Zotac ZBOX Nano XS AD11 Plus

Test System Configuration Notes: We compared the Zotac ZBOX Nano XS AD11 Plus to an array of systems with similar specifications. We compared the Zotac machine to a number of mobile platforms that used a similar storage configurations to older ZBOX systems. For the remainder of our testing, however, we compared the Zotac ZBOX Nano XS's performance to the reference platforms used in our AMD Zacate E-350 Processor Performance Preview. The comparisons will show relative performance versus similar, low-power power platforms and the performance progression AMD has made with the Zacate platform since we first tested the E-350-based engineering platform at AMD's HQ.

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Preliminary Testing with PCMark Vantage Synthetic Benchmarks

First up, we ran our test systems through Futuremark’s latest system performance evaluation tool, PCMark Vantage. PCMark Vantage runs through a host of different usage scenarios to simulate different types of workloads including High Definition TV and movie playback and manipulation, gaming, image editing and manipulation, music compression, communications, and productivity. Most of the tests are multi-threaded as well, so the tests can exploit the additional resources offered by a multi-core CPU.

The ZBOX Nano XS crushed the previous-generation ZBOX systems in PCMark Vantage. The new system's huge performance boost does not come by way of its newer APU, however. The ZBOX Nano XS's strong performance here is due to the solid state drive included in the system, which heavily influences the PCMark results.

ZBOX Nano XS AD11 w/ 64GB Kingston mSATA SSD

As you can see in the ATTO Disk Benchmark results above, the 64GB Kingston mSATA SSD included in the ZBOX Nano XS isn't terribly fast by today's standards, but it absolutely demolishes the 2.5" mobile hard drives included with its predecessors.