2019 Apple iMac i5 3.7Ghz Adobe Lightroom Classic CC Review

Well the new iMac has arrived. I ran the same Adobe Lightroom tests I did on the i9, and wanted to share the results. My tests were import/export times of 100 43mp RAW files from a Sony a7riii. I tested using brushes, spot healing, and gradual filters and the difference between the i5 and i9 was not noticeable. I'll post another review next week after I have some more time on the machine.

The times went like this-

2019 iMac i5 3.7 Radeon 580x 40gb RAM
Total-7:21
Import, convert to DNG, render smart previews-4:03
Render 1:1 previews-3:18
Export 100 TIFFs-3:34

2019 iMac i9 3.6ghz Vega 48 40gb RAM
Total-5:27
Import, convert to DNG, render smart previews-2:58
Render 1:1 previews-2:29
Export 100 TIFFs-3:42

2014 iMac i7 4ghz Radeon 290x 32gb RAM
Total-9:01
Import, convert to DNG, render smart previews-4:17
Render 1:1 previews-4:43
Export 100 TIFFs-10:30

Sorry for my awkward composition and missing left hand. Still getting used to this video thing!

Part 2!
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i9 iMac review minus the end!! Doh!
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Let me know if you have anything you want me to test before next weeks updated review!