HP Blackbird 002 High Performance Gaming System

Name: HP Blackbird 002 High Performance Gaming System - Page 6
Brand: HP

by Marco Chiappetta — Wednesday, September 05, 2007, 08:00 AM EDT

In our custom LAME MT MP3 encoding test, we convert a large WAV file to the MP3 format, which is a very popular scenario that many end users work with on a day-to-day basis to provide portability and storage of their digital audio content.

LAME MT MP3 Encoding Test

Converting a Large WAV To MP3

In this test, we created our own 223MB WAV file (a never-ending Grateful Dead jam) and converted it to the MP3 format using the multi-thread capable LAME MT application in single and multi-thread modes. Processing times are recorded below. Once again, shorter times equate to better performance.

Our reference systems based on the Core 2 Extreme QX6850 and QX6800 finished our custom LAME MT encoding benchmark in the same amount of time due to their similar frequencies (2.93GHz vs. 3.0GHz). The Blackbird 002, however, thanks to its factory-overclocked 3.67GHz processor chewed through our LAME MT tests 5 (multi-threaded) and 7 (single-threaded) seconds faster than the stock systems.

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Marco Chiappetta

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com