Benchmarks And Results Compared : System Builder Marathon (Media PCs): Day 3

Benchmarks And Results Compared

By Ed Tittel, published on May 18, 2007
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: system, builder, marathon

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Building A Budget Media PC
3. Building A Budget Media PC, Continued
4. Building A High-End Media PC
5. Building A High-End Media PC, Continued
6. Benchmarks And Results Compared

6. Benchmarks And Results Compared

Here we present the results of our tests of each of the two systems next to each other, so you can easily compare them. For more on the tests and how we did them see the original articles on the the low end media PC system and the high end media PC system.

PCMark05

Media PC Build	CPU	PCMarks	CPU	Memory	Graphics	HDD	AudioC	VideoE
Current Low End	AMD 4600+	3460	4891	3879	1345	4772	2269.1 kB/s	357.5 kB/s
Current High End	AMD 6000+	6594	6098	5112	9323	4809	2910.1 kB/s	441.1 kB/s
DIY Article Low End	AMD 4800+	5215	5001	4010	5323	4821	2823.8 kB/s	374.4 kB/s
DIY Article High End	AMD 6000+	5605	6107	5016	5516	4937	2875.8 kB/s	447.3 kB/s
DIY Article Low End	Intel T7200	5213	5021	4556	5361	4751	2226.2 kB/s	367.5 kB/s
DIY Article High End	Intel T7600	5767	6945	5899	5474	4780	2546.6 kB/s	424.8 kB/s

The superior performance of the AMD 6000+ system over the 4600+ system is quite clear. Is it worth an extra $2,000? That's for you to decide. Note what a difference the 8800 GTX made in the current 6000+ system when compared to the DIY article 6000+ system. The DIY 6000+ system had a 7600 GT graphics card.

3DMark05

Current Media PC with AMD 4600+ and Radeon X1250 GPU (built-in)
Resolution	NoAA, NoAF	4xAA,4xAF
1024x768	937 3DMarks	514 3DMarks
1280x1024	716 3DMarks	357 3DMarks
Current Media PC with AMD 6000+ and 8800 GTX GPU
Resolution	NoAA, NoAF	4xAA,8xAF
1024x768	14690 3DMarks	13292 3DMarks
1280x1024	13625 3DMarks	11687 3DMarks

Yesterday, we expressed our great satisfaction with the 3DMark05 performance of the high end media PC with its 8800 GTX graphics processor. It's far from a fair match, but you can see why we recommend trying a 7600 GT graphics card on the low end system. It will certainly improve performance.