Driverheaven Photoshop Challenge

Zardon · Jan 10, 2004, 09:01 PM

Well its a weekend and news is a little slower than normal, so I thought we might have a little fun with some benching this weekend, no not the usual 3dmark2001 or 2003 tests, but something which will appeal to all you "real worlders" out there who value overall real world system test performance much higher.

Of course if you dont happen to have Photoshop7 then this is going to be pretty much wasted, but after looking in our heavenly visions forum quite a few of you have it (and all fully legal im sure **coughs**).

For those of you who have no idea what im talking about, let me introduce you to a Photoshop script I created for use with our benchmarking of processors, first seen in our AMD 3200 64bit CPU test here, as you will see we compared stock 3200 performance with an overclocked barton @ 2300mhz. Faster times are of course better.

Im going to offer to our members the benchmarking script I set up for our CPU tests so you can all compare your real world performance.

Here is how you use it. Load Photoshop 7, go into your action pallete , on the right of the pallette is an arrow, click it - then LOAD action. find the file on your hard drive then go into "button mode" in the same action menu. If you dont see an "actions" go to WINDOW on menu bar and check it on there.

open an image, JPG RGB format is fine (be careful with indexed coloured GIFS), then resize the image via IMAGE - image size click off the "constrain proportion", then make the image 4510 pixels wide by 3100 deep - this gives you a 40 meg file. click OK and wait a little for it to resize. by now you should be in button mode on the actions pallette so what we need is to activate Photoshops built in timing mechanism. so at the bottom left within the application, click the arrow and set it to "TIMING"

Now click the BENCHMARKING bar in the actions pallette and let it run. this will give you a time once it finishes. As you can see from the 3200 64 bit review, the stock opteron scored 75.9 seconds and the overclocked barton beat it at 73.5 seconds, since then ive overclocked my barton to 2450mhz, and put in some OCZ 4200 @ 220fsb 2x256 tight timings with the new abit AN7 and bested it to 62.6 seconds.

Memory settings in photoshop should ideally be 50% or so and 512 meg of ram or more is really needed to run this effectively. Dont be running other apps in the background, let photoshop hog all the CPU time.

Oh yes the script, you can get it here its only 1k compressed ! so no massive 200 meg downloads for you 56kers ! have fun.

***craig5320*** · Jan 10, 2004, 09:04 PM

My system specs are where it ends, you'd think I'd be able to pull my own, but no my 3200+ Barton sags in at a whopping

149 seconds,

darnit

Dyre Straits · Jan 10, 2004, 09:11 PM

AND, in case you can't remember all that Zardon wrote, do this:

Highlight his message.

Right click and select Print.

On the next screen choose SELECTION.

You will now get a nice neat printout of his instructions.

EDIT: 124.5s on my system.

Chaos · Jan 10, 2004, 09:38 PM

99 seconds here

EDIT: defraged hd's now 86.4

toddsmack2k · Jan 10, 2004, 09:49 PM

Mine is the review system, LOL! 75.9 seconds

Update 72.1 seconds

HsuGotaQ · Jan 10, 2004, 10:00 PM

85.6 seconds here

Current specs
Barton 2500+ @ 2800+ (166x12.5)
1GB PC2700
A7N8X Revision 2

Judas · Jan 10, 2004, 10:35 PM

79.4 seconds... i'm impressed.... stained glass appears to be the one that took the longest...

DarkFoss · Jan 10, 2004, 10:41 PM

74.8s here...
Thanks Zardon for the nice bench

Update disabled Norton's Av and Internet Securities 69.6

Judas · Jan 10, 2004, 10:45 PM

damn... i thought i had something going.... i'll push my barton on stock cooling to 3400+ and post...

Judas · Jan 10, 2004, 10:46 PM

Actually... what i'm needing is FSB increase.. .which is a no go for me..... my mobo doesn't support the 6:2:1 ratios.... only the 5:2:1

Hosscrop · Jan 10, 2004, 11:46 PM

60.2 here

P4 3.0C 1024Mb Corsair TwinX LL 3200 memory
Nothing clocked at all

Interesting bench, thanks Zardon and happy birthday.

edperks · Jan 11, 2004, 12:08 AM

87.5 here on a 2.4b pent 768 mem

Dyre Straits · Jan 11, 2004, 12:23 AM

Pretty consistent score for me: 123.9s the second attempt.

Driver 7 · Jan 11, 2004, 01:16 AM

My first try was 68.9 Seconds

Finsta · Jan 11, 2004, 02:17 AM

About 64secs with Maxtor 160gb SATA drive, P4 2.8ghz HT Enabled and 1gb of PC3500 in Dual Channel mode.
Update: Removed half the crap running and it is....58.7Secs

BetrayerX · Jan 11, 2004, 04:24 AM

P4 2.4 @ 2.64GHz, 512MBDDR FSB @ 440MHz: 85.1s

EDIT:

Rebooted the machine. Set it to FSB 480MHz
P4 2.4 @ 2.88GHz

DDR was running originaly @ 292MHz, now it''s at 320MHz SPD settings all the way..

After rebooting, I disabled all I could and ran it again.

74.5s

Kill-O-Byte · Jan 11, 2004, 05:23 AM

Sorry for the stupid question, but is there a way I can do this with Photoshop Elements 2.0 I can't find anything about loading an action and can't afford the full version.

Thanks

Talicni_Tom · Jan 11, 2004, 06:44 AM

90.5 sec on p4 2.4

this is interesting:ps cs did the same in 19.2 sec

MrThc · Jan 11, 2004, 10:24 AM

59.9 secs

P4 2.4C @ 3Ghz(250fsb)
8KNXP (i875P)
1Gb DDR400

Thanks for the benchmark Zardon

Zulan · Jan 11, 2004, 11:33 AM

photoshop 7 reports: 80.7 seconds
Photoshop CS (8) reports: 17.2 seconds

**Roadee** · Jan 11, 2004, 11:39 AM

Is there that much of a performance increase between the 2 versions?? Can anyone verify this.....if you happen to have both.

Thanks.......and awesome scores everyone. Having computer problems this weekend.....not able to run the bench.

wertret · Jan 11, 2004, 12:21 PM

74,1s (barton 200x11) 1 gb ram ddr333 /2 ultrascsi hds

70,7s (unloaded all background crap)

Zardon · Jan 11, 2004, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Zulan
photoshop 7 reports: 80.7 seconds
Photoshop CS (8) reports: 17.2 seconds

Photoshop CS isnt taking the whole test just the last part of it.

Logla · Jan 11, 2004, 01:44 PM

72.2s P4b 2.4@2.9 512Mb

WildChild · Jan 11, 2004, 05:08 PM

68.1 with everything runnin in the backround etc. nothing occ

sinjin · Jan 11, 2004, 10:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Zardon
Photoshop CS isnt taking the whole test just the last part of it.

bummer.

Zardon · Jan 11, 2004, 10:30 PM

im sure there is a setting to let CS handle the timing for the whole script and not just the individual sections of the script. I really havent had time to get updated on that specific version and some of the changes.

Zardon · Jan 11, 2004, 10:31 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kill-O-Byte
Sorry for the stupid question, but is there a way I can do this with Photoshop Elements 2.0 I can't find anything about loading an action and can't afford the full version.

Thanks

no you cant, sorry

nForcer · Jan 11, 2004, 11:36 PM

Soon as I can dig up my copy of PS7 I'm gonna try running this on my Xeon (Adobe+multiCPU=new sweetness)

Kill-O-Byte · Jan 12, 2004, 12:11 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Zardon
no you cant, sorry

Thanks for the reply. I've seen a few pieces of your art work in the graphics forum. Looks good. May your brush flow light and long.

Later

Jan 10, 2004, 09:01 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	Driverheaven Photoshop Challenge Well its a weekend and news is a little slower than normal, so I thought we might have a little fun with some benching this weekend, no not the usual 3dmark2001 or 2003 tests, but something which will appeal to all you "real worlders" out there who value overall real world system test performance much higher. Of course if you dont happen to have Photoshop7 then this is going to be pretty much wasted, but after looking in our heavenly visions forum quite a few of you have it (and all fully legal im sure coughs). For those of you who have no idea what im talking about, let me introduce you to a Photoshop script I created for use with our benchmarking of processors, first seen in our AMD 3200 64bit CPU test here, as you will see we compared stock 3200 performance with an overclocked barton @ 2300mhz. Faster times are of course better. Im going to offer to our members the benchmarking script I set up for our CPU tests so you can all compare your real world performance. Here is how you use it. Load Photoshop 7, go into your action pallete , on the right of the pallette is an arrow, click it - then LOAD action. find the file on your hard drive then go into "button mode" in the same action menu. If you dont see an "actions" go to WINDOW on menu bar and check it on there. open an image, JPG RGB format is fine (be careful with indexed coloured GIFS), then resize the image via IMAGE - image size click off the "constrain proportion", then make the image 4510 pixels wide by 3100 deep - this gives you a 40 meg file. click OK and wait a little for it to resize. by now you should be in button mode on the actions pallette so what we need is to activate Photoshops built in timing mechanism. so at the bottom left within the application, click the arrow and set it to "TIMING" Now click the BENCHMARKING bar in the actions pallette and let it run. this will give you a time once it finishes. As you can see from the 3200 64 bit review, the stock opteron scored 75.9 seconds and the overclocked barton beat it at 73.5 seconds, since then ive overclocked my barton to 2450mhz, and put in some OCZ 4200 @ 220fsb 2x256 tight timings with the new abit AN7 and bested it to 62.6 seconds. Memory settings in photoshop should ideally be 50% or so and 512 meg of ram or more is really needed to run this effectively. Dont be running other apps in the background, let photoshop hog all the CPU time. Oh yes the script, you can get it here its only 1k compressed ! so no massive 200 meg downloads for you 56kers ! have fun.

Jan 10, 2004, 09:04 PM	#2
*craig5320* HH Administrator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 8,577 Rep Power: 445 System Specs	My system specs are where it ends, you'd think I'd be able to pull my own, but no my 3200+ Barton sags in at a whopping 149 seconds, darnit __________________ HardwareHeaven on Facebook

Jan 10, 2004, 09:38 PM	#4
Chaos Number Nine Join Date: May 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 5,268 Rep Power: 167 System Specs	99 seconds here EDIT: defraged hd's now 86.4 __________________ Last edited by Chaos; Jan 11, 2004 at 12:31 AM.

Jan 10, 2004, 09:49 PM	#5
toddsmack2k It Never..... Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 3,173 Rep Power: 0	Mine is the review system, LOL! 75.9 seconds Update 72.1 seconds __________________ [color=blue]*Bleeding From the Inside Pouring Out, The* *DriverHeaven* Spiral, We Shall Never Let Go Of.[/color]

Jan 10, 2004, 10:41 PM	#8
DarkFoss HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Downers Grove IL Posts: 688 Rep Power: 0	74.8s here... Thanks Zardon for the nice bench Update disabled Norton's Av and Internet Securities 69.6 __________________ Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety,deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. Ben Franklin, 1755 Last edited by DarkFoss; Jan 11, 2004 at 03:47 AM.

Jan 10, 2004, 10:00 PM	#6
HsuGotaQ Hydrogenated Dumbass Join Date: May 2002 Location: Canuckland Posts: 755 Rep Power: 0	85.6 seconds here Current specs Barton 2500+ @ 2800+ (166x12.5) 1GB PC2700 A7N8X Revision 2

Jan 10, 2004, 11:46 PM	#11
Hosscrop DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Staffordshire / England Posts: 51 Rep Power: 0	60.2 here P4 3.0C 1024Mb Corsair TwinX LL 3200 memory Nothing clocked at all Interesting bench, thanks Zardon and happy birthday.

Jan 11, 2004, 12:08 AM	#12
edperks HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 780 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	87.5 here on a 2.4b pent 768 mem

Jan 11, 2004, 01:16 AM	#14
Driver 7 Discombobulated NVidiot Join Date: May 2003 Location: Vancouver, BC - CANADA Posts: 1,015 Rep Power: 0	My first try was 68.9 Seconds __________________ [COLOR=Black]Asus A8N Deluxe SLI, AMD64 4200 X2 Dual Core, 2x 6800's, Corsair TwinX PC4000 DDR500, Yamaha F1 cdrw, Soundblaster Audigy 2, 2 SATA 120 gig Maxtor HD's, Raid 0 array, Altec Lancing 5.1 Surround Speakers, Thermaltake Xaser III Case, Stealth 470w Power supply, 21.3" Samsung widescreen, MX1000 Lazer mouse.[/COLOR]

Jan 11, 2004, 02:17 AM	#15
Finsta DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 54 Rep Power: 0	About 64secs with Maxtor 160gb SATA drive, P4 2.8ghz HT Enabled and 1gb of PC3500 in Dual Channel mode. Update: Removed half the crap running and it is....58.7Secs

Jan 11, 2004, 04:24 AM	#16
BetrayerX DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 111 Rep Power: 0	P4 2.4 @ 2.64GHz, 512MBDDR FSB @ 440MHz: 85.1s EDIT: Rebooted the machine. Set it to FSB 480MHz P4 2.4 @ 2.88GHz DDR was running originaly @ 292MHz, now it''s at 320MHz SPD settings all the way.. After rebooting, I disabled all I could and ran it again. 74.5s __________________ Are you wise enough to admit your own ignorance? Last edited by BetrayerX; Jan 11, 2004 at 04:39 AM.

Jan 11, 2004, 05:23 AM	#17
Kill-O-Byte DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 120 Rep Power: 0	Sorry for the stupid question, but is there a way I can do this with Photoshop Elements 2.0 I can't find anything about loading an action and can't afford the full version. Thanks __________________ XP 1800+ @1610 (fsb 140) GA-7vtxe kt266a board 512 meg ddr2100 Built by 9500pro @324/310 SB Audigy gamer

Jan 11, 2004, 06:44 AM	#18
Talicni_Tom DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 41 Rep Power: 0	90.5 sec on p4 2.4 this is interesting:ps cs did the same in 19.2 sec __________________ p4 2.4b abit be7 768MB ati radeon 8500 128MB

Jan 11, 2004, 10:24 AM	#19
MrThc ATi - Get In The Game! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: New Zealand Posts: 25 Rep Power: 0	59.9 secs P4 2.4C @ 3Ghz(250fsb) 8KNXP (i875P) 1Gb DDR400 Thanks for the benchmark Zardon

Jan 11, 2004, 11:33 AM	#20
Zulan DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: In your backyard Posts: 236 Rep Power: 0	photoshop 7 reports: 80.7 seconds Photoshop CS (8) reports: 17.2 seconds __________________ System 1: CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (socket 939) \| DVD-RW: Sony DVD RW DW-U18A \| Motherboard: MSI K8N Neo2-54G \| GFX: nVidia Geforce 6600 GT \| Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 1100DF \| RAM: 1 GB Kingston PC 3200 \| Sound: Soundblaster X-Fi \| Main HDD: 2 * Western Digital Raptor 36.7GB Serial ATA 10000RPM @ RAID 0 \| Storage HDD: Maxtor DiamondMAX Plus 9 120 GB 8 MB Cache \| DVD: Lite-On 16* DVD \| OS: Windows XP SP2 \| PSU: Sweex 650W PSU *System 2:* CPU: AMD Sempron 3000+ \| Motherboard: MSI K7N2 Delta2-FSR \| GFX: nVidia Geforce 6200 256 MB \| Monitor: Hercules Prophetview 920 PRO \| RAM: 1 GB Kingston PC 3200 \| Sound: Nvidia Soundstorm \| Main HDD: Maxtor DiamondMAX Plus 9 80 GB 8 MB Cache \| CD-ROM: NEC 52* CD \| OS: FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE \| PSU: A-Open 300W PSU *Laptop:* CPU: AMD Mobile Sempron 3100+ \| GFX: SiS M760GX 128 MB \| Monitor: 15" XGA TFT LCD \| RAM: 1 GB Kingston PC 3200 \| Sound: Realtek AC '97 audio \| HDD: 40 GB \| DVD-RW: Slimtype DVDRW SOSW-833S \| OS: Windows XP PRO SP2

Jan 11, 2004, 11:39 AM	#21
Roadee Never forgotten Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Rest In peace, Joe. Posts: 2,198 Rep Power: 69	Is there that much of a performance increase between the 2 versions?? Can anyone verify this.....if you happen to have both. Thanks.......and awesome scores everyone. Having computer problems this weekend.....not able to run the bench. __________________ We are born naked, wet, and hungry. Then things get worse.

Jan 11, 2004, 12:21 PM	#22
wertret Still watching... Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Orihuela (Spain) Posts: 1,560 Rep Power: 0	74,1s (barton 200x11) 1 gb ram ddr333 /2 ultrascsi hds 70,7s (unloaded all background crap) __________________ "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." Last edited by wertret; Jan 11, 2004 at 12:46 PM.

Jan 11, 2004, 01:44 PM	#24
Logla HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,311 Rep Power: 0	72.2s P4b 2.4@2.9 512Mb

Jan 11, 2004, 05:08 PM	#25
WildChild I'm Still Watching Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: New Jersey,U.S.A. Posts: 1,068 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	68.1 with everything runnin in the backround etc. nothing occ __________________ Knowledge is SCARY,Stupidity is REALLY frightening

Jan 11, 2004, 10:30 PM	Thread Starter #27
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	im sure there is a setting to let CS handle the timing for the whole script and not just the individual sections of the script. I really havent had time to get updated on that specific version and some of the changes.

Jan 11, 2004, 11:36 PM	#29
nForcer Twice the fun! Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,404 Rep Power: 0	Soon as I can dig up my copy of PS7 I'm gonna try running this on my Xeon (Adobe+multiCPU=new sweetness)