SOLVED: i3-12100 transcoding performance (Expectation vs reality?)

[TheDreadPirate]

  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (hevc (native) -> h264 (h264_qsv))
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  Stream #0:0: Video: h264, qsv(tv, bt709, progressive), 3840x2160 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], q=2-31, 59423 kb/s, 23.98 fps, 90k tbn (default)
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frame=  87 fps= 77 q=12.0 size=N/A time=00:00:03.52 bitrate=N/A speed= 3.1x

Looks like the test you ran was going 4K HEVC to 4K H264.  I'm assuming this was the only transcode running for this log file?  If so, at the speed this is going two 4K streams is probably the max you will get.  And this is about right for an iGPU.  You would get quite a few more if they were 1080p streams.  You can squeeze a bit more performance by decreasing the quality (increasing CRF number), though I don't recommend this, and using a ram disk for transcodes (requires additional setup).

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