Bolt

by Digital Storm

4.5/5

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DX4870-UB2C

by Gateway

3.5/5

$550.00

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PX35t-A2210

by Toshiba

4/5

$930.00

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C540 Touch (Model 57317016)

by Lenovo

4/5

$719.00

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Pros
  • Lots of power for its size
  • Compact and quiet
  • Stays surprisingly cool for being so cramped
  • Affordable price tag
  • Respectable benchmark performance
  • Expansion opportunities
  • Attractive design
  • Good performance
  • Four USB 3.0 ports
  • 8GB of memory
  • Very good productivity benchmark scores
  • Great keyboard
Cons
  • The cover is a pain to remove
  • Poorly placed front audio and USB ports
  • Will be a pain to upgrade
  • Relies on integrated graphics
  • Poor gaming performance
  • Mediocre (and nonwireless) PS/2 mouse and keyboard
  • Screen coloration slightly off
  • Uncomfortably angular mouse
  • Weak integrated graphics
  • Display recessed deep behind bezel
At A Glance

Digital Storm's Bolt packs a lot of power into a very small space. It's an intriguing gaming machine with an attractive price tag.

The Gateway DX4870-UB2C is an old-school midtower desktop that delivers respectable productivity performance and lots of storage for an appealing price.

The Toshiba PX35t-A2210 is a relatively powerful all-in-one desktop machine. While it is more expensive than the rest of this field, it delivers the performance and features to back up its price tag.

Lenovo's C540 Touch isn't the sexiest all-in-one we've seen, but it is an exceptional value at just $719 (as of 8/30/13)

Specs

Processor

Processor type Intel i7 3770k Intel Core i5 - 3330 Intel Core i3-3120M Core i3-3240
Processor speed 3503.0  MHz 3000.0  MHz 2500.0  MHz 340.0  MHz
Number of Cores   4.0 2.0 2.0

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Memory

Memory size 8192.0  MB 8.0  MB 6.0  MB 8.0  MB
Memory type DDR3 DDR3 DDR3 DDR3
Memory speed 1333.0  MHz 1600.0  MHz 1600.0  MHz 1600.0  MHz
Memory max 16.0  GB      

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Graphics

Graphics Type SLI Integrated Integrated Integrated
Primary Graphics Chipset nVidia GTX 660 Ti Intel HD 2500 Intel HD graphics 4000 Intel HD 2500
Number of Graphic Cards included 1.0     1.0
Graphics Memory 2.0  GB      
Maximum Shared Video Memory 2048.0  MB      
Video Memory Type GDDR 5     DDR3

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Storage

Drives included 2.0      
Drive size 620.0  GB      
Hard Drive Speed 7200.0  RPM      
Drive type Hard Disk Drive|Solid-State Drive      
Drive 1 size   1000.0  GB 1000.0  GB 1000.0  GB
Drive 1 type   Hard Disk Drive Hard Disk Drive Hard Disk Drive
Drive 1 speed   7200.0  RPM 7200.0  RPM 7200.0  RPM

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Ports and Connections

Available Interfaces DVI (single link)|Gigabit ethernet|HDMI|SATA 3.0|USB 2.0|USB 3.0 Audio - Microphone In (1/8|HDMI|Line Out 1/8|PS/2 - Keyboard|PS/2 - Mouse|USB 2.0|USB 3.0|VGA| HDMI|USB 2.0|USB 3.0| HDMI|Line Out 1/8|USB 2.0|
Ethernet Type   10/100/1000 Mbps 10/100/1000 Mbps 10/100/1000 Mbps
Wireless connection   802.11n|Bluetooth| 802.11b|802.11g|802.11n|Bluetooth| 802.11b|802.11g|802.11n|

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Power

Power Supply Wattage 500.0  watts      
Power Supply Model Gold Plus Series Digital Storm Certified BOLT Edition      
Power Supply Manufacturer Sparkle Power      

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Motherboard

Motherboard Chipset H77      
Motherboard Model P8H77-I      
Motherboard Manufacturer ASUS      

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Dimensions

Width 3.6  inches 5.0  inches 21.7  inches 23.12  inches
Depth 15.0  inches 15.5  inches 1.92  inches 4.21  inches
Height 14.0  inches 14.0  inches 15.4  inches 18.85  inches
Weight     18.0  pounds 18.9  pounds

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Optical Drive

Included Drives DVD Drive DVD Drive| DVD Drive| DVD Drive|
CDR Write Speed 8 X (CD,CD-R)      

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Storage Media

SD card SD Memory Card|SDHC Memory Card Yes   Yes
XD picture card   Yes    
Memory stick   Yes   Yes

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Display

Touchscreen   No Multitouch Multitouch
Display size     23.0  inches 23.0  inches
Included monitor     All-in-One All-in-One
Resolution     1920 x 1080  pixels 1920 x 1080  pixels

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Included Software

Operating System   Microsoft Windows 8 Home Microsoft Windows 8 Home Microsoft Windows 8 Home

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Other Features

Devices   Keyboard|Mouse| Built-In Microphone|Built-In Webcam|Wireless Keyboard|Wireless Mouse| Built-In Microphone|Built-In Webcam|Keyboard|Mouse|

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Case

Chassis style   Tower (Midsize) All-in-One All-in-One

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Performance

Product Type

Subcategory

Performance   All in One All in One

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Overall Rating

Worldbench Score

201.0 153.0 131.0 129.0
Worldbench Version

7 8.1 8.1 8.1

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Start Up

Start Up

seconds (lower is better)

 21.7 16.8 18.6 20.5

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Office Productivity

PCMark 7 Productivity Suite

score (higher is better)

 5860.0 2151.0 1906.0 1245.0

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Web Performance

Web Performance

Frames per second (higher is better)

 25.7      
Peacekeeper

score (higher is better)

   2593.0 2127.0 2766.0

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Storage Performance

File Compression

seconds (lower is better)

 328.0 99.1 148.8 114.3
Hard Drive File Operations

seconds (lower is better)

 83.6      
PCMark 7 Storage Test

seconds (lower is better)

   2209.0 2412.0 2124.0

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Content Creation

Image Editing

seconds (lower is better)

 141.7 227.7 280.5 217.6
Video Encoding

seconds (lower is better)

 108.7 192.0 169.5 191.0
Encoding Audio

seconds (lower is better)

 94.0 240.8 308.0 227.6
Image Editing - GPU Accelerated

seconds (lower is better)

   209.2 335.2 176.5

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Power Usage

Working power usage

Watt hours

 7.1 5.6 6.5 6.7
Idle power usage

Watts

 51.3 32.4 36.4 33.2

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Gaming

Crysis 2, Ultra Quality, 2560x1600

Frames per second (higher is better)

 28.0      
Crysis 2, High Quality, 2560x1600

Frames per second (higher is better)

 44.6      
Crysis 2, High Quality, 1920x1080

Frames per second (higher is better)

 80.6      
Crysis 2, High Quality, 1680x1050

Frames per second (higher is better)

 90.3      
Crysis 2, High Quality, 1024x768

Frames per second (higher is better)

 96.5      
Crysis 2, Low Quality, 2560x1600

Frames per second (higher is better)

 64.7      
Crysis 2, Low Quality, 1920x1080

Frames per second (higher is better)

 96.7      
Crysis 2, Low Quality, 1680x1050

Frames per second (higher is better)

 96.8      
Crysis 2, Low Quality, 1024x768

Frames per second (higher is better)

 97.1      
Dirt 3, Ultra Quality, 2560x1600

Frames per second (higher is better)

 54.1      
Dirt 3, High Quality, 2560x1600

Frames per second (higher is better)

 109.8      
Dirt 3, High Quality, 1920x1080

Frames per second (higher is better)

 168.9      
Dirt 3, High Quality, 1680x1050

Frames per second (higher is better)

 183.3      
Dirt 3, High Quality, 1024x768

Frames per second (higher is better)

 215.1      
Dirt 3, Low Quality, 2560x1600

Frames per second (higher is better)

 193.3      
Dirt 3, Low Quality, 1920x1080

Frames per second (higher is better)

 253.0      
Dirt 3, Low Quality, 1680x1050

Frames per second (higher is better)

 260.6      
Dirt 3, Low Quality, 1024x768

Frames per second (higher is better)

 265.9      
3DMark, Ice Storm

score (higher is better)

   22917.0 36710.0 23984.0
3DMark, Firestrike Extreme

score (higher is better)

   123.0 276.0 136.0
3DMark, Cloud Gate

score (higher is better)

   2600.0 3881.0 2627.0
3DMark, Firestrike

score (higher is better)

   282.0 555.0 300.0
Dirt Showdown, Low Quality, 1024x768

Frames per second (higher is better)

   30.9 47.0 32.9
Crysis 3, Ultra Quality, 1920x1080

Frames per second (higher is better)

   0.8   0.9
Crysis 3, Low Quality, 1024x768

Frames per second (higher is better)

   12.5 13.5 14.0
Bioshock Infinite, Low Quality, 1024x768

Frames per second (higher is better)

   15.4 26.6 16.1
Bioshock Infinite, Ultra Quality, 1920x1080

Frames per second (higher is better)

     4.6  

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