Shift Super Stock Z87

by Maingear

4.5/5

$8,000.00

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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
  • Triple Titan video cards
  • Extreme performance
  • Excellent case design
  • 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
  • Side panel can be difficult to remove
  • Extreme price tag
  • 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

This incredibly expensive performance desktop packs premium components and water-cools them to deliver benchmark-destroying performance while remaining whisper quiet.

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 Core i7-4770K Intel Core i5 - 3330 Intel Core i3-3120M Core i3-3240
Processor speed 4700.0  MHz 3000.0  MHz 2500.0  MHz 340.0  MHz
Number of Cores 4.0 4.0 2.0 2.0

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Memory

Memory size 16384.0  MB 8.0  MB 6.0  MB 8.0  MB
Memory type DDR3 DDR3 DDR3 DDR3
Memory speed   1600.0  MHz 1600.0  MHz 1600.0  MHz

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Display

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

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Graphics

Graphics Type Discrete Integrated Integrated Integrated
Primary Graphics Chipset Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan Intel HD 2500 Intel HD graphics 4000 Intel HD 2500
Number of Graphic Cards included 3.0     1.0
Graphics Memory 6.0  GB      
Video Memory Type GDDR5     DDR3

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Storage

Drive 1 size 240.0  GB 1000.0  GB 1000.0  GB 1000.0  GB
Drive 1 type Solid-State Drive Hard Disk Drive Hard Disk Drive Hard Disk Drive
Drive 2 size 240.0  GB      
Drive 2 type Solid-State Drive      
Drive 3 size 240.0  GB      
Drive 3 type Solid-State Drive      
Drive 4 size 240.0  GB      
Drive 4 type Solid-State Drive      
Drives included 4.0      
Raid type RAID 0      
Drive 1 speed   7200.0  RPM 7200.0  RPM 7200.0  RPM

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Ports and Connections

Available Interfaces Audio - Center/Bass Out (1/8|Audio - Microphone In (1/8|Audio - Rear Surround Out (1/8|DVI (dual link)|DisplayPort|HDMI|Line In 1/8|Line Out 1/8|PS/2 - Keyboard|PS/2 - Mouse|SATA 3.0|USB 3.0|VGA 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|
Wireless connection 802.11b|802.11g|802.11n 802.11n|Bluetooth| 802.11b|802.11g|802.11n|Bluetooth| 802.11b|802.11g|802.11n|
Ethernet Type   10/100/1000 Mbps 10/100/1000 Mbps 10/100/1000 Mbps

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Dimensions

Width 8.6  inches 5.0  inches 21.7  inches 23.12  inches
Depth 21.5  inches 15.5  inches 1.92  inches 4.21  inches
Height 8.6  inches 14.0  inches 15.4  inches 18.85  inches
Weight 60.0  pounds   18.0  pounds 18.9  pounds

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Optical Drive

Included Drives Blu-ray Reader|Blu-ray Writer DVD Drive| DVD Drive| DVD Drive|

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Storage Media

Memory stick Yes Yes   Yes
Compact flash Yes      
SD card Yes Yes   Yes
XD picture card   Yes    

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Included Software

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

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Case

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

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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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Performance

Product Type

Subcategory

Performance   All in One All in One

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Overall Rating

Worldbench Score

435.0 153.0 131.0 129.0
Worldbench Version

8.1 8.1 8.1 8.1

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Start Up

Start Up

seconds (lower is better)

 29.7 16.8 18.6 20.5

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Office Productivity

PCMark 7 Productivity Suite

score (higher is better)

 7693.0 2151.0 1906.0 1245.0

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Web Performance

Peacekeeper

score (higher is better)

 4101.0 2593.0 2127.0 2766.0

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Storage Performance

PCMark 7 Storage Test

seconds (lower is better)

 5889.0 2209.0 2412.0 2124.0
File Compression

seconds (lower is better)

 36.6 99.1 148.8 114.3

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Content Creation

Image Editing

seconds (lower is better)

 202.7 227.7 280.5 217.6
Image Editing - GPU Accelerated

seconds (lower is better)

 44.0 209.2 335.2 176.5
Video Encoding

seconds (lower is better)

 126.0 192.0 169.5 191.0
Encoding Audio

seconds (lower is better)

 155.2 240.8 308.0 227.6

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Power Usage

Working power usage

Watt hours

 20.4 5.6 6.5 6.7
Idle power usage

Watts

 106.7 32.4 36.4 33.2

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Gaming

3DMark, Ice Storm

score (higher is better)

 164658.0 22917.0 36710.0 23984.0
3DMark, Cloud Gate

score (higher is better)

 35686.0 2600.0 3881.0 2627.0
3DMark, Firestrike Extreme

score (higher is better)

 11514.0 123.0 276.0 136.0
3DMark, Firestrike

score (higher is better)

 20388.0 282.0 555.0 300.0
Dirt Showdown, Ultra Quality, 2560x1600

Frames per second (higher is better)

 108.2      
Dirt Showdown, Ultra Quality, 1920x1080

Frames per second (higher is better)

 159.0      
Dirt Showdown, Low Quality, 1024x768

Frames per second (higher is better)

 189.2 30.9 47.0 32.9
Crysis 3, Ultra Quality, 2560x1600

Frames per second (higher is better)

 56.5      
Crysis 3, Ultra Quality, 1920x1080

Frames per second (higher is better)

 63.4 0.8   0.9
Crysis 3, Low Quality, 1024x768

Frames per second (higher is better)

 93.7 12.5 13.5 14.0
Bioshock Infinite, Ultra Quality, 2560x1600

Frames per second (higher is better)

 135.5      
Bioshock Infinite, Ultra Quality, 1920x1080

Frames per second (higher is better)

 181.5   4.6  
Bioshock Infinite, Low Quality, 1024x768

Frames per second (higher is better)

 305.1 15.4 26.6 16.1

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