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Test Rig
- Motherboard: Zotac A75-ITX
- APU: A6-3650
- RAM: 4GB DDR3-1333 Kingston Value Ram
- CPU Cooler: Coolermaster V8
- PSU: OCZ ModXStream 700W
- Case: Thermaltake Wing RS
- Storage: Seagate 160GB
- OS: Windows 7 Ultimate
Benchmarks
PCMark 7
PCMark is an excellent tool capable of testing the entire system as a whole. It specifically focuses on video playback and transcoding, image manipulation, light graphics, system storage, and web browsing, all of which are common HTPC tasks. The A75-ITX paired with the A6-3650 does well considering the lack of a discreet graphics card.
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3DMark 11
3DMark 11 is the newest benchmark in the popular 3DMark line following the successful 3DMark Vantage. 3DMark 11 incorporates the new graphical features provided by DirectX 11 and is capable of bringing any modern card to its knees. Being more oriented toward HD video and light 3D tasks rather than gaming, 3DMark 11 is too much for just the APU alone. But it does compliment our PCMark score and gives us a little more insight into the graphics perspective.
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Passmark Performance Test 7
Passmark is another great all-in-one benchmark suite. It is able to test 2D graphics, 3D graphics, CPU, and RAM. Once again the Zotac board and the A6 performed well in the areas HTPCs need to do well in, namely fonts, Windows interface, image rendering, simple 3D graphics, and file compression. As expected, it simply doesn’t have the muscle for complex 3D graphics and intensive CPU applications.
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Unigine 2.5
Unigine is an intensive DirectX 11 benchmark intended to test gaming systems. The low score is to be expected from this low-power combo, but the fact that it was able to even pass with an average of 8.1 fps is pretty impressive when you consider how difficult it is to run this benchmark. In an older game with DirectX 11 disabled and settings lowered, this system would be able to hold its own.
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