Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 DVD Shrink Analysis
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 DVD Shrink Analysis
Lets see how the Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 processor's power handles the re-encoding of the Matrix Reloaded region 4 dvd using DVD Shrink with 'Deep Analysis' enabled and reset for each test.
System:
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 QPGE Step 5/B1 /Swiftech G4 Storm
- Intel D975XBX Badaxe rev304 1304 bios / 1067fsb strap
- 512MB HIS X1900 Crossfire stock HSF
- 2x 512MB Corsair PC5400ULv1.5 Micron D9 Fatbody DDR2
- 3x 320GB Seagate 7200.10 SATAII 16MB configured as 2x equal sized Raid 0 arrays.
- Pioneer DVR-A09XL (black) DVD-RW + FDD
- 700W OCZ GameXStream Multi-GPU Psu
- WinXP Pro SP2 fully updated
- 6.6 Catalyst Official drivers
- DVDShrink 3.2.0.15
- DVDDecrypter 3.5.4
- Matrix Reloaded DVD R4
Test configuration:
- 9x266fsb = 2400Mhz (stock E6600 speeds) with memory @266mhz 3-2-2-8
- 9x333fsb = 3004Mhz with memory @333mhz 3-2-2-8
- 9x378fsb = 3406Mhz with memory @378mhz 4-3-2-8
- 9x400fsb = 3600Mhz with memory @400mhz 4-3-2-8
- 9x416fsb = 3752Mhz with memory @416mhz 4-3-2-8
- 9x423fsb = 3812Mhz with memory @423mhz 4-3-2-8
DVD Shrink Settings:
Methodology:
Limitations of dvd burner interface speed:
At first, I tested DVD Shrink conversion with the Matrix Reloaded dvd media in the Pioneer DVD-RW drive. However, the initial tests showed that the dvd burner's interface speed limited the ability to really test the power of Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 cpu. At both 2400Mhz and 3004Mhz DVD Shrink completed 'Deep Analysis' and re-encoding of the dvd in the around approximately the same time of 16mins 24/25s. Without 'Deep Analysis', the re-encoding took exactly the same time to complete at 2400Mhz and 3004Mhz, 8mins 21s.
At 2400Mhz and 3004Mhz the same DVD Shrink completion times from physical dvd media in dvd burner with 'Deep Analysis' versus without 'Deep Analysis':
To remove the dvd burner's interface speed limitation, I decided to use DVDDecrypter 3.5.4 to create an ISO image of the dvd for the DVD Shrink tests. With a 3x 320GB Seagate 7200.10 SATAII raid 0 array to work with, it should be sufficient to allow the Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 cpu's processing power to show through.
As you can see even DVDDecrypter's ISO creation from the dvd burner took exactly 8mins 21s as well:
Finally, for consistent test results, the 'Deep Analysis' cached results must be reset for each test. To do this for each test run, you need to delete the contents located at:
DVD Shrink Results with 'Deep Analysis' enabled:C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\DVD Shrink
Time:Sec format
Seconds format
- 9x266fsb = 2400Mhz (stock E6600 speeds) with memory @266mhz 3-2-2-8 = 8min 32s
- 9x333fsb = 3004Mhz with memory @333mhz 3-2-2-8 = 6min 59s (604Mhz overclock = 18.16% faster)
- 9x378fsb = 3406Mhz with memory @378mhz 4-3-2-8 = 6min 03s (1006Mhz overclock = 29.10% faster)
- 9x400fsb = 3600Mhz with memory @400mhz 4-3-2-8 = 5min 44s (1200Mhz overclock = 32.80% faster)
- 9x416fsb = 3752Mhz with memory @416mhz 4-3-2-8 = 5min 34s (1352Mhz overclock = 34.77% faster)
- 9x423fsb = 3812Mhz with memory @423mhz 4-3-2-8 = 5min 32s (1412Mhz overclock = 35.16% faster)
By removing the dvd burner's interface limitation, DVD Shrink re-encoding with 'Deep Analysis' enabled better shows the effects on completion times. At 3812Mhz, DVD Shrink reported as high as 39,900KB/s encoding speeds. I managed to screen capature at 99% mark.
Final completion time with 'Deep Analysis' enabled:
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Note: 'Deep Analysis' adds around ~2.5 to 3.5 minutes of extra processing time.
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