The PCO Group Intel I7 Gaming PC
Sandra & SuperPi
Published: 18th April 2009 | Source: PCO Group | Price: £1499 |
SiSoftware Sandra (the System ANalyser, Diagnostic and Reporting Assistant) is an information & diagnostic utility capable of benchmarking the performance of individual components inside a PC. Each of the benchmarks below were run a total of five times with the highest and lowest scores being discarded and an average being calculated from the remaining three.
SuperPI is the benchmark of choice for many overclockers as it's lightweight to download and can give a quick indication on how good a system is at number crunching. A test of 8 million itterations was performed a total of 5 times with the highest and lowest times removed from the results and an average calculated from the remaining three.
Cinebench 10 is a benchmarking tool based on the powerful 3D software Cinema 4D. The suite uses complex renders to guage the performance of the entire PC system in both single-core and multi-core modes. Testing was performed a total of 5 times with the highest and lowest results being omitted and an average created from the remaining 3 results.
Results Observation
The PC has output some solid numbers though our first set of tests. Multi-threaded benchmarks really shining, showing what the I7 can do with a bit extra oomph behind it. The single threaded SuperPi showing some, while not jaw dropping, competent figures coming in at just under 11 seconds on a 1M test. The Cinebench results looking impressive also, with the multi core test standing out like a sore thumb once again.
Most Recent Comments
Nice review. Appauling that they leave all of the settings on auto and let that poor CPU hit 100°c!
Looks fairly tidy to me for a PC build from a company so, well done there!
Looks fairly tidy to me for a PC build from a company so, well done there!
That 100C is criminal. The sort of people who buy a prebuilt computer generally won't know them back to front, so won't bother checking the bios or CPU temps, leaving them with a smoking pile of silicon in next to no time.
Looks great, if you know how to build your own tho you may aswell, more fun that way
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Originally Posted by name='Diablo'
That 100C is criminal. The sort of people who buy a prebuilt computer generally won't know them back to front, so won't bother checking the bios or CPU temps, leaving them with a smoking pile of silicon in next to no time.
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Yes, Sleekit, it is a lot more fun when you build it yourself! Although, unfortunately there are many people that do not have the confidence to do it as they're scared it won't work. Also, if they have limited knowledge, they will not be able to troubleshoot if it doesn't POST for example.
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Fully agreed. It's shocking!
Although, unfortunately there are many people that do not have the confidence to do it as they're scared it won't work. Also, if they have limited knowledge, they will not be able to troubleshoot if it doesn't POST for example. |
What i'd like to know is how asus manages to pull a 21x multi out of a 920... :S
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What i'd like to know is how asus manages to pull a 21x multi out of a 920... :S
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Originally Posted by name='PeterStoba'
turbo mode
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Well, that's what I believe it to be, it was mentioned in another review I was reading the other day.
Tbh anyone that knows about an i7 and overclocking and so forth should just build it, its really not scary and it really doesn't take long i remember when i built mines from start to finish it took me about 2 1/2 hours if that and that was because i was actually reading manuals as i went through... i could probably disassmble this and and re do it now within an hour... The price is rather silly, the cooler is silly and the temps are just p*ss poor...
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Originally Posted by name='Luigi'
Nope, it's not single core, it's all the cores all the time, they must have found an overide...
Well, that's what I believe it to be, it was mentioned in another review I was reading the other day. |
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good reviews but i have ordered a Gaming pc from these guys and its been over 2 months i still haven't receive anything! I emailed the Marketing manager and even tried calling them no one is picking up leaved a voice mail havent got any reply. i am beginning to think that this guys pcogroup company is a fraud. ive already paid for the system. customer service is poor the manager does not reply from my emails at all, it like been two week ive emailed them and no replies. i am very sad and a bit annoyed at this company now. if i dont get my system this week or sonner i will report these guys to the police for fraud. hey you cant blame me i have been waiting for over 2 months and i tried to contact them trough phone and email no one seems to care. i get no replies at all. if you were in my situation right now you would be frustrated and feel someone just robbed you. Please if they were really a fraud how can i report them to the police? as this is e-commerce fraud im reporting and i don't know and meet these guys in person. thank you hope you could give me some advice here cos i dont wanna go to the police station like an idiot reporting someone i haven't meet and managed to robbed me a 700 quid.
Sorry to hear of the problems you've had with your order coyaks. First things first I would contact your credit/debit card company and let them know what has happened. If they are also unable to contact PCO Group then they should be able to perform a charge back and return your money.
If you have trouble with this also look at the company who processed your card details when you made the order. Chances are it will either be a bank or a shopping cart company. Whoever they are contact them and let them know too.
Finally go to the police and let them know whats happened. They have specialist teams that deal with this kind of thing, but I wouldnt expect any immediate progress.
If you have trouble with this also look at the company who processed your card details when you made the order. Chances are it will either be a bank or a shopping cart company. Whoever they are contact them and let them know too.
Finally go to the police and let them know whats happened. They have specialist teams that deal with this kind of thing, but I wouldnt expect any immediate progress.
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