Comparison Systems |
| System Name |
ASRock BeeBox N3000 |
Gigabyte Brix GB-BSi5T-6200 |
Gigabyte Brix S GB-BXi5H-5200 |
Intel Compute Stick STCK1A32WFC |
Intel NUC Kit NUC5i5RYH |
Intel NUC D54250WYK |
Zotac Zbox Sphere OI520 |
| CPU |
Intel Celeron N3000 |
Intel Core i5-6200U |
Intel Core i5-5200U |
Intel Atom Z3735F |
Intel Core i5-5250U |
Intel Core i5-4250U |
Intel Core i5-4200U |
| CPU Base Clock |
1.04GHz |
2.3GHz |
2.2GHz |
1.33GHz |
1.6GHz |
1.3GHz |
1.6GHz |
| CPU Turbo Clock |
2.08GHz |
2.8GHz |
2.7GHz |
1.83GHz |
2.7GHz |
2.6GHz |
2.6GHz |
| CPU Cores / Threads |
2 / 2 |
2 / 4 |
2 / 4 |
4 / 4 |
2 / 4 |
2 / 4 |
2 / 4 |
| CPU TDP / SDP |
4W / 3W |
15W |
15W |
- / 2.2W |
15W |
15W |
15W |
| Motherboard |
ASRock N3000-NUC |
Gigabyte MKLP5BP |
Gigabyte MQLP5AP |
Intel Compute Stick reference |
Intel NUC5i5RYB |
NUC QS87 reference |
Zotac reference |
| Memory |
Team Group 4GB DDR3 (2x2GB) |
Samsung 32GB (2x16GB) |
Adata 8GB (2x4GB) |
Soldered 2GB DDR3 (1x2GB) |
Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR3 (2x8GB) (added) |
Corsair 8GB DDR3 (2x4GB) (added) |
Crucial 4GB DDR3 (1x4GB) |
| Memory Timings and Speed |
11-11-11-28-2T |
15-15-15-36-1T |
11-11-11-28-1T |
9-9-9-24-1T |
9-9-9-24-1T |
11-13-13-30-2T |
11-11-11-28-1T |
| Memory Speed |
1,600MHz |
2,133MHz |
1,600MHz |
1,333MHz |
1,600MHz |
1,600MHz |
1,600MHz |
| Graphics |
Intel HD Graphics |
Intel HD 520 |
Intel HD 5500 |
Intel HD Graphics |
Intel HD 6000 |
Intel HD 5000 |
Intel HD 4400 |
| Primary Storage |
Team Group 128GB mSATA SSD |
256GB Toshiba NVMe M.2 SSD |
120GB Kingston SSDNow mSATA SSD |
32GB eMMC |
240GB Crucial M500 SSD (added) |
128GB Plextor M5M mSATA SSD (added) |
500GB Samsung ST500LM012 HDD |
| Secondary Storage |
- |
- |
1TB Seagate Momentus HDD |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| PSU |
Asian Power Devices (36W, external) |
FSP Group (90W, external) |
Asian Power Devices (65W, external) |
Asian Power Devices (10W, external) |
Intel NUC (65W, external) |
Intel NUC (65W, external) |
Delta Electronics (65W, external) |
| Chassis |
ASRock BeeBox |
Gigabyte Brix |
Gigabyte Brix S |
Intel Compute Stick |
Intel NUC |
Intel NUC |
Zotac Zbox Sphere |
| Operating System |
Windows 10 (64-bit, added) |
Windows 10 (64-bit, added) |
Windows 8.1 (64-bit) |
Windows 8.1 (32-bit) |
Windows 8.1 (64-bit, added) |
Windows 8.1 (64-bit, added) |
Windows 8.1 (64-bit, added) |
| Date Reviewed |
January 2016 |
March 2016 |
March 2015 |
May 2015 |
April 2015 |
January 2014 |
May 2014 |
| Cost As Reviewed |
£270 |
£665 |
£665 |
£130 |
£535 |
£450 |
£420 |
