Graphics
$ phoronix-test-suite benchmark unigine-valley
These Unigine Valley results flip the story from the CPU benchmarks. The MS-02 Ultra’s Core Ultra 9 285HX is very strong computationally, but its integrated graphics are modest here.
Overall, the MS-02 Ultra is a workstation CPU monster, but not a standout 3D graphics performer without adding a discrete GPU.
The MS-02 Ultra’s iGPU results don’t tell the full story. The system can accept a capable low-profile discrete GPU (such as an RTX 4060 LP, RTX A2000, or RTX 4000 SFF Ada), subject to power, connector, cooling, and clearance limits, transforming it from a modest integrated-graphics box into a much more capable compact workstation.
I included the i5-12400 system as a discrete-GPU reference point. It isn’t a direct comparison with the mini PCs’ integrated graphics, as that system uses a dedicated NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, but it helps show the gap between the iGPUs and a discrete graphics card. The annotation is important: the i5-12400 result reflects the RTX 3060 Ti, not Intel UHD integrated graphics.
I also ran glmark2, an OpenGL 2.0 / OpenGL ES 2.0 benchmark, on the MS-02 Ultra. Here are the results.
Pages in this article:
Page 1 – Introduction / Processor
Page 2 – Graphics
Page 3 – Memory
Page 4 – Disk and Summary
Complete list of articles in this series:
| Minisforum MS-02 Ultra 285HX | |
|---|---|
| Introduction | Introduction to the series and interrogation of the machine |
| Benchmarks | Benchmarking the Minisforum MS-02 Ultra 285HX Mini Workstation |
| Power | Testing and comparing the power consumption |
| Dual channel memory | Assessing the impact of adding a second SO-DIMM |
| Cores | Benchmarking cores under Linux |
| BIOS | In the world of computing, BIOS, which stands for Basic Input/Output System, plays a crucial role |
| Btrfs | Advanced, modern copy-on-write (CoW) file system for Linux |
| Intel processors | P-Cores, E-Cores and LP E-Cores Compared Across 4 Intel Processors |
| More articles will be published next week | |
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All those cores really help, but how many are being used for normal desktop use?
It’s a workstation not a desktop.