Zardon

Nonsense, I use photoshop for my living and have done since 1989, some of the filters in this suite are used for CMYK photo work or other photo manipulation aspects, and those that arent are included in this suite for intensive CPU stressing and memory bandwidth - specific filters make calls to CPU instruction sets and others test dynamic memory bandwidth, if this suite was solely ran on resizing images and converting between color gamuts or channels it would hardly be a "thorough benchmark". If you want a benchmark catered specifically for your needs then make one with the settings you use on a frequent basis. This suite is an excellent all round comparison test with other systems and if you follow the results in this thread you will see just how different systems perform.

Zardon

Photoshop filters arent "bad code" regardless of platform - PC filters arent coded "better" to make macintosh look bad - the knoll brothers (the original creators of this program via lucasarts) originated the program on the macintosh and until V5.5 the PC variant was sadly lacking, the issues you mention are primarily due to the fact that Apple Macintosh machines in 2005 are way behind high end pc equivalents in regards to the (dated) DDR memory they tend to use (also you have no bios options for altering timings or overclocking), also the risc processors, while powerful clock for clock when compared to AMD64 or intel P4 can struggle with certain filters - this combined with the fact Apple tend to use "average" Hard drive systems mirror your findings. You cannot "blame" a bench for using filters in the testing, this is in fact one of the greatest tests of CPU and memory bandwidth power. The usage of filters combined with everyday graphic bureau manipulations make for a well rounded suite of tests. If of course this suite doesnt "suit you" personally, then its easy to make your own suite.

Now I would appreciate that this thread is kept on track regarding test results, if you have comments or points to make then email me, and ill be happy to debate photoshop and its usage.

zardon@driverheaven.net

Crisao23

System (all stock):
AMD Athlon 64 FX 55 2.6 Ghz
Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe 1007 bios
1GB Corsair 1024-3200XL 2-2-2-5
Powercolor Radeon X800XL
Zippy Emacs HP2-6500P 500W PSU
2 x 74GB Western Digital Raptors Raid 0 (TCQ on)
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (with all latest updates installed until 04/27/05)
Adobe Photoshop CS2

1: Texturiser Test (1)
1.7 seconds
2: CYMK Colour Conversion
4.8 seconds
3: RGB Colour Conversion
5.5 seconds
4: Dust and Scratches
4.0 seconds
5: Watercolour
15.6 seconds
6: Texturiser Test (2)
3.0 seconds
7: Stained Glass
7.0 seconds
8: Lighting Effects
7.5 seconds
9: Mosaic Tiles
14.4 seconds
10: Extrude
47.6 seconds
11: Smart Blur
43.5 seconds
12. Underpainting
20.1 seconds
Total time: 174.7 seconds.

I'll see if it can get better optimizing my memory timings. This is a new box here and I still need to tweak it

Thanks for the benchmark tool!

tastyweat

Welll... i've run the bench on CS 2... and here are my results compared to my run on PS7:

Comparison results 2 (Laptop):
1.6 Dothan, 512MB PC2700 (2x256), XP Home, Pshop 7.0, 60GB 4200rpm HDD

1: Texturiser Test (1)
4.0 seconds - 2.8
2: CYMK Colour Conversion
11.4 seconds - 7.6
3: RGB Colour Conversion
13.1 seconds - 17.2
4: Dust and Scratches
51.3 seconds - 14.1
5: Watercolour
42.5 seconds - 40.5
6: Texturiser Test (2)
14.8 seconds - 9.5
7: Stained Glass
339.6 seconds - 15.8
8: Lighting Effects
14.0 seconds - 20.0
9: Mosaic Tiles
24.3 seconds - 24.8
10: Extrude
81.9 seconds - 99.5
11: Smart Blur
43.2 seconds - 79.5
12. Underpainting
38.3 seconds - 29.5
Total time: 678.4 seconds. - 360.8 (quite an improvement!)

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Majin GeoDooD

I just ran the bench on my new system, and using CS2.

1: Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0 GHz (Other specs in sig)
2: MSI KN8 Neo4-F
3: 1 GB PC2700 RAM (2x15)
4: Photoshop CS2 - Windows 2000 Pro

1: Texturiser Test (1)
2.1 seconds
2: CYMK Colour Conversion
6.2 seconds
3: RGB Colour Conversion
7.1 seconds
4: Dust and Scratches
5.1 seconds
5: Watercolour
25.7 seconds
6: Texturiser Test (2)
8.7 seconds
7: Stained Glass
16.2 seconds
8: Lighting Effects
21.0 seconds
9: Mosaic Tiles
29.9 seconds
10: Extrude
82.4 seconds
11: Smart Blur
85.5 seconds
12. Underpainting
26.1 seconds
Total time: 316.0 seconds.

Old results:

1: Texturiser Test (1)
8.9 seconds
2: CYMK Colour Conversion
7.7 seconds
3: RGB Colour Conversion
9.7 seconds
4: Dust and Scratches
7.4 seconds
5: Watercolour
88.3 seconds
6: Texturiser Test (2)
8.6 seconds
7: Stained Glass
15.3 seconds
8: Lighting Effects
7.4 seconds
9: Mosiac Tiles
29.1 seconds
10: Extrude
99.0 seconds
11: Smart Blur
78.4 seconds
12. Underpainting
54.4 seconds
Total time: 414.2.

Pretty decent improvement.

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3DMark03 | 3DMark05 | 3DMark06

tortelli

LAPTOP MAKE and MODEL:
ASUS A2800S

CPU:
Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.06GHz, 1 gig DDR 512x2 PC2700, FUJITSU MHT2060AH (60 GB) (5400rpm)

GFX MODEL:
ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9600/9700 Series 64 MB

Test with Photoshop CS
1 6.7
2 4.5
3 7.4
4 7.4
5 54.7
6 9.7
7 13.8
8 10
9 30
10 73
11 52.2
12 50.5
Total 319.90


Test with Photoshop CS2

1 2.3
2 5.6
3 7.1
4 8.3
5 32.7
6 8.9
7 13
8 10
9 24.8
10 75.5
11 67.8
12 18.4
Total 274.40

Driver 7

I just got home with my copy of CS 2. !st on my list was to run a bench but thats tough to do when it looks so much nicer then any previous version. Obviously a newer version should look better then the one before but not so much with past adobe products. Anyway I managed to hold off on playing with the new options long enough to run a bench. Here's mine.

AMD64 3200+
ASUS K8N Deluxe
1024MB Dual Channel DDR500
2x120GB Raid 0 Config
WinXP Pro

Photoshop CS 2

1: Texturiser Test (1): 2.0 Sec.
2: CYMK Colour Conversion: 5.8 Sec.
3: RGB Colour Conversion: 6.6 Sec.
4: Dust and Scratches: 7.2 Sec.
5: Watercolour: 19.6 Sec.
6: Texturiser Test (2): 4.5 Sec.
7: Stained Glass: 9.0 Sec.
8: Lighting Effects: 9.6 Sec.
9: Mosiac Tiles: 18.4 Sec.
10: Extrude: 59.6 Sec.
11: Smart Blur: 53.8 Sec.
12. Underpainting: 24.4 Sec.

Total time: 220.5 seconds.


My previous score:

Photoshop CS

1: Texturiser Test (1): 10.1 Sec.
2: CYMK Colour Conversion: 6.2 Sec.
3: RGB Colour Conversion: 7.8 Sec.
4: Dust and Scratches: 5.5 Sec.
5: Watercolour: 34.4 Sec.
6: Texturiser Test (2): 5.5 Sec.
7: Stained Glass: 10.0 Sec.
8: Lighting Effects: 8.0 Sec.
9: Mosiac Tiles: 22.5 Sec.
10: Extrude: 72.8 Sec.
11: Smart Blur: 50.7 Sec.
12. Underpainting: 46.7 Sec.

Total time: 280.3 Seconds.

Impressive improvements. Only this is when I ran the first bench in CS1 I was running WindowsXP 64bit. And today with the CS2 bench I am running regular windowsXP Pro. I went back to XP when a punk buster update caused my game to not run with windowsXP 64. That was a few weeks ago though so I may get the install XP 64 again either tonight or tomorrow. Once I do I will run a bench and post the reasults .

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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.

Chaos

System Specs

System: AMD64 3000+ (200x10), K8N Neo, 1024MB Kingston DDR400, WinXP Pro SP2

Photoshop CS

1: Texturiser Test (1)
12.1 seconds

2: CYMK Colour Conversion
6.4 seconds

3: RGB Colour Conversion
8.1 seconds

4: Dust and Scratches
5.9 seconds

5: Watercolour
39.9 seconds

6: Texturiser Test (2)
7.7 seconds

7: Stained Glass
12.2 seconds

8: Lighting Effects
8.6 seconds

9: Mosiac Tiles
24.7 seconds

10: Extrude
79.3 seconds

11: Smart Blur
57.5 seconds

12. Underpainting
54.1 seconds

Total time: 316.4 seconds

Crisao23

First x64 results

system (all stock):
AMD Athlon 64 FX 55 2.6 Ghz
Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe 1008 -1 beta bios
1GB Corsair 1024-3200XL 1.5-2-2-5
Powercolor Radeon X800XL
Zippy Emacs HP2-6500P 500W PSU
2 x 74GB Western Digital Raptors Raid 0 (TCQ on)
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
Adobe Photoshop CS2

1: Texturiser Test (1)
1.7 seconds
2: CYMK Colour Conversion
5.1 seconds
3: RGB Colour Conversion
5.7 seconds
4: Dust and Scratches
5.5 seconds
5: Watercolour
15.9 seconds
6: Texturiser Test (2)
3.1 seconds
7: Stained Glass
7.0 seconds
8: Lighting Effects
7.8 seconds
9: Mosaic Tiles
14.9 seconds
10: Extrude
49.7 seconds
11: Smart Blur
44.2 seconds
12. Underpainting
20.5 seconds
Total time: 181.1 seconds.

Lol... Just noticed that the test run with cool 'n quiet ON... Will test again with it OFF.

Scargo

Asus A8N-E motherboard
Athlon 64 4000+ 2.64Ghz/ CPUCOOL ZALMAN CNPS7000B-CU LED OCZ4001024ELDCPER2-K _DDRAM 2x512MB
(“Platinum”, matched pair-low latency) 2.5-3-3-5
VGA MSI NX6600-TD256E RT (PCI-Express)
W. Digital Caviar RE WD2500SD 250GB Serial ATA 7200RPM w/8MB Buffer Fujitsu MAU Series MAU3036NP 36.7GB 68pin U320-SCSI 15,000 RPM
Hard Drive w/8MB Buffer / ADAPTEC 29320A-R SCSI RAID CARD
NEC ND-3520A 16X Double Layer DVD±RW
Antec P160 Aluminum Super Mid Tower with a second, front fan
Antec TruePower 2.0 TP-II 550W
OS: Windows XP Professional SP2
Photoshop 7.0.1

This is my (first) new rig I just built. Barely tweaked. Still don't have my SCSI seen by PS. Perhaps someone can tell me how to get a drive letter assigned to it....

1. 2.4
2. 6.2
3. 6.9
4. 5.2
5. 19.0
6. 2.5
7. 137.6
8. 6.5
9. 14.1
10. 48.6
11. 30.6
12. 25.6
Total: 306.2

Guarani

K8T NEO FIS2R
AMD Athlon 64 3200 2.2Ghz Newcastle 754 CG
1024MB CORSAIR VALUE DDR400 2-3-3-8 1T/2T
Sapphire Radeon 9600 XT
Maxtor plus 9 120GB SATA
DVDRAM GSA-4163B
CHIEFTEC MX-OIWD-D
AEROGATE II

Windows XP Professional SP2
Adobe Photoshop CS2

1. 2.1
2. 5.6
3. 6.2
4. 5.0
5. 19.1
6. 3.7
7. 9.4
8. 11.7
9. 18.9
10. 64.9
11. 55.6
12. 23.5

=225.7 {1T}
=232.8 {2T}

Chaos

System Specs

Photoshop CS2 Results:

1: Texturiser Test (1)
2.3 seconds

2: CYMK Colour Conversion
6.3 seconds

3: RGB Colour Conversion
6.9 seconds

4: Dust and Scratches
5.3 seconds

5: Watercolour
20.7 seconds

6: Texturiser Test (2)
2.8 seconds

7: Stained Glass
9.6 seconds

8: Lighting Effects
11.0 seconds

9: Mosiac Tiles
19.9 seconds

10: Extrude
72.1 seconds

11: Smart Blur
61.4 seconds

12. Underpainting
26 seconds


Total Time: 244.3


Much better than 316

rolims

AthlonXP DLT3C 1700+ @ 2350mhz ( 10x235mhz ) 1.78v, Abit AN7 *[Wander Bios 18 1T]*, 512 MB Specteck DDR 400 @ 470mhz (3-3-3-6) 3.0v, Seagate 80GB 7200RPM 2MB ATA 100, Windows XP SP2 and Photoshop CS2:

1: Texturiser Test (1)
2.7 seconds
2: CYMK Colour Conversion
7.8 seconds
3: RGB Colour Conversion
10.4 seconds
4: Dust and Scratches
9.6 seconds
5: Watercolour
20.0 seconds
6: Texturiser Test (2)
6.1 seconds
7: Stained Glass
11.9 seconds
8: Lighting Effects
12.2 seconds
9: Mosaic Tiles
21.4 seconds
10: Extrude
77.2 seconds
11: Smart Blur
62.3 seconds
12. Underpainting
23.9 seconds

Total time: 265.5 seconds

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Photoshop CS 2 Trial, Windows XP Pro SP 2, ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe, P4 Northwood 3 Ghz, 2x 512 MB PC400 RAM, Radeon 9800 Pro

Results (scores in brackets are from CS 1):

Indeed, about 25% improvement

pr0digal jenius

Texturizer - 2.1
CMYK - 3.4
RGB - 4.1
Dust/Scratches - 2.8
Watercolor - 21.3
Texturizer - 4.9
Stained Glass - 9.4
Lighting - 5.2
Mosaic - 18.7
Extrude - 63.6
Smart Blur - 46.5
Underpainting - 25.5
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Total - 207.5

Dual Xeons @ 3.06GHz (Stock) 533 FSB, HT Enabled
2GB DDR 333 Corsair XMS Twin X Low Latency Platinum
XFX 6800 GT @ Stock [DHzer0point beta 0.7300s]
Asus PC-DL Deluxe with Bios 1008
PhotoShop CS2
"Standard Environment" - didn't close anything, including winamp and outlook

Results @ 3.6GHz w/ video overclock and closed programs coming soon