Acemagic K1 overview: This low-cost Ryzen mini PC has one easy-to-fix weak point

The software program model stands out positively. The take a look at unit runs Home windows 11 Professional 25H2 with Construct 26200; the BIOS is dated April 2026. As soon as arrange, just a few updates are required. Many gadgets on this worth vary begin out with considerably older variations and initially require a number of rounds of updates.

Computing efficiency

In PCMark 10, the K1 scores 5,528 factors. That is ample for clean operation, however locations it within the decrease mid-range. A take a look at the sub-scores is revealing. The Necessities class — comprising app launch, video conferencing, and internet looking — scores 9,249 factors, placing it on a par with the Geekom A5 Professional (9,529 factors), which makes use of the identical processor. Within the Productiveness class, nevertheless, the K1 lags far behind with 9,005 factors: The A5 Professional scores 14,748 factors there. In Digital Content material Creation, the K1 is once more simply forward of the A5 Professional, with 5,506 factors to five,371.

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The reason lies within the mass storage outcomes. In CrystalDiskMark, the built-in SSD reads sequentially at 494.5MB/s and writes at 428.3MB/s. These are typical SATA figures. The NVMe SSD within the Geekom A5 Professional achieves 3,752MB/s learn velocity — greater than seven occasions as quick. The hole turns into much more pronounced with small-file accesses: 18.1MB/s within the 4K learn take a look at with a queue is a poor end result. Such small, random accesses have an effect on, amongst different issues, the responsiveness of Home windows and purposes. The end result within the PCMark 10 storage benchmark additionally displays the restricted SSD efficiency.

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CPU efficiency, in contrast, is unremarkable. Within the 3DMark CPU profile, the K1 scores 4,183 factors at most thread utilisation, 4,075 factors with 16 threads, 3,785 with eight threads and 881 factors within the single-thread take a look at. This places it forward of the Geekom A5 Professional (3,977 and 867 factors) and the Nipogi E3B with its embedded eight-core processor (4,042 and 719 factors). The CPU thus delivers the anticipated computing energy. Below the examined load, the CPU clock velocity we measured remained at round 4.4GHz. The system is held again elsewhere.