Pros
- Four USB 3.0 ports
- Great performance for the price
Cons
- Expansion ports are hard to reach
- No optical drive
Bottom Line
The Vizio CA27-A1 offers some good media capabilities at a great price, giving it a strong introduction to the desktop market.
The Specs
| Display | |
|---|---|
| Included monitor | All-in-One |
| Display type | LCD Display w/ Glossy Screen |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1080 pixels |
| Display size | 27.0 inches |
| Processor | |
| Cache size | 3.072 KB |
| Processor count | 1 |
| Processor speed | 2560.0 MHz |
| Processor type | Intel Core i5 |
| Memory | |
| Memory type | DDR3 |
| Memory size | 4.0 MB |
| Storage | |
| Other storage |
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| Drive size | 1000.0 GB |
| Storage Media | |
| SD card | 1 |
| Ports and Connections | |
| SD/MMC Card | 1 |
| MultiMedia Card (MMC) or MultiMediaCard (MMC) | 1 |
| Available Interfaces | eSATA |
| Slots |
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| SDHC Card or Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) | 1 |
| Included Software | |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium |
| Dimensions | |
| Height | 20.3 inches |
| Depth | 9.0 inches |
| Width | 26.0 inches |
Performance
| Overall Rating | |
|---|---|
| Worldbench Score | 122 |
| Worldbench Version | 7 |
| Start Up | |
|---|---|
| Start Up | 20.6 seconds (lower is better) |
| Office Productivity | |
|---|---|
| PCMark 7 Productivity Suite | 3322 score (higher is better) |
| Web Performance | |
|---|---|
| Web Performance | 12.1 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Storage Performance | |
|---|---|
| File Compression | 523.9 seconds (lower is better) |
| Hard Drive File Operations | 479.9 seconds (lower is better) |
| Content Creation | |
|---|---|
| Image Editing | 208 seconds (lower is better) |
| Encoding Audio | 133.3 seconds (lower is better) |
| Video Encoding | 293 seconds (lower is better) |
| Power Usage | |
|---|---|
| Working power usage | 8.3 Watt hours |
| WorldBench Green Score | 89 |
| Idle power usage | 36.3 Watts |
| Gaming | |
|---|---|
| Crysis 2, Low Quality, 1024x768 | 55.9 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, Low Quality, 1680x1050 | 29.6 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, Low Quality, 1920x1080 | 25.6 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, High Quality, 1680x1050 | 40.1 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, High Quality, 1024x768 | 66.2 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, High Quality, 1920x1080 | 35.7 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, Low Quality, 1024x768 | 113 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, Low Quality, 1680x1050 | 72.1 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, Low Quality, 1920x1080 | 63.7 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, High Quality, 1024x768 | 38.2 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, High Quality, 1680x1050 | 19.7 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, High Quality, 1920x1080 | 16 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Gaming Score | 91 |
