System Performance
Despite the NUC7i7DNHE being the first “desktop” machine to feature Intel’s 8th generation quad-core processors, we’ve reviewed several notebooks with similar processors.
In this review, we’ll be comparing the performance of the Dawson Canyon NUC to the new Dell XPS 13, which is the best performing ultraportable notebook we’ve seen with the 8th generation processors thus far. Additionally, we'll also be using Broadwell-era NUC, the HP Envy x360 with AMD’s Ryzen 5 2500U, and the ASUS ZenBook 3 UX490UA with an 8th generation i7-8500U.
Cinebench R15
Rendering in Cinebench R15 shows a healthy performance advantage for the NUT7i7DNHE in single-threaded performance, about 4% faster than the next fastest system—the Dell XPS 13.
However, multi-threaded performance shows a massive 15% improvement for the Dell XPS 13 over the NUC system. The performance level of the Dawson Canyon NUC sits above the other notebook options.
Handbrake 1.0.7
Media transcoding in Handbrake shows a much small performance gap between the Dawson Canyon NUC and XPS 13, with the slight edge going to the XPS 13 by about 2-3% in both CPU and QuickSync encoding.
PCMark 10
PCMark 10 Extended is a benchmarking suite that aims to emulate several different usage scenarios ranging from basic productivity to mixed workloads, as well as light gaming and to applications for creative professionals like photo and video editing.
The NUC7i7DNHE and Dell XPS 13 continue to trade blows in PCMark 10. While the NUC has a slight edge in the gaming subtest (3DMark Firestrike), and production testing (word processing and spreadsheets), the XPS 13 has a significant performance lead in Digital Content Creation as well as the Essentials test.
The edge in productivity for the NUC is likely due to those apps relying more on a single thread than the test of the tests. As we saw in our Cinebench results, the i7-8650U, with its 100MHz base and 200MHz turbo boost frequency advantage, provides superior single-threaded performance over the i7-8550U.
Intel UHD 630 Integrated
Intel UHD 630 Integrated “Graphics”! Ha Ha, Ha ha haw! Ah ha ha ha Haw!
Where the F is that Zotac with the Zen/With Vega Graphics SKU options because that’s one whole lot less funny thing than Intel UHD 630.
Intel UHD 630, Ah Ha Ha Haw, Ah haw Haw HAW! He he he Haw! Ahhhhh HAW ha ha ha [Gasps for air]! Ahhhhhh Hhhhhaw haw haw Hawwwww!
Oh Intel and its money and the entire integrated graphics market years behind schedule becasue of Intel’s incentivising the laptop/other OEMs over the years.
Raja can you fix that, and it will take years for that to come online.
So Where the F is that Zotac with the AMD/With Vega graohics options in some integrated form that’s surely not Intel Dogfood based!
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hey pcper, can you guys IP ban this person from commenting in your articles
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Ha ha ha…….Can You IP ban the truth!
Quote “However, we look
Quote “However, we look forward to seeing Intel’s replacement for the consumer-focused NUC7i7BNH, which adds features like Thunderbolt 3, Iris Pro graphics, and maintains a cheaper $475 MSRP.”
Soooo are we actually expecting Intel to do something like this? It seems like these days they actively work to do the OPPOSITE of what the market tells them to do to stay competitive.
Judging by leaked roadmaps,
Judging by leaked roadmaps, it doesn't seem too likely for this generation. Hopefully, with Cannon Lake-U we see some more compelling consumer-focused NUCs.
Did they take the Cortana mic
Did they take the Cortana mic out of this new NUC model?
No pinholes in the front
No pinholes in the front should answer the question..
Are there any benefits to
Are there any benefits to running the higher clocked DDR4-2667 as opposed to the recommended DDR4-2400?
Are the any benefits to
Are the any benefits to running the high-clocked DDR4-2667 compared to the tecommended DDR4-2400?
Thanks for the review
Thanks for the review Ken.
When do you expect the Iris Pro version of the 8th gen part to come out?
Have you tested this with UHD HDR rips? how does it perform?
I have a similarly specced
I have a similarly specced model made by pcglobal costing $333 which plays uhd 4k HDR flawlessly using VLC. No great for MPC HC with mad VR.