Intel's Haswell NUC: D54250WYK UCFF PC Review
by Ganesh T S on January 3, 2014 4:25 PM ESTPerformance Metrics
The NUC was evaluated using our standard test suite for low power desktops / industrial PCs. Note that some of the benchmarks are pretty recent (such as x264 v5.0 and 3D Mark 2013). Loaner samples haven't been tested with these new benchmarks. Therefore, the list of PCs in each graph are not the same.
Windows Experience Index:
Our NUC build clocks in at 5.3 in Windows 8's experience index. The weak point here is the HD5000 graphics, as expected.
Users looking for more graphics power within a similar form factor would do well to look at Gigabyte's BRIX Pro which comes with Intel's Iris Pro graphics.
Futuremark Benchmarks:
Miscellaneous Benchmarks:
These are impressive benchmark numbers when the size of the system is taken into consideration.
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gochichi - Tuesday, January 7, 2014 - link
size of chassis is not the issue, it's never been the issue as can be clearly seen in the Mac Pro. What we need to look at is the particulars, the shapes and the size of the things that do matter to thermal efficiency. So if this thing had the fan that it should have in it due to its giant size (yes, I'm calling this NUC business GIGANTIC vs Surface Pro). I remember back in the day taking duct tape and sealing all the extra ridiculous vents on my desktop's case only to see noise and temperature reductions!! The idea that huge cases with a bunch of random vents are good thermal design is really wrong on so many levels. One well placed asymmetric fan is sufficient for a MacBook Pro... I'm just not understanding the general lack of expectations and standards. I expect so much more.SeanFL - Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - link
Just built one one of these and am very impressed. It's used for audio editing. Very very tiny and doesn't make much noise. I can't believe it's more powerful than the shuttle or fractal design mini itx I built last year. Hope to see more work being done in tiny form factor desktops.hellt - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - link
I think its crucial to specify that haswell NUCs are specified to use DDR3L memory according to spec sheet http://ark.intel.com/products/76978/Intel-NUC-Kit-...Some amazon reviewers got a problem with that - they bought DDR3 memory tweaked for overclocking (with higher voltages) and werent able to boot the nuc, because of the power insufficient.
kgh00007 - Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - link
Check this out, there are a set of 2133MHz G.Skill Ripjaws that will post on the i5 nuc, I'm about to order a set!http://www.legitreviews.com/gskill-ripjaws-8gb-213...
wordsofpeace - Saturday, February 8, 2014 - link
Maybe overkill, but wouldn't this board make a good basis for FreeNAS? What else would I need? SATA connections? How would that happen?kgh00007 - Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - link
Hi, are you guys aware that you can increase the TDP of the i5 model in the BIOS settings or using intel Extreme Tuning Utility?It is possible to up the TDP of the i5-4250u to 30w, which gives the GPU 24W and greatly improves performance.
Is there any chance you could re-run some tests to see the difference between 15W TDP and 30W?
feelingblue74 - Wednesday, August 6, 2014 - link
Someone can answer to this important questions?1) Can Haswell GPU output RGB Full 10bit?
2) Can Haswell GPU in DXVA Mode manage driver post processing (Sharpness and denoise) without dropping frames on 1080p@23.976?
3) How is Chroma upsampling quality?
4) How are banding?
5) Can Haswell output true 16-235 color space?