Disk
The machine was supplied with a 512GB PELADN-branded NVME SSD.
Here are the results with KDiskMark, an open-source benchmark software for storage devices. It’s a GUI tool that uses fio, the Flexible I/O Tester.
The PELADN WO4’s SSD delivers solid NVMe performance. KDiskMark reports sequential read speeds of 3,154 MB/s and sequential write speeds of 2,605 MB/s, which is in line with a decent PCIe 3.0 NVMe drive. Random 4K performance is more modest, particularly the Q1T1 read result of 56 MB/s, but overall storage performance is perfectly adequate for a low-cost mini PC.
Overall the SSD is quick enough for everyday desktop use, application loading, software installation, and general file transfers.
The PELADN WO4 ships with Windows 11 Pro, so I also ran CrystalDiskMark before installing Linux to compare the SSD’s performance under Windows.
Summary
Overall, the PELADN WO4 is a capable budget mini PC with strong CPU performance for the money. The Ryzen 5 5600H still has plenty to offer for desktop use, software compilation, compression, rendering, and other CPU-heavy workloads. But the supplied single-channel DDR4 memory and weak integrated graphics mean it’s much less convincing for memory-heavy tasks and 3D workloads.
In the next article, I’ll examine the PELADN WO4’s power consumption, looking at how much energy the system uses at idle and under different workloads.
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:
| PELADN WO4 5600H Mini PC | |
|---|---|
| Introduction | Introduction to the series and interrogation of the machine |
| Benchmarks | Benchmarking the PELADN WO4 5600H Mini PC |
| More articles will be published next week | |