We converted a 449 MB, 1920x1080i, 18,884 kbps, MPG2 video file to a smaller 640x360, H.264, .MP4 file for viewing on a portable device such as an iPhone or iPod Touch.Here we forced Media Espresso to use the CPU for the conversion process, not the GPU. The Core i7-3960X was 30.4% faster than the Core i7-990X and 54.3% faster than the AMD FX-8150.