At present, I have seen a lot of reviews about zero-hour hosts, not only that, but also gradually some people around me have begun to choose mini hosts as the main office machine. Indeed, in my previous review articles, it has been mentioned that the zero-hour mini host shows strong performance whether it is office or games, and productivity, and for Xiaobai, the configured mini host is still more suitable to start?
Today, the author will take the Zero SER 5 Pro as an example, from the performance configuration to the daily application to evaluate, to see what kind of people it is suitable for.
The packaging of the zero-hour mini host has two different styles, if it is equipped with an AMD chip, it is this style of red on a black background, and if it is equipped with an Intel processor, it is a blue-gray style. The two very distinctive packaging styles can be recognized by users at a glance.
In terms of accessories, in addition to the main unit, the Zero Moment SER 5 Pro is also equipped with 2 * HDMI, 1 * wall mounting accessories, and this time it also gives a screwdriver to facilitate users to install memory.
The size of the Zero Moment SER 5 Pro is similar to previous generations, the size is 12.5*11.3*4.2cm, the weight is about 510g, it is also very small and easy to carry, a small bag can be put in.
Some people will definitely say that there are computers at home and at work, who will use this kind of mini host. In fact, its application range is still very wide, like some people engaged in work is more sensitive, the company's computer can not casually Internet or something, at this time you can use the mini host, after work to take home is still very convenient.
The fuselage is made of ABS material, the bottom shell is metal, this time its top and both sides of the fuselage are made of metal mesh cover, but the utilization rate of the fuselage is still quite high from the overall point of view, three sides of heat dissipation holes, front and rear for port panels.
The front of the fuselage is reserved 2 USB3.2 Gen2 ports, 1 Type-C interface, it is worth mentioning that the full-featured interface, not only can transmit data, but also support DisplayPort Alt mode. There is also a 3.5mm audio connector, a CMOS clear jack, and a power switch.
The back interface is a Gigabit Ethernet port, 1 USB3.2 Gen2, 1 USB2.0, 2 HDMI 2.0, here to say, the HDMI on the back and the front Type-C support 4K@60Hz output, that is to say, the zero SER5 Pro can support up to three screens 4K simultaneous output.
After the introduction outside, take a look at the internal structure of the Zero SER5 Pro. The official screwdriver is still very easy to remove, disassemble the top cover to see an independent cooling fan, the fan is mainly for the hard disk and memory stick heat dissipation, because on the shelf also reserved a SATA hard disk interface, zero SER5 Pro is equipped with 32GB + 500GB, users can increase the capacity of the hard disk according to their own needs.
Remove the shelf to see that the bottom is the motherboard, whether it is the motherboard process, or the layout of the memory module and M.2 hard disk is very well done.
The wireless card of the Zero SER5 Pro is the Intel AX200, which supports WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2. In addition, it is equipped with AMD Ryzen5-5800H chip, which is a flagship chip launched by AMD in 2021, 7nm process technology, built-in 8 Zen3 architecture CPU cores, support 16 worker threads, 16MB L3 cache.
The mini hosts are all integrated graphics cards, which integrate AMD Radeon Vega 8-core graphics cards running at 2000 MHz. From the configuration point of view, the performance is still good, and it also comes pre-installed with the genuine Windows 11 operating system, and the actual test experience is directly carried out below.
Performance testing
Let's first take a look at the overall level of Master Lu's running score, and Master Lu's running score is ultimately 812348.
In addition, in 3D Mark's Time Spy, the overall running score is 1609, of which the CPU score is 7373 and the graphics card score is 1414.
The speed of the hard disk is also measured, the read speed measured by the AS SSD professional hard disk test software is 2709MB/s, and the write speed is 1251MB/s, which is okay, I think it is enough for daily office use.
The results measured by another software are similar, ATTO Disk measured a write speed of 1338MB/s and a read speed of 30413MB/s.
Playtest
As we all know, AMD's performance is more biased towards gaming than Intel's, which is also the general direction of many people when choosing a processor.
In the "League of Legends" game test, the overall operation is still very smooth, FPS100, CPU usage is maintained at 19%. It should be noted that the whole game runs at 1080P resolution, whether it is as small as the hero's position or a large multiplayer team battle, the picture can always be maintained smoothly without stuttering.
Another game "Genshin", the smoothness of the overall picture is no problem, "Genshin" this game is still more eating graphics card, graphics card occupancy rate of 60%, I think zero moment SER5 Pro can maintain this effect is quite good, but the frame rate is slightly weaker, but the overall operation of the picture is still very smooth.
In terms of games, I think the Zero Moment SER5 Pro is still okay, in addition to the office software Zero Moment SER5 Pro can also be competent, such as simple video editing, picture processing is also a problem. And under long-term use, the temperature of the whole machine of the zero SER5 Pro is well controlled, and the body will not appear hot and hot, or even no noise, which I think is quite good.
summary
From the experience point of view, the comprehensive performance of Zero SER5 Pro is still quite high, whether it is a game or an office has shown excellent performance, but for AMD processor it is more or game experience, such as "Genshin" and "League of Legends" games are no problem, of course, it also supports three screens of simultaneous output display, which provides more convenience for the office, so for the two-thousand-priced Zero SER5 Pro is still very cost-effective, and it also supports the upgrade and expansion of memory modules and hard disks in the later stage.