How powerful is the mini PC 'Minisforum Venus Series UN1245' with 12th generation Intel Core i5 & memory 16GB? I tried benchmarking
' Minisforum Venus Series UN1265 ' and ' Minisforum Venus Series UN1245 ' equipped with the 12th generation Intel Core series will appear from mini PC maker Minisforum. Of these, I had the opportunity to touch the 'Minisforum Venus Series UN1245' equipped with the 12th generation Intel Core processor Core i5-12450H and 16GB of memory ahead of time, so I used benchmark software to measure its performance. I tried.
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The following article has reviewed what the Minisforum Venus Series UN1245 looks like as a mini PC.
12th generation Intel Core i5 ultra-compact PC 'Minisforum Venus Series UN1245' photo review - GIGAZINE
Also, you can check the inside of Minisforum Venus Series UN1245 from the following article.
I opened a mini PC 'Minisforum Venus Series UN1245' with a volume of only 0.9 liters and looked into its contents - GIGAZINE
The specifications of the Minisforum Venus Series UN1245 are as follows.
Press the power button to start the Minisforum Venus Series UN1245. The power button has a built-in LED, which also serves as an indicator to indicate that the PC is starting up.
First, I measured CPU and GPU benchmarks with Geekbench 6. The system information of Minisforum Venus Series UN1245 by Geekbench 6 looks like this. The OS is Windows 11 Pro, and the installed 12th generation Core processor Intel Core i5-12450H has 8 cores 12 threads and L3 cache is 12MB. The memory is 16GB in total with two 8GB DDR SDRAMs.
The CPU benchmark score was 2280 for single core and 8446 for multicore.
The breakdown of single core performance is below.
The breakdown of multi-core performance is below.
GPU Benchmark Score with OpenGL
GPU Benchmark Score by Vulcan
Next, I ran Passmark's PC Performance Test and compared it with the default benchmark results. PC Performance Test is run 3 times and measures the highest value.
The rating result in Passmark is about the same as
CPU performance score is 18378. It outperforms the AMD Ryzen 5 Microsof Surface Edition found in the Surface Laptop 4.
478 performance score for 2D graphics. GPU is Intel Core i5-12450H built-in Intel UHD graphics and VRAM is 128MB. Looking at the score, it feels lower than Surface Laptop 4's AMD Ryzen 5 Microsof Surface Edition.
The 3D graphics score is 1872, giving it a slightly unreliable impression.
Memory performance score is 3019. It outperforms the same 16GB DDR4 SDRAM from Samsung.
Storage performance score is 33721. The installed SSD is KINGSTON's OM8PGP4512Q-A0 512GB.
The result of measuring the read / write speed of SSD with CrystalDiskMark is as follows.
I got the impression that 3D drawing is a little weak, so I measured it with the benchmark software of '
The evaluation is 'need to change settings'. The movie is jerky as a whole. Although it is a natural result because it is processed with the built-in graphics of the CPU, it can be said that it is a bit difficult to play PC games that require 3D drawing.
The breakdown of the evaluation is as follows.
SCORE: 1543
Average frame rate: 9.945055
Minimum frame rate: 3
Rating: configuration change required
-The game can be played, but it feels slow overall. Graphics settings may need tweaking and tweaking may help.
Loading time:
Scene #1 12.488sec
Scene #2 13.347sec
Scene #3 18.575sec
Scene #4 11.838sec
Scene #5 7.909sec
Total 64.157sec
The state just before turning the benchmark software on the Minisforum Venus Series UN1245 was photographed with an infrared camera
About an hour and a half after starting up, I measured again with the FLIR. The body feels a little warm. The fan noise is pretty quiet, and it's barely noticeable even in a quiet room.
When I took a picture of the back of the main unit, which has an exhaust port for exhaust heat, it was 46.8 degrees.
And the temperature of the AC adapter is rising, 43.3 degrees. Since the AC adapter has size and weight, it seems to be important how to handle the AC adapter in actual use.
When I actually used the Minisforum Venus Series UN1245, the operation itself was very smooth, and there was no jerky web browsing or YouTube playback. While playing 3D games can be a little tough, the Minisforum Venus Series UN1245 works fine as a regular PC.
The release date of the ``Minisforum Venus Series UN1245'' reviewed this time has not been confirmed at the time of writing the article, but the ``Minisforum Venus Series UN1265'' equipped with the 12th generation Core i7 is accepting reservations from August 4, 2023. And it will be shipped sequentially from August 15th. The price of each model at the time of article creation is as follows.
・ Barebone kit (no OS license): 46,380 yen including tax
・ 16GB RAM + 512GB SSD: 55,980 yen including tax
・32GB RAM + 512GB SSD: 59,180 yen including tax
・ 32GB RAM + 1TB SSD: 62,380 yen including tax
You can also reserve 32GB RAM + 1TB SSD model and 32GB RAM + 512GB SSD model of 'Minisforum Venus Series UN1265' on Amazon.co.jp. The price is a coupon discount at the time of article creation, the 32GB RAM + 1TB SSD model is 64,160 yen including tax, and the 32GB RAM + 512GB SSD model is 59,920 yen including tax.
Amazon.co.jp: MINISFORUM Venus Series UN1265 Mini PC 12th Generation Core i7-12650H 32GB 512GB PCIe4.0 SSD Compact PC Windows 11 Home MiNipc Intel UHD Graphics Wi-Fi6 BT5.2 2500Mbps LAN HDMI/USB-C/DP 4K @60Hz 3-screen output Desktop pc : Personal computer/peripherals
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