Pros
- Great features for the price: USB3 Blu-ray, 2TB
- Good graphics performance
Cons
- Metal scaffolding inside makes tinkering difficult
- No SSD boot drive
Bottom Line
This budget machine is a little on the pricey side, but it packs lots of high end features including four USB 3.0 ports and a large 2TB hard drive.
Manufacturer’s Description
Expertly engineered for incredible performance, with extreme speed, expandability and style, HPE Phoenix is a top-of-the-line Gaming PC that will set you apart from your rivals.
The Specs
| Processor | |
|---|---|
| Processor count | 1 |
| Processor speed | 3584.0 MHz |
| Processor type | Intel Core i7 |
| Cache size | 0.0080 KB |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 12.0 MB |
| Memory speed | 1333.0 MHz |
| Memory type | DDR3 |
| Storage | |
| Other storage |
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| Drive size | 2000.0 GB |
| Drive type | Hard Disk Drive |
| Storage Media | |
| Compact flash | 1 |
| Memory stick | 1 |
| Smart media | 1 |
| XD picture card | 1 |
| SD card | 1 |
| Ports and Connections | |
| SD/MMC Card | 1 |
| Available Interfaces |
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| MultiMedia Card (MMC) or MultiMediaCard (MMC) | 1 |
| Slots |
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| SDHC Card or Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) | 1 |
Performance
| Overall Rating | |
|---|---|
| Worldbench Score | 121 |
| Worldbench Version | 7 |
| Start Up | |
|---|---|
| Start Up | 33.1 seconds (lower is better) |
| Office Productivity | |
|---|---|
| PCMark 7 Productivity Suite | 2596 score (higher is better) |
| Web Performance | |
|---|---|
| Web Performance | 22.1 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Storage Performance | |
|---|---|
| File Compression | 373.2 seconds (lower is better) |
| Hard Drive File Operations | 286.1 seconds (lower is better) |
| Content Creation | |
|---|---|
| Image Editing | 153.4 seconds (lower is better) |
| Encoding Audio | 102.9 seconds (lower is better) |
| Video Encoding | 142.3 seconds (lower is better) |
| Power Usage | |
|---|---|
| Working power usage | 16.2 Watt hours |
| WorldBench Green Score | 79 |
| Idle power usage | 46.5 Watts |
| Gaming | |
|---|---|
| Crysis 2, Low Quality, 1024x768 | 96.7 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, Low Quality, 1680x1050 | 95.2 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, Low Quality, 1920x1080 | 91.6 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, High Quality, 1680x1050 | 121.9 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, Low Quality, 2560x1600 | 60.6 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, High Quality, 1024x768 | 148.8 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, High Quality, 1920x1080 | 118.9 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, High Quality, 2560x1600 | 86.3 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, Ultra Quality, 2560x1600 | 29.3 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, Ultra Quality, 2560x1600 | 44.8 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, High Quality, 2560x1600 | 44.4 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, Low Quality, 1024x768 | 240.9 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, Low Quality, 1680x1050 | 219.7 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, Low Quality, 1920x1080 | 209.6 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, Low Quality, 2560x1600 | 149.6 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, High Quality, 1024x768 | 95.1 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, High Quality, 1680x1050 | 80.4 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, High Quality, 1920x1080 | 71.8 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Gaming Score | 87 |
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