Pros

  • Excellent general performance
  • Plenty of storage space

Cons

  • Poor price-to-performance ratio

At A Glance

We love just about everything in iBuyPower’s Paladin XLC, but its commanding price puts this desktop’s total potential into question.

Performance

Overall Rating
WorldBench 6 Score 198
Office Productivity
Web Browsing 134  seconds (lower is better)
Office Suite Use 291  seconds (lower is better)
File Compression 130  seconds (lower is better)
Content Creation
Image Editing 219  seconds (lower is better)
GPU Graphics Rendering 260  seconds (lower is better)
CPU Graphics Rendering 148  seconds (lower is better)
Video Encoding 124  seconds (lower is better)
DVD Burning 104  seconds (lower is better)
Video Editing 143  seconds (lower is better)
Multitasking
World Bench 6 Multitasking 154
Gaming
Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1024x768 343.5  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1680x1050 326.2  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1920x1200 291.1  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 2560x1600 192.8  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1024x768 209.4  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1680x1050 206.6  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1920x1200 196.7  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 2560x1600 147.1  Frames per second (higher is better)