Testing
Our first test that we ran was Futuremark’s PCMark Vantage. This is an overall system benchmark that tests all aspects of your system. For comparison we tested the Core 100HT against ASRock’s earlier ION 330HT. Here are the results.
As you can see the Core 100HT performed about twice as good as the ION 330HT. Our next tests were taken solely on the Core 100HT. We tested the processor, memory, and the hard drive.
Our final test is the HD video test. We have been running this test on almost every new system we have tested. For this test we used the Tron Legacy VFX Concept test trailer from Apple’s website. QuickTime was used for playback. We monitor CPU usage during each test. Once again we compared our results to the ION 330HT.
720p Video Playback
ASRock Core 100HT: 5-15% CPU Usage
ASRock ION330HT: 20-30% CPU Usage
1080p Video Playback
ASRock Core 100HT: 15-30% CPU Usage
ASRock ION330HT: 40-60% CPU Usage
could you measure the power consumption of the core 100ht? this would complete the test (and would be interesting for me).
Where can the second hard drive go? That, with RAID, would make this a perfect buy for me…
This setup is the most ideal situation with something like a VERY large NAS. Trying to install large hard drives or secondary hard drives in a package that small just creates unwanted heat. Packages that small always look nice, also, and when you get a machine that is meant to be used as a net-top or a media center they always seem to be optimized for applications like Boxee. My media center starts to cry every time I run Boxee
Nice Review. I will be sure to pick this up soon!