The X240 handled our multimedia tests with aplomb, finishing the Photoshop workload in 5 minute 54 seconds and the Handbrake
video encoding test in 1:25.
Video encoding test scores were more impressive, coming within 1 second of the ThinkPad's.
The Acer also did reasonably well in our multimedia benchmarks, finishing our Adobe Photoshop workflow in 7 minutes and 43 seconds — almost 10 minutes quicker than the Miix 320, though trailing the Yoga and the Dell Inspiron 3179 — and completing our Handbrake
video encoding test in less than 4 minutes.
Not exact matches
The Vector Z25 leads these two systems at PCMark7 (day to day performance), 3DMark11 (3D gaming), Aliens vs. Predator and Heaven (3D gaming), Handbrake (
video encoding), and the Photoshop CS6
test (photo editing).
like other core 2 duo notebooks, the l80 ultra turned in its most impressive numbers on my
video -
encoding tests, transcoding an 8mb file in under 6 minutes.
Likewise, it took a scant 28 seconds to complete our Handbrake
video -
encoding test, just behind the Raptor Z95 (0:25).
The XPS 13 takes that lead further in our Handbrake
test, a standard 4K
video encode.
We also
tested the XPS 13 using Handbrake to
encode a 4K
video.
Our more intensive Handbrake
test, which
encodes a 420 GB
video to H. 265, tends to push the CPU harder for a longer period, meaning that heat and throttling are more likely to be factors.
From the Geekbench benchmark to the more challenging Handbrake
test of
encoding a 420 MB 4K
video to H. 265, the Yoga 720 performed just as well as it's more powerfully - equipped competition.
It completed our Handbrake
video -
encoding test in a brisk 1 minute 22 seconds, or half the time of the HP Folio 9470m (2:44).
The same held true in our more demanding real - world
test, using Handbrake to
encode a 420 MB
video to H. 265 format.
It completed our Handbrake
video -
encoding test in 1 minute 58 seconds, landing a mere second behind the Acer V5 - 571P - 6627 (1:57) while breezily outpacing the HP G6 - 2368CA (3:08) by a wide margin.
In the more demanding Handbrake
test, which
encodes a 420 MB
video to H. 265 and stresses the CPU for a longer timeframe, the Spectre x360 13 took a competitive 723 seconds to complete the process.