Media and Rendering Tests

Intel DP55KG P55 Lynnfield Motherboard Review - Motherboards 71

CineBench 10
This rendering benchmark based off of the Cinema 4D engine is a terrific indicator for multi-threaded processing.


 

Intel DP55KG P55 Lynnfield Motherboard Review - Motherboards 72

Intel DP55KG P55 Lynnfield Motherboard Review - Motherboards 73

Handbrake
Known mainly for its DVD re-encoding prowess, our test uses the Handbrake command line interface.


 

Intel DP55KG P55 Lynnfield Motherboard Review - Motherboards 74

The P55 offerings dealt a significant blow to the X58’s ego during the single-thread benchmarks, but the X58 got its revenge in the multi-threaded tests. The DP55KG also posted the best score in the Handbrake benchmarks, which means its an excellent choice for handling video encoding that relies heavily on the CPU for its processing and transcoding power.

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