ASRock CoreHT-252B HTPC Review

Testing:

To rank ASRock's CoreHT HTPC I will run a series of objective tests and benchmarks, some synthetic and others real world, to gauge the overall performance. Finally, a few subjective tests, including gaming and Blu-ray playback, will be used to test the various uses and abilities of ASRock's HTPC.

Testing Setup:

• Processor: Intel Core i5 2520m @ 3.2GHz
• Motherboard: ASRock HM65-HT
• Memory: ASint 4GB DDR3-1333 SODIMM
• Video Card: Integrated Intel HD Graphics 3000
• Power Supply: 95W AC/DC Power Brick
• Hard Drive: Western Digital 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3.0Gbps
• Optical Drive: Lite-ON DS-E41S
• OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64 *not included*

Comparison Systems:

• Sapphire Edge Mini PC

Real World Benchmarks:

• iTunes
• WinZip
• VLC

Synthetic Benchmarks:

• Apophysis
• Geekbench
• Bibble 5
• PCMark 7
• Sandra 2011 SP3
• Sciencemark
• Cinebench
• HD Tune