Test System & Memory Performance

AMD APU System Specs
  • AMD A10-7800 (3.5GHz - 3.90GHz)
  • AMD A8-7600 (3.1GHz - 3.80GHz)
  • Asrock FM2A88M Extreme4+ (AMD A88X)
  • 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 RAM
  • Crucial MX200 1TB
  • SilverStone Essential Series 500w
  • Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
AMD AM1 System Specs
  • AMD Athlon 5350 (2.05GHz)
  • Asrock AM1H-ITX
  • 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 RAM
  • Crucial MX200 1TB
  • SilverStone Essential Series 500w
  • Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
Intel Haswell System Specs
  • Intel Core i3-4130 (3.4GHz)
  • Intel Pentium G3220 (3.0GHz)
  • Asrock Z97 Extreme9 (Intel Z97)
  • 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3-2400 RAM
  • Crucial MX200 1TB
  • SilverStone Essential Series 500w
  • Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
Asrock Beebox System Specs
  • Intel Celeron N3000 (1.60GHz - 2.40GHz)
  • 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 RAM
  • Team Group M3F49 128GB SSD
  • 36W/12V Adapter
  • Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
Intel Braswell System Specs
  • Intel Pentium N3700 (1.60GHz - 2.40GHz)
  • Asrock N3700-ITX
  • Intel Celeron N3050 (1.60GHz - 2.16GHz)
  • Asrock N3050B-ITX
  • 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 RAM
  • Crucial MX200 1TB
  • SilverStone Essential Series 500w
  • Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
ECS Liva X System Specs
  • Intel Celeron N2808 (1.58GHz)
  • 4GB (1x4GB) DDR3 RAM
  • 32GB eMMC SSD
  • 36W/12V Adapter
  • Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
MSI Cubi 2 Plus System Specs
  • Intel Core i3-6100T (3.20GHz)
  • 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4-2133 RAM
  • Samsung SM951 512GB
  • 90W/12V Adapter
  • Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
Asrock DeskMini System Specs
  • Intel Core i5-6500 (3.20GHz)
  • 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-2133 RAM
  • Samsung SM951 512GB
  • 120W/12V Adapter
  • Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
Intel NUC6i7KYK System Specs
  • Intel Core i7-6770HQ (2.60GHz)
  • 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4-2133 RAM
  • Samsung SSD 950 Pro 512GB
  • 120W/12V Adapter
  • Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

The NUC6i7KYK's memory performance landed below the Asrock DeskMini at 24.1GB/s, which is comparable performance to the MSI Cubi 2 Plus using the Core i3-6100T processor.

Memory bandwidth performance might be a bit lower than we were expecting but the cache performance is right up there. The Core i7-6770HQ processor of the NUC6i7KYK managed to slightly outpace the desktop Core i5-6500.

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