Setup & Testing Procedures
The ZBOX HD-A02 Plus does not come with any type of operating system installed so you will need to install one. We went with Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. For a quicker install of Windows 7 we went ahead and installed it from a flash drive. Once you have Windows installed you can go ahead and load it up with media, programs and even games. When you power the system on there is a green circle that lights up on the side of the unit, it is pretty cool.
Opening up CPU-Z we can see all of the information on the system.
We will be running the ZBOX-HD-A02 through a battery of different benchmarks and tests. I have organized them in to different categories.
General System Testing
Windows Experience Index
Boxee (download)
Windows Media Center
HD Movie Playback
Intensive Testing
PCMark 7 (download)
PC Mark Vantage (download)
Geekbench (download)
AIDA 64 (download)
– Cache & Memory Benchmark
SiSoftware Sandra (download)
– Processor Arithmetic
– Processor Multimedia
– Sandra Physical Disks
Video Testing
3DMark Vantage (download)
Counter-Strike: Source (Buy)
