Dual hard drive bays and dual network ports, Mechanic Mini GTX mini host experience review

Recently I received the Mechanic Mini GTX mini host, which belongs to the new flagship series Mini GT, and the processor. What we received is the R7-8845HS+16GB+1TB version. How is its experience and performance? Let’s find out together.

1. Appearance design

The packaging box of the Mechanic Mini GTX mini host is relatively small. The black packaging box is printed with the Mechanic's English LOGO, the LOGO in the middle and the words MINI PC, and is supplemented by decorative elements such as grid metal. , very technological. After opening the package, you can see the body of the Mechanic Mini GTX mini host. The computer body is made of plastic, and the surface is sprayed with fine silver paint, giving it an aluminum alloy look and feel. The acrylic upper cover on the top of the Mechanic Mini GTX mini console can be disassembled and replaced. With a custom light-emitting module, it can well meet the user's personalized needs. In addition to receiving the upper cover with the mechanic's LOGO, a cooler upper cover with a doll image was also received. The upper cover is fixed magnetically and is easy to remove. The brightness and color of the light on the upper cover can be adjusted in the Color LED Ctrl software that comes with the Mechanic Mini GTX mini host system. If you feel that the light is too bright and there is some light pollution, you can manually reduce the brightness. The Mechanic Mini GTX mini console has large air inlets on both sides of the fuselage. It adopts a twill design and is visually more technological. The right side of the fuselage is also equipped with a Kensington security lock hole, which further expands the usage scenarios of the Mechanic Mini GTX mini host. The interfaces and buttons of the Mechanic Mini GTX mini console are mainly distributed on the front and back sides. On the front of the fuselage are two USB-A 3.2 Gen1 interfaces, a USB-C interface, a 3.5mm audio two-in-one interface, the power button and the reset button. The interfaces on the back of the Mechanic Mini GTX mini host are more abundant, including a DC power interface, a USB-C interface, a USB-A 3.2 Gen2 interface, an HDMI2.0 interface, a PD1.4 interface, two Two USB-A 3.2 Gen1 interfaces and two 2.5G RJ45 network ports. Although it is a mini console, the interface configuration of the Mechanic Mini GTX is not even inferior to that of some full-size consoles. In particular, the addition of the full-featured USB-C interface and USB4 interface allows the Mechanic Mini GTX to not only directly handle video output and computer power supply (up to 54W performance release) with one cable, but also allows it to output 4 displays at the same time. ability. In addition, the addition of dual network ports also facilitates the construction of soft routing enthusiasts. The bottom of the Mechanic Mini GTX’s body is also covered with air inlets to facilitate structural heat dissipation. The mechanic also designed a rubber bump at the bottom of the fuselage to facilitate the removal of the back cover. In addition, the bottom of the fuselage is also equipped with two screw holes, which can be used to install the standard wall-mounting kit that comes with the computer. The power adapter provided with the Mechanic Mini GTX mini host has a maximum output power of 120W, is compact and easy to carry. The measurements of the Mechanic Mini GTX mini console are 128 (W) × 128 (D) × 50 (H) mm, and the volume is approximately 0.82L. It is a veritable mini. If you don’t have mobile office needs, commuting with it will be lighter than a laptop.

2. Performance test

The Mechanic Mini GTX mini host we received is equipped with AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS processor, equipped with 16GB of memory and 1TB solid state drive. How is its performance? Also tested. First of all, the Ryzen 7 8845HS powered by the Mechanic Mini GTX mini host is AMD’s new second-generation AI PC processor. Adopting advanced 4nm process technology, it has 8 cores and 16 threads, with a maximum acceleration frequency of 5.1GHz and 16MB L3 cache. As for the graphics card, it is the highly praised Radeon 780M all-round core display, RDNA 3 architecture, built-in Ryzen AI engine, and NPU AI increased by 60%. Next, let’s disassemble the machine to see how it performs in terms of heat dissipation and scalability. The bottom cover of the Mechanic Mini GTX mini console has no buckles. You can open it by removing the four screws at the bottom. After opening it, you can see that the Mechanic Mini GTX mini host has enhanced heat dissipation for the SSD. It is not only equipped with a vapor chamber, but also has an independent fan to dissipate heat. The Mechanic Mini GTX mini host has two M.2 hard drive slots and supports dual PCIe4.0 solid state drives. The machine comes with a Kingston NV2 1TB solid state drive. The memory is also a dual-slot design, but only one JUHOR 16GB DDR5 5600MHz memory is inserted. Users with higher requirements for memory or storage performance can upgrade by themselves, and the host is very convenient to disassemble. Unscrew the four screws fixing the motherboard and remove the motherboard. You can see the huge cooling fins and fans of the Mechanic Mini GTX mini console. The heat dissipation fins are made of copper and are quite heavy in the hand. The Mechanic Mini GTX mini host has three performance modes to choose from: Quiet, Balanced, and Performance, corresponding to the three levels of performance release: 45W, 54W, and 65W. There is no need to enter the BIOS settings, just press ALT+K on the keyboard. Can be switched quickly. When testing, performance mode is used for testing by default. First of all, we used the performance benchmark test that comes with CPU-Z to run the scores. We can see that the Mechanic Mini GTX mini host processor has a single-core score of 665.7 points and a multi-core score of 6954 points. The results are relatively outstanding. Then the test was conducted using CineBench R23, with single-core 1754 pts and multi-core 16771 pts. The results were equally excellent. There is also a CPU performance test project in "3D Mark". The CPU Profile ran a single thread of 975 and a maximum thread of 7400 points. Subsequently, the Mechanic Mini GTX mini host was also subjected to FPU single baking to test the stability of its continuous performance output in different modes. The first is the performance mode. After 15 minutes, the processor still has a performance release of about 65W. At this time, the processor is clocked at 4.4GHz and the processor core temperature is about 90°C. Under this full load condition, the body temperature of the Mechanic Mini GTX mini console reaches a maximum of 41.5°C, mainly concentrated at the location of the heat dissipation fins. At this time, the fan noise of the Mechanic Mini GTX mini console can be heard at a normal office distance, but it is not noisy. The actual measurement is about 41 decibels. We switched the Mechanic Mini GTX mini console to balanced mode and tested again. After 15 minutes of FPU single baking, the performance release was about 54W. At this time, the core temperature dropped to 89°C, and the processor main frequency was 4.2GHz. At this point, the Mechanic Mini GTX's fan noise is noticeably quieter, at only about 33 decibels. It’s hard to notice from a normal office distance. Finally, we set the Mechanic Mini GTX mini console to quiet mode for 15 minutes of FPU single baking. At this time, the Mechanic Mini GTX mini host has a performance release of about 44W. At this time, the processor frequency is 3.9GHz, and the core temperature has risen to 95°C. The reason for the increase in core temperature is that the fan speed has dropped. At this time, the fan noise of the Mechanic Mini GTX mini console is less than 22 decibels at a normal office distance, which is lower than the ambient noise. The fan can no longer be heard at all. It's working. It can be seen that as a mini host, the performance release and noise control of the Mechanic Mini GTX mini host are still very good. It has no problem handling daily heavier workloads, but it is still recommended if there is a strong load. When the balanced mode or performance mode is turned on, the noise will not be significantly enhanced, but the temperature control and performance release of the entire machine will be better. In terms of GPU, although the Mechanic Mini GTX mini host uses a core display, the overall performance of Radeon 780M is sufficient for daily office work and light entertainment. The editor first used "3D Mark" to run TimeSpy. Due to the impact of single-channel memory, the score of its Mechanic Mini GTX mini host graphics card was only 1537 points, and the overall score was 1751 points. Subsequently, we added a memory stick of the same specifications to the Mechanic Mini GTX mini host, and set up a dual-channel 32GB memory to test again. The score of the Mechanic Mini GTX mini host graphics card reached 2597 points, with a comprehensive score of nearly 3000. Then the 3DMark Fire Strike, which represents DX11 game performance, was tested. The graphics card score reached 7923, and the overall score was 7381 points. In terms of memory, the Mechanic Mini GTX mini host is equipped with 16GB single-channel DDR5. The measured memory read speed is 27725 MB/s, the write speed is 37405 MB/s, the copy speed is 32605 MB/s, and the memory latency is 95.4 ns. In line with the performance of single-channel DDR5 5600MHz memory. In terms of hard drive performance, the read speed of SEQ1M Q8T1 measured using CrystalDisk Mark is 3638.78 MB/s, and the write speed is 2586.70 MB/s. SEQ1M Q8T1 has a reading speed of 2914.08 MB/s and a writing speed of 2534.95 MB/s, which is quite satisfactory. The core application scenario of the mini console is obviously to deal with daily office affairs. Therefore, the comprehensive office capabilities and experience of the Mechanic Mini GTX mini console are believed to be of great concern to everyone, and a series of tests have been conducted on this. First of all, we ran the CrossMark, which tests the office productivity of PCs, and obtained an overall score of 1661 points, including a productivity score of 1635, a creativity score of 1686, and a responsiveness of 1669, all far exceeding the 1000-point level calibrated by CrossMark. Then, V Ray was used for the benchmark test. The Mechanic Mini GTX mini host scored 9402 points, which can be used for simple small models and small scene rendering work. Subsequently, using PC Mark 10 for the modern office test, the Mechanic Mini GTX mini console received a comprehensive score of 6925 points. Among them, the commonly used basic functions and productivity scores both exceeded 10,000 points, and digital content creation also scored 8,372 points. This score shows that the Mechanic Mini GTX mini host is very suitable for office production and content creation. In addition to regular office production, the Ryzen 7 8845HS equipped on the Machinist Mini GTX mini host has greatly improved AI performance, and its AI computing power has reached 16TOPS. I also experienced PhotoShop, which supports AI generative image enlargement. First, we use the selection tool to quickly select the sky. Thanks to the AI ​​performance of Ryzen 7 8845HS, the process of identifying and selecting is quite fast. After selecting the sky, we used generative AI to fill in a rainy day scene. Since PS’s creative filling is a large model in the cloud, the speed is slightly slow, but the overall experience is smooth. PS will provide three effects, you can choose the one you like and save it.

3. Game Measurement

In order to further test the performance of the Mechanic Mini GTX mini console, two games "CS2" and "League of Legends" were selected for actual testing. Because single-channel memory has a huge impact on core graphics performance, we tested the average frame rate of games with single-channel memory and dual-channel memory respectively. The first is "CS2", the most popular online competitive game on Steam. Under dual-channel memory 1080P low image quality, its average frame rate can reach 159FPS. Then we increased the resolution to 2K, which still has a frame rate of 130FPS, 1% Low and 67 frames, with an average delay of 25ms. The game is still very smooth and smooth. Then the editor chose another popular online game "League of Legends". With dual-channel memory and 1080P medium image quality, its average frame rate can reach 179FPS. Then we adjust the resolution to 2K. At this time, the average frame rate can be increased to 149FPS, and an external 2K / 144Hz e-sports monitor can also be played at full frame rate.

IV. Summary

To summarize, the Mechanic Mini GTX mini host is small and portable, has rich IO interfaces, and with the support of the Ryzen 7 8845HS processor, the overall performance is very good, and it can be used for daily processing of documents or picture design. , video editing, or light gaming are all sufficient. Coupled with the support for local AI computing power, the Mechanic Mini GTX mini console can be said to be more affordable without increasing the price. Of course, if you choose the 16GB memory version, it is still recommended. Upgrade a piece of memory yourself to avoid affecting core display performance. Currently, the R7 8845HS+16GB+1TB solid-state version is priced at RMB 2,899, and the barebone version without memory and hard drive is priced at RMB 2,499. The R9 7940HS+24GB+1TB solid-state version is priced at RMB 2,999, and the barebone version is RMB 2,999. 2699 yuan, interested friends can pay attention. Jingdong Mechanic Mini GTX Mini Host R7-8845HS Barebone System [No Memory / Hard Drive / System] Price is 2499 yuan and get 400 yuan coupon

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