The counterpoint is that PCMark05 delivered a score that was lower than expected. In particular the graphics element let the side down however the CPU part of the test wasn’t as fast as we’d have hoped for an eight-core PC.

PCMark05 Results

Longer bars are better

This may have been due in part to the Alpha nature of the BIOS. We know it’s Alpha because the POST screen displayed a warning message and while we had no problems with system stability it did take a fair while to boot in to Windows Vista.