**Mini PC Performance Test: Jupiter X300 and ASRock Desk Mini**

The pursuit of mini PCs has led to the development of powerful and efficient compact systems that can deliver impressive performance at an affordable price. In this article, we'll be testing two popular mini PC options: the ASRock Jupiter X300 and the ASRock Desk Mini. Both models have been designed with performance in mind, but how do they stack up against each other?

We began our testing by running CS:GO on the Jupiter X300 at 1080p low settings with a resolution scale of 100. We were pleased to find that we could average around 63 frames per second (fps), which is quite respectable for a mini PC. To put this into perspective, dropping the resolution down or even just reducing the scale at 1080 would allow us to squeeze out more performance from the system. However, we chose to keep the settings as is to see what kind of performance we could expect.

In contrast, our test results were less impressive for Dirt 5, which struggled to reach an average of 52 fps at 720p low settings. This highlights the importance of choosing the right game and settings when testing mini PC performance. Moving on to Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite, we found that the system was able to maintain a steady 60 fps at 1080p low medium mix settings.

Forza Horizon 4 also performed well, with an average of 64 fps at 1080p low medium mix settings. This is impressive, especially when considering the game's demanding graphics requirements. The system also handled Forza Horizon 4 relatively well in terms of power consumption, with a total system power draw of around 71 watts.

In contrast, Doom Eternal was less successful, struggling to reach an average of 51 fps at 1600x900 low settings without resolution scaling enabled. This is likely due to the game's demanding graphics requirements and the system's limited cooling capabilities. To mitigate this, we had to drop the setting down to 720p low to achieve a steady 60 fps.

Finally, our test results for Cyberpunk 2077 were underwhelming, with an average of just 33 fps at 720p low settings without resolution scaling enabled. This is not surprising, given the game's demanding graphics requirements and the system's relatively limited processing power.

**Power Consumption**

To get a better understanding of the mini PC's performance, we also tested its power consumption using a kilowatt meter. We plugged the system into the wall and monitored the power draw while it was under load with various games. The results were interesting, with the system consuming around 71 watts at 1080p low settings in GTA V.

However, during our extreme testing session, we found that the system's maximum power draw reached as high as 93 watts. This is impressive considering the system's relatively small size and low power supply. However, this also highlights the importance of choosing a suitable power supply for your mini PC build.

**CPU Temperatures**

We were pleased to find that the CPU temperatures during our testing session were relatively low, with idle temperatures ranging from 46°C to 73°C under load. This is impressive considering the system's compact size and limited cooling capabilities.

However, when we pushed the system to its extreme test limits, we found that the CPU temperatures spiked to around 92°C. This may not be a significant concern for most users, but it does highlight the importance of choosing a suitable cooler for your mini PC build.

**Form Factor and Cooling**

Both the ASRock Jupiter X300 and the ASRock Desk Mini feature compact form factors that make them ideal for small spaces. However, the Jupiter X300 has a slightly larger footprint than the Desk Mini, which may be a consideration for users with limited space.

In terms of cooling, both systems rely on passive cooling solutions to keep temperatures in check. The Jupiter X300 features a heat sink and fan system that is effective at maintaining stable temperatures during testing. However, the ASRock Desk Mini also performed well in this regard, thanks to its own compact heat sink design.

**Conclusion**

The ASRock Jupiter X300 and the ASRock Desk Mini are both powerful and efficient mini PCs that deliver impressive performance at an affordable price. While they share many similarities, there are some key differences between the two models that may make one more suitable for your needs than the other.

In our testing session, we found that the Jupiter X300 performed well in terms of CPU performance, with strong results from games like CS:GO and Forza Horizon 4. However, it struggled with games like Dirt 5 and Doom Eternal, which highlighted the importance of choosing the right game and settings for your mini PC build.

On the other hand, the ASRock Desk Mini performed well in terms of power consumption, with a relatively low power draw compared to its competitors. However, it may not be as powerful as the Jupiter X300 in terms of raw CPU performance.

Ultimately, both systems are great options for users looking for compact and efficient mini PCs that deliver impressive performance at an affordable price.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey what's going on everybody it's eta prime back here again today we're going to be taking a look at the all new asrock jupiter x 300 also known as the dash in some parts of the world now what this is is a super small form factor bare bones ryzen apu mini pc and this will support up to the ryzen 4750g so you can get up to eight cores 16 threads running at 4.4 gigahertz in this little unit now as you can see this thing is super tiny and like i mentioned it comes as a bare bones kit so you will have to add your own ram storage and cpu or apu because that's what we want to throw in here this will support from the 2200g on up to the 4750g now along with the jupiter x300 itself we also get a couple extra goodies in the box here obviously we're going to get our user manual we also have a driver dvd a tri-directional vase amount and this thing is actually pretty huge here looks like a little rack mounting system we also get a vertical stand our wi-fi and bluetooth antennas and even though this system only supports 65 watt apus we get a 90 watt power supply because as we know these can pull a lot more than 65 watts plus we'll need a little extra juice for all the accessories we have plugged in and finally we have the cooler now this is a specially designed cooler for the jupiter x300 and to tell you the truth i really do hope it cools the 4750g because that's what i'm going to be throwing inside of this unit eight cores 16 threads running it up to 4.4 gigahertz and this cooler is looking a bit small for an apu like that but we do have a copper plate here and some really nice fin so hopefully this does work out for that apu as for i o on the jupiter x 300 on the front here we have two usb 3.2 gen1 type a ports and we also have two usb 3.2 gen1 type c ports moving around to the rear we have an audio jack full size display full size hdmi we also have vga here gigabit ethernet two usb 2.0 ports and two more usb 3.2 gen1 ports assembly on the x300 is pretty straightforward you will need a cpu you'll need some sodium ram and an m.2 drive we can also add a 2.5 inch ssd if we want to we do have enough room in this unit and as for the parts used in this build i'm going to go with a 500 gigabyte pny 2.5 inch ssd i also have a simple kingston 256 gigabyte m.2 ssd 16 gigabytes of sodimm ddr4 running at 3200 megahertz and the main attraction to this whole build ryzen 7 4750g so i'm going to go ahead and place my m.2 drive in here we have that free m.2 slot this does have and comes with ax wi-fi so we do have wi-fi six and bluetooth 5.0 on board i'll also add that other 2.5 inch ssd over here in the bracket but now it's time to place the cpu in here and like i mentioned i'm using the 4750g eight cores 16 threads running it up to 4.4 gigahertz and we have built-in radeon 8 graphics at 2100 megahertz and obviously we have to use the cooler that came with this unit because it's the only thing that's going to fit now this does have a couple little heat transfer pads for the vrm on this board here i need to go ahead and pull the protectors off the pads and i'm going to be using the stock thermal paste that asrock added from the factory if it doesn't work out and i'm seeing super high temps i might go back and add some really good pace but i don't want to waste this i mean it's applied pretty nicely here now there's actually two ways that the seed sink will fit in here but there's only one correct orientation and i need to make sure i have the correct orientation the first time i put this down and really i just need to make sure those pads line up with the vrm on the board itself so i'm going to go ahead and go off camera just to triple check everything so now that i have the cpu heatsink installed correctly it's time to add the ram and like i mentioned i'm using 16 gigabytes of crucial sodem running at 3200 megahertz it's gonna be running in dual channel obviously and the blower fan is going to go right on top of this ram here there are three little nubs here to hold everything in place really easy to do i've also added that 2.5 inch ssd now i need to install windows 10 pro to the m.2 ssd that i installed but as you can see this thing is tiny i mean it is a thin little unit and i really hope that this stock heatsink setup can handle this apu okay so first things first i just wanted to give you a quick overview of the bios changes i made with this unit here over an overclock tweaker i've just gone down to the ram itself and i've taken this up to 3400 the ram is set at 32 right out of the box but i've gone up to 34 and with this crucial ram it does work out quite well the next change i made was down here with the performance mode so i've enabled this and i've also set the power adapter to 90 watts because that's what we have there's a 65 watt 90 and a 120 i only have a 90 watt adapter so that's what i'm going to be stuck on right now and the last thing i did want to make a change with was the fan speed so instead of silent we're just gonna go to standard try to keep this thing cool all right so here we are i got windows 10 pro installed as you can see we have that ryzen 7 pro 4750g with the built-in radeon graphics 8 cores 16 threads in this tiny pc is pretty amazing this will boost up to 4.4 gigahertz we have that 16 gigabytes of ddr4 and i have overclocked it to 3400 megahertz in the built-in radioni graphics now one thing i wanted to make sure of was these graphics were running at 2100 megahertz which they should be we'll go to graphics here run a little test and this yep there we go so it jumped right up the core clock on that gpu is at 2100 megahertz so this will be running at full speed so now that we have that out of the way let's go ahead and jump right into some benchmarks first up cenobench r23 with a total score of 11917 actually really impressed with this we're underneath that thread ripper but we're well above that i9 98 adh next on the list pc mark 10 with a total score of 5780. i was actually really surprised to see the chart at the very bottom saying that this is better than 70 of all other systems run moving over to some gpu benchmarks here's 3d mark night raid with a total score of 18 280. fire strike came in at 4294 and finally time spy with a 1678 not bad at all for integrated graphics if you ask me and as for everyday usability you're not going to have an issue with this machine here i mean if you want to get some web browsing out of the way we'll just head over to asrock's website everything's super snappy does have that wi-fi 6 built in but i am connected over ethernet right now and everything loads right up here let's just head over to motherboard something random got some images populated here i mean it works great webgl performance is phenomenal on this machine here we have the fps up here where it's 60 500 fish we'll go up to a thousand five thousand ten thousand fifteen still at 60 20 000 it dips down a little bit there as you can see and at 25 000 you'll see it kind of fall on its face but overall really great now it's time to move over to some gaming first up we have gta 5 1080p normal high mix settings and i was really impressed by this i actually got an average of 73 fps out of this one here not bad at all for the form factor and if we take a look at that cpu temp we actually averaged around 73 through all of my gaming tests now this is definitely not a silent machine it is audible and especially when it kicks up to around 75 degrees celsius that little blower fan does kick on a little higher but it's definitely not as loud as some mid-range gaming laptops that i've tested specifically the gtx 1650 variants when it comes to fortnite i thought i'd get a little better out of it i only averaged 63 fps 1080p low settings with 100 resolution scale now you can get a bit more out of it if you wanted to drop that resolution down or even just the scale at 1080 but i wanted to keep it like this and see what it did i thought we'd be in the mid 70s but unfortunately we averaged 63. cs go is just one of those games that's really well optimized i got an average of 128 fps 1080p high settings dirt 5 didn't do so well at 1080 and it really didn't do that well at 720p low settings got an average of 52 fps out of this one 720p low marvel vs capcom infinite 1080p low medium mix i did have to turn a couple things down because we had some dips into the 50s but we're getting a steady 60 here forza horizon 4 1080p low medium mix got an average of 64 out of this one i've had really good luck on lowering machines with this game especially dropping those settings on down and if you wanted a bit more out of it you can always just turn it all the way to low doom eternal 1600 by 900 low with resolution scale turned off i got an average of 51 out of it i was really hoping to get a constant 60 and in order to do that you will have to drop this down to 720. and the final game i tested here cyberpunk 2077 720p low with resolution scale turn off i got an average of 33 fps i was actually surprised to see it running like this i know we're only at 720p low but this is just a really hard game to run i so when it comes to power consumption i like to test these mini pcs with a kilowatt meter plugged into the wall so this is total system power consumption and remember i went into the bios and set this to 90 watts it idles around 12 watts while i was gaming at 1080p with games like gta 5 it was around 71 watts and the maximum that i could get this to pull from the wall was 93 watts and remember we only have that 90 watt power supply and this is kind of give or take a few watts given that we're using a kilowatt meter when it comes to cpu temps it's a lot better than i thought it would be given the small form factor of this device at idle 46 degrees gaming does jump up to around 73 and in my extreme test i could max this thing out most definitely 92 degrees celsius and that's what it's set at the thermal throttle in the bio so it's not going to go over that but keep in mind i mean this is not a silent pc does make a little bit of noise even while you're gaming it's not horribly bad but you can make this thing sound like a jet engine by going into the bios and setting the fan to full speed i mean this thing can get really really loud but even in my extreme test when i hit that 92 degrees celsius mark that fan didn't kick up to 100 and it really wasn't that bad but if you're looking for an ultra quiet pc this is definitely not for you it does make a little bit of noise so yeah i'm a big fan of the jupiter x300 form factor is great performance is awesome with that 4750g but when it comes down to it asrock also offers the desk mini and if i had to choose between the two i would personally go with the desk mini mainly because we do have more drive options it'll actually take two m.2 ssds and two 2.5 inch ssds it does come in with a bit bigger form factor but we also have the option to add a different cooler to the desk mini and we don't have that with the jupiter x300 but if you need something ultra small like this i think this is an awesome option and keep in mind this will work from the 2200g on up to the 4750g like you saw here and in my opinion an awesome little apu for this would be the 4650g so that's going to wrap it up for this video really appreciate you watching i personally think the jupiter x300 does an amazing job here now i've only tested it with that 4750g and if you'd like to see even the 4350 running in this just let me know in the comments below i think it's a nice little sleek design and when it comes to do-it-yourself bare bones desktop apu kits this is definitely on the top of the list with the desk mini but that's it for this one and like always thanks for watching youhey what's going on everybody it's eta prime back here again today we're going to be taking a look at the all new asrock jupiter x 300 also known as the dash in some parts of the world now what this is is a super small form factor bare bones ryzen apu mini pc and this will support up to the ryzen 4750g so you can get up to eight cores 16 threads running at 4.4 gigahertz in this little unit now as you can see this thing is super tiny and like i mentioned it comes as a bare bones kit so you will have to add your own ram storage and cpu or apu because that's what we want to throw in here this will support from the 2200g on up to the 4750g now along with the jupiter x300 itself we also get a couple extra goodies in the box here obviously we're going to get our user manual we also have a driver dvd a tri-directional vase amount and this thing is actually pretty huge here looks like a little rack mounting system we also get a vertical stand our wi-fi and bluetooth antennas and even though this system only supports 65 watt apus we get a 90 watt power supply because as we know these can pull a lot more than 65 watts plus we'll need a little extra juice for all the accessories we have plugged in and finally we have the cooler now this is a specially designed cooler for the jupiter x300 and to tell you the truth i really do hope it cools the 4750g because that's what i'm going to be throwing inside of this unit eight cores 16 threads running it up to 4.4 gigahertz and this cooler is looking a bit small for an apu like that but we do have a copper plate here and some really nice fin so hopefully this does work out for that apu as for i o on the jupiter x 300 on the front here we have two usb 3.2 gen1 type a ports and we also have two usb 3.2 gen1 type c ports moving around to the rear we have an audio jack full size display full size hdmi we also have vga here gigabit ethernet two usb 2.0 ports and two more usb 3.2 gen1 ports assembly on the x300 is pretty straightforward you will need a cpu you'll need some sodium ram and an m.2 drive we can also add a 2.5 inch ssd if we want to we do have enough room in this unit and as for the parts used in this build i'm going to go with a 500 gigabyte pny 2.5 inch ssd i also have a simple kingston 256 gigabyte m.2 ssd 16 gigabytes of sodimm ddr4 running at 3200 megahertz and the main attraction to this whole build ryzen 7 4750g so i'm going to go ahead and place my m.2 drive in here we have that free m.2 slot this does have and comes with ax wi-fi so we do have wi-fi six and bluetooth 5.0 on board i'll also add that other 2.5 inch ssd over here in the bracket but now it's time to place the cpu in here and like i mentioned i'm using the 4750g eight cores 16 threads running it up to 4.4 gigahertz and we have built-in radeon 8 graphics at 2100 megahertz and obviously we have to use the cooler that came with this unit because it's the only thing that's going to fit now this does have a couple little heat transfer pads for the vrm on this board here i need to go ahead and pull the protectors off the pads and i'm going to be using the stock thermal paste that asrock added from the factory if it doesn't work out and i'm seeing super high temps i might go back and add some really good pace but i don't want to waste this i mean it's applied pretty nicely here now there's actually two ways that the seed sink will fit in here but there's only one correct orientation and i need to make sure i have the correct orientation the first time i put this down and really i just need to make sure those pads line up with the vrm on the board itself so i'm going to go ahead and go off camera just to triple check everything so now that i have the cpu heatsink installed correctly it's time to add the ram and like i mentioned i'm using 16 gigabytes of crucial sodem running at 3200 megahertz it's gonna be running in dual channel obviously and the blower fan is going to go right on top of this ram here there are three little nubs here to hold everything in place really easy to do i've also added that 2.5 inch ssd now i need to install windows 10 pro to the m.2 ssd that i installed but as you can see this thing is tiny i mean it is a thin little unit and i really hope that this stock heatsink setup can handle this apu okay so first things first i just wanted to give you a quick overview of the bios changes i made with this unit here over an overclock tweaker i've just gone down to the ram itself and i've taken this up to 3400 the ram is set at 32 right out of the box but i've gone up to 34 and with this crucial ram it does work out quite well the next change i made was down here with the performance mode so i've enabled this and i've also set the power adapter to 90 watts because that's what we have there's a 65 watt 90 and a 120 i only have a 90 watt adapter so that's what i'm going to be stuck on right now and the last thing i did want to make a change with was the fan speed so instead of silent we're just gonna go to standard try to keep this thing cool all right so here we are i got windows 10 pro installed as you can see we have that ryzen 7 pro 4750g with the built-in radeon graphics 8 cores 16 threads in this tiny pc is pretty amazing this will boost up to 4.4 gigahertz we have that 16 gigabytes of ddr4 and i have overclocked it to 3400 megahertz in the built-in radioni graphics now one thing i wanted to make sure of was these graphics were running at 2100 megahertz which they should be we'll go to graphics here run a little test and this yep there we go so it jumped right up the core clock on that gpu is at 2100 megahertz so this will be running at full speed so now that we have that out of the way let's go ahead and jump right into some benchmarks first up cenobench r23 with a total score of 11917 actually really impressed with this we're underneath that thread ripper but we're well above that i9 98 adh next on the list pc mark 10 with a total score of 5780. i was actually really surprised to see the chart at the very bottom saying that this is better than 70 of all other systems run moving over to some gpu benchmarks here's 3d mark night raid with a total score of 18 280. fire strike came in at 4294 and finally time spy with a 1678 not bad at all for integrated graphics if you ask me and as for everyday usability you're not going to have an issue with this machine here i mean if you want to get some web browsing out of the way we'll just head over to asrock's website everything's super snappy does have that wi-fi 6 built in but i am connected over ethernet right now and everything loads right up here let's just head over to motherboard something random got some images populated here i mean it works great webgl performance is phenomenal on this machine here we have the fps up here where it's 60 500 fish we'll go up to a thousand five thousand ten thousand fifteen still at 60 20 000 it dips down a little bit there as you can see and at 25 000 you'll see it kind of fall on its face but overall really great now it's time to move over to some gaming first up we have gta 5 1080p normal high mix settings and i was really impressed by this i actually got an average of 73 fps out of this one here not bad at all for the form factor and if we take a look at that cpu temp we actually averaged around 73 through all of my gaming tests now this is definitely not a silent machine it is audible and especially when it kicks up to around 75 degrees celsius that little blower fan does kick on a little higher but it's definitely not as loud as some mid-range gaming laptops that i've tested specifically the gtx 1650 variants when it comes to fortnite i thought i'd get a little better out of it i only averaged 63 fps 1080p low settings with 100 resolution scale now you can get a bit more out of it if you wanted to drop that resolution down or even just the scale at 1080 but i wanted to keep it like this and see what it did i thought we'd be in the mid 70s but unfortunately we averaged 63. cs go is just one of those games that's really well optimized i got an average of 128 fps 1080p high settings dirt 5 didn't do so well at 1080 and it really didn't do that well at 720p low settings got an average of 52 fps out of this one 720p low marvel vs capcom infinite 1080p low medium mix i did have to turn a couple things down because we had some dips into the 50s but we're getting a steady 60 here forza horizon 4 1080p low medium mix got an average of 64 out of this one i've had really good luck on lowering machines with this game especially dropping those settings on down and if you wanted a bit more out of it you can always just turn it all the way to low doom eternal 1600 by 900 low with resolution scale turned off i got an average of 51 out of it i was really hoping to get a constant 60 and in order to do that you will have to drop this down to 720. and the final game i tested here cyberpunk 2077 720p low with resolution scale turn off i got an average of 33 fps i was actually surprised to see it running like this i know we're only at 720p low but this is just a really hard game to run i so when it comes to power consumption i like to test these mini pcs with a kilowatt meter plugged into the wall so this is total system power consumption and remember i went into the bios and set this to 90 watts it idles around 12 watts while i was gaming at 1080p with games like gta 5 it was around 71 watts and the maximum that i could get this to pull from the wall was 93 watts and remember we only have that 90 watt power supply and this is kind of give or take a few watts given that we're using a kilowatt meter when it comes to cpu temps it's a lot better than i thought it would be given the small form factor of this device at idle 46 degrees gaming does jump up to around 73 and in my extreme test i could max this thing out most definitely 92 degrees celsius and that's what it's set at the thermal throttle in the bio so it's not going to go over that but keep in mind i mean this is not a silent pc does make a little bit of noise even while you're gaming it's not horribly bad but you can make this thing sound like a jet engine by going into the bios and setting the fan to full speed i mean this thing can get really really loud but even in my extreme test when i hit that 92 degrees celsius mark that fan didn't kick up to 100 and it really wasn't that bad but if you're looking for an ultra quiet pc this is definitely not for you it does make a little bit of noise so yeah i'm a big fan of the jupiter x300 form factor is great performance is awesome with that 4750g but when it comes down to it asrock also offers the desk mini and if i had to choose between the two i would personally go with the desk mini mainly because we do have more drive options it'll actually take two m.2 ssds and two 2.5 inch ssds it does come in with a bit bigger form factor but we also have the option to add a different cooler to the desk mini and we don't have that with the jupiter x300 but if you need something ultra small like this i think this is an awesome option and keep in mind this will work from the 2200g on up to the 4750g like you saw here and in my opinion an awesome little apu for this would be the 4650g so that's going to wrap it up for this video really appreciate you watching i personally think the jupiter x300 does an amazing job here now i've only tested it with that 4750g and if you'd like to see even the 4350 running in this just let me know in the comments below i think it's a nice little sleek design and when it comes to do-it-yourself bare bones desktop apu kits this is definitely on the top of the list with the desk mini but that's it for this one and like always thanks for watching you\n"