Blackmagic RAW Speed Test
Blackmagic RAW Speed Test is a macOS benchmarking app that measures how quickly your Mac can decode Blackmagic RAW footage with its CPU and GPU.
What is Blackmagic RAW Speed Test?
Blackmagic RAW Speed Test is a native macOS benchmarking app for evaluating playback and decode performance with Blackmagic RAW media. It helps editors, colorists, DITs, and post-production users estimate how well a Mac can handle Blackmagic RAW footage before using it in real projects. The app runs decode tests across supported resolutions and frame rates, automatically uses available CPU cores and GPUs, and reports the results in frames per second. Users can compare different compression settings such as 3:1, 5:1, 8:1, and 12:1 to understand how their system performs under different workloads. A continuous test mode also makes it useful for stress testing a workstation during hardware upgrades, purchase decisions, or troubleshooting. Blackmagic Design Inc publishes it as part of the broader Blackmagic RAW ecosystem used in professional video workflows.
Key features
- Benchmark Blackmagic RAW decode speed across multiple resolutions and frame rates
- Measure CPU and GPU performance for Blackmagic RAW playback workloads
- Compare results using Blackmagic RAW constant bitrate settings such as 3:1, 5:1, 8:1, and 12:1
- View results in frames per second in a simple table for quick comparison
- Run a continuous test to stress test a Mac during sustained decoding
- Use multiple CPU cores and available GPUs automatically during tests
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Safety overview
Status: Safe
This is a legitimate benchmarking tool for Blackmagic RAW workflows. Its normal use is to test local hardware performance by decoding sample media, so ordinary access to CPU and GPU resources is expected. It does not need unusual system-level privileges for its main purpose. Keep in mind that long benchmark runs can increase heat, fan noise, and battery drain on a MacBook, so it is best used when you want to measure editing performance or compare hardware changes.
Recommendation: Keep Blackmagic RAW Speed Test if you work with Blackmagic RAW footage or want to evaluate Mac editing performance. If you do not use it for benchmarking or hardware comparison, you can remove it without affecting general macOS use, though you may lose a convenient way to measure Blackmagic RAW decode speed.
Common paths
/Applications/Blackmagic RAW Speed Test.app
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