon reading becomes a bottleneck. Therefore, two HDD was prepared, using each D drive as a drive for reading the source file, and each C drive for MPEG writing. (refer to g2. Testing Environmenth).
5. Benchmark test results for TMPGEnc Plus 2.59
a) Settings of TMPGEnc Plus 2.59
The following shows the settings of TMPGEnc Plus 2.59 when tested.
# Settings of TMPGEnc PLUS 2.59 |
|
File 1 |
File 2 |
File 3 |
File Type |
AVI(Huffyuv) |
AVI(Huffyuv) |
MPEG-1 |
Input Resolution |
352 x 240 |
720 x 480 |
640 x 480 |
Input Audio File |
PCM |
PCM |
MPEG-1 Layer2 |
Output Resolution |
352 x 240 |
720 x 480 |
640 x 480 |
Output Audio File |
MPEG-1 Layer2 |
MPEG-1 Layer2 |
MPEG-1 Layer2 |
Image Bit Rate |
3000 Kbps |
6000 Kbps |
4000 Kbps |
Audio Bit Rate |
192 Kbps |
192 Kbps |
192 Kbps |
Motion Search Precision |
Motion Forecast Search |
Motion Forecast Search |
Motion Forecast Search |
Output Stream |
MPEG-2 PS |
MPEG-2 PS |
MPEG-2 PS |
Bit Rate Setting of 2PASS VBR |
Resolution |
352 x 240 |
720 x 480 |
640 x 480 |
Average |
3000 Kbps |
6000 Kbps |
4000 Kbps |
Maximum |
6000 Kbps |
8000 Kbps |
8000 Kbps |
Minimum |
300 Kbps |
300 Kbps |
300 Kbps |
* The file of MPEG-1 source used MPEG-1 decoder of Windows standard.
b) Test results
Test results with the above settings are as follows:
# TMPGEnc 2.59 - Comparison Table of HT Technology Motion (Minutes : Seconds) |
|
File 1 |
File 2 |
File 3 |
AVI(Huffyuv) |
AVI(Huffyuv) |
MPEG-1 |
352 x 240 |
720 x 480 |
640 x 480 |
|
HT Technology |
Multithread |
CBR |
2PASS |
CBR |
2PASS |
CBR |
2PASS |
1 |
ON |
ON |
0:41 |
1:21 |
2:36 |
4:59 |
1:51 |
3:32 |
2 |
OFF |
1:05 |
1:55 |
3:34 |
6:22 |
2:07 |
3:54 |
3 |
OFF |
ON |
0:56 |
1:42 |
3:25 |
6:21 |
2:12 |
4:12 |
4 |
OFF |
1:01 |
1:43 |
3:37 |
6:26 |
2:15 |
4:06 |
|
Time Reduction Rate ( 1/3 ) [%] |
36.6 |
25.9 |
31.4 |
27.4 |
18.9 |
18.9 |
6. Benchmark test results for TMPGEnc DVD Source Creator
a) Settings of TMPGEnc DVD Source Creator
The following shows the settings of TMPGEnc DVD Source Creator when tested:
# Settings of TMPGEnc DVD Source Creator |
|
File 1 |
File 2 |
File 3 |
File Type |
AVI(Huffyuv) |
AVI(Huffyuv) |
MPEG-1 |
Input Resolution |
352 x 240 |
720 x 480 |
640 x 480 |
Input Audio File |
PCM |
PCM |
MPEG-1 Layer2 |
Output File Type |
MPEG-1 Layer2 |
MPEG-1 Layer2 |
MPEG-1 Layer2 |
Output Resolution |
352 x 240 |
720 x 480 |
640 x 480 |
Output Audio File |
Linear PCM |
Linear PCM |
Linear PCM |
Image Bit Rate |
3000 Kbps |
6000 Kbps |
4000 Kbps |
Audio Bit Rate |
1536 Kbps |
1536 Kbps |
1536 Kbps |
Output Stream |
MPEG-2 ES |
MPEG-2 ES |
MPEG-2 ES |
b) Test results
Test results with the above settings are as follows:
# TMPGEnc DVD Source Creator - Comparison Table of Hyper-Threading Motion ( M : S ) |
|
File 1 |
File 2 |
File 3 |
AVI(Huffyuv) |
AVI(Huffyuv) |
MPEG-1 |
352 x 240 |
720 x 480 |
640 x 480 |
|
HT Technology |
Multithread |
CBR |
2PASS |
CBR |
2PASS |
CBR |
2PASS |
1 |
ON |
ON |
0:29 |
0:55 |
2:16 |
4:10 |
1:14 |
2:23 |
2 |
OFF |
0:42 |
1:13 |
3:04 |
5:38 |
1:23 |
2:36 |
3 |
OFF |
ON |
0:39 |
1:14 |
2:57 |
5:28 |
1:34 |
3:02 |
4 |
OFF |
0:42 |
1:14 |
3:02 |
5:31 |
1:33 |
2:59 |
|
Time Reduction Rate ( 1/3 ) [%] |
34.5 |
34.5 |
30.1 |
31.2 |
27.0 |
27.3 |