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Pros

  • Ample upgrade room for hard drives
  • Strong gaming performance
  • Great general performance for the price

Cons

  • Limited upgrade room for 5.25-inch drives
  • Lacks Blu-ray

Bottom Line

We love this performance desktop’s speeds, but its omission of a Blu-ray player leaves movie buffs in the cold.

The Specs

Processor
Processor count 1
Processor speed 3379.2 MHz
Processor type Intel Core i5
Cache size 6.144 KB
Memory
Memory size 8192.0 MB
Memory speed 800.0 MHz
Memory type DDR3
Storage
Other storage
  • CompactFlash
  • Memory Stick
  • SD/MMC Card
  • xD-Picture Card
Drive size 1000.0 GB
Drive type Hard Disk Drive
Storage Media
Compact flash 1
Memory stick 1
XD picture card 1
Expansion slots
Open PCI Express X1 Slots 2.0
Number of PCI slots 2.0
Number of PCI-Express x1 slots 2.0
Number of PCI-Express 2.0 x16 slots 2.0
Ports and Connections
SD/MMC Card 1
Available Interfaces
  • Audio - Headphone Out (1/8" Mini)
  • Audio - Line In (1/8" Mini)
  • Audio - Microphone In (1/8" Mini)
  • Bluetooth
  • DVI
  • Ethernet - RJ45
  • HDMI
  • Keyboard - USB
  • Mouse - USB
MultiMedia Card (MMC) or MultiMediaCard (MMC) 1
Included Software
Operating system Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium

Performance

Overall Rating
WorldBench 6 Score 161
Office Productivity
Web Browsing 161  seconds (lower is better)
Office Suite Use 315  seconds (lower is better)
File Compression 146  seconds (lower is better)
Content Creation
CPU Graphics Rendering 197  seconds (lower is better)
DVD Burning 190  seconds (lower is better)
Image Editing 243  seconds (lower is better)
GPU Graphics Rendering 273  seconds (lower is better)
Video Encoding 139  seconds (lower is better)
Video Editing 154  seconds (lower is better)
Power Usage
Off power usage 4.5  Watt hours
Sleep power usage 5.2  Watt hours
Idle power usage 73.8  Watts
Multitasking
World Bench 6 Multitasking 184
Gaming
Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1024x768 250.5  Frames per second (higher is better)
Dirt 2, High Quality, 1024x768 142.4  Frames per second (higher is better)
Dirt 2, High Quality, 1680x1050 129.7  Frames per second (higher is better)
Dirt 2, High Quality, 1920x1200 113.6  Frames per second (higher is better)
Dirt 2, High Quality, 2560x1600 72.7  Frames per second (higher is better)
Dirt 2, Ultra Quality, 2560x1600 64.8  Frames per second (higher is better)
Far Cry 2, High Quality, 1680x1050 121.7  Frames per second (higher is better)
Far Cry 2, High Quality, 1024x768 151  Frames per second (higher is better)
Far Cry 2, Low Quality, 1024x768 170  Frames per second (higher is better)
Far Cry 2, Low Quality, 1680x1050 152.7  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 2560x1600 168.2  Frames per second (higher is better)
Far Cry 2, Low Quality, 1920x1200 143.4  Frames per second (higher is better)
Far Cry 2, Low Quality, 2560x1600 113.5  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1024x768 158.9  Frames per second (higher is better)
Stalker 2, Ultra Quality, 2560x1600 30.2  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1680x1050 157.1  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1920x1200 241.1  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1920x1200 157.8  Frames per second (higher is better)
Far Cry 2, Ultra Quality, 2560x1600 62.8  Frames per second (higher is better)
Far Cry 2, High Quality, 2560x1600 66.8  Frames per second (higher is better)
Far Cry 2, High Quality, 1920x1200 102.8  Frames per second (higher is better)
Dirt 2, Low Quality, 1920x1200 160  Frames per second (higher is better)
Dirt 2, Low Quality, 1680x1050 162.2  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 2560x1600 126  Frames per second (higher is better)
Dirt 2, Low Quality, 1024x768 162.5  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1680x1050 253.5  Frames per second (higher is better)
Dirt 2, Low Quality, 2560x1600 132.6  Frames per second (higher is better)