# Transcode, Transrate personal results **URL:** \ **Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\ **Created:** [April 10, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/transcode-transrate-personal-results/93136 "2021-04-10T20:48:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Konf\_Konferenta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b38774/32.png) [@Konf\_Konferenta](https://community.wowza.com/u/Konf_Konferenta)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/transcode-transrate-personal-results/93136/1 "2021-04-10T20:48:50Z")
Dear Support Team, I am benchmarking Wowza Streaming Server on Ubuntu 20.04.02 TLS, Intel Xeon E-2288G 8/16 CPU, 32 GB RAM remote workstation. I was expecting to get twise as better results as described in [Wowza\_Transcoder\_Benchmarks\_Transrate1080p.pdf](https://www.wowza.com/resources/Wowza_Transcoder_Benchmarks_Transrate1080p.pdf), but I have two times worse results. I am transcoding, transrating 1080p Bunny to 720p, 360p, 240p, 160p. Transrate results 1 stream - 20% CPU, 2 - 46% CPU, 3 - 60% CPU, 4 - 85% (unusable). Transcoding results 1 - 7%, 2 - 21%, 3 - 45%, 4 - 55%, 5 - 85% (unsuable). How would you suggest to proceed with this issue, because I have up to 4 times worse results compared to CPU (8 core, 16 thread) that is in use. Transcode, transrate templates are used default, just enabled presets. Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.11+5 configuration by default is optimized as described in your documentation. Best regards, Rimas ---
**Author:** ![Karel\_Boek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/karel_boek/32/454_2.png) [@Karel\_Boek](https://community.wowza.com/u/Karel_Boek)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 6:57am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/transcode-transrate-personal-results/93136/2 "2021-04-12T06:57:36Z")
Which server in that PDF are you comparing against (more specifically: which column on page 2)? ---
**Author:** ![Konf\_Konferenta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b38774/32.png) [@Konf\_Konferenta](https://community.wowza.com/u/Konf_Konferenta)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/transcode-transrate-personal-results/93136/3 "2021-04-12T19:42:18Z")
Hello Karel, I benchmarked only software based transrate and transcode functionality. I was not able to succesfully configure Intel QuickSync for Ubuntu 20.04.02 LTS, but it will be next topic. We have Server 1 and Server 3 on page 1 in the PDF without hardware acceleration, so it will be Server 1 Default and Server 3 Default columns on page 2. Server 1 Default reaches 68% CPU utilization at 5 inputs, Server 3 Default - 7 inputs at 68% as well. It really well correlates to [PassMark](https://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html) results: Server 1 - Intel Xeon CPU E3-1285 V3: [6919](https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Xeon+E3-1285+v3+%40+3.60GHz&id=2894) and Server 3 - Intel i7 6700k: [8968](https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i7-6700K+%40+4.00GHz&id=2565). It is around 1300-1400 PassMark points for every input to transrate. These numbers I used to calculate my system transrate input count. My system has Intel Xeon E-2288G with PassMark score: [17378](https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Xeon+E-2288G+%40+3.70GHz&id=3546). I would expect at least 12 inputs under 70% CPU load. My result is only 3 inputs under 60% CPU load. Karen, how would you suggest to proceed with Wowza Streaming Server as I need all 12 inputs under 70% CPU utilization 🙂. It can be more, but not less. Regards, Rimas ---
**Author:** ![Karel\_Boek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/karel_boek/32/454_2.png) [@Karel\_Boek](https://community.wowza.com/u/Karel_Boek)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 6:31am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/transcode-transrate-personal-results/93136/4 "2021-04-13T06:31:39Z")
Riman, I’d add a GPU card to that server; a decent NVidia Tesla should be able to handle 15+ channels. In your CPU tests did you use the legacy Mainconcept en-/decoder or did you use the new Beamr? I haven’t done any benchmarking for Beamr and it may have a different impact on CPU because it’s a different coder brand. ---
**Author:** ![Konf\_Konferenta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b38774/32.png) [@Konf\_Konferenta](https://community.wowza.com/u/Konf_Konferenta)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 8:09pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/transcode-transrate-personal-results/93136/5 "2021-04-14T20:09:43Z")
Hello Karel, lets not start straight to the Nvidia Tesla cards and your answer does not relate to what I asked. Wowza provided [benchmarks](https://www.wowza.com/docs/wowza-transcoder-performance-benchmark) for systems with 4 cores, 8 threads CPU’s that in software can handle up to 7 inputs with PassMark score up to 9000. We have 8 core, 16 thread CPU with PassMark score 17000 and can handle only 3 inputs. Isn’t that ironic? How many inputs Wowza Streaming Engine can handle with 8/16 cores in your tests? Could you provide what CPUs you used for benchmarks? Could you provide configuration XML files, that you used to get more than 3 inputs? I will use these files and hope to provide positive feedback and topic will be closed. Regards, Rimas ---
**Author:** ![Karel\_Boek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/karel_boek/32/454_2.png) [@Karel\_Boek](https://community.wowza.com/u/Karel_Boek)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 11:51am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/transcode-transrate-personal-results/93136/6 "2021-04-15T11:51:40Z")
I didn’t go straight to the Tesla cards; I just said that as a recommendation. The rest of my message went unanswered. If you want benchmarks that are comparable to Wowza’s own publications, then you can do your own (see [this article](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-capture-wowza-transcoder-benchmark-statistics)) or your can post a message in the [Hire A Consultant](http://community.wowza.com/c/hire-a-consultant/7) forums and ask someone to do it for you. ---
**Author:** ![Konf\_Konferenta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b38774/32.png) [@Konf\_Konferenta](https://community.wowza.com/u/Konf_Konferenta)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 1:20pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/transcode-transrate-personal-results/93136/7 "2021-04-16T13:20:33Z")
Hello Karel, thank you for the link to [Capture Transcoder benchmark statistics in Wowza Streaming Engine](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-capture-wowza-transcoder-benchmark-statistics) configuration page. I already checked it. Default templates are used for transcoding and transrating , so Mainconcept coder is used by default. I hope we do want to compare apples to apples. Karel, do you acknowledge that if we would use Intel Xeon CPU E3-1285, Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.11+5 on Ubuntu 20.04.02 LTS we should process 5 inputs? If we would use Intel i7 6700k Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.11+5 on Ubuntu 20.04.02 LTS we should process 7 inputs as it is [provided here](https://www.wowza.com/resources/Wowza_Transcoder_Benchmarks_Transrate1080p.pdf). And if we would use much faster processor such as Intel® Xeon® E-2288G with Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.11+5 on Ubuntu 20.04.02 LTS we should process more than 5 inputs? Beamr coder from my experience reduces CPU utilization up to 10-15 % on full CPU load, but it was not mentioned in benchmarks that are provided. Bay the way, my name is Rimas, not Riman. Regards, Rimas