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Sapphire Edge HD2 Mini PC

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Benchmarks
First we’ll test each internal part separately then we’ll look at comprehensive benchmarks.
Hard Drive Speed (Aida 64)
With an average of 74 MBps random read this drive is plenty fast for media and office needs.
aida_hdd
RAM (Aida 64)
aida-ram
CPU (Aida 64)
aida_cpu
Lan Speed (wired)
wired
Lan Speed (wireless)
network_wireless
Windows Experience Rating
wer
Passmark
passmark
PCMark
pcmark
pcmark-temps
During the PCMark test I ran AIDA64s monitoring software in the background.  We see that the CPU temperature maxed out at ~68C.  This is well withen thermal limits of the Pineview chip.  However the Network chip leaves some to be desired.  ~8 MB Transfer speed on wireless is about half of what we would expect out of a 150 Mbps chip.
Basic Usage
To compliment these benchmarks, I used the Edge HD2 for everyday use and got comparable results to a netbook (No big surprise since it is the exact same chipset).  Using Microsoft Office presented little challenge to the Edge HD2 including large Excel Spreadsheets and large Word Docs.  I tested Flash with this Flash Benchmark: Our results show that the HD2 isn’t meant for gaming but can do basic to moderate Flash applications without too much strain (CPU never rose above 50% during test).
flash_bench
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5 Comments... What's your say?

  1. Ben Weber September 22, 2011 at 12:35 am

    We have 2 Mini PC’s posted back to back. (Zotac’s ZBox http://www.techwarelabs.com/zotac-zbox-plus-media-pc/). Which would you pick?
    Do you already have a Mini-Pc and looking to upgrade?
    If you did buy one, What would you use it for?

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