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Plex says: https://support.plex.tv/articles/201774043-what-kind-of-cpu-do-i-need-for-my-server/ If you want very basic minimum suggestions: No transcoding: Intel “Atom” 1.2GHz (NAS devices based on ARM processors should also be capable of at least one stream with no transcoding) Single 720p transcode: Intel Core i3 3.0 GHz Single 1080p transcode: Intel Core i5 3.0GHz Single 4K transcode: Intel Core i7 3.2GHz The Guideline Very roughly speaking, for a single full-transcode of a video, the following PassMark score requirements are a good guideline for the following average source file: 4K HDR (50Mbps, 10-bit HEVC) file: 17000 PassMark score (being transcoded to 10Mbps 1080p) 4K SDR (40Mbps, 8-bit HEVC) file: 12000 PassMark score (being transcoded to 10Mbps 1080p) 1080p (10Mbps, H.264) file: 2000 PassMark score 720p (4Mbps, H.264) file: 1500 PassMark score The CPU Benchmark website is a good resource to see what sort of PassMark score a particular processor received. From there the LTT machine is good for about Multithread Rating 6034 Single Thread Rating 2263