Gigabyte BRIX GB-XM11-3337 System Review
Ryan Martin / 11 years ago
PCMark 7
PCMark 7 provides a set of 7 suites for measuring different aspects of PC performance with a high degree of accuracy. Overall system performance is measured by the PCMark Suite. The Lightweight Suite measures the capabilities of entry level systems and mobility platforms unable to run the full PCMark suite. Common use performance is measured by the Entertainment, Creativity and Productivity scenario suites. Component performance is measured by the Computation and Storage hardware suites. The Storage suite is ideal for testing SSDs and external hard drives in addition to the system drive.
PCMark 7 gave the BRIX a great opportunity to stretch its legs. In general performance it is 60% faster than the reference Intel Celeron NUC platform. Intel’s Atom mini PC solutions like the Sapphire Edge are left trailing in the distance. Although to be fair they are based on previous generation Intel Atom CPUs so we would really need to have some Cedar Trail 32nm Intel Atom based mini PCs for a truly fair comparison. Still I doubt Cedar Trail would even come close.
