**Benchmarking the Machine: A Look at Performance**

We've been putting our machine through its paces with a series of benchmarks to see how it stacks up against other systems on the market. The results are impressive, and we're excited to share them with you.

First up, let's take a look at some general performance numbers. We ran each benchmark at 1024x768, 1280x1024, and 1600x1200 resolutions, and here are our findings: GL Quake runs along at 116 FPS at 1024x768, 74 FPS at 1280x1024, and 46 FPS at 1600x1200. Quake 2 runs better than G-Quake, with 133 FPS at 1024x768, 93 FPS at 1280x960, and 60 FPS at 1600x1200. Quake 3 is a little bit more demanding, but still puts up respectable numbers: 98 FPS at 1024x768, 64 FPS at 1280x1024, and 44 FPS at 1600x1200. And finally, we have Serious Sam, which seems to be limited by a CPU bottleneck or the lack of a Transformer and Lighting Engine, with 47 FPS at 1024x768, 46 FPS at 1280x1024, and 36 FPS at 1600x1200.

**Solid Performance Across the Board**

It's worth noting that we had no issues with any of the benchmarks completing without crashing or experiencing game-related issues like graphics corruption. This is a major plus for our machine, as it means you can expect smooth performance from your games without any hiccups. Additionally, all of the resolutions tested were supported, even by less powerful GPUs like those found in ATI cards.

**Gaming at High Resolutions**

We're pleased to see that our machine is capable of delivering good performance at high resolutions. At 1280x1024, we're getting 60 FPS or more in most games, which is fantastic. However, at 1600x1200, things get a bit more demanding, and we're only getting 60 FPS or so in some cases. Still, this is a significant improvement over many other machines on the market.

**Storage Performance**

Next up, let's talk about storage performance. We're using a Prominence SAT150TX4 PCI-S controller with a 120GB SSD, and we're blown away by the results. The machine boots quickly, and our files are copied around with ease. Our read speeds are an impressive 50-80 MB/s, while our write speeds reach up to 80-90 MB/s. This is some seriously fast storage, and it's clear that the Prominence controller is doing its job well.

**Power Draw**

Finally, let's take a look at power draw. We were surprised to see that our machine is consuming an impressive amount of power, even when idle. At 1024x768, we're getting 89 Watts of power consumption, while Quake 2 and Serious Sam are pulling even more: 101W and 103W respectively. This is a concern, as our machine's power supply unit (PSU) has a 100W rating on the 5V and 3.3V rails.

**Improvements Ahead**

We've been putting this machine through its paces, but we're not done yet! We have a few improvements planned for future videos, including tweaking the power supply to ensure it's stable at all times. We'll also be doing some additional testing to see how our machine performs in different games and scenarios. Stay tuned for more updates from us, and thanks for watching!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys how's it going welcome to another video so recently we built the interactive 1 GHz retro gamer and we ended up with a modern case and a the aflon a KT 600 chipset motherboard 512 mega ram a power VR Cairo 2 graphics card 120 GB SSD and the Sound Blaster OD G2 sets and to sweeten the deal you guys wanted me to use Windows Millennium Edition for my very first time the game in the background is evolver running on this PC I've got no idea what to do so I'm just running around now I've got some awesome comments in this build a lot of you were really looking forward to it and calling it an underdog PC but some of you called it an Abomination and others thought it was the troll PC and that it's likely uh not even going to turn on but in the end this is the PC that the majority of you guys wanted to see so let's run some benchmarks and see what this 1 GHz retro gamer can do so first up we have some 3D Mark results 3D Mark 99 Max we're getting 8,544 and in 3D Mark 200 5,600 incoming Max is out at 1024x 768 and we're getting 109 FPS Expendable supports all the resolutions at 1024x 768 we're getting 108 FPS at 1280x 10 2489 and at 1,600 by 1200 we still getting 62 FPS in draon at 1024x 768 82 FPS at 1280 by 1024 60 FPS and, 1600x 1200 we're getting 4 3 FPS GL Quake runs along at 116 FPS at 1024x 768 74 FPS at 1280x 1024 and 46 FPS at, 1600x 1200 surprisingly Quake 2 runs better than G Quake we're getting 133 FPS at 1024x 768 93 at 1280x 960 and 60 FPS at, 1600 by 1200 Quake 3 is a little bit more demanding 98 FPS at 1024x 768 64 FPS at 1280x 1024 and 44 FPS at 1600x 1200 and we've got serus Sam this is the most demanding game we're getting 47 FPS at 1024x 768 46 FPS at 1280x 1024 and 36 FPS at, 1600x 1200 so there seems to be more a CPU limitation happening in this game or the lack of uh Transformer and lighting engine holding things back at the 1024x 768 resolution so looking at the results this is some really solid performance I also want to point out that I had no issues all the benchmarks completed without any crashes or without any uh game issues like Graphics Corruptions and also all the resolutions were supported now even ATI and Nvidia have issues with that for example the ATI cards struggle with the 1280 b960 resolution um it usually runs in Window mode and Nvidia sometimes also doesn't work with with certain resolutions in certain games now gaming at 1024x 768 is really excellent we're getting good performance and in many games 100 FPS or even more at 1280 by 1024 we're still getting good performance and all games apart from series Sam we're getting 60 FPS or more which is fantastic now 1,600 by 1200 that's a little bit too demanding for most games however in Quake 2 and in expandable we are getting 60 plus FPS even at that high resolution now let's have a look at storage performance we're using a promis SAT 150 tx4 PCI s controller and a 120 GB SSD now the performance is fantastic just using the machine it's very responsive it boots uh fairly fast and it's got good performance with small files so coping things around happens very quickly no access time on an SSD that that's really what gives us the speed in terms of uh performance we're getting a higher performance while right writing that seems to be just how this controller operates so we're getting right speeds of up to 80 to 90 mbes per second and a read speeds of around 50 to 80 megabytes per seconds so I must say that the performance of the storage solution of this machine is definitely a highlight and uh using using it booting running games uh it's it's beautiful it works really Snappy and also let's have a quick look at Power draw and here I was actually quite surprised at idle we're getting 89 Watts in Quake 2 1600 X 1200 it pulls 101 watts and then expandable 103 Watts now this is the power draw at the power supply unit now uh when we built the machine I pointed out that the aflon is uh quite power hungry and that you have to check with the power supply now the power supply I'm using has a 100 watt rating on the 5 and 3.3 volt rail so this is getting close to the Limit and I'm I'm really pushing it and having a look at the voltage readings um if a you can tell if a power supply struggles if the 12vt uh reading goes up and the 5vt reading goes down and that's what we can see here I'll put a picture um in the screen so you you can see what I'm talking about so um definitely I might have to revisit this and and use a different power supply I've got a video planned where I'm going to uh do a few improvements on this build um just little things I picked up while using it so that's something to look forward to and that's it for this video guys so this was short and sweet and I wanted to focus on the benchmarks to get it out of the way because the next video will be all about the games and I've got ton of gameplay footage uh lot of brand new games that I've never used on the Channel with the fraps counter running and that will give us a good idea of what this machine is actually capable of doing so as always guys if you haven't subscribed please do so share the video like or dislike leave me some comments down below and I'll see you soon with the next videohey guys how's it going welcome to another video so recently we built the interactive 1 GHz retro gamer and we ended up with a modern case and a the aflon a KT 600 chipset motherboard 512 mega ram a power VR Cairo 2 graphics card 120 GB SSD and the Sound Blaster OD G2 sets and to sweeten the deal you guys wanted me to use Windows Millennium Edition for my very first time the game in the background is evolver running on this PC I've got no idea what to do so I'm just running around now I've got some awesome comments in this build a lot of you were really looking forward to it and calling it an underdog PC but some of you called it an Abomination and others thought it was the troll PC and that it's likely uh not even going to turn on but in the end this is the PC that the majority of you guys wanted to see so let's run some benchmarks and see what this 1 GHz retro gamer can do so first up we have some 3D Mark results 3D Mark 99 Max we're getting 8,544 and in 3D Mark 200 5,600 incoming Max is out at 1024x 768 and we're getting 109 FPS Expendable supports all the resolutions at 1024x 768 we're getting 108 FPS at 1280x 10 2489 and at 1,600 by 1200 we still getting 62 FPS in draon at 1024x 768 82 FPS at 1280 by 1024 60 FPS and, 1600x 1200 we're getting 4 3 FPS GL Quake runs along at 116 FPS at 1024x 768 74 FPS at 1280x 1024 and 46 FPS at, 1600x 1200 surprisingly Quake 2 runs better than G Quake we're getting 133 FPS at 1024x 768 93 at 1280x 960 and 60 FPS at, 1600 by 1200 Quake 3 is a little bit more demanding 98 FPS at 1024x 768 64 FPS at 1280x 1024 and 44 FPS at 1600x 1200 and we've got serus Sam this is the most demanding game we're getting 47 FPS at 1024x 768 46 FPS at 1280x 1024 and 36 FPS at, 1600x 1200 so there seems to be more a CPU limitation happening in this game or the lack of uh Transformer and lighting engine holding things back at the 1024x 768 resolution so looking at the results this is some really solid performance I also want to point out that I had no issues all the benchmarks completed without any crashes or without any uh game issues like Graphics Corruptions and also all the resolutions were supported now even ATI and Nvidia have issues with that for example the ATI cards struggle with the 1280 b960 resolution um it usually runs in Window mode and Nvidia sometimes also doesn't work with with certain resolutions in certain games now gaming at 1024x 768 is really excellent we're getting good performance and in many games 100 FPS or even more at 1280 by 1024 we're still getting good performance and all games apart from series Sam we're getting 60 FPS or more which is fantastic now 1,600 by 1200 that's a little bit too demanding for most games however in Quake 2 and in expandable we are getting 60 plus FPS even at that high resolution now let's have a look at storage performance we're using a promis SAT 150 tx4 PCI s controller and a 120 GB SSD now the performance is fantastic just using the machine it's very responsive it boots uh fairly fast and it's got good performance with small files so coping things around happens very quickly no access time on an SSD that that's really what gives us the speed in terms of uh performance we're getting a higher performance while right writing that seems to be just how this controller operates so we're getting right speeds of up to 80 to 90 mbes per second and a read speeds of around 50 to 80 megabytes per seconds so I must say that the performance of the storage solution of this machine is definitely a highlight and uh using using it booting running games uh it's it's beautiful it works really Snappy and also let's have a quick look at Power draw and here I was actually quite surprised at idle we're getting 89 Watts in Quake 2 1600 X 1200 it pulls 101 watts and then expandable 103 Watts now this is the power draw at the power supply unit now uh when we built the machine I pointed out that the aflon is uh quite power hungry and that you have to check with the power supply now the power supply I'm using has a 100 watt rating on the 5 and 3.3 volt rail so this is getting close to the Limit and I'm I'm really pushing it and having a look at the voltage readings um if a you can tell if a power supply struggles if the 12vt uh reading goes up and the 5vt reading goes down and that's what we can see here I'll put a picture um in the screen so you you can see what I'm talking about so um definitely I might have to revisit this and and use a different power supply I've got a video planned where I'm going to uh do a few improvements on this build um just little things I picked up while using it so that's something to look forward to and that's it for this video guys so this was short and sweet and I wanted to focus on the benchmarks to get it out of the way because the next video will be all about the games and I've got ton of gameplay footage uh lot of brand new games that I've never used on the Channel with the fraps counter running and that will give us a good idea of what this machine is actually capable of doing so as always guys if you haven't subscribed please do so share the video like or dislike leave me some comments down below and I'll see you soon with the next video\n"