Which mini host is more popular at around 3,000 yuan? Friends who pay attention to the mini host market may say that it is the zero moment GTR7. After all, it is equipped with an R7-7840HS processor, and its performance is really suitable for a mini host. Recently, there is another mini host, which can be called the competitor of Zero Moment GTR7. It is equipped with R9-7940HS, and the price is only 54 yuan more than Zero Moment GTR7.
The model of this mini host is Mingfan UM790 Pro, and the barebone system equipped with R9-7940HS only sells for 3049 yuan, and the price is quite good. Compared with Zero Moment GTR7, the most attractive thing about this mini host is the R9-7940HS. Let’s take a look at the performance of this processor.
Let's take a look at the specifications of the R9-7940HS first. The core code of
R9-7940HS is Phoenix, which is the latest Zen4 architecture processor. It adopts 4nm process, has 8 cores and 16 threads, and the acceleration frequency can reach up to 5.2GHz. The total cache is 24MB, and the TDP is 54W. Its integrated graphics model is the 780M with RDNA3 architecture.
In the Cinebench R23 test, the multi-core score of this processor reached 16561pts, and the single-core score also reached 1760pts. What is the level of this achievement? It is at the same level as the i7-12700H, which is relatively strong for a mini host, and there is no pressure to deal with daily use.
In the 3DMark CPU Profile test, the performance of this processor is also relatively good. Unlike Cinebench, this test software scores from the perspective of thread count. The measured maximum thread score is 8165, 16 thread score is 8154, 8 thread score is 6927, 4 thread score is 3987, 2 thread score is 2060, and 1 thread score is 1050. The results of each test item are at a relatively good level on the mobile platform. Of course, there is still a certain gap with the desktop platform.
In addition to the processor, I also tested the performance of the memory and hard disk. There is no memory and hard disk in the barebone system. The memory specification I installed is 16GB DDR5 5600, and the hard disk specification is 1TB PCIe4.0 SSD. If you buy this mini host, you can refer to it. This mini host supports DDR5 memory and has 2 memory slots. The hard disk also has two M.2 hard disk slots, both of which are PCIe4.0 specifications.
Let's take a look at the test data of memory and hard disk.
is memory first. The measured reading speed of memory reaches 61188MB/s, writing speed is 74400MB/s, copying speed is 52141MB/s, and the delay is 90ns. The performance belongs to the mainstream level of DDR5 memory. The gap with the desktop memory is quite obvious.
is followed by the hard disk. The measured sequential reading speed of Q8T1 is 6642.05MB/s, and the writing speed is 2331.88MB/s. The random reading speed of 4K Q1T1 is 65.56MB/s, and the writing speed is 203.68MB/s. This score is placed in the PCIe4.0 solid state, and the performance is not particularly ideal, especially the writing speed, which is obviously too low. It may be because the cache of the hard disk is used up. In daily use, except for copying larger files, you should not encounter this situation.
Summary, if your budget is around 3,000 yuan, you can definitely consider Mingfan UM790 Pro. Compared with Zero Moment GTR7, its processor is upgraded to R9-7940HS. Although the core specifications are the same, in terms of frequency, the advantage of R9-7940HS is quite obvious. The key point is that its overall price is only 54 yuan more expensive than Zero Moment GTR7, which is quite a bargain.
