Mini HTPC Computers: Comparative Performance Charts

We tried a new benchmarking system for multimedia PCs from Intel called DHCAT (Digital Home Capabilities Assessment Tool). In summary we can say that the four mini HTPC computers performed pretty closely in line with the power of their CPUs. Check out the

We tried a new benchmarking system for multimedia PCs from Intel called DHCAT (Digital Home Capabilities Assessment Tool). In summary we can say that the four mini HTPC computers performed pretty closely in line with the power of their CPUs. Check out the

We conducted some very simple 3DMark06 tests. With no anti-aliasing or anisotropic filtering, we ran 3dMark06 on all four of our mini HTPS computers at display resolutions of 1024x768 and 1920x1200. As you might expect, the Shuttle XPC X100, with its disc

We conducted some very simple 3DMark06 tests. With no anti-aliasing or anisotropic filtering, we ran 3dMark06 on all four of our mini HTPS computers at display resolutions of 1024x768 and 1920x1200. As you might expect, the Shuttle XPC X100, with its disc

This chart summarizes the overall performance of our four mini HTPC units on a series of tests using SYSmark 2004 SE. For a discussion of the SYSmark tests go to How We Test Laptop and Notebook Computers for Home and Office. The computers performed fairly

This chart summarizes the overall performance of our four mini HTPC units on a series of tests using SYSmark 2004 SE. For a discussion of the SYSmark tests go to How We Test Laptop and Notebook Computers for Home and Office. The computers performed fairly

The office productivity benchmark uses Adobe's Acrobat 5.0.5, Microsoft's Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word 2002 SP2, ScanSoft's Dragon NaturallySpeaking 6, Network Associates' McAfee VirusScan 7.0 and WinZip Computing's WinZip 8.1. The Shuttle'

The office productivity benchmark uses Adobe’s Acrobat 5.0.5, Microsoft’s Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word 2002 SP2, ScanSoft’s Dragon NaturallySpeaking 6, Network Associates’ McAfee VirusScan 7.0 and WinZip Computing’s WinZip 8.1. The Shuttle’

The Shuttle X100 with its slower CPU and memory does well on the Office Productivity Scenario Communications Benchmark. The Benchmark includes email, calendar and Web browsing. Though we tend to think of these things as text-oriented, there's a lot of gra

The Shuttle X100 with its slower CPU and memory does well on the Office Productivity Scenario Communications Benchmark. The Benchmark includes email, calendar and Web browsing. Though we tend to think of these things as text-oriented, there’s a lot of gra

This test uses programs such as Acrobat, Word and PowerPoint. Better CPU and memory performance make for better scores as you can see here. The Shuttle may benefit a bit from its ATI graphics processor.

This test uses programs such as Acrobat, Word and PowerPoint. Better CPU and memory performance make for better scores as you can see here. The Shuttle may benefit a bit from its ATI graphics processor.

Data analysis using Access is both CPU and hard disk intensive; memory speed is also a factor. The top three scorers here have 7200 RPM drives, the Winbook's drive runs at 5400 RPM.

Data analysis using Access is both CPU and hard disk intensive ; memory speed is also a factor. The top three scorers here have 7200 RPM drives, the Winbook’s drive runs at 5400 RPM.

The Internet content creation benchmark uses Adobe's After Effects 5.5, Photoshop 7.01 and Premier 6.5, Discreet's 3ds max 5.1, Macromedia's Dreamweaver MX and Micromedia Flash MX, Microsoft's Windows Media Encoder 9 Series, Network Associates' McAfee Vir

The Internet content creation benchmark uses Adobe’s After Effects 5.5, Photoshop 7.01 and Premier 6.5, Discreet’s 3ds max 5.1, Macromedia’s Dreamweaver MX and Micromedia Flash MX, Microsoft’s Windows Media Encoder 9 Series, Network Associates’ McAfee Vir