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REVIEW www.postmagazine.com 37 POST MARCH 2017 x 2160, 4GB file size and ProRes HQ codec. The boot drive/application drive ran at 435MB/sec. write and 489MB/ sec read. Not the fastest, but the real speed needs to come from your media drive which, in this system, is a sweet Samsung 950 Pro M.2 at a size of 512GB. This monster ran at a beautiful 1487MB/sec. write and 2243MB/sec. read speeds — this is what you want. Put a couple of those SSDs into a RAID 0 configuration and you will be blasting through 6K Red footage in Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve. I also ran Maxon's Cinebench R15 benchmark suite, which taxes the CPU and OpenGL resources. The OpenGL test ran at 108.83fps which topped the chart when compared to similar systems, thanks to the Gigabyte GTX 1070. The CPU test gave a score of 1083 cb, which you can compare to other systems online but in the end, ranked fourth. Not the best result, but respectable in my opinion, considering it isn't Xeon level. If you put in a second processor or Xeon it would probably go to the top of the list. My last test was with a 4K Red R3D test file (you can download from www. red.com/sample-r3d-files). It has a resolution of 4096 x 2304 and a frame rate of 23.976. I wanted to see how fast the Cerise Computer system could export an H.264 (.mp4) with the same resolution and aspect ratio — I did limit the data rate to 50Mb/sec. Without any color correction or resizing it took 15 minutes and 15 seconds to export a five-minute sequence from Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2017. When I added a simple Lumetri color correction effect on top of the same R3D file, it took 15 minutes. Keep in mind that the GPU really doesn't kick in until you add a GPU-accelerated effect such as Lumetri color correction or a resize effect. But this is a great result, as it really means this system has been tested and config- ured to work well with apps like Adobe Premiere Pro. I did the same tests inside of Resolve and the same file without any color correction took seven minutes and 30 seconds. I then added a color correc- tion like the one I applied in Premiere, it took about eight minutes to export. Appropriately, when I added color correction in both Premiere and Resolve I could hear the GPU and system fans kick in, surprisingly quiet for how big they are. I didn't really expect a disparity like this between Premiere and Resolve exports but there could have been some details that didn't line up like differing data rates. Either way, the Cerise system with the GTX 1070 GPU transcoded the R3D files with and without color correc- tion quickly. IN CONCLUSION In the end, I love the ability to build my own workstation-level system but don't love dealing with the manufacturers and their warranties. Therefore, this is the market where Cerise Computers can capitalize. I love the ability to ditch some of the extreme higher end enterprise class products like an Nvidia Quadro series graphics card and instead grab a Gigabyte GTX 1070 GPU at a fraction of the cost but with about the same speed. If you want a high-class computer system that boasts a beautiful exterior along with lifetime technical support at a reasonable price, check out the Cerise Circular Computer. SYSTEM SPECS CASE: Custom Cerise Circular Case POWER SUPPLY: Silverstone SFX Series 500W MOTHERBOARD: ASRock X99E-ITX/ac LGA 2011-v3 w/USB 3.1 PROCESSOR: Intel i7-6800K Broadwell-E 6 Core 3.4GHz CPU COOLER: Dynatron R24 MEMORY: 2x Crucial 16GB DDR4 2133MHz PRIMARY BOOT/OS DRIVE: Intel 540s 480GB SATA III SSD SECONDARY MEDIA STORAGE: Samsung 950 Pro M.2 512GB VIDEO CARD: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 Mini ITX 8GB OS: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit WARRANTY: One-year & lifetime tech support