Supermicro SYS-E302-12E Fanless Industrial PC Review: Elkhart Lake for IoT Applications
by Ganesh T S on March 10, 2023 8:00 AM EST- Posted in
- Systems
- Fanless
- Supermicro
- Passive Cooling
- Elkhart Lake
System Performance: UL and BAPCo Benchmarks
Our 2022 Q4 update to the test suite for Windows 11-based systems carries over some of the standard benchmarks we have been using over the last several years. In addition to UL's PCMark, we also include BAPCo's CrossMark multi-platform benchmarking tool. We have also been processing UL's Procyon on different systems, but found that the combination of a low-power CPU and GPU in systems with Atom processors doesn't really make sense for the workloads involved. In any case, systems like the SYS-E302-12E are not going to be used for Adobe Photoshop and Premier Pro.
UL PCMark 10
UL's PCMark 10 evaluates computing systems for various usage scenarios (generic / essential tasks such as web browsing and starting up applications, productivity tasks such as editing spreadsheets and documents, gaming, and digital content creation). We benchmarked select PCs with the PCMark 10 Extended profile and recorded the scores for various scenarios. These scores are heavily influenced by the CPU and GPU in the system, though the RAM and storage device also play a part. The power plan was set to Balanced for all the PCs while processing the PCMark 10 benchmark. The scores for each contributing component / use-case environment are also graphed below.
| UL PCMark 10 - Performance Scores | |||
The Tiger Lake-based SM-E100-12T-H obviously delivers the best performance due to its advanced microarchitecture. The OnLogic HX500 also uses a Core processor. Within the Tremont-based units, the actively cooled kit delivers the best performance. The CI331 nano is equipped with a better SATA SSD and also DDR4-2933 RAM compared to the DDR-2666 RAM in the SYS-E302-12E. These factors explain the relative ordering of the systems in the above graphs.
BAPCo CrossMark 1.0.1.86
BAPCo's CrossMark aims to simplify benchmark processing while still delivering scores that roughly tally with SYSmark. The main advantage is the cross-platform nature of the tool - allowing it to be run on smartphones and tablets as well.
| BAPCo CrossMark 1.0.1.86 - Sub-Category Scores | |||
The relative ordering seen in the PCMark 10 graphs are repeated here for the same reasons outlined earlier.
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PeachNCream - Monday, March 13, 2023 - link
It was common for OEMs to not actually deliver 75W to a PCIe slot in times past. I'm not as familiar with this stuff now because desktop systems aren't as commonplace, but its always possible to push like 35W to a slot in a space constrained system like that one.Matthias265 - Friday, March 31, 2023 - link
the largest brick Supermicro has is 180Wdeil - Thursday, March 16, 2023 - link
Well, top efficiency is around 75% so it's already 120W, now include all the USB powered devices that come from it, and remember that intel saying 12W means 50W turbo....disable turbo and disconnect all extra devices, and it should run from 30W phone charger.
Matthias265 - Friday, March 31, 2023 - link
hello, yes this necessary for 2 reasons,for the system needs also power fur DRAM, chipset, SSD, USB, PCIe, etc
allowance for the PICe is 65W
also the new CPU have a TPW or 12W, but they draw much higher current during turbo mode,
that's only for a short time, however the power supply must be able to supply 2x to 3x the TDP of the CPU
mode_13h - Saturday, March 11, 2023 - link
I can't help but be disappointed by both the idle & active power. And, in spite of that, it's a little disheartening to see it fall so far behind the N6005.In-band ECC support will be the lone bright spot. However that's coming so late that I'm already looking towards Alder Lake-N.
Hrel - Tuesday, April 11, 2023 - link
A THOUSAND Dollars?! For a computer that couldn't even decode HD video? I could see a use for a system like this but every use case I can imagine couldn't justify more $300 at the absolute max. Who's intended to buy this?