ASRock Vision 3D 137B HTPC with NVIDIA 3DTV Play

Test System Configuration Notes: We compared the ASRock Vision 3D HTPC's performance to an array of other HTPC systems we've used in the past. We compared the Vision 3D to a number of AMD Zacate E-350 Processor-based platforms and a handful of other mobile platforms based upon Intel's Atom or NVIDIA's ION as well. The comparisons will show relative performance versus other low-power power platforms, but as you'll see, the Vision 3D HTPC is markedly more powerful than any of the other systems. In the absence of similarly configured mobile machines to be used for reference testing, we used performance data on hand from other HTPCs, which unfortunately do nt offer nearly as much performance.

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Preliminary Testing with PCMark Vantage  Synthetic Benchmarks

First up, we ran our test systems through Futuremark’s latest system performance evaluation tool, PCMark Vantage. PCMark Vantage runs through a host of different usage scenarios to simulate different types of workloads including High Definition TV and movie playback and manipulation, gaming, image editing and manipulation, music compression, communications, and productivity.  Most of the tests are multi-threaded as well, so the tests can exploit the additional resources offered by a multi-core CPU.

Versus the other home theater PC and low-power platforms, the Core i3-based ASRock Vision 3D we tested offers significantly more performance in every single category measured by PCMark Vantage. The margins of victory are significant to say the least and are more in-line with a mainstream notebook or desktop PC.