High-performance 2.65 liter cannon! ZOTAC ZBOX MAGNUS EN173070C Mini PC Hands-on Play

Remember the ZOTAC ZBOX MAGNUS One mini console reviewed earlier? The 8.3 liter volume is equipped with an i5 processor and an RTX 3060 graphics card. It is no problem to use it for general paperwork or to play 3A masterpieces in FullHD resolution. In addition to a number of NVIDIA graphics card products familiar to gamers, Zotac has also continued to launch products with compact dimensions and excellent performance in the mini-host market.

Further reading:ZOTAC ZBOX Magnus One, high performance mini console, subvert your stereotypes

The ZBOX MAGNUS mini-host model tested in this out-of-the-box test is EN173070C, which uses a laptop-version processor and a laptop-version NVIDIA RTX graphics chip to further reduce size. Within the 2.65 liter volume, it is equipped with an Intel i7-11800H processor, RTX 3070 graphics chip and 16GB DDR4 memory, as well as mainstream M.2 SSD, WiFi 6 and ThunderBolt 4.

ZBOX MAGNUS EN173070C Appearance and accessories

In addition to the ZBOX MAGNUS host, the package also includes a 330W external transformer, power cable, two WiFi antennas, a quick start guide, a warranty manual and a Windows recovery USB.

The ZBOX MAGNUS EN173070C mini host has a square appearance, a thickness of only about 6cm and an external dimension of 210mm x 203mm x 62.2mm.There are cable cooling holes on the top, sides and back for ventilation.

The front of the host is pretty discreet and plain, with only the power button and status indicator lit.Front ports each provide one for USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-A, Thunderbolt 4, SD memory card slot , headphone and 3.5mm microphone jack and include power, memory read and write, and Wi-Fi status indicators.

The rear of the host provides two sets of DP 1.4a and HDMI outputs, four sets of USB 3.1 GEN 2, and the network part provides a 1Gbps / 2.5Gbps wired network hole and a Wifi 6 wireless network. general configuration is quite complete.

The specifications provided by ZBOX MAGNUS EN173070C can already meet most usage scenarios and there is room for expansion. As mentioned at the beginning, gamers can add additional memory modules, larger capacity M.2 SSDs or 2.5-inch SATA hard drives to suit their needs.

Introduction to internal configuration

Remove the two hand-turned screws in the bottom left and right corners from the back of the main unit, and you can push the bottom plastic cover from bottom to front for expansion.It’s so easy to swap components for large upgrade. high-speed memory and storage capacity.

The two sets of memory slots are located on the right side of the front of the fuselage. A 16GB Micron Crucial DDR4-3200 memory module has been factory installed and can be replaced and expanded to a maximum capacity of 64GB.

In terms of storage, one set of 512GB M.2 PCIe Gen3 SSDs are pre-installed at the factory, and another set of M.2 SSDs can be expanded. This SSD set adopts Phison PS5013-E13 main controller, designed for DRAMLESS with 3D TLC particles. The official marked read and write speeds are 2500MB / s and 2100MB / s. There is a cooling fan next to the SSD to help the M. 2 SSD and hard drive dissipate heat.

In addition to the M.2 SSD, a traditional 1 TB Seagate Barracuda ST1000LM048 2.5 “hard drive is also pre-installed in the host. It adopts the STAT 6 Gb / s interface, rotates at 5,400 rpm and is equipped with 128 MB buffer memory; hard drive rack design is convenient for gamers to upgrade by themselves Larger capacity hard drive.

At the rear right of the fuselage, near the 2.5-inch hard drive, is the installation location for the M.2 Wi-Fi network card. The antenna socket is reserved for connecting the antenna to the I / O port on the rear of the fuselage. test pattern received this time was not installed. The WiFi network card should avoid the relationship between the sending and inspection rules. If you need wireless WiFi, you can purchase and install it yourself (if there is a WiFi network card in the commercially available version it is subject to the actual shipping version).

With such a storage configuration, both performance and storage capacity are taken into consideration.With the ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3070 8GB GDDR6 graphics chip, it is no problem to play 3A masterpieces at 1080P and 1440p resolutions. Then, run the performance test with the ZBOX MAGNUS EN173070C factory settings.

ZBOX MAGNUS EN173070C Efficiency test

The ZOTAC ZBOX EN173070C scored 9530 points in 3DMark Time Spy, 4623 points in Time Spy Extreme and 21652, 11961 and 6344 points in Fire Strike, Fire Strike Ultra and Fire Strike Extreme respectively.

In the NVIDIA DLSS / VRS test project, DLSS 1 and DLSS 2 achieved growth of approximately 44% and 142%, respectively. Furthermore, it scored 1598 points in the storage benchmark test project, which is basically enough. PCMark 10 Express and PCMark 10 Extended scored 5539 points and 8946 respectively. This kind of performance is pretty easy to handle with 2K resolution 3A masterpieces and enabling ray tracing is no problem!

The Cinebench R20 CPU score reached 4028 points, the Cinebench R23 multi-core CPU score was 9886 points and the single-core score was 1484. Compared to the previously tested MAGNUS One, there has been considerable growth. In addition, the multi-tasking performance of x264 and x265 video and audio conversion is still excellent, and the FHD resolution can reach 46.42fps in x264 format and 32fps in x265 format. The performance of the Intel Core i7 11800H is adequate for general gaming or paperwork.

Memory bandwidth is limited by the single-channel configuration and performance is average, with a read speed of 26,821MB / s, a write speed of 24,116MB / s and a copy speed of 20,117MB / s.

Finally, the 512GB built-in M.2 SSD achieved 2497.9MB / s sequential read and 1953.88MB / s sequential write in the CrystalDiskMark test, and the AS SSD Benchmark scored 3580 points.

game performance test

In the game test project, “F1 22”, “Forza Motorsport: Horizon 5”, “Assassin’s Creed: Viking Age”, “Rainbow Six: Siege” and 1080p, 1440p and 4K resolution benchmarking were selected.

“F1 22” has an average frame rate of 72 frames at 1080p resolution, 46 frames at 1440p and 28 frames at 4K. “Forza Motorsport: Horizon 5” and “Assassin’s Creed: Viking Age” can reach more than 60fps with a resolution of 1440p with full special effects. For competitive FPS games like “Rainbow Six: Siege”, 1080p can average 334fps, the overall game performance is quite good.

Also, to increase performance when ray tracing is activated and regardless of whether DLSS is activated or not, we have selected the two new games “Marvel Star Attack Team” and the so-called “Hardware Killer” for testing.

“Marvel Star Attack Team” ray tracing is set to ultra-high, and when “DLSS Performance” is activated, 24%, 57% and 224% performance growth is achieved at the three resolutions and the average is acceptable the frame rate with a resolution of 4K. 55 frames.

The ray tracing setting of “Dian Yu Ren Ke 2077” is set to the highest value. When “DLSS Auto” is activated, performance growth of 91%, 116% and 221% is achieved at the three resolutions. 1080p and 1440p resolutions are enabled with automatic DLSS and the average frame rate reaches 54.02 fps and 42.48 fps respectively.

Recap

ZOTAC ZBOX MAGNUS EN173070C is equipped with a laptop version of the GeForce RTX 3070 processor and display chip. It has very powerful performance in a small size of only 2.65 liters. Be it basic documents, video conversion processing and other applications daily, for sketch games 3A masterpiece games sound and light experience can meet the needs of gamers.

In addition, it offers dual-channel memory expansion capabilities up to 64GB, 2 sets of M.2 PCIe SSDs and 2.5-inch SATA hard drive, plus output capacity of up to four displays, ThunderBolt 4, dual network, up to five sets of USB 3.1 Gen2, the overall configuration did not lose the general small and medium-sized host computer.

Overall, the ZOTAC ZBOX MAGNUS EN173070C performs well in all respects – it is smaller than the general ITX host on the market and its performance is even better.