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This system needs a significant rethink because this combination of hardware and software isn’t a viable solution for most applications or users.CrystalDiskMark 6.0.2 圆4 (C) 2007-2018 hiyohiyo This OS doesn’t come loaded with the files it needs from the outset, and it sucks what get-up-and-go the Pico had to begin with.

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The next nail in its hardware coffin was the eMMC storage that performs like an old 2.5-inch hard drive when writing data.īut, even with those limitations, it could have managed expectations if it wasn’t for Windows 11 Pro N, an operating system expecting to find a Threadripper cored CPU and an RTX GPU just around the corner. Without any active means to manage heat, this system will throttle, inevitably. The first candidate is the Intel Celeron Processor N6211, a very limited SoC further limited thermally by a passively cooled enclosure. Its performance is poor whatever task you throw at it, especially if you are rash enough to use it with a 4K monitor.Ī combination of things undermined the Pico from the outset. Not sure what Zotac engineers thought when they devised the Pico.

Overall, the performance on the Pico isn’t sufficient for most applications, however basic they are. It will play media files to a degree, but not any better than a much cheaper Chromecast with Google TV. Selecting 4K video streams from YouTube results in the CPU hitting 100% and then the stream pausing, repeatedly. The read speed of the eMMC drive isn’t terrible, even if it's not an SSD, but the write performance is worse than most conventional hard drives.įor anyone reading this review and wondering if this unit might make a suitable streaming solution, it won't. Of the other tests, the most significant is the CrystalDiskMark 8.04 score, as it shows where some of the performance bottlenecks are beyond this lacklustre processor. That said, the number it might have generated had it run would have been small, as indicated by a score of just 439 in the less demanding Fire Strike test.Įven the Wild Life test isn’t smooth, and most phones can achieve that distinction. Sometimes it is possible to adjust VRAM in the BIOS of systems using an integrated GPU, but not on the PICO. The only test that wouldn’t eventually run from our normal selection was 3DMark Time Spy, because it complained that there was insufficient VRAM to work.

Initially, PCMark10 wouldn’t run at all until the Windows 11 Media Features Pack was installed.

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What made some of these tests even more challenging was all the things Microsoft decided to leave out of the Windows 11 Pro N install, including all the code needed to drive video streams. It even makes some cheap laptops seem agile and athletic in comparison. To be brutally honest, this is one of the slowest systems this reviewer has tested in some time.

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With the CPU limited to 70C, and no fan to increase in speed, once the system reaches this temperature, its only course of action to stop runaway thermals is to throttle the already slow processor.Įven if you don’t run the Pico aggressively, there is one issue with this machine that isn’t Zotac’s fault, other than they agreed to install it Windows 11 Pro N. This is the side of the machine that won’t be seeing much, if any, airflow, and the outside of the case is one big passive heatsink. Investigations inside revealed that the processor and chipset silicon is inverted and then connected to the underside of the Pico by a finely milled metal plate. GeekBench 5: 531 (single-core) 817 (multi-core), 1045 (OpenCL)ĬrystalDiskMark: Sequential Read: 280.8MB/s Sequential Write: 107.63 MB/s Here's how the ZOTAC ZBOX PI336 Pico scored in our suite of benchmark tests:ģDMark Wild Life: 1,176 Fire Strike: 439 Time Spy: N/A Ĭinebench R23 CPU pts: 432 (single-core) 720 (multi-core)

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