Data Compression and Encoding

WinRAR 3.72

Our own custom WinRAR benchmark, this test takes a large 650 MB text file and compresses it with the highest compression option. 

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LAME MT MP3 Encoding

This custom test uses the LAME MT engine to benchmark encoding a 650 MB WAV file into a standard 128 kbps MP3 file.  We used the Microsoft compiler for the most fair results.

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ECS KN3 SLI2 NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI Motherboard Review - Motherboards 45

Both of the 590 SLI motherboards perform very similarly here in the WinRAR and MP3 encoding tests, though the ECS once again takes the lead by a small margin.

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