Some other real world indicators
Benchmarks are great for number comparisons between systems but how does the AMD Fusion based platform perform with regards to everyday usage? For starters lets try out the some of the main tasks a system of this size would commonly perform.
Video Playback
Watching YouTube videos, game demos, and some movie trailers in 720p and 1080p was enjoyable. There was no noticeable lag or jitter during playback and video/audio remained perfectly in sync. Some of the videos used during playback include the Nvidia PureVideo 1080p Test and Big Buck Bunny animation. Playback of 720p DVD content was equally pleasing with the system more than capable. The same held true for TV recordings streamed from a Windows Media Center PC with a HD TV tuner card used for recording 720p content. Blu-ray mkv playback has a few hiccups and stutters but nothing that was a deal breaker. Again the fan noise was rather irritating and something that would need to be addressed for long term HTPC usage.
7-Zip
Some other non-multimedia tasks include compression of files. A readily available benchmark provided as part of the 7-Zip SourceForge project shows the Jetway NC85-E350-LF is able to compress files with relative ease thanks to the dual core (bobcat) Zacate CPU.
IE9 HTML5 Fishbowl
This next test in an example of new tasks on the horizon that both current and future system designers would want to keep a close eye on. This is the HTML5 Fishbowl example provided by Microsoft as part of the Internet Explorer 9 Test Drive. Here we take full advantage of the AMD Fusion GPU powered graphics and compiled JavaScript. The Jetway NC85-E350-LF was able to maintain 38 FPS over 3 tests of 2 minutes each, a very respectable in browser performance achievement.
