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Polywell AIO-H6100AA: All-in-One PC Is All Work, No Play

29.11.11

Our review model, priced at $1199 (as of October 31, 2011), features an Intel Core i5-2405S processor, 8GB of RAM, and 2TB of hard-drive space. Although it has no discrete graphics card, it does come with a built-in webcam and microphone, as well as Bluetooth and a touchscreen. In PCWorld's WorldBench 6 benchmark tests, the H6100AA performed very well with a score of 140. In the wide world of desktops, that isn’t a stellar result; but all-in-ones generally sacrifice performance to fit into their svelte shells, and the H6100AA sits at the top of the budget all-in-ones category. In our tests, most budget AIOs score 20 to 30 points lower, with a couple of notable exceptions (the CyberNet iOne H5 earned a score of 133, while the HP Compaq 6000 Pro reached a mark of 116).

Since the H6100AA relies on integrated graphics hardware, its not-so-great performance in our graphics tests is understandable. In our older Unreal Tournament graphics tests, it managed to produce a smooth frame rate of 54.3 frames per second when we dialed the settings down to medium quality and a meager 1024-by-768-pixel resolution. In contrast, the iOne H5, armed with an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730 graphics card, blazed through the same tests at a rate of 129.7 fps.

Source: PCWorld