Photoshop Speed Test

Mally Dangerous · February 25th, 2008, 09:06 PM

Hey folks, lets test how fast our systems are running Photoshop actions on an image. Here is where to find the directions and image to use. Files and Actions

My specs and results:
Mac Pro Xeon 2.8GHz 4 core
2GB of RAM*
Photoshop CS3

Time: 30 sec

*This test runs faster the more RAM you have.

LurkerPatrol · February 25th, 2008, 09:31 PM

My specs:

2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Quad
2 GB Ram
Windows XP
Photoshop CS3

Things running in the background:
Itunes
Trillian
Symantec Antivirus
Firefox

My time: 1 minute 19 seconds

MXM · February 25th, 2008, 09:42 PM

Well, this seems fairly complicated. I have to change a bunch of settings, possibly restart. And of course the zip wouldn't even extract in windows (filenames can't start with a period)...

I'll skip images/smilies/smile.gif

Mally Dangerous · February 26th, 2008, 02:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LurkerPatrol

My specs:

2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Quad
2 GB Ram
Windows XP
Photoshop CS3

Things running in the background:
Itunes
Trillian
Symantec Antivirus
Firefox

My time: 1 minute 19 seconds

Really? I would have thought your time would have been closer to mine. You think it may be the antivirus that is giving you a performance hit?

Nabster · February 26th, 2008, 02:47 AM

I didn't bother closing any programs while I did it , I had media center playing a dvd, my anti-virus on active duty, firefox and trillian open, and about 10 or 15 other minor process in the background. I clocked 1'59" after some minor delay on the watch. I watched my system usage specs go up to 67% RAM usage and between 50 and 70% CPU usage while it ram the process.

2.4GHz dual core processor
3GB RAM
8800GT graphics
on XP with CS3

LurkerPatrol · February 26th, 2008, 03:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mally Dangerous

Really? I would have thought your time would have been closer to mine. You think it may be the antivirus that is giving you a performance hit?

I think it was my desire to not follow the instructions and restart and close all the other applications before running the test that caused the problem images/smilies/tongue.gif

Yeah it was probably a combo of all the things I was running and mainly the antivirus. It takes up an extra 15 processes, but I'm not sure how much ram.

CrazyRussian540 · February 26th, 2008, 03:59 AM

Something must be wrong here.

I have a
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ -- OCed to 2.2 GHz (from 2.0 - yes, its a lot, i know)
2GB Ram
ATi Radeon 9700 PRO
Win XP
Pshop CS2

and I got a 2:13, with the settings set like they wanted, nothing running at all, and Photoshop given realtime processor priority.

Mally Dangerous · February 26th, 2008, 04:10 AM

^If you get some time try it with the trial version CS3 to see if that helps.

Speedtouch · February 27th, 2008, 07:40 PM

It got to 10 minutes and I got annoyed and bored. Specs are in my sig.

Mally Dangerous · February 27th, 2008, 08:03 PM

I'm not sure why are y'all getting all of these crazy result. All the other forums I go to are getting reasonable results.

Nabster · February 28th, 2008, 04:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mally Dangerous

I'm not sure why are y'all getting all of these crazy result. All the other forums I go to are getting reasonable results.

They're probably doing it with everything else closed and only photoshop running.

Speedtouch · February 28th, 2008, 08:59 PM

I was. I restarted and only had Word running in the background.

Kip_6666 · February 28th, 2008, 10:14 PM

1:40 with some minor stuff running in the background.

AMD Opteron 170 @ 3ghz, 2GB of ram

leadfoot13 · March 5th, 2008, 08:36 AM

My roommates Mac Pro did it in 27 seconds:
2 Quad Core 2.8Ghz
10Gb of 800Mhz ram (CS3 apparently will only use 3Gb of RAM)
1Tb hard drive SATA 3.0
8800 GT 512Mb

February 25th, 2008, 09:06 PM	#1
Mally Dangerous Joined: Oct 31st, 2005 Last Online: January 6th, 2009 Location: Atlanta Posts: 509 Rep Power: 21	Photoshop Speed Test Hey folks, lets test how fast our systems are running Photoshop actions on an image. Here is where to find the directions and image to use. Files and Actions My specs and results: Mac Pro Xeon 2.8GHz 4 core 2GB of RAM* Photoshop CS3 Time: 30 sec This test runs faster the more RAM you have. Last edited by Mally Dangerous; February 25th, 2008 at 09:50 PM.. Reason: fixing spec*

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CrazyRussian540 Joined: Mar 6th, 2005 Last Online: 05:40 AM Location: Shrewsbury, MA Posts: 1,344 Car: 1997 Audi A6 Avant 2.8 quattro Rep Power: 40	Something must be wrong here. I have a AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ -- OCed to 2.2 GHz (from 2.0 - yes, its a lot, i know) 2GB Ram ATi Radeon 9700 PRO Win XP Pshop CS2 and I got a 2:13, with the settings set like they wanted, nothing running at all, and Photoshop given realtime processor priority. __________________ "I beat a man on roller skates.... in an Aston Martin" - R. Hammond "You've just pulled the wobbly head off the former president of Nissan USA" - R. Hammond Vote for FinalGear's Most Evil-looking Car. Last edited by CrazyRussian540; February 26th, 2008 at 05:44 AM..

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MXM old porsches do run! Joined: Jun 9th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Finland Age: 26 Posts: 2,712 Car: Porsche 944 LFS Status: Rep Power: 36	Well, this seems fairly complicated. I have to change a bunch of settings, possibly restart. And of course the zip wouldn't even extract in windows (filenames can't start with a period)... I'll skip

February 26th, 2008, 04:10 AM	#8
Mally Dangerous Joined: Oct 31st, 2005 Last Online: January 6th, 2009 Location: Atlanta Posts: 509 Rep Power: 21	^If you get some time try it with the trial version CS3 to see if that helps.

February 27th, 2008, 08:03 PM	#10
Mally Dangerous Joined: Oct 31st, 2005 Last Online: January 6th, 2009 Location: Atlanta Posts: 509 Rep Power: 21	I'm not sure why are y'all getting all of these crazy result. All the other forums I go to are getting reasonable results.

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Speedtouch Joined: Jul 30th, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Kent, England Age: 16 Posts: 2,855 Rep Power: 34	I was. I restarted and only had Word running in the background. __________________ Eyre Photography

February 28th, 2008, 10:14 PM	#13
Kip_6666 I Bought This Title :o Joined: May 17th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: The Netherlands Age: 23 Posts: 2,967 Car: Saab 93 2.0t @ stage 3 now Rep Power: 31	1:40 with some minor stuff running in the background. AMD Opteron 170 @ 3ghz, 2GB of ram __________________ http://www.internet-memes.com My Flickr

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leadfoot13 Joined: May 16th, 2005 Last Online: January 1st, 2009 Location: San Luis Obispo, California, USA Age: 23 Posts: 67 Car: 2003 Ford Taurus Rep Power: 15	My roommates Mac Pro did it in 27 seconds: 2 Quad Core 2.8Ghz 10Gb of 800Mhz ram (CS3 apparently will only use 3Gb of RAM) 1Tb hard drive SATA 3.0 8800 GT 512Mb

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