I decided to use a high-performance mini host. I went to the official website of Lingke to study the mini host, and finally chose the Zero SER5, which takes into account both performance and price. It has been more than half a month since I received it. Let me talk about the user

Preface

After playing with my friend's Zero EQ59 Pro, I became interested in this small-sized mini host. But I still have certain requirements for performance. After all, my work is mainly based on network and operation and maintenance. In addition to working as a work machine at home, I also need to take into account certain entertainment requirements (play Blizzard games and classic stand-alone games).

decided to use a high-performance mini host. I went to the official website of Lingke to study the mini host, and finally chose the Lingke SER5, which takes into account both performance and price. It has been more than half a month since I received it. Let me talk about the user experience of this Lingke SER5 mini host.

Unboxing

Zero SER5 product parameters, CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5560U six-core twelve-thread (6C12T) processor, memory: 16GB DDR4 3200MHz, storage: 500GB M.2 NVMe 2280 PCIe 3.0 x4, network: RZ608 (MT7921K) 80MHz 1.2Gbps Wi-Fi6 wireless network card and Realtek RTL8168/8111 Gigabit wired network card. Take out the packaging box of

and it is all the items: Zero SER5 instruction manual × 1, Zero SER5 mini host × 1, power adapter × 1, VESA bracket × 1, SATA hard disk cable × 1, screw pack × 1, HDMI long cable × 1, HDMI short cable × 1. There is a warning for the new phone of

: Be sure to use the power adapter included with the product, and do not use Type-C charger.

Zero SER5 has a large area of ​​metal heat dissipation mesh cover on the top, and there are Zero and AMD logos in front, and next to it are stickers for AMD Ryzen 5 and AMD RADEON.

It is important to know that Zero is a manufacturer of AMD's important partner and is a manufacturer that provides mini host (Mini-PC) solutions to small and medium-sized enterprises.

The Zero SER5 I bought this time is the same family design ID as the Zero EQ59 Pro I bought for Lao Tie last time. Front panel I/O interface: CLR CMOS×1, USB 3.0×2, Type-C ×1, 3.5mm headphone jack ×1, power switch key ×1.

Zero SER5's rear I/O interface: Gigabit network port × 1, USB 2.0× 2, HDMI× 2, DC charging hole× 1, and there is a radiator air inlet above.

Zero SER5 has metal heat sink mesh covers on both sides, and it is obviously the air outlets of the radiator.

Zero SER5 standard AMD Z608 (MT7921K) wireless network card, which is a standard Wi-Fi 6E wireless network card. After all, it is only 80MHz, resulting in a maximum wireless speed of only 1.2Gbps. If you use the downgraded Wi-Fi 5 wireless network card, you may not be able to compare with the Intel AC9260NGW. You should know that it is 160MHz and the wireless network rate is as high as 1.7Gbps.

Zero SER5 comes standard with two Yingruida DDR4 3200MHz memory sticks, single capacity: 8GB, group dual channels, total memory capacity of 2 memory: 16GB (8GB×2). The back of the memory stick is a warranty QR code and warranty label.

Zero SER5 is the Kingston NV1 500GB NVMe SSD, and the back is also a warranty QR code and warranty label. The read and write speed of this Kingston NVMe SSD is OK, with a reading speed: 2100 MB/s and a write speed: 1700 MB/s.

Upgrade DIY transformation

I changed the AMD Z608 (MT7921K) wireless network card to Intel AX210NGW wireless network card, both of which are Wi-Fi 6E wireless network cards. The only difference is that the AX210 supports 160MHz and the wireless speed can reach up to 2.4Gbps, while the AMD Z608 (MT7921K) only supports 80MHz and the wireless speed can only reach 1.2Gbps.

This is a batch of memory sticks and SSD that the department applied for purchase last time. I will use it myself first. It just replaces the original memory and SSD of Zero SER5 to improve the overall hardware performance of the mini host and improves the user experience.

Zero SER5 has a SATA hard disk bit, here I installed the Seagate Cool Fish 2TB mechanical hard disk.

After migrating the system on the original NVMe SSD, I updated to the latest Windows 11 22H2.The USB 3.0 interface and Type-C interface with the front

are completely enough for me.

Zero SER5 on the top of the SER5 is under the metal heat sink cover, and the fan can run at full speed under the high load carrier.

Zero EQ59 Pro vs Zero SER5

Lao Tie bought last time and Zero SER5 I bought this time, the ID design style is consistent. The Zero SER5 is slightly bigger than the Zero EQ59 Pro. The air outlet of

Zero SER5 is obviously more concentrated than the air outlet of the Zero EQ59 Pro, and the air duct design is more reasonable.

Since Zero EQ59 Pro has dual gigabit network ports, it can be suitable for soft routing. However, Zero SER5 has only one gigabit network port, and is more favorable to use in high-load operation environments such as high-performance program operation (you should know that the performance of 6-core 12-thread processors is still very strong). The power adapter of

Zero SER5 is obviously much larger than the power adapter of the Zero EQ59 Pro, and it also comes with an indicator light. On the left side of

is the power adapter of Zero EQ59 Pro, with output: 12V-3A (36W). On the right is the power adapter of Zero SER5, with output: 19V-3.15A (60W).

enters the BIOS to modify the video memory (VRAM) size

Turn on the computer and press the Del key to enter the BIOS. Here I need to modify the video memory size of the video memory. The method to adjust the VRAM capacity is as follows:

Select Advance in the options → select AMD CBS.

Select Advance in the options → select AMD CBS → and then select NBIO Common Options.

Find the GFX Configuration option to enter.

Select the iGPU Configuration setting item and select [UMA_SPECIFIED].

Select the UMA Frame buffer Size setting item, and select the VRAM capacity based on the actual memory size, and support up to 16GB as video memory (VRAM).

I chose 16GB as video memory (VRAM). That's because the Zero SER5 I currently use 16GB+32GB dual-channel group, and the total memory capacity is: 48GB.

System Migration and System Information Overview

Replace Kingston NV1 NVMe SSD, of course, it is necessary to do system migration to the original Windows 11 Pro. After changing to KINGBANK KP230 Pro NVMe SSD, the actual reading and writing performance is significantly better than that of Kingston NV1 NVMe SSD.

This is the hardware information of the device manager. There is no need to use the driver after migrating the system. It can be used after booting and entering the system network. All the drivers are recognized.

I have upgraded SER5 to the latest Windows 11 Pro 22H2 version.

8GB of memory is fully recognized. After booting, the memory usage rate is: 9%, and used memory: 4.2GB.

can also view Jinbaida KP230 Pro in the task manager.

test AMD integrated graphics card dedicated GPU memory: 512MB, GPU memory: 24.2GB, shared GPU memory: 23.7GB.

This is AMD's driver control panel, and the hardware and drivers are recognized.

AMD integrated graphics card hardware information, available video memory size: 16GB, video memory type: DDR4, memory clock: 1333MHz, core clock: 1600MHz, total video memory bandwidth: 42GB/s, memory bit rate: 2.67Gbps. OpenGL API: 4.6, OpenCL API: 2.0.

DIY upgraded hardware detection

Zero SER5 is equipped with a 6C12T (six-core twelve threads) AMD Ryzen 5 5560U processor, code name: Cezanne, process: 7nm, maximum main frequency: 4.05GHz (frequency doubled: x40.5). The code name of the integrated display: Vega, process: 7nm, TDP: 15W.

two DDR4 3200MHz memory sticks, number of channels: 2×64bit, size: 48GB.

AMD Ryzen 5 5560U processor integrates AMD Radeon Graphics graphics processor, GPU code: Cezanne, process: 7nm, shader: 384 units, hardware supports DirectX 12 (software supports DirectX 12.1), video memory type: DDR4, bus width: 128 bits, video memory size: 512MB, video memory bandwidth : 51.2 GB/s.

Use HWiNFO64 to view the core components hardware information of Zero SER5.

Hardware Dog's hardware detection is still very powerful and is basically recognized.

Master Lu also correctly identified all hardware parameter information.

Zero SER5 mainly uses VC1, H.264, HEVC, VP9 and other video decoding capabilities. DXVA Checker can be used to find out the video decoding status supported by the processor.

hexa-core AMD Ryzen 5 5560U processor, process: 7nm. You can see the memory information: DDR4-3200 SDRAM (22-22-22-52 CR1).

AIDA64 cache and memory test, memory timing is 22-22-22-52 CR1, reading speed: 22956 MB/s, writing speed: 23008 MB/s, copy speed: 20292 MB/s, delay: 89.6 ns.

AIDA64 GPGPU test, memory reading speed: 13481 MB/s, memory writing speed: 18072 MB/s, memory copy speed: 39619 MB/s.

DIY upgraded hardware test

relative performance multiple: 44.35, thousands of steps per second: 21290.

AMD Ryzen 5 5560U's single core performance: 558.4, multi-core performance: 3464.2, multi-threaded ratio: 6.20.

was tested with GeekBench 5 software, single-core performance score: 1294 points, multi-core performance score: 5250 points, OpenCL score: 10959 points, Vulkan score: 14234 points.

was tested with V-Ray Benchmark, CPU score: 5018 points, GPU CUDA score: 118 points. CPU test results of

CINEBENCH R15: 1204 cb, OpenGL test results: 66.08 fps. CPU test results of

CINEBENCH R20: 2844 cb. In the CPU test of

CINEBENCHR23, the single-core performance test results: 1295 pts, multi-core performance test results: 6985 pts, MP Ratio performance test results: 5.40 x.

Antutu PC evaluation performance test: 667938 points.

was tested with CrossMark, overall score: 1066 points, productivity score: 1132 points, creativity score: 1028 points, reaction ability score: 988 points, and overall hardware performance is no less than laptop at the price of 4,000 yuan.

AMD Ryzen 5 5560U processor for 7-ZIP benchmark test results.

The result was measured with X264 FHD Benchmark: 39.49 fps.

test score with WebXPRT4: 185 points.

was tested with SuperPosition Benchmark. The scores under 1080P (Medium, High, Extreme), 4K (Optimized), 8K (Optimized) image quality are as follows: 1709 points, 1218 points, 563 points, 699 points, and 282 points.

Hardware Dog Test Hardware Score: 182312 points.

test computer comprehensive performance score: 712718 points.

test score with PCMark 10 Professional Edition: 4811 points.

Use PCMark 10 Professional Edition to perform a complete system disk benchmark test score: 2119 points.

Use 3DMark 11 Professional Edition to perform the results of the thread performance of the CPU.

was tested with 3DMark 11 Professional Edition, Time Spy score: 1027 points, Graphics card score: 902 points, CPU score: 4794 points.

was tested with 3DMark 11 Professional Edition, Fire Strike score: 2582 points, Graphics card score: 2865 points, Physical score: 16128 points, Comprehensive score: 861 points.

was tested with 3DMark 11 Professional Edition, Night Raid score: 9679 points, Graphics card score: 9809 points, CPU score: 9004 points.

is tested with 3DMark 11 Professional Edition, and the benchmark test score is stored: 2398 points.

DIY upgraded SSD speed test

CrystalDiskinfo recognizes the information of Jinbaida NVMe SSD, model: KINGBANK KP230 Pro 512.1GB, the transmission mode of the SSD is: PCIe 3.0 x4, standard: NVM Express 1.4, temperature: 48℃.

query KINGBANK KP230 Pro 512GB NVMe SSD uses YMTC ( Yangtze River Storage ) 128L TLC flash memory particles.

Data is measured under (default) using CrystalDiskMark, continuous reading: 3266.40 MB/s, continuous writing: 2849.76 MB/s.

data was measured with TxBench, continuous reading: 3634.146 MB/s, continuous writing: 2636.475 MB/s.

data was measured using Antutu SSD, writing speed: 2487.93 MB/s, reading speed: 3127.29 MB/s.

data was measured by Samsung Magician, continuous reading: 3404 MB/s, continuous writing: 2674 MB/s.

【 Overwatch 】

Overwatch opens the game, the default image quality is 1600×900, and the rest are the default settings of the game.

Try to manually modify the image quality to 3840×2160 resolution (4K), which can also be played smoothly.

In order not to cheat teammates, the training range practice mode was chosen.

has only modified the resolution of 3840×2160 (4K), and the default image quality can still be played smoothly.

Comments: It is recommended that friends who like Overwatch should choose to play with 1080P resolution. If you need to improve the image quality and resolution, you can only look forward to launching a mini host based on the AMD Ryzen 7 6800H processor. You should know that the performance of the AMD Radeon™ 680M integrated graphics card built in the 6800H processor is roughly comparable to that of the NVIDIA GeForce MX550.

summary

Zero SER5 is a mini host computer that takes into account both performance and cost-effectiveness. For me, the performance of the AMD Ryzen 5 5560U's six-core twelve-threaded processor is definitely strong enough, which is much stronger than the performance of my old desktop Intel Core i5-6500 quad-core processor. The standard 16GB memory and NVMe SSD and RZ608 Wi-Fi 6E wireless network card are still not enough for me, so I chose to upgrade the memory, SSD and wireless network card. Finally, I changed myself to 48GB of memory (32GB+16GB), Jinbaida KP230 Pro NVMe SSD and Intel AX210 Wi-Fi 6E wireless network card. For operation and maintenance personnel who often deploy virtual machines on computers and play VMware virtualization, this configuration can meet my work needs.

The USB 3.0 interface and Type-C interface with the front

are completely enough for me.

Zero SER5 on the top of the SER5 is under the metal heat sink cover, and the fan can run at full speed under the high load carrier.

Zero EQ59 Pro vs Zero SER5

Lao Tie bought last time and Zero SER5 I bought this time, the ID design style is consistent. The Zero SER5 is slightly bigger than the Zero EQ59 Pro. The air outlet of

Zero SER5 is obviously more concentrated than the air outlet of the Zero EQ59 Pro, and the air duct design is more reasonable.

Since Zero EQ59 Pro has dual gigabit network ports, it can be suitable for soft routing. However, Zero SER5 has only one gigabit network port, and is more favorable to use in high-load operation environments such as high-performance program operation (you should know that the performance of 6-core 12-thread processors is still very strong). The power adapter of

Zero SER5 is obviously much larger than the power adapter of the Zero EQ59 Pro, and it also comes with an indicator light. On the left side of

is the power adapter of Zero EQ59 Pro, with output: 12V-3A (36W). On the right is the power adapter of Zero SER5, with output: 19V-3.15A (60W).

enters the BIOS to modify the video memory (VRAM) size

Turn on the computer and press the Del key to enter the BIOS. Here I need to modify the video memory size of the video memory. The method to adjust the VRAM capacity is as follows:

Select Advance in the options → select AMD CBS.

Select Advance in the options → select AMD CBS → and then select NBIO Common Options.

Find the GFX Configuration option to enter.

Select the iGPU Configuration setting item and select [UMA_SPECIFIED].

Select the UMA Frame buffer Size setting item, and select the VRAM capacity based on the actual memory size, and support up to 16GB as video memory (VRAM).

I chose 16GB as video memory (VRAM). That's because the Zero SER5 I currently use 16GB+32GB dual-channel group, and the total memory capacity is: 48GB.

System Migration and System Information Overview

Replace Kingston NV1 NVMe SSD, of course, it is necessary to do system migration to the original Windows 11 Pro. After changing to KINGBANK KP230 Pro NVMe SSD, the actual reading and writing performance is significantly better than that of Kingston NV1 NVMe SSD.

This is the hardware information of the device manager. There is no need to use the driver after migrating the system. It can be used after booting and entering the system network. All the drivers are recognized.

I have upgraded SER5 to the latest Windows 11 Pro 22H2 version.

8GB of memory is fully recognized. After booting, the memory usage rate is: 9%, and used memory: 4.2GB.

can also view Jinbaida KP230 Pro in the task manager.

test AMD integrated graphics card dedicated GPU memory: 512MB, GPU memory: 24.2GB, shared GPU memory: 23.7GB.

This is AMD's driver control panel, and the hardware and drivers are recognized.

AMD integrated graphics card hardware information, available video memory size: 16GB, video memory type: DDR4, memory clock: 1333MHz, core clock: 1600MHz, total video memory bandwidth: 42GB/s, memory bit rate: 2.67Gbps. OpenGL API: 4.6, OpenCL API: 2.0.

DIY upgraded hardware detection

Zero SER5 is equipped with a 6C12T (six-core twelve threads) AMD Ryzen 5 5560U processor, code name: Cezanne, process: 7nm, maximum main frequency: 4.05GHz (frequency doubled: x40.5). The code name of the integrated display: Vega, process: 7nm, TDP: 15W.

two DDR4 3200MHz memory sticks, number of channels: 2×64bit, size: 48GB.

AMD Ryzen 5 5560U processor integrates AMD Radeon Graphics graphics processor, GPU code: Cezanne, process: 7nm, shader: 384 units, hardware supports DirectX 12 (software supports DirectX 12.1), video memory type: DDR4, bus width: 128 bits, video memory size: 512MB, video memory bandwidth : 51.2 GB/s.

Use HWiNFO64 to view the core components hardware information of Zero SER5.

Hardware Dog's hardware detection is still very powerful and is basically recognized.

Master Lu also correctly identified all hardware parameter information.

Zero SER5 mainly uses VC1, H.264, HEVC, VP9 and other video decoding capabilities. DXVA Checker can be used to find out the video decoding status supported by the processor.

hexa-core AMD Ryzen 5 5560U processor, process: 7nm. You can see the memory information: DDR4-3200 SDRAM (22-22-22-52 CR1).

AIDA64 cache and memory test, memory timing is 22-22-22-52 CR1, reading speed: 22956 MB/s, writing speed: 23008 MB/s, copy speed: 20292 MB/s, delay: 89.6 ns.

AIDA64 GPGPU test, memory reading speed: 13481 MB/s, memory writing speed: 18072 MB/s, memory copy speed: 39619 MB/s.

DIY upgraded hardware test

relative performance multiple: 44.35, thousands of steps per second: 21290.

AMD Ryzen 5 5560U's single core performance: 558.4, multi-core performance: 3464.2, multi-threaded ratio: 6.20.

was tested with GeekBench 5 software, single-core performance score: 1294 points, multi-core performance score: 5250 points, OpenCL score: 10959 points, Vulkan score: 14234 points.

was tested with V-Ray Benchmark, CPU score: 5018 points, GPU CUDA score: 118 points. CPU test results of

CINEBENCH R15: 1204 cb, OpenGL test results: 66.08 fps. CPU test results of

CINEBENCH R20: 2844 cb. In the CPU test of

CINEBENCHR23, the single-core performance test results: 1295 pts, multi-core performance test results: 6985 pts, MP Ratio performance test results: 5.40 x.

Antutu PC evaluation performance test: 667938 points.

was tested with CrossMark, overall score: 1066 points, productivity score: 1132 points, creativity score: 1028 points, reaction ability score: 988 points, and overall hardware performance is no less than laptop at the price of 4,000 yuan.

AMD Ryzen 5 5560U processor for 7-ZIP benchmark test results.

The result was measured with X264 FHD Benchmark: 39.49 fps.

test score with WebXPRT4: 185 points.

was tested with SuperPosition Benchmark. The scores under 1080P (Medium, High, Extreme), 4K (Optimized), 8K (Optimized) image quality are as follows: 1709 points, 1218 points, 563 points, 699 points, and 282 points.

Hardware Dog Test Hardware Score: 182312 points.

test computer comprehensive performance score: 712718 points.

test score with PCMark 10 Professional Edition: 4811 points.

Use PCMark 10 Professional Edition to perform a complete system disk benchmark test score: 2119 points.

Use 3DMark 11 Professional Edition to perform the results of the thread performance of the CPU.

was tested with 3DMark 11 Professional Edition, Time Spy score: 1027 points, Graphics card score: 902 points, CPU score: 4794 points.

was tested with 3DMark 11 Professional Edition, Fire Strike score: 2582 points, Graphics card score: 2865 points, Physical score: 16128 points, Comprehensive score: 861 points.

was tested with 3DMark 11 Professional Edition, Night Raid score: 9679 points, Graphics card score: 9809 points, CPU score: 9004 points.

is tested with 3DMark 11 Professional Edition, and the benchmark test score is stored: 2398 points.

DIY upgraded SSD speed test

CrystalDiskinfo recognizes the information of Jinbaida NVMe SSD, model: KINGBANK KP230 Pro 512.1GB, the transmission mode of the SSD is: PCIe 3.0 x4, standard: NVM Express 1.4, temperature: 48℃.

query KINGBANK KP230 Pro 512GB NVMe SSD uses YMTC ( Yangtze River Storage ) 128L TLC flash memory particles.

Data is measured under (default) using CrystalDiskMark, continuous reading: 3266.40 MB/s, continuous writing: 2849.76 MB/s.

data was measured with TxBench, continuous reading: 3634.146 MB/s, continuous writing: 2636.475 MB/s.

data was measured using Antutu SSD, writing speed: 2487.93 MB/s, reading speed: 3127.29 MB/s.

data was measured by Samsung Magician, continuous reading: 3404 MB/s, continuous writing: 2674 MB/s.

【 Overwatch 】

Overwatch opens the game, the default image quality is 1600×900, and the rest are the default settings of the game.

Try to manually modify the image quality to 3840×2160 resolution (4K), which can also be played smoothly.

In order not to cheat teammates, the training range practice mode was chosen.

has only modified the resolution of 3840×2160 (4K), and the default image quality can still be played smoothly.

Comments: It is recommended that friends who like Overwatch should choose to play with 1080P resolution. If you need to improve the image quality and resolution, you can only look forward to launching a mini host based on the AMD Ryzen 7 6800H processor. You should know that the performance of the AMD Radeon™ 680M integrated graphics card built in the 6800H processor is roughly comparable to that of the NVIDIA GeForce MX550.

summary

Zero SER5 is a mini host computer that takes into account both performance and cost-effectiveness. For me, the performance of the AMD Ryzen 5 5560U's six-core twelve-threaded processor is definitely strong enough, which is much stronger than the performance of my old desktop Intel Core i5-6500 quad-core processor. The standard 16GB memory and NVMe SSD and RZ608 Wi-Fi 6E wireless network card are still not enough for me, so I chose to upgrade the memory, SSD and wireless network card. Finally, I changed myself to 48GB of memory (32GB+16GB), Jinbaida KP230 Pro NVMe SSD and Intel AX210 Wi-Fi 6E wireless network card. For operation and maintenance personnel who often deploy virtual machines on computers and play VMware virtualization, this configuration can meet my work needs.