Pros

  • It's tiny!
  • Excellent performance

Cons

  • Small profile means plenty of compromises

Bottom Line

This low-profile performance machine is really, really fast.

The Specs

Processor
Processor speed 4812.8 MHz
Processor type Intel Core i5
Cache size 6.144 KB
Memory
Memory size 8192.0 MB
Memory type DDR3
Storage
Drive size 840.0 GB
Drive type
  • Hard Disk Drive
  • Solid-State Drive
Expansion slots
Number of PCI-Express 2.0 x16 slots 1.0
Ports and Connections
Available Interfaces
  • USB - Universal Serial Bus (rear) (x2)
  • USB - Universal Serial Bus (rear) (x4)
  • USB - Universal Serial Bus 2.0
  • USB - Universal Serial Bus 3.0
Included Software
Operating system Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Dimensions
Height 13.82 inches
Width 7.49 inches
Depth 8.75 inches

Performance

Overall Rating
Worldbench Score 204
Worldbench Version 7
Start Up
Start Up 21.3  seconds (lower is better)
Office Productivity
PCMark 7 Productivity Suite 6077  score (higher is better)
Web Performance
Web Performance 23  Frames per second (higher is better)
Storage Performance
File Compression 305.7  seconds (lower is better)
Hard Drive File Operations 82.7  seconds (lower is better)
Content Creation
Image Editing 130.3  seconds (lower is better)
Encoding Audio 87.1  seconds (lower is better)
Video Encoding 105.3  seconds (lower is better)
Power Usage
Working power usage 12.1  Watt hours
WorldBench Green Score 82
Idle power usage 68.6  Watts
Gaming
Crysis 2, Low Quality, 1024x768 97.8  Frames per second (higher is better)
Crysis 2, Low Quality, 1680x1050 97.6  Frames per second (higher is better)
Crysis 2, Low Quality, 1920x1080 94.7  Frames per second (higher is better)
Dirt 3, High Quality, 1680x1050 155.7  Frames per second (higher is better)
Crysis 2, Low Quality, 2560x1600 56.7  Frames per second (higher is better)
Dirt 3, High Quality, 1024x768 207.8  Frames per second (higher is better)
Dirt 3, High Quality, 1920x1080 145.1  Frames per second (higher is better)
Dirt 3, High Quality, 2560x1600 87.4  Frames per second (higher is better)
Crysis 2, Ultra Quality, 2560x1600 25.6  Frames per second (higher is better)
Dirt 3, Ultra Quality, 2560x1600 43.5  Frames per second (higher is better)
Crysis 2, High Quality, 2560x1600 38.4  Frames per second (higher is better)
Dirt 3, Low Quality, 1024x768 281.8  Frames per second (higher is better)
Dirt 3, Low Quality, 1680x1050 266.1  Frames per second (higher is better)
Dirt 3, Low Quality, 1920x1080 251.3  Frames per second (higher is better)
Dirt 3, Low Quality, 2560x1600 153.2  Frames per second (higher is better)
Crysis 2, High Quality, 1024x768 97.2  Frames per second (higher is better)
Crysis 2, High Quality, 1680x1050 79.2  Frames per second (higher is better)
Crysis 2, High Quality, 1920x1080 70.3  Frames per second (higher is better)
Gaming Score 70

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