The Mailman Has Arrived: Four Mini-PCs on the Test Bench

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Test Configuration And Special Features

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Intel Hardware (Socket 478)
Processors - 133 MHz FSB - 533 MHz Memory Clock Pentium 4 2.8 GHz (2800 MHz)
Memory 2 x 256 MB DDR 400, OCZ, CL 2.0, PC 3200
Common Hardware
Graphics Card ATI Radeon 9700 ProMemory: 128 MB DDR-SDRAM
Hard Drive 40 GB, 6L040J2, MaxtorUDMA100, 7200 rpm, 2 MB Cache
DirectX Version: 8.1
OS Windows XP, Build 2600 SP1
Benchmarks and Settings
Bapco Sysmark 2002 Version 1.0
Quake III Arena, Patch V1.16 640x480 - 16 bit / 1024 x 768 - 32 bitTimedemo1 / demo demo001 / nv15democommand line = +set cd_nocd 1 +set s_initsound 0Graphics detail = Normal
3DMark 2001 SE Version 1.1 - Build 340 - Patch Build 3301024 x 786 - 32 bitDefault Benchmark
PC Mark 2002 Pro Pack - Build 100 CPU and Memory Tests
SiSoftware Sandra 2003 SP1 CPU MultiMedia / CPU Arithmetic / Memory Bandwidth Benchmark
Winrar - Version 3.11 178 MB Wave file, Compression = Best, Dictionary = 4096 kB
magix - mp3 maker platinum - Version 3.04 D 178 MB Wave file, 44100 Hz, VBR = on and Quality
Main Concept MPEG-2 Encoder DV to MPEG-2 file encodingVideo + Audio, 1,2 GB source file
Unreal Tournament 2003 - Patch 1 1080 1024 x 768 / 32 bit / Audio = offbenchmark.exeTexture Detail = Normal, Character Detail = NormalWorld Detail = Highest, Physics Detail = Highall = on, Decal Stay = High

Benchmarks And 10 Different Systems

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OpenGL performance Quake 3 Arena "Demo 1"
DirectX 8 games 3D Mark 2001 SE (Version 1.1)
Video encoding MPEG-2 Main Concept MPEG Encoder
Office performance Sysmark 2002
File compression Winrar 3.1
CPU and multimedia PC Mark 2002SiSoft Sandra 2003

In total, we applied 15 different benchmark tests to gain a balanced picture of the performance of the three PC systems. A transparent overview is provided by the benchmark results from additional ATX motherboards equipped with identical hardware and with the same chipset as the barebone systems.