Intel's Bean Canyon (NUC8i7BEH) Coffee Lake NUC Review - Ticking the Right Boxes
by Ganesh T S on April 3, 2019 8:00 AM EST- Posted in
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- NUC
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- Thunderbolt 3
- Cannon Point
- Coffee Lake-U
Networking and Storage Performance
Networking and storage are two major aspects which influence our experience with any computing system. This section presents results from our evaluation of these aspects in the Intel NUC8i7BEH (Bean Canyon). On the storage side, one option would be repetition of our strenuous SSD review tests on the drive(s) in the PC. Fortunately, to avoid that overkill, PCMark 8 has a storage bench where certain common workloads such as loading games and document processing are replayed on the target drive. Results are presented in two forms, one being a benchmark number and the other, a bandwidth figure. We ran the PCMark 8 storage bench on selected PCs and the results are presented below.
The NUC8i7BEH with the WD Black NVMe 3D SSD is surpassed only by the Samsung 950 PRO-equipped PCs in the storage bench.
On the networking side, the NUC8i7BEH presented us with an interesting challenge. The system with Wireless AC-9560 is the first we have received with support for 160 MHz channels on the client side. This is a 2x2 configuration, and the 160 MHz support allows it to claim up to 1.73 Gbps of theoretical throughput.
Our usual test router (Netgear R7000 Nighthawk) doesn't support 160 MHz channels. We have just started out with the Netgear Nighthawk AX8 as a test router, and initial results look very promising. The NUC8i7BEH is able to sustain around 900 Mbps of real-world practical TCP throughput with the Netgear Nighthawk AX8 router (configured with DFS channels in order to obtain a continuous 160 MHz block). In future reviews, we will be standardising the test setup with the new router. That will allow us to gather exact numbers that can be compared for different systems in the future.
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imaheadcase - Sunday, April 7, 2019 - link
Why would you compare to a laptop. This isn't even for that market, its for Home Media/dumb computer you never look at.Samus - Thursday, April 4, 2019 - link
Man this thing is a beast. It's practically the same speed as my brand new full size desktop (Core i5-9400)DimeCadmium - Thursday, April 4, 2019 - link
Umm, what? There aren't currently any Atom NUCs and the Bean Canyons are half a year old.Pisi - Thursday, April 4, 2019 - link
Haven't been able to find this RAM (G.Skill RipjawsV F4-3000C16-16GRS DDR4 SODIMM) anywhere. Are you sure there's no typo involved?eastcoast_pete - Thursday, April 4, 2019 - link
Ganesh, thanks for including the HTPC-relevant tests and benchmarks in the review. Many (most?) NUCs end up serving as HTPCs, and that information is key for selecting the right one.DroidTomTom - Friday, April 5, 2019 - link
I wish someone made one with 3 HDMI outputs and high quality analog audio (Note after 2015 even so so quality analog audio is hard to find in these, have to tie up a USB port for external audio). Only need a Core i3 and 8GB of RAM and 256GB SSD would be fine.fackamato - Saturday, April 6, 2019 - link
Most people either use an AVR (audio via HDMI) or a DAC, why on earth would you want good onboard audio?bill44 - Saturday, April 6, 2019 - link
“Unfortunately, stereoscopic 3D is not supported in this configuration.”Are there any DP 1.2 or TB3 to HDMI adapter/converter that works with FP 3D?
Also, why not Titan Ridge controller with DP 1.4?
Naxxy - Sunday, April 7, 2019 - link
Did the 3000 mhz ram work just like that?? I have the Intel NUC8i7BEH and i first bought 16gb Ballistix Sport DDR4 @ 2666 and there was no way to boot the system...... had to switch to 2400mhz ram.....Talked to an Intel support and they told me that having no XMP profiles that NUC would only work with ram up to 2400.
Mr0czny - Friday, April 26, 2019 - link
Im also interested cause im going to replace desktop to this NUC 8i5 ...does 3200 MHz ram add some performance or advantages are negligible
And does it works without problems like Naxxy wrote