Intel Core i7-875K 2.93GHz Unlocked Quad-Core Processor Review

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.

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 0.9.4 was used for benchmarking.

Benchmark Results: HandBrake version 0.9.4 software showed that the Intel Core i7-875K is the real deal and that it was again quicker than the Core i7-930!