Cinebench is often a good predictor of our Handbrake video-editing trial,
another tough, threaded workout that’s highly CPU-dependent and scales well
with cores and threads. In it, we put a stopwatch on test systems as they
transcode a standard 12-minute clip of 4K video (the open-source Blender demo
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better.
We also run a custom Adobe Photoshop image-editing benchmark. Using an
early 2018 release of the Creative Cloud version of Photoshop, we apply a series
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operation and add up the total. As with Handbrake, lower times are better here.
As in PCMark 10, the Yoga 9i led the pack in these three tests, though only once
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but they can get the job done, and the 9i can do it slightly better than the others.
The greater performance is likely due to the fact this is an H-Series chip, usually
seen in higher-power machines such as gaming laptops. You’ll note it’s faster
than even the newer-generation Core i7-1165G7 in the Dell, as G-Series
processors (the “G” indicates their boosted integrated graphics) don’t push as
much power as their H-Series cousins. The two G-Series laptops here lag behind
the rest, even the older 9th Generation chip in the Yoga C940.
Graphics Tests: 3DMark measures relative graphics muscle by rendering
sequences of highly detailed, gaming-style 3D graphics that emphasize particles
and lighting. We run two different 3DMark subtests, Sky Diver and Fire Strike,
which are suited to different types of systems. Both are DirectX 11 benchmarks,
but Sky Diver is more suited to midrange PCs, while Fire Strike is more
demanding and made for high-end PCs to strut their stuff. The results are
proprietary scores.
Next up is another synthetic graphics test or gaming simulation, this time from
Unigine Corp. Like 3DMark, the Superposition test renders and pans through a
detailed 3D scene and measures how the system copes. In this case, it’s
rendered in the eponymous Unigine engine, offering a different 3D workload
scenario for a second opinion on each laptop’s graphical prowess.