File Decompression & Decryption:

The two RAR archives created during the compression and encryption tests were then decompressed and decrypted.



Large file decompression doesn't have the same positive response on the P5K Pro, which is slightly slower than the MSI and Abit boards by an average of a second. Small file decompression is fractionally faster than the competition.

Xvid Encoding:

We tested video encoding performance using VirtualDub-MPEG version 1.6.15 and a multithreaded version of the Xvid codec, along with the LAME MT MP3 encoder for encoding audio. We did a two-pass encode of a 15-minute 276MB digital TV recording with a target file size of 100MB.


Xvid encoding is about 10-15 seconds faster than the competition on average over the several minute test - this is a direct consequence of having slightly more bandwidth and lower latency to system memory thanks to the better BIOS on the P5K Pro.