Benchmarks: CPU
Putting an all-in-one PC up against high-end, overclocked desktop towers arguably isn't fair, but the PowerGlide Extreme gets off to a decent start.
Remember, the systems in this chart range from fast to ridiculously-fast, and the all-in-one machine does well to get close to some of the extreme competition.
But is close good enough? The performance gap widens in the multi-threaded Cinebench test, and the thermal challenges of an all-in-one PC become clearly apparent. The PowerGlide Extreme and the Scan 3XS Performance GTX both use the same Intel Core i5-3570K processor, but Scan's traditional tower is able to eke out more performance through a 4.6GHz overclock. Knowing that heat could be an issue in an all-in-one, PC Specialist's machine is running at a stock 3.4GHz, which is sensible.
It's true, desktop towers will generally be faster than all-in-one PCs, but there's no denying that the PowerGlide Extreme is mighty-fast. With a 3rd Generation Intel Ivy Bridge processor and an SSD storage device, it scores almost 5,000 PCMarks.
We reckon the number would be higher if the Kingston SSD wasn't limited by the SATA 3Gbps interface. The drive should be capable of speeds in excess of 500MB/s, but a quick run of ATTO tells us it's limited to read and write speeds of 280MB/s and 267MB/s, respectively.
