Benchmark Photoshop Speed Test

[Bob_A]

O.K. I did not read every page so I can't say for sure but, I think I have you all beat... for the LONGEST time.
XP home edition
Intel 4 2.53ghz
1.00gb RAM
120gb seagate HDD
40gb western digital scratch disc

With all systems running.... 11min 36sec
With all systems shut down...9min 50sec

I tryed to explain the problem to the wife but she just don't get it. ;-)

Nope, I beat ya. My 10 minutes 40 seconds was with everything possible shut down. Maybe your wife should talk to mine 'cause she gave me the thumbs up to by a new laptop next month. :lol:

Of course I didn't tell her that I ripped it apart and cleaned it today and now it's running a bit faster.

[Dan-o]

My new HP Q6600, 4GB ram, Vista Home 32. I don't have a scratch yet but still got 34 secs.

[blaudonner]

Wow, this is not good.

System:
Windows XP 32-bit
C2D E6750 OC'd to 3.2ghz from 2.66
4GB A-Data RAM (6400), 3gb flag in boot.ini
74GB 10,000rpm WD Raptor
250GB Seagate something something
GeForce 7300LE

and now the time...

3:32.

WTF?

edit: I had no idea PS limited itself...so I went in, changed all the settings (freed up the RAM, dropped the cache/history down to 2/8, spread my scratch disk across the two drives) and got...

1:42 using either the Seagate 7200rpm SATA drive as a scratch, or with it paired with the Raptor
1:34 using just the Raptor as a scratch

Still WTF. Perhaps it's upset because the Raptor has only 11gb free. Or it might be 32 bit Windows. Might be time to Hackintosh...

*sigh*

[orisky]

Wow, this is not good.

System:
Windows XP 32-bit
C2D E6750 OC'd to 3.2ghz from 2.66
4GB A-Data RAM (6400), 3gb flag in boot.ini
74GB 10,000rpm WD Raptor
250GB Seagate something something
GeForce 7300LE

and now the time...

3:32.

WTF?

edit: I had no idea PS limited itself...so I went in, changed all the settings (freed up the RAM, dropped the cache/history down to 2/8, spread my scratch disk across the two drives) and got...

1:42 using either the Seagate 7200rpm SATA drive as a scratch, or with it paired with the Raptor
1:34 using just the Raptor as a scratch

Still WTF. Perhaps it's upset because the Raptor has only 11gb free. Or it might be 32 bit Windows. Might be time to Hackintosh...

*sigh*

I thought people were running at 1-4, not 2-8. Try that and see what you come up with. I have a weaker proc, less ram, same OS, slower HDs then you and I'm getting 32s :) so something is definitely wrong. Is this a clean boot? Anything else running? Also how much ram is PS being allocated?

[blaudonner]

I thought people were running at 1-4, not 2-8. Try that and see what you come up with. I have a weaker proc, less ram, same OS, slower HDs then you and I'm getting 32s :) so something is definitely wrong. Is this a clean boot? Anything else running? Also how much ram is PS being allocated?

Clean boot, almost nothing running, 2.6gb of RAM allocated. Tried at 1-8 and it's about the same speed. I'll try 1-4...

1 and 4 brings it to 39 seconds. Wow. Weird.

Still much room for improvement, though. Something is eating some resources...

[Nocturnus]

2:32

AMD Dual Core 2.6Ghz (FX-60 I think, old 939 pin)
2gig DDR2 ram
ATI Crossfire x1700
Using good old slow IDE drives w/12gig scratch.

[John Hudson]

1st run of this came in at 5:34. Surprisingly slow, but the machine had been on all day, had other apps open and I'd been editing in photoshop.

So I rebooted and reduced the history states from 50 to 1, closed all other background apps and ran it again. The result was 53 seconds.

A recent self build system.
Intel Q6600 (the new low power one)
4GB DDR2 800mhz memory
Single 320GB 7200rpm 16MB cache Hard Disk
Nvidia 8800GTC graphics card.
Photoshop CS3

After reading about the 3Gb switch to enable Photoshop to utilise 3Gb of memory I though I would rerun the test.

With History states set to 1 (lowest) and Cache set to 8 (highest) I got 27.8 seconds on my stopwatch. I thought it might knock a few seconds off the previous 53 seconds, but I'm amazed that it halved the time.

I should add that although I built this system myself, I'm not an overclocker and everything is running at default. I might be able to get a bit more out of it a I bought 4-4-4-12 ram but for some reason it's running at 5-5-5-18 which I believe is slower. I need to learn how to change the ram settings.

John.

[Tsmith]

I might be able to get a bit more out of it a I bought 4-4-4-12 ram but for some reason it's running at 5-5-5-18 which I believe is slower. I need to learn how to change the ram settings.

John.

With my Corsair XMS 6400 C4 it comes default at 1.8v 5-5-5-18. By accessing the BIOS I'm able to up the voltage to 2.1v which allows running the RAM at 4-4-4-12 with ease. I keep mine at that all the time.

Well dumb me, I never realized that I didn't have the 3GB switch enabled all along. Now with AVG + ZoneAlarm and normal Startup Services running my time is 29 seconds.

Not bad _ :D

[Gix]

Just built it today, on the computer desk.
Vista 64 Bit
Q6600 stock @ 2.4 GHZ
4GB Gskill PC6400
2x80GB seagate drives in Raid 0
CS3

Average was around 30 secs

Ran test first time on Dec 22 and just ran it 3 more times to see if it would slow down after all my programs had been installed and slowest was 30 sec fastest was 28 sec at stock processor speeds, this was not on reboot been running for a few days. Very happy with my chioce of going back to Intel after 6 years of AMD systems.

[Dan-o]

After reading about the 3Gb switch to enable Photoshop to utilise 3Gb of memory

How is this done.

[rammy]

How is this done.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124810.aspx

[Pete]

Apple MacBook Pro

4Gb RAM
2.6GHz

48 seconds. I'm fairly pleased with that...

[Tsmith]

How is this done.

Read thru this thread from NatureScapes.net (http://www.naturescapes.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=54998)

[joseb552]

um...wow, no joke, i either have the slowest PC on earth, or i did something horribly wrong (read directions, everything checked out)

drum roll please..... 1Hour+.... that's right, over an HOUR! I stopped the timer at 1 hour and 15 minutes and it wasn't complete yet!! All this time i thought my PC was rather quick :( i feel shamed...Newegg here i come.

XP MCE
P4 2.6GHZ HT
1.00 GB RAM
250GB system disk
160GB Scratch disk

[orisky]

um...wow, no joke, i either have the slowest PC on earth, or i did something horribly wrong (read directions, everything checked out)

drum roll please..... 1Hour+.... that's right, over an HOUR! I stopped the timer at 1 hour and 15 minutes and it wasn't complete yet!! All this time i thought my PC was rather quick :( i feel shamed...Newegg here i come.

XP MCE
P4 2.6GHZ HT
1.00 GB RAM
250GB system disk
160GB Scratch disk

Here you go: http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=423041 :)

Seriously, it's probably the lack of ram. This test is very ram intensive. Something as simple as upping the available ram for CS3 from 1.7gb to 2.4gb improved the times 2x for some of us. Do a search in this thread for a P4 2.6ghz and see what others with more ram have come up with.

[orisky]

Here you go:


"4:58 P4 2.6ghz, 2gigs of Ram, CS3 Extended (fresh reboot since I had just installed CS3 to perform this test)"

from earlier i this thread. Not blazing but still faster than an hr :) If you bump that up to 4gb it'll probably get down to about 1:xx mins.

[joseb552]

Here you go:


"4:58 P4 2.6ghz, 2gigs of Ram, CS3 Extended (fresh reboot since I had just installed CS3 to perform this test)"

from earlier i this thread. Not blazing but still faster than an hr :) If you bump that up to 4gb it'll probably get down to about 1:xx mins.


Thanks! I've had the upgrade bug for a while now, so i think at this point it would make more sense to build a new system. :lol: I'll probably order parts this week and let everyone know the updated times once everything is back up and running

[Golferdude1977]

I am running xp 32 bit and after reading all of these post I was thinking of going back to the xp64. But then I ran the test on my home built computer.

It is:
Q6600 oc to 3.2, 4 gb ram, 150 gb 10000 rpm system drive, 74 gb 10000 rpm scratch disk, and 3-500 gb raid 5 data drive, quadro 1500 vid card.

The first time I ran it I just changed the history and cache setting to 1,4 with mem util at 74% (1266mb), no 3 gb switch used - time was 1:30.

Second time I ran it, changed mem util to 100% (1711mb), no 3 gb switch - time was 1:11.

Then I added the 3 gb switch and userva=2800, mem util 100% (2400 mb), time was 0:28.

And I was running Kasperky AV and Stopzilla anti-spyware the whole time.

Not sure how much more I would gain by loading the xp64 again. I had it loaded initially but some of my programs didn't work too well on the xp64, so I went and got the 32 bit program for now.

[CyberDyneSystems]

um...wow, no joke, i either have the slowest PC on earth, or i did something horribly wrong (read directions, everything checked out)

drum roll please..... 1Hour+.... that's right, over an HOUR! I stopped the timer at 1 hour and 15 minutes and it wasn't complete yet!! All this time i thought my PC was rather quick :( i feel shamed...Newegg here i come.

XP MCE
P4 2.6GHZ HT
1.00 GB RAM
250GB system disk
160GB Scratch disk

We have a WINNER! :lol:

I'd look very closely at some serious anti spy ware apps first, the worry about upgrading RAM later.

[CyberDyneSystems]

I am running xp 32 bit and after reading all of these post I was thinking of going back to the xp64. But then I ran the test on my home built computer.

It is:
Q6600 oc to 3.2, 4 gb ram, 150 gb 10000 rpm system drive, 74 gb 10000 rpm scratch disk, and 3-500 gb raid 5 data drive, quadro 1500 vid card.

The first time I ran it I just changed the history and cache setting to 1,4 with mem util at 74% (1266mb), no 3 gb switch used - time was 1:30.

Second time I ran it, changed mem util to 100% (1711mb), no 3 gb switch - time was 1:11.

Then I added the 3 gb switch and userva=2800, mem util 100% (2400 mb), time was 0:28.

And I was running Kasperky AV and Stopzilla anti-spyware the whole time.

Not sure how much more I would gain by loading the xp64 again. I had it loaded initially but some of my programs didn't work too well on the xp64, so I went and got the 32 bit program for now.

It does sound like the tweeks you did managed to get your system running on par with a 64 bit install,. 28 seconds! Wow.

[Golferdude1977]

After I added the 3 GB switch I had to run it several times as I missed it the first time when it stopped. I was expecting closer to the minute...I was totally amazed.

[MCSboy]

Macbook Pro
2.33 GHz intel Core 2 Duo
3GB DDR2 RAM 667MHz

around 55 sec.

[roonsmits]

Running the test on my machine with these specs:

Gigabyte_P35-DS3R mainboard, Intel Core2Duo 6850 3Ghz processor (not over clocked) 4Gb of GEIL 800Mhz RAM, WD 160Gb SATA-II system disc, 320Gb WD SATA-II datadisc

37sec.

The test was done while running Mac OSx 10.5.1 and PS CS3 (Hackintosh, see http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?) no idea what the score would be running XP.

after OC-ing to 3.5Ghz, it took 30 seconds.

cheers,
Ronald

[blaudonner]

Wow, this is not good.

System:
Windows XP 32-bit
C2D E6750 OC'd to 3.2ghz from 2.66
4GB A-Data RAM (6400), 3gb flag in boot.ini
74GB 10,000rpm WD Raptor
250GB Seagate something something
GeForce 7300LE


Like the poster above me, I've gone OSX. Windows is bombed out of oblivion...the funny part is, nearly identical time.

Windows XP time: 39 seconds.
Leopard 10.5.1 time: 39 seconds.

Keep in mind I'm currently limiting Leopard to 3gb of RAM, as at 4gb it's having some conflicts with the IDE controller on my Gigabyte P35-DS3L board. I may bump to 4gb and see what I can pull out of it before Leopard crashes.

Running the test on my machine with these specs:

Gigabyte_P35-DS3R mainboard, Intel Core2Duo 6850 3Ghz processor (not over clocked) 4Gb of GEIL 800Mhz RAM, WD 160Gb SATA-II system disc, 320Gb WD SATA-II datadisc

37sec.

The test was done while running Mac OSx 10.5.1 and PS CS3 (Hackintosh, see http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?) no idea what the score would be running XP.

after OC-ing to 3.5Ghz, it took 30 seconds.

cheers,
Ronald

Have you had any issues with kernel panics (GSOD) with that board?

[michael_]

i get my new laptop in a few days ill e sure to do this

[roonsmits]

Have you had any issues with kernel panics (GSOD) with that board?


:D Nope, not that I can remember, all running just fine (LAN, Audio, USB2, Firewire, Bluetooth, NVidia 6600LE). Because of that, I see no reason to update to 10.5.2. All I'll be upgrading will be the graphic software, (C1 and everything Adobe).

cheers,
Ronald

[Moppie]

I have just done some slightly different performance testing: http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=5017818#post5017818


Would be great if some 8 Core Mac Pro users could join in on it as well :)

[davidinjp]

Run #1 - 39 seconds
Run #2 - 37 seconds

This benchmark is all about disks, not so much processor from what I can tell. \

dual Opteron 285 2.6 Ghz
Arc Areca 1110 RAID controller - WD Raptor 2 disk RAID zero on C:, WD Raptor 2 disk Raid 0 on D: (windows pagefile), 4 disk RAID 0 drive E: - PhotoShop set to use all 3 logical disks for temp files.
Windows Vista x64 with 6 GB RAM and partial SP1 patches.

[PeteJaffa]

I've just tried this test and I'm getting results of 11-14 seconds. That doesn't seem correct when I look at the other results. I have followed the instructions down to the letter.

I tried it with a couple of different configurations too.

System:
Win XP Pro
ABIT KN9-SLi
AMD 5600+ X2 2.9GHz
2GB Ballistix RAM
GeForce 8800GTS 320MB Graphics Card
250GB SATA System drive
500GB IDE (DATA & SCRATCH)

Am I missing something?

[CyberDyneSystems]

Run #1 - 39 seconds
Run #2 - 37 seconds

This benchmark is all about disks, not so much processor from what I can tell. \

dual Opteron 285 2.6 Ghz
Arc Areca 1110 RAID controller - WD Raptor 2 disk RAID zero on C:, WD Raptor 2 disk Raid 0 on D: (windows pagefile), 4 disk RAID 0 drive E: - PhotoShop set to use all 3 logical disks for temp files.
Windows Vista x64 with 6 GB RAM and partial SP1 patches.

Actually, it will find whatever bottleneck is biggest and do so in a hurry, this is one of the advantages of the test.
Needless to say on most PCs hard drive / pagefile is the slowest weakest link in the chain.

[CyberDyneSystems]

I've just tried this test and I'm getting results of 11-14 seconds. That doesn't seem correct when I look at the other results. I have followed the instructions down to the letter.

I tried it with a couple of different configurations too.

System:
Win XP Pro
ABIT KN9-SLi
AMD 5600+ X2 2.9GHz
2GB Ballistix RAM
GeForce 8800GTS 320MB Graphics Card
250GB SATA System drive
500GB IDE (DATA & SCRATCH)

Am I missing something?

I think so, but I don't know what?

[davidinjp]

I've just tried this test and I'm getting results of 11-14 seconds. That doesn't seem correct when I look at the other results. I have followed the instructions down to the letter.

I tried it with a couple of different configurations too.

Am I missing something?

I don't think your missing something. It's bit of a hokey test. I mean, what the #@$@ does this line from the readme translate too? "4) Set Any Processor usage to maximum (On laptops and iMacs, I'm system preferences on a Mac)"

I have no such line in my PS preferences. I'm I'm I'm I'm confused. Not exactly professional, consistent, or reliable if you know what I mean. :lol:

[PeteJaffa]

I think so, but I don't know what?

Just had to check it all again. Everything seems to be in place. The action runs fine.

I forgot to add I was using CS3 Extended. Don't think that would make a difference. I'll try a few more times.

[PeteJaffa]

Closed every app that was running. Same settings. 9.5 seconds it's down to now.

I'm hoping someone will point out what's wrong very soon.

EDIT: Well not so much what is wrong. I'm not complaining :)

[davidinjp]

Closed every app that was running. Same settings. 9.5 seconds it's down to now.

I'm hoping someone will point out what's wrong very soon.

EDIT: Well not so much what is wrong. I'm not complaining :)

Well, apparently the "AMD 5600+ X2 2.9GHz" is the new SUPER PROCESSOR. :)

My guess is something in your PS options is preventing one of the action commands from running, but the test Action does not have error control and reports done without actually running everything. Just a hunch.

[PeteJaffa]

Well, apparently the "AMD 5600+ X2 2.9GHz" is the new SUPER PROCESSOR. :)

My guess is something in your PS options is preventing one of the action commands from running, but the test Action does not have error control and reports done without actually running everything. Just a hunch.

Good points. CS3 is virtually a new install. Haven't changed many settings. It does sound like the action may not be doing its job properly although I don't know why.

[PeteJaffa]

I've went through the Action manually and I get the exact same results (to my eye anyway).

Oh well, I'll just have to make do.:) If anyone else has some suggestions let me know please.

[Steve Beck]

There is a problem somewhere...

[Michael_Lambert]

Home made machine,

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+
4 gigs of ram
WindowsXP(i know really does not use 4gigs)
Duel BFG NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS OC 512MB PCIe run SLI
WD Raptor drives
nForce 680i LT SLI motherboard

And i got 1 min 12 seconds

[orisky]

So for those that used the /userva=3000 /3gb flag, a word of caution.

I switched to a 30" monitor @2560x1600 and that flag threw me for a one week loop. For some reason, it caused Windows to clip. When I tried to drag a large image around with my mouse, the window and the mouse pointer would temporarily disappear. Also, when I tried to maximize and minimize CS3, it would often leave stale artifacts.

so while it'll cut down the time for this benchmark, in real life it may cause issues.

[equetefue]

Home made baby

C2D E6600 Ov'ed to 3.6ghz
4 gigs of ram
vista x64
8800gts 640mb
2x 150gb raptors in raid 0

27 seconds with

programs running:

Huey Pantone
Wacom Tablet
G15 keyboard software
UPS software

[michael_]

finally did it with my new laptop

Photoshop CS3 Extended 10.0

Toshiba Satellite P200 / 804
PROCESSOR: Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T7800
CPU SPEED: Dual Core 2.6GHz
HARD DRIVE: 400GB (200GB+200GB) Fujitsi SATA 5400rpm Drive + Toshiba SATA 5400rpm Drive + 250GB Lacie Portable Drive (USB 2.0)
MEMORY: 2GB (1GB+1GB) DDR2 (667) Both slots used.
VIDEO GRAPHICS: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 512MB (512MB discrete video memory
OPERATING SYSTEM: Genuine Windows Vista® Ultimate

Memory used was 1679mb, all three drives set as scratch disks

1min 22.891 sec

[equetefue]

don't understand this scratch disk thing .. what is it in essence ?

[rammy]

don't understand this scratch disk thing .. what is it in essence ?

Hard disk locations where photoshop puts it temp files when processing or when it needs to use "more memory". Go to Preferences in PS and where will be a Performance or Scratch Disk section. You set which drives PS uses for temp files.

[equetefue]

ok.. so how much of the drive should I set ? also what happens with that hd space after the test ?? lost ?

[michael_]

i think adobe recommend 300gb? its just temp files, example you have a folder full of papers, you want to work on that folder so you pull everything out of the folder and spread it out all over your desk, it takes up a hell of a lot of room, then when your done you put it all back in to the folder so your desk space is back to normal.

[CyberDyneSystems]

Scratch Disks:

In Adobe PSCS, you do not set a size or amount of drive space, you only point it to the drive letter you want it to use. If you only have a C: drive, then C: it is...

If you do set up a separate drive or partitions for PSCS to use, you would do so using your OS and it should be several gigabytes (about 8 - 10GB minimum ) with large image files an and histories etc.. it can get filled pretty fast. ( but 300GB is Waaaay more than you would ever need,. many people use a Raptor of any size, from 36GB up.. but even 36GB is more than enough. )

This test uses between 4 and 7 GB at least... )

[MikeT]

17" MacBook Pro OSX 10.5.2
2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB ram (100% for CS3 is 3072MB)
CS3 Extended.

EDIT: Guess it would help to include the time. Ran twice @ 45secs each !!! Much better than I expected.

[coleygm]

maybe i should get a Mac :(

[Saxi]

Intel 2.4GHz Dual Core, 4GB Ram XP Pro 32bit, Raptor 10K

40 seconds

[MikeT]

maybe i should get a Mac :(

I love Mac's now, this is my first one. I am currently cleaning and reinstalling windows on my old comp. and giving it to my father. Never goin back to PC's lol.

EDIT: On top of that, after I installed windows I got a spyware that changed my desktop to a red background with a biohazard symbol and said YOUR COMPUTER IS IN DANGER, DOWNLOAD OUR SPYWARE REMOVAL TOOL TO FIX IT. The entire background was a link to their site. I had to spend another 30 mins trying to figure out how to get rid of it. Can't believe it nailed my that fast, I couldn't even get zonealarm installED before it got me lol. Thankfully those problems are a thing of the past.

[r--x]

AMD Athlon XP 1700+ @ 1.54 GHz, 1GB Ram, Vista Business 32bit (sidebar on, aero off), 2x WD 80GB 7,2K RAID

14 minutes 49 seconds

[Graybeard]

Intel 6600 2.4GHz duel core
2GB Ram
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS
Windows XP Home
CS2

43 secs

[se7enhedd]

45sec

MacPro dual-core 2ghz
5gb ram
20gb scratch on Hitachi HDT7250

initial time of 1:20+ (99 history states, some menubar apps & dashboard running)
best time with dashboard deactivated, 1 history state and apps quit

[Kenosen]

1:46

FX-57 3GHz
1GB RAM 2-2-2-3
75gb Raptor
300GB Maxtor

(Looks like I should prob invest in dualcore lol)

[Nursedad]

3 minutes, 43 seconds.

Macbook Pro
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2ghz
4mb RAM

[gjl711]

I just ran this test tonight on my homebuilt.
1:38

Athlon X2-4200 (2200mHz)
2 gig (2.5-3-2-5)
Asus A8N-SLI deluxe
GForce 7900 GTO 256MB
SATA150 RAID01

[AirBrontosaurus]

29 sec.

CS3, Q6600 (quad core @ 2.4ghz), 4GB RAM, XP x64.

[cosworth]

XPS m1710. 4gb RAM and 2gb speedboost with Vista 32 ultimate.

57 seconds. After reboot, 67 seconds.

48 seconds. What's new? Vista Sp1. Scratch disks are now two 7200 drives running through sataII 34mm expresscard @3gbps.

[joseb552]

Thanks! I've had the upgrade bug for a while now, so i think at this point it would make more sense to build a new system. :lol: I'll probably order parts this week and let everyone know the updated times once everything is back up and running


well, I finally got a new system up and running, decided to go with an HP system this time around - some specs below:

HP Pavilion a6460t PC
- Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (32-bit)
- Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo processor E4600 (2.4GHz)
- 2GB DDR2-800MHz dual channel SDRAM (2x1024)
- 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS and TV Tuner / PVR
- FREE UPGRADE to 500GB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive from 320GB

Ran the test last night 5:05... a MUCH better time than before; still seems a little high, next week i'm ordering a scratch disc and an additional `1GB of RAM, any other suggestions?

[Guv]

More for my amusement than anything else I gave this test a go... although it shows that running PS under Wine is now a viable alternative.

Sun Ultra40 Workstation, 2x AMD Opteron 280's (2x 2.4Ghz dual cores), 8Gb RAM, 2x 500Gb WD 7200rpm drives (/boot: RAID1, /: RAID0, /home: RAID10,f2) running Ubuntu 8.04 AMD64: CS2 running under Wine 0.9.61 (updated this morning)

Time: 1:15

Some quick notes:
CPUs never got over 205% use (spread ~evenly over all four cores)
Did not appear to use scratch space at all
Under Wine, 100% memory = 1847Mb is usable by CS2

Cheers,
Guv

[hammerz_nailz]

CS2, Q6600, 8GB RAM, Vista 64

29 seconds

[Nightstalker]

Photoshop CS3 running on single 250Gb HDD (no seperate scratch disk - soon to be remedied).


Intel Core 2 Quad 6600 @2.4Ghz with 4GB Ram (3.25GB recognised) - Vista (32 bit)
100% memory usage for Photoshop = 1675Mb

Time - a respectable (I think) 44 seconds


UPDATE:

I have just installed a 500Gb Segate Barracuda HDD and have allocated 200GB as photoshop scratch disk - benchmark time down to 31 seconds.

[VBdiver]

I'm very happy with my results considering this is an older Powerbook and not one the new MacDaddy duo cores

time : 2:45

Powerbook 17" 1.5GHZ 2 gigs of RAM , 75 gig HD (almost full 12G free) did not use an external scratch disk , CS3 (not extended)

high speed (secondary?) cooling fan kicked in at about 2:00.
I'm gonna try again using Lacie external HD through FireWire 800 as a scratch disk . Might even try my even older Titanium but i'm certain the fans will be howling.

I wunder how many PC's flamed out on this test ? I've seen some impressive times quoted . But in the PC world there are 2 types ....the ones who admit their's crashed & the ones who lye about it :rolleyes: just kiddin

[Epix]

6:46

Went and made a sandwich.

[Gujustud]

Ran the test today:

1:09sec

AMD Opteron Dual Core 1.8 (oc'd to 2.3)
4gb of RAM
2GB of Readyboost
Vista 64x

[PeteJaffa]

After the crazy (incorrect) results I had before it seems I'm getting pretty normal times again after installing Vista x64 & Clean CS3.

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ @ 2.8Ghz
Vista x64
4GB RAM
250GB SATA Scratch (system) & 500GB IDE (data) Same results with both.
CS3 (Using 3255MB of RAM)

49 seconds

[Mark1]

I have to try this when I get home.

[Steve Beck]

Ordered 16gb more of ram for the macpro will take it to 32gb. See if I can get it under 16 seconds then. :)

[Epix]

6:46

Went and made a sandwich.Old Computer: 6:46
New Computer: 19.22 sec

Needless to say, I'm pleased.


Q6600 @ 3.4GHz
4GB DDR2 800
500GB WD HDD
512MB Nvidia 8800GTS OC
Vista Home Premium x64
Photoshop CS3 Extended

[Mustard Chops]

Mac Pro Quad 2.66Ghz
5Gb RAM
512MB ATI X1900

30.8 seconds... Thought I'd get it under 30 to be honest!

[Jimlevitt]

23 seconds

HP d5000t
Q9550 Quad Core, 2.83Ghz (no overclocking)
8gb ram
2x750Gb Hitachi hard drives, scratch disc on second drive
nVidia 8800GT graphics card
Vista64
Photoshop CS3

If I'm still lusting after a Mac, I guess it isn't because of speed! Must be the advertising...

[blinded]

I can't wait to do this, it'll probably take a long time on my computer lol.

[rigshots]

OK. This is the result from my current system which is 3 years old and just about to be replaced, in fact next week as it happens.

1m:53s (only ran the test once and with PS set to 1:4 as per instructions)
P4 3.2 HT
4GB DDR400 Ram
2x WD 10K 36GB in Raid 0 for swap
XP Pro 32bit
CS2

JJ

[jhom]

20.34"

Q6600 @ 3.24ghz
Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L
Corsair 6400-800 4GB
WD SATA 500gb x 2
EVGA 8600GT
XP Pro; 12gb pagefile on secondary drive, PS scratch disk on primary drive
CS3

[shotinthedark]

1:37

MacBook
Tiger OSX
2.16 ghz
2G ram
intel core duo
CS3

[bohdank]

:49
Home built PC
E8400 (dual core 3ghz) running at 3.6ghz
Win XP 32 bit
2 gigs of ram
CS3....... history=1 cache=4 (as per instructions)
2 x 250 RAID 1
2 x 500 RAID 1
cheapo Nvidia 8500 with 512 meg
scratch disk on secondary drive


Maybe I should get a Quad Core or more memory... then again, I don't process tests on a daily basis....lol

[relsah]

55.1 secs

2.4 Ghz Macbook Pro Intel Core Duo
4GB RAM
CS3

[MikeZip007]

Brand new home brew PC:

22 seconds

P5Q-E mobo
Q9550 quad core (2.8ghz)
8GB of RAM
7200 500GB Westurn Digital HD
Radeon 4850
Vista 64bit
CS3

MacBook Pro:

1:08

Core 2 Duo 2.33ghz
2GB RAM
CS3
OS.X

[rigshots]

about 36 sec (I counted elephants)

Q9550
4G ram
500GB Seagate system drive
2x 500GB Seagate in Raid 0 for data and seperate 2x 500GB Seagate in Raid 0 for swap
Windows XP Pro (not 64 bit)
CS2

[roonsmits]

Relatively small improvement for a lot of cash . . . .
I replaced my CPU with a quad core 2,8Ghz OC-ed to 3,4Ghz and it took 18 sec to complete the PS action.

cheers
Ronald


Running the test on my machine with these specs:

Gigabyte_P35-DS3R mainboard, Intel Core2Duo 6850 3Ghz processor (not over clocked) 4Gb of GEIL 800Mhz RAM, WD 160Gb SATA-II system disc, 320Gb WD SATA-II datadisc

37sec.

The test was done while running Mac OSx 10.5.1 and PS CS3 (Hackintosh, see http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?) no idea what the score would be running XP.

after OC-ing to 3.5Ghz, it took 30 seconds.

cheers,
Ronald

[tim]

30 seconds to 18 seconds is 45% improvement... that's pretty good.

[Epix]

Been tweaking some settings and I'm down to 17.89 secs.

[MaxxuM]

24.3 Seconds in CS3

Q6600 (OC 3.6Ghz)
8GB Ballistix Tracer DDR2-800
ASUS Maximus II Formula Motherboard (Tweaked to the Max)
2 x VelociRaptors 300GB Main Drives
1 x Raptor 150GB Swap for OS & Adobe Products
1.5TB Drobo
Vista64 Ultimate/Windows XP Pro32/SUSE

44 Seconds

MacBook Pro 15.4"
2.5Ghz Core2Duo
4GB RAM
250GB

My Mac Pro is at work and I'll do the test again on it Monday, but the last time I did I think I scored in the high 20's. I guess that makes sense because PS doesn't use or see beyond two cores. My PC is mainly for Adobe After Effects which it chomps through - but still no match for my Mac Pro. My main benchmark is CineBench which is a better guage of what I use my systems for.

[Moppie]

....I guess that makes sense because PS doesn't use or see beyond two cores.....

This has been proven false so many times it's not funny.
CS, CS2 CS3 and CS4 will use as many cores as you can throw at them.
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=461635

[MaxxuM]

This has been proven false so many times it's not funny.
CS, CS2 CS3 and CS4 will use as many cores as you can throw at them.
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=461635

Yep, you're right. I've read that CS3 was designed and optimized for 2 cores, but performance was increased with multiple cores (here (http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb401088)). Not that it cannot see multiple cores. Vista by default sets affinity at max cores for all processes and delegates them itself. Out-of-order processing is very complicated and not possible with some applications; PS cannot perform all tasks at once which is what I meant to say. One filter/action must be completed before another, some filters/file types are better optimized (I/O) for multithreading and so on.

At Tom' Hardware they've conducted tests with dual core's vs quads in Photoshop and the E6600 beats the Q6600 (albeit by 1 point). So there is a point of diminishing returns according to them. Photoshop is not taking full advantage of 4 cores. I've speculated with friends that this is because of the nature of PS - you just cannot perform many of the tasks out of order. Other programs truely designed for multiprocessing are usually render based (which some of PS tasks are, but not many yet) and can do 2-3-4 or even 8 tasks simultaniously. Adobe After Effects pegs 3 cores to 100% throughout a render and in Sony Vagas all 4 cores are between 70-100%. Both of those programs can process out-of-order.

[Moppie]

At Tom' Hardware they've conducted tests with dual core's vs quads in Photoshop and the E6600 beats the Q6600 (albeit by 1 point).

This has also been discussed before.
The Toms Hardware test makes use of Ram intensive filters, so is a very bad way of testing processor performance.
Photoshop's many different process all make different demands on hardware. Some are very, very ram intensive, making very little use of the CPU, while others are just the opposite and some put demand on both.


This thread shows that ultimately the fasted Photoshop machines are the ones with the most processors, the most ram, the fastest scratch discs and the highest bus speeds.

[MaxxuM]

This has also been discussed before.
The Toms Hardware test makes use of Ram intensive filters, so is a very bad way of testing processor performance.
Photoshop's many different process all make different demands on hardware. Some are very, very ram intensive, making very little use of the CPU, while others are just the opposite and some put demand on both.

This thread shows that ultimately the fasted Photoshop machines are the ones with the most processors, the most ram, the fastest scratch discs and the highest bus speeds.

Makes sense. You've put more thought into this than I :) I just did a third test, this time on my spare part system and came out with a 26 second time (E6850 w/ 4GB of 1033 RAM) - I overclocked it to 3.6Ghz for the test and damn it ran hot (66C). I'm sure there are tons of factors... more reason for me to tell my wife we need to upgrade when Intel comes out with their new CPU :lol:

[tim]

Makes sense. You've put more thought into this than I :) I just did a third test, this time on my spare part system and came out with a 26 second time (E6850 w/ 4GB of 1033 RAM) - I overclocked it to 3.6Ghz for the test and damn it ran hot (66C). I'm sure there are tons of factors... more reason for me to tell my wife we need to upgrade when Intel comes out with their new CPU :lol:

You'd also need a new motherboard and DDR-3 RAM, which could make it an expensive system. I'm considering the upgrade, but i'll wait and see.

[OdiN1701]

16.97 Seconds

Home-built PC:

Intel Quad-Core 2.4GHz @ 3GHz
8GB RAM
150GB WD Raptor main drive
Dual WD 500GB in RAID1 Data Drive (also used as scratch)
Nvidia 8600GTS

Vista Ultimate x64 (I killed a lot of processes, manually stopped a bunch of stuff behind the scenes in the services app too).

Set the CPU priority to High.

Some BIOS performance tweaks.

I suppose I could get it down more with some tweaking, but it's fast enough. Actually I'd probably have to overclock more thinking about it.

[kitacanon]

Would someone perhaps be kind enuf to explain how this works?
I downloaded the files and only see Mac folders...the image of the eagle (?) comes up but do not find any "Retouch Artists" action anywhere...thanks...
and if I can, please see my post (below) asking for timings of Convert/Save RAW file survey...thanks again...

[strmrdr]

1 min 23 seconds using the settings in the file with my normal workload up.
55 seconds clean.
athlon 5000+ BE no OC 3.25GB ram in windows XP 32 bit.
Overclocked to 3GHZ removes 8 seconds.
Single seagate 500GB sata that is slowish.
Photoshop CS2
Not bad for a $480 computer

[Shuko]

45sec
E6600 2.4GHz
4GB 800Hz
150GB Raptor
CS4 on WinXP 32bit

kitacanon, the action is called "Retouch Artists Speed Test.atn" in folder "retouchartists.com_speed_test.zip\Retouch Artists Speed Test\Action".

[jetboy]

47 seconds

Home built PC
6000+ @ 3200
8gb ddr2 800
4.5gb set as Ramdrive for virtual memory & scratch disk
2x 320gb caviars
Vista HP and CS4

[Sauk]

37 seconds on a E6600
8GB Ram 800hz
500GB Sata 3.0
CS4 on Vista 64

[dehoff]

20 seconds


Homebuild:

Asus P5Q-E MB
Q9550 CPU
8 GB 1066 RAM
150 GB Velociraptor for OS/Apps
74 GB Raptor for Scratch
1 TB Caviar Black for Storage

Stock build, no overclocking (yet....)

[Thufir Hawat]

15 seconds

Homebuild:

Asus P6T Deluxe
Intel Core i7 920 @3554 Mhz
6 GB Ram @1064 Mhz - OCZ Platinum 1333 Mhz 3x2GB 7-7-7-24
1TB Samsung F1 Sata (OS/Apps/Scratch/Storage)

Adobe Photoshop CS4 64 bit, Vista Home Basic 64 bit.

I don't know exactly what a scatchdisk does.
However, if a program runs faster because its on an faster harddrive, you just need more ram.
Programs should only start faster on better harddrives.
I can only hope Photshop will use ram instead of harddrives as long as there's room for it.

[Skychurch]

22 seconds

Homebuild:

Asus P5Q-E MB
Q9550 CPU
8 GB OCZ Reaper DDR2 800 (not overclocked)
nVidia 8400GS graphics card
Vista x64
Photoshop CS4

[HankScorpio]

16 seconds

Asus P6T Deluxe
Intel Core i7 920 (stock speed)
12GB DDR3 RAM

Photoshop CS4 64bit
Vista Home Premium 64bit

[GregSteer]

1min 22secs

Homebrew
Core 2 Duo E6850 3Ghz
4Gb Geil DDR2 (buggered if I can remember the timings)
36Gb Raptor for OS
36Gb Raptor for Scratch
XP Pro 32-Bit
Photoshop CS3

In really needs ffring, slow as a pig atm

[R_Metzel]

3 min 47 sec (test image)
Dell e520
duo 2.8 GHz
3 gb ram
full HD
xp 32bit
10 history states in CS3

17 secs. ( test image )
Dell Studio
Quad Core 2.33GHZ Q8200
8 GB ram ( 6 dedicated to PS)
2- 640 gb 7,200 rpm HDs
Vista 64 bit
10 history states in CS4

31 secs ( .CR2 from 5d )
Dell Studio
Quad Core 2.33GHZ Q8200
8 GB ram ( 6 dedicated to PS)
2- 640 gb 7,200 rpm HDs
Vista 64 bit
10 history states in CS4

[Oakey22]

44.3 seconds on my dell xps 1530 laptop,
Dell Xps 1530
2.5Ghz Dual core
4Gb Ram
256mb Graphics
Vista 32bit
Photoshop cs4
500Gb 5400rpm

[Mpiece]

4:20 secs

home built
athlon 3700
1gb ram
xp 32bit with cs4
seperate scratch disk
all i did was close firefox and ran test
history states 20 , ram usage 65% because i forgot to close and reopen PS lol

[Gab1707]

22 seconds

Asus Rampage Formula
Q9550
8GB DDR2 800Mhz
Seagate 750gb
EVGA 260
Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit
Photoshop CS4

EDIT:

32 seconds

Lenovo T400

Core 2 Duo T9600 (2.8Ghz)
4GB DDR3
320gb 7200rpm HDD
Ati Mobility Radeon HD 3400
Windows Vista 64bit
Photoshop CS4

[40d]

MacBook Pro 15"
2.8ghz
4GB
Running 24" Apple Cinema Display as well as internal screen
320GB 7200rpm HDD
PS CS4

Using regular settings: 2:01
Using their recommended test settings: 37 seconds

[PM01]

15 seconds.

Intel QX9650 at 4ghz.
8 gigs Corsair XMS2 ram at 800mhz
Seagate 7200.11 1tb drive
23 Apple Cinema Display (wishing for a NEC pro...)
Vista Ultimate 64
EVGA 780i motherboard
EVGA 9800GX2
CS4 64 bit

I do like the speed times on the guys with the new i7 chips! Was looking at the Extreme i7. :) :) :)

[Tony-S]

26 seconds.

Intel Q6600 @ 3.2 ghz
Asus PK5-E mobo
8 gb PC6400/667 mhz RAM
Samsung 1 TB/7200/32 MB
MSI nVidia 8600GT/256 mb
Mac OS X 10.5.6
Photoshop CS4

[s2kologist]

6:14
using their settings
toshiba laptop
pentium 4
1.5gb ram
cs3

9:43
memory=100% history=20 cache=6

[coleygm]

Would someone perhaps be kind enuf to explain how this works?
I downloaded the files and only see Mac folders...the image of the eagle (?) comes up but do not find any "Retouch Artists" action anywhere...thanks...
and if I can, please see my post (below) asking for timings of Convert/Save RAW file survey...thanks again...

Wish i could help, but i'm a PC person and no idea how to install the script on a MAC...i'm sure someone will help you out though.

[TeeTee]

Tested my new build...

13 seconds

Intel i7 920 (OC@3.8ghz)
ASUS P6T
Corsair 6gb DDR3 1600mhz
BFGTech Geforce GTX295

And on my laptop, better than I expected.

1:04 minutes

MacBook Pro
Intel C2D (2.16ghz)
Corsair 2GB DDR2 667mhz
Etc etc...

[TeeTee]

I don't know exactly what a scatchdisk does.
However, if a program runs faster because its on an faster harddrive, you just need more ram.
Programs should only start faster on better harddrives.
I can only hope Photshop will use ram instead of harddrives as long as there's room for it.

I'm afraid you're not quite right.

Photoshop will use scratch disks, even if the computer's RAM hasn't been fully utilized. I don't know why, and I don't know exactly how it works (Adobe's said nothing) however scratch disks are still used specifically when copying history states and layers.

[PM01]

Tested my new build...

13 seconds

Intel i7 920 (OC@3.8ghz)
ASUS P6T
Corsair 6gb DDR3 1600mhz
BFGTech Geforce GTX295

And on my laptop, better than I expected.

1:04 minutes

MacBook Pro
Intel C2D (2.16ghz)
Corsair 2GB DDR2 667mhz
Etc etc...

Are you running a 64 bit OS? I would have fully expected the 3.8 oc to be about 10 seconds or less...

[TeeTee]

Yeah, 64bit Vista Ultimate & CS4. Likely a case of diminishing returns once operations perform that fast.

Here's a more intensive and up to date benhcmark.

Driver Heaven Photoshop Benchmark
http://www.driverheaven.net/photoshop.php

Scored ~180 seconds on that one if I remember right.

[HankScorpio]

Yeah, 64bit Vista Ultimate & CS4. Likely a case of diminishing returns once operations perform that fast.
I think you're right, looking at other i7 920s with overclocks compared to mine which is still stock (and staying that way based on PS performance) the difference in speed is tiny given the size of some overclocks. It seems my choice of 12GB of RAM instead of a 940 was the right one as mine at stock outperforms some overclocked 920s with less RAM in PS and PS is it's main job.

[Mpiece]

New computer ...

i7-920 stock speed
6gb ram
vista 64 with 64bit cs4

15 seconds !!!!

[FZ1]

Cool test.

TeeTee, your build is similar to mine. I think the SSD gives me an edge.

12.5 seconds (timed with my iPhone)

CS4
Vista 64
Asus P6T Deluxe mobo
XFX 9800GX2 vid card
6GB DDR3 OCZ Gold
Using OCZ Apex SSD (120GB)

Probably could best it if I lowered the RAM speed and tightened the timings...I'm guessing CS4 doesn't saturate the RAM bandwidth.

[Moppie]

45sec. :cool:

Intel Q6600 (4 x 2.4ghz)
4gb 800mh Ram
Intel DP35 m/b
Vista 32bit, PS CS3
Western Digital SATA2 320gb drive as primary cache, 2 x 500gb SATA2 Seagate barracudas as 2nd and 3rd caches.
Nvidia 8800GT graphics card (512mb, so it sucks up usable ram, but the g/f likes her games).



I did the above test in Febuary 2008, and the machine was built in November 2007.

It is still running the same internals, and the same Vista install that went on when it was built.
Of course since then I have added extra programs to it.

The only major thing that has happened was the firewire controller on the board shorting out in January and it having to go back to Intel. Rather than replace it, they simply repaired it.
So the machine was stripped down to get the board out, but then reassembled when it returned, and simply turned back on. Vista just thought there had been hardware failure and asked if I wanted to start in safe mode, which I didn't.


So given that the machine has been running the same install on the same hardware since November 2007 I thought I would run this test again, about 12 months after I last did.


Last test: 45sec
Todays test: 38sec

:lol::lol::lol:

I ran it 3 times just to make sure.

[Mustard Chops]

20.4 Sec
Mac Pro 2.8 8 Core
8GB Ram
HD2600 256MB :(
CS4 32Bit

Might have to wait for the next version of photoshop and 64bit support to catch up with some of you guys!

[joseb552]

Just rebuilt my PC, a little faster of course ;)

52.5s (was 5 minutes 05 seconds last time I tested it)

Core2Duo E4600
6GB PC6400
320GB SATA 3.0 scratch disk
Vista 64 and CS4 64

[enilm]

My old build.

3 mins 35 seconds
AMD - x2 4200+
2GB
CS4
xp 32bit

My new build. I just built this over the weekend. Having a tuff time overclocking. I'm a rookie just learning.

15 seconds
Intel i7 920 at 3.2Ghz
Mushkin 6GB at 1266mhz
evga x58 motherboard
evga gtx 260
CS4, vista 64bit

[philmar]

Just curious....
has anyone done the speed test using the exact same computer and components using CS3 and then using CS4?
I find that CS4 with my upgraded 8 GB RAM Vista 64 rig isn't as fast as CS3 was with XP Pro and 4 GB RAM. I never did the speed test with CS3 installed so I can't compare results.

[Yogesh Sarkar]

1 min and 13 seconds using their recommended settings.
Intel C2D E4500 2.2GHZ
2x1GB 667MB RAM
160GB SATA hdd (two partitions which old applications and data)
CS2 and XP SP3

[equetefue]

12 secs

Evga x58 3-Way Sli mobo
i920 @ 4.0 ghz
12gb DDR3 1600
old 8800 GTS 640
Win 7 64

getting a pair of 285's GTX and 3 SSD in Raid 0 in 1 week and bump my Overclock back to 4.2
Looking for 10's

[John_TX]

Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 2.2Ghz 2MB L2 (800mhz FSB)
Intel DG965WH w/onboard graphics
4GB (3.25GB) DDR2 800mhz
Seagate 1TB 7200.11 scratch
Vista 32bit SP2 w/CS4

50 seconds (with 1 History State)



-

[John_TX]

12 secs

Evga x58 3-Way Sli mobo
i920 @ 4.0 ghz
12gb DDR3 1600
old 8800 GTS 640
Win 7 64

getting a pair of 285's GTX and 3 SSD in Raid 0 in 1 week and bump my Overclock back to 4.2
Looking for 10's

Is it correct to assume you've got Hyperthreading enabled for the i7 920 (for a total of 8 cores (4 real, 4 virtual)? Have you tried running the same test with Hyperthreading disabled? If so, did turning off Hyperthreading result in better or worse times?

[equetefue]

haven't tried it, but I'm now at 4.2ghz stable so I will run test again

[nphsbuckeye]

Assuming I did it correct, I kept getting 3 seconds at 1-10 history states, 4 or 5 cache, and 5-11GB RAM. The only thing that changed the speed was the cache size: history and memory did nothing. In any case, but machine is a screamer compared to my old one, so I'm not going to "pixel peep".

i7 920 stock
ASUS Rampage II Extreme
12GB 1600
Vista
And if it matters, $70 graphics card

[equetefue]

nah..you didn't do it right.

Follow the instructions and u'll see... If you have questions hit me up

[enilm]

Assuming I did it correct, I kept getting 3 seconds at 1-10 history states, 4 or 5 cache, and 5-11GB RAM. The only thing that changed the speed was the cache size: history and memory did nothing. In any case, but machine is a screamer compared to my old one, so I'm not going to "pixel peep".

i7 920 stock
ASUS Rampage II Extreme
12GB 1600
Vista
And if it matters, $70 graphics card

3 seconds? Can't be true when everybody else is getting 12-15 with these 920's.

[equetefue]

No way he did on stock... dude look at my system and it took 11 seconds after i bumped another 200mhz..

[nphsbuckeye]

nah..you didn't do it right.

Follow the instructions and u'll see... If you have questions hit me up
Haha, like I said, if I did it correct. I'm sure it's wrong, but like I said, I did that for fun and not necessarily to make my computer faster. But I'll let you know if I need further assistance.

[Jim G]

Mac Pro - quad 2.66ghz, early 2009 model.

3GB RAM.

18 seconds.

[Aszental]

i7 920
6 gig 1333

50 Seconds!!

Why does my computer suck so much?

[agphotography]

On my first gen Mac Pro:

Quad 2.66Ghz Xeon
9GB DDR2 667mhz RAM
1x 250GB 7200RPM
1x 500GB 7200RPM Scratch
ATI X1900 512MB
CS4 / 10.5.7
Time: 34secs.

Not bad for a 3 year old computer ;)

On my Macbook:

C2D 2.2Ghz
4GB DDR2 667mhz RAM
1x 250GB 5400RPM
Intel x3100 (nonsense)
CS4 / 10.5.7
Time: 56sec.

Also pretty reasonable given the spec of the computer.

[tim]

I did the above test in Febuary 2008, and the machine was built in November 2007.

It is still running the same internals, and the same Vista install that went on when it was built.
Of course since then I have added extra programs to it.

The only major thing that has happened was the firewire controller on the board shorting out in January and it having to go back to Intel. Rather than replace it, they simply repaired it.
So the machine was stripped down to get the board out, but then reassembled when it returned, and simply turned back on. Vista just thought there had been hardware failure and asked if I wanted to start in safe mode, which I didn't.


So given that the machine has been running the same install on the same hardware since November 2007 I thought I would run this test again, about 12 months after I last did.


Last test: 45sec
Todays test: 38sec

:lol::lol::lol:

I ran it 3 times just to make sure.

See, it's had practice now. Try again, I bet it's faster still!

[CyberDyneSystems]

12 second scores...
Man SkyNet is looking old :)


It's come to my attention that the Retouch Artist speed test is no longer available from them, (in fact it looks like the site is down all together?)

For interest in maintaining consistency, it would be nice to still have the file available for new members...
I'll look to see if we can get permission to host the files...
In the meant time, if anyone else wants to do so link us up please :)

[Bwaze]

Yes, could somebody please upload the file (maybe to some external hosting server)??? I just rebuilt my computer, and now I can't test it with the thing I built it for, namely Photoshop. :P

Previous scores:

On Windows Vista 32bit:
Intel E6750 @ 2,66 GHz, Asus P5K, 4GB RAM, GeForce 8800 GTS: 40s
Intel E6750 @ 3,5 GHz, Asus P5K, 4GB RAM: 33s

And now...

Windows 7 64bit:
Intel i920 @2,66 GHz, Asus P6T, 6 GB RAM, GeForce 8800 GTS...

...and no Photoshop Speed Test. Don't even want to overclock if I can't test the speed in PS. :P

[HankScorpio]

I can host the file but I don't have a copy. If someone does, PM me and I'll give you an email address to send it to.

[enilm]

I have the file if anyone would like me to email to them.

[CyberDyneSystems]

FYI, it's two files we need.. (or one zip with both)
The PS action, and the jpeg.

[enilm]

FYI, it's two files we need.. (or one zip with both)
The PS action, and the jpeg.

Correct. I'm sending the whole folder which includes the readme file for instructions also.

[HankScorpio]

OK now hosted at:

http://www.techdystopia.com/rast/RetouchArtists.com_Speed_Test.zip

If anyone from Retouch Artists wants me to remove it or contact me for any other reason then use photos (at) agimaging (dot) co (dot) uk

[tommykjensen]

Ok tested my current machine:

Pentium 4 3,20 GHz dual core, 4 GB ram (3,25 GB available), Windows XP SP 3 (32 bit)

Time: 1 minute and 27 seconds.

Will be interesting to test again in a few days when I got my new machine:

- Gigabyte GA-X58-UD4 motherboard
- Core i7-920 4x2.66GHz 4,8GT/sec
- 12 GB DDR3 TriChannel(1333MHz)
- 2 x Seagate 1500GB S-ATAII 3Gb/s 32mb
- 2 x WD Raptor 150GB 10000rpm (one for Vista and one for ps scratch disk)
- Pioneer Blu-Ray Combo BDC-202BK
- Nvidia GTX295 1792MB PCI-E
- SilverStone KL01B

[CyberDyneSystems]

Damn Tommy, you'll be down to seconds with that set up!

[tommykjensen]

I sure hopes so :lol:

[Michael_Lambert]

1 Minute 10 Seconds on my Imac.

Model Name: Mac
Model Identifier: iMac5,2
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 1.83 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 2 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz

[Michael_Lambert]

Anyone know the command or script to us on PC to pull all the data of the machine? I remember coming across something once before on another tech board for posting details about a machine simple and easy but can't seem to find it.

[equetefue]

I'm at 11 right now... doing some SSD's in raid 0 and SLi 295gtx's in 2 weeks... 10's here we come.

[CyberDyneSystems]

You think the graphics card will help? ( obviously the scratch disks will! )
I know prior to PSCS4, they absolutely made no difference, but I understand that's not the case now with PSCS4.

[Mustard Chops]

36.4 on 17" MacBook Pro 2.8Ghz / 4Gb Ram / SSD.