These little machines are amazing. I've purchased two dozen of various NUC models over the last 6 months because they are small, light, easy to pick up and move to a different desk if needed, and most of all they are incredibly powerful!This particular model is a 5th generation i3 processor by Intel. I have 16GB of DDR3 RAM and a Samsung EVO 850 250GB M.2 SSD with it. I can't believe how fast this thing performs. I use it with PhotoShop, ConnectWise (line of business application), MS Office 2016, Windows 10, and Chrome browser. I will quite often have all of these apps up and running simultaneously with 15+ tabs open in Chrome. It never misses a beat.If you want a tiny desktop computer, build yourself a NUC.