Results: 3DMark And PCMark
Remembering that our current build costs half as much as its predecessor, it only really needs to perform half as well to achieve equal value. We’re hoping for something a lot better than that though, and some of what we're looking for is demonstrated right out of the gate in 3DMark.
PCMark leans heavily on storage testing. Because we're using the same SSD from Mushkin that we selected last quarter, both systems fall into the same performance range. The former $2,000 build is the fancy house next door to the $1,000 configuration in this test.
Ten percent of our value score is storage-based, and those calculations reference the three PCMark tests that we believe are most appropriate. Using the same drive for both systems once again gives our little PC a big value boost.
