[Device Reviews and Information] Jupit3r:
Performance: Quiet power

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The unit I have on hand features an AMD Ryzen7-3750H CPU, integrated Radeon RX Vega 10 GPU, 16GB DDR4 RAM and a 512GB m.2 NVMe SSD. Although the quad-core Ryzen7-3750H is a mobile chip used in compact systems, it still has a relatively high base clock of 2.3GHz, and can turbo up to 4.0GHz when tasks are loaded.

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Benchmarks are do not always translate into real world power, but they are the most objective ways to measure a PC’s performance. To help you better understand the SER’s benchmark scores. I compared the it to other budget and midrange mini PCs in the charts.

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First, I ran Maxon's latest CPU-crunching Cinebench R23 test, which is fully threaded to make use of all available processor cores and threads. Cinebench stresses the CPU rather than the GPU to render a complex image. The result is a proprietary score indicating a PC's suitability for processor-intensive workloads. The SER got a fairly decent score here.

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I also ran the older Cinebench R20 test on the SER in order to compare it to other models I have tested before. The scores were by no means impressive, but still edged out Lenovo Thinkcentre M720q, and were way ahead of the results fetched by the Intel NUC BXNUC10i3FNHN1 Mini, or Beelink’s very own GK mini.

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In the cross platform Geekbench 5 test, the SER scored 923 in CPU single core, 2957 in multi-core, and 8818 in OpenCL. Again, solid, but not impressive.

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PCMark 8 and 10 are holistic performance suites developed by the PC benchmark specialists at UL (formerly Futuremark). PCMark 10 simulates different real-world productivity and content-creation workflows. people use it to assess overall system performance for office-centric tasks such as word processing, spreadsheeting, web browsing, and video conferencing. SER notched 3681 in the standard PCMark 10 test, ranking above the i5-8400T powered Lenovo ThinkCentre M720q.

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AMD are known for integrating better GPUs in their processors than its major rival Intel. The Radeon RX Vega 10 GPU found in the SER may not match discrete graphics in mainstream desktop PCs or gaming laptops, but it does offer ample oomph for day-to-day office tasks and even a little bit gaming. In the graphics-focused 3DMark, the SER easily outpaced models featuring Intel UHD series graphics, and was only slightly edged by the Intel NUC Kit NUC8i7BEH, which comes with a new-generation Iris Plus Graphics 655 GPU.

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The SER features a m.2 NVMe SSD, which is much faster than the mSATA SSD found in more basic mini PCs. Results of the CrystalDiskMark test told the story. The storage is also expandable with a SATA3 HDD or SSD of up to 1TB.

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There are two memory slots on the SER’s motherboard, so the system is able to have dual-channel memory if you insert two memory sticks. But the model I am testing comes with a single 16GB memory stick. This single-channel memory results in lower overall bandwidth and throughput speed. Certain 3D games may suffer immensely in smoothness when running on a single-channel memory. But in most applications, the performance difference between single-channel and dual-channel RAM may vary from subtle to unnoticeable.

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In the AIDA64 cache & memory benchmark, the read, write and copy speeds of the 16GB memory are not impressive, but still solid. The 101.2ns latency isn’t too bad, either. For those who want to squeeze more power out of the integrated GPU, I highly recommend buying the 8GB version instead, and inserting an extra 8GB memory stick for dual-channel memory setup.

Real World Use: More than Decent

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In the real-world use, the SER handled everything I threw at it with ease. I was pleasantly surprised by how fast it was. Opening 20 or extra image-heavy webpages in Microsoft Edge and running a few other apps side by side wouldn’t slow the system down.

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There’s also no frame skip at all while streaming 8K YouTube Videos in Chrome.

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I encountered no problem editing videos in Power Director, either. Even when I was adding some heavy filters and animations to the clips, there were never hiccups or delays. The SER felt almost as smooth as my main workstation PC, which features a Ryzen7-4800 CPU and RTX1660 Super GPU.