Another test for photoshop speed..

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following on from http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17649132


there is another test on http://www.driverheaven.net/photoshop.php

it tells you how to open image award min of 300meg to cache & how to load the action and the timer built in.

now using the http://www.driverheaven.net/photoshop.php guide set on 300meg cache

i added loading the picture into photoshop

load = 0.6s
CMYK colour conversion = 0.8s
RGB colour conversion = 1.2s
Dust & scratch = 1.3s
Water colour = 12.5s
Texturiser = 1.1s
Stained Glass = 3.5s
Lighten effects = 2.2s
Mosiac tiles = 8.6s
Extrude = 39.9s
Smart Blur = 30.5s
Underpainting = 14.1s

im not sure of the actual how true the photoshop timing is, as from the other thread, the radial blur from that is sub 10sec on the below pc but allways staes 13.1/13.2 on the photoshop timing even using stop watch it differs under 10sec.

again the counting method of photoshop on the Extrude & smart blur does not take as long as photoshop reports 39.9sec and 30.5sec BUT it is still a guide i guess photoshop should be similar to all who take the test.

so if you wish to try this i guess timing is still "another mans where to count from".

thank you to the http://www.driverheaven.net/photoshop.php for this test. it may be for cs2 and cs3 is not the same for timing

above tests im using a 32bit winxp q6600 not clocked 2 gig ram ps cs3.
 
load = 0.7s
texturiser = 0.9s
CMYK colour conversion = 1.2s
RGB colour conversion = 1.3s
Dust & scratch = 1.1s
Water colour = 9.7s
Texturiser = 1.0s
Stained Glass = 3.0s
Lighten effects = 2.2s
Mosiac tiles = 9.1s
Extrude = 39.0s
Smart Blur = 54.4s
Underpainting = 12.9s


Activity monitor shows MOST of the steps are using just 100% of the CPU (800% available if that makes sense) so these benchmark steps dont appear to be multithreaded at all.

Im not sure how true the photoshop timing is, as from the other thread, the radial blur from that is 7s on the below pc but always states 10sec on the photoshop timing even using my stop watch it shows about 7sec.

Above tests im using a Macpro 8x2.8ghz / 10gb FBDimm800mhz / 8800GT 512mb / 320gbHDD / OSX 10.5.2 / PS CS3
 
Texturiser = 1.0
CMYK colour conversion = 1.4s
RGB colour conversion = 1.8s
Dust & scratch = 1.9s
Water colour = 11.0s
Texturiser = 1.0s
Stained Glass = 3.2s
Lighten effects = 3.2s
Mosaic tiles = 7.6s
Extrude = 35.3s
Smart Blur = 29.2s
Underpainting = 12.6s

-- Reboot

Texturiser = 1.0
CMYK colour conversion = 1.2s
RGB colour conversion = 1.7s
Dust & scratch = 1.8s
Water colour = 9.7s
Texturiser = 0.8s
Stained Glass = 3.0s
Lighten effects = 3.1s
Mosaic tiles = 7.6s
Extrude = 32.2s
Smart Blur = 27s
Underpainting = 11.4s

Photoshop CS3 - PC specs below - Interesting to see the like for like difference between systems.

I looked long and hard at the mac Pro when it was announced and considered going back to mac
but I baulked at the £2.5k+ price tag. In the end I opted to spank just £500 and I'm glad I did.
 
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:. the "timing area" doesn't show for me ? (CS3)



look at bottom of the picture.........click the arrow and change it to

timing.jpg
 
Ah cool thanks mate :)

Load = 0.6s
Texturiser = 1.6
CMYK colour conversion = 0.8s
RGB colour conversion = 0.9s
Dust & scratch = 1.0s
Water colour = 9.6s
Texturiser = 0.8s
Stained Glass = 2.9s
Lighten effects = 1.7s
Mosaic tiles = 6.7s
Extrude = 31.3s
Smart Blur = 24.2s
Underpainting = 10.6s

Specs: Q6600 3.16GHz / 4GB DDR2 933MHz / 8800GT-OC / CS3 / Vista32 SP1


Edit*

I beat dual Quad MAC Pro????!
 
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No Reboot
Texturiser = 0.8
CMYK colour conversion = 1.4
RGB colour conversion = 1.8
Dust & scratch = 2.0
Water colour = 11.0
Texturiser = 0.9
Stained Glass = 3.1
Lighten effects = 3.3
Mosaic tiles = 7.7
Extrude = 35.2
Smart Blur = 28.1
Underpainting = 12.7

E6750 @ stock - 2gb ram - 8800gt 512mb
32bit winxp - PS CS3
 
No reboot, Msn convos and firefox open,

load: 0.6
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.9
8.5
0.7
2.5
1.6
6.0
29.0
22.3
10.0

Q6600 @ 3.4, 4GB ram, 8800GT, 250GB hardrive. I'l redoe it when nothing else is eating any ram. Figured i'de do a quick test for the whole 4 odd minutes it took.

So er.. where is all that MacPro going? :D
 
Texturizer Test......... 0.8
CMYK Colour Conversion.. 0.6
RGB Colour Conversion... 0.8
Dust and Scratches...... 0.9
Watercolour............. 8.1
Texturizer.............. 0.7
Stained Glass........... 2.3
Lighting Effects........ 1.4
Mosaic Tiles............ 5.6
Extrude.................24.5
Smart Blur..............19.9
Underpainting........... 8.1

Total Time (£600 PC)....73.7

Edit: Darryn's £1500 Mac.....136.5 - Just pointing out price/performace ratio! :D
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Specs in sig.

Did it straight after a long editing session in avid media composer.

Darryn, How much did your Mac cost?
 
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