Pros
- Lots of room for future upgrades
- Excellent performance
Cons
- Boring chassis
Bottom Line
Micro Express's latest budget machine bucks the category trends—in all the right ways.
The Specs
| Processor | |
|---|---|
| Processor count | 1 |
| Processor speed | 3379.2 MHz |
| Bus speed | 100.0 MHz |
| Processor type | Intel Core i3 |
| Cache size | 0.512 KB |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 4096.0 MB |
| Memory speed | 667.0 MHz |
| Memory type | DDR3 |
| Storage | |
| Other storage |
|
| Drive size | 500.0 GB |
| Drive type | Hard Disk Drive |
| Storage Media | |
| Memory stick | 1 |
| SD card | 1 |
| Expansion slots | |
| Open PCI Express X16 Slots | 1.0 |
| Number of PCI-Express x8 slots | 3.0 |
| Number of PCI-Express 2.0 x16 slots | 2.0 |
| Ports and Connections | |
| SD/MMC Card | 1 |
| Available Interfaces |
|
| MultiMedia Card (MMC) or MultiMediaCard (MMC) | 1 |
| Included Software | |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium |
Performance
| Overall Rating | |
|---|---|
| WorldBench 6 Score | 141 |
| Office Productivity | |
|---|---|
| Web Browsing | 161 seconds (lower is better) |
| Office Suite Use | 320 seconds (lower is better) |
| Multitasking | 205 |
| File Compression | 157 seconds (lower is better) |
| Content Creation | |
|---|---|
| CPU Graphics Rendering | 308 seconds (lower is better) |
| DVD Burning | 262 seconds (lower is better) |
| Image Editing | 295 seconds (lower is better) |
| GPU Graphics Rendering | 282 seconds (lower is better) |
| Video Encoding | 166 seconds (lower is better) |
| Video Editing | 161 seconds (lower is better) |
| Gaming | |
|---|---|
| Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1024x768 | 175 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 2, High Quality, 1024x768 | 64.1 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 2, High Quality, 1680x1050 | 41.5 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 2, High Quality, 1920x1200 | 35.7 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 2, High Quality, 2560x1600 | 23 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 2, Ultra Quality, 2560x1600 | 20.8 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry 2, High Quality, 1680x1050 | 36.2 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry 2, High Quality, 1024x768 | 58.7 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry 2, Low Quality, 1024x768 | 92.8 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry 2, Low Quality, 1680x1050 | 66.1 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 2560x1600 | 51.4 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry 2, Low Quality, 1920x1200 | 57.9 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry 2, Low Quality, 2560x1600 | 40.4 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1024x768 | 118.4 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1680x1050 | 83.5 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1920x1200 | 85.4 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1920x1200 | 70.1 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry 2, Ultra Quality, 2560x1600 | 18.9 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry 2, High Quality, 2560x1600 | 20.6 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry 2, High Quality, 1920x1200 | 30.9 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 2, Low Quality, 1920x1200 | 73 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 2, Low Quality, 1680x1050 | 87.1 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 2560x1600 | 42.6 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 2, Low Quality, 1024x768 | 126.9 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1680x1050 | 104.9 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 2, Low Quality, 2560x1600 | 46.3 Frames per second (higher is better) |
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