When the new machine was received, I checked out these features.
In summary, every one of the features that the machine was supposed
to have, performed with no hassle out of the box.
| Box
| Worked out of the box .
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| Conf
| It needed editing a configuration file or running a
setup GUI.
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| Add-On
| Needed additional or patched software: download it;
follow instructions to compile and/or install it; it works.
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| Fiddle
| As with Add-On , but it required some workarounds
in the procedure, which might seem minor to an experienced user
but which might prevent a newbie from making it work.
|
| Hack
| So you call yourself a guru? This one will challenge
your skills. But this guru eventually got it working.
|
| Fail
| I wasn't able to get this one to work, at least so far.
|
| N.T.
| Not tested.
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| Later
| I'm still working on testing this item.
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| *
| A prerequisite did not qualify for the Box or
Conf rating, but once that was set up, the listed component
worked with no further hassle.
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| Does it boot at all? | Box
|
| | Yes, it boots the rescue system and the
installed kernel with no problems. Rescue: OpenSuSE-42.1, kernel 4.1.13;
production: OpenSuSE Tumbleweed (2017-12-05), kernel 4.14.2
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| Processor: Intel Core i5-7260U @2.2GHz | Box
|
| | Cores (has hyperthread, turned off in BIOS) | 2
|
| | Lithography | 14nm
|
| | Nominal clock speed | 2.2GHz
|
| | Turbo clock speed (1 core) | 3.4GHz
|
| | Minimum clock speed | 0.4GHz
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| | Bogomips | 4416
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| | Jimc's benchmark (Mb/sec) | 134850
|
| | MPEG-2 playback (ffmpeg), CPU% | 13%-25%
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| Graphics: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 (48 execution units)
| Box
|
| | Using the HDMI port, with a 1920x1080px
display (1080p), the machine can perform MPEG-2 and H.264 encoded media
with no problems: way more than enough CPU power and no dropped frames.
I'm assuming without proof that the GPU is doing the decoding.
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| Memory | Box
|
| | Crucial 8GB Kit (4GBx2) DDR4 2133 MT/s (MHz)
(PC4-17000) SR x8 SODIMM
|
| | Memory parameters reported by memtest86+ and /proc/meminfo:
|
| | L1 Cache size (per core) | 32Kb
|
| | L1 Cache speed (byte/sec) | 1.47e11
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| | L2 Cache size (per core) | 256Kb
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| | L2 Cache speed (byte/sec) | 5.5e10
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| | L3 Cache size | 4Mb
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| | L3 Cache speed (byte/sec) | 3.6e10
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| | RAM on this machine | 2 x 4Gb
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| | Main RAM speed (byte/sec) | 1.45e10
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| | Sockets for RAM | 2
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| | Installable memory limit (total) | 32Gb
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| | Video RAM (onboard) | 64Mb
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| Disc | Box
|
| |
Seagate 500GB BarraCuda SATA 6Gb/s 128MB Cache
2.5-Inch 7mm Internal Hard Drive, model ST500LM030
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| LAN | Box
|
| | Intel Ethernet Connection I219-V,
gigabit ethernet (IEEE 802.3). e1000e driver. Our net is limited to
100Mbit/sec.
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| Wi-fi | N.T.
|
| | Intel Wireless-AC 8265. 802.11-ac (5GHz) and
backward compatible with b/g/n (2.4GHz). iwlmvm driver with mac80211,
cfg80211. Not tested.
|
| Bluetooth | Box
|
| | Part of
the Intel Wireless-AC 8265. Bluetooth version 4.2. Works with a
Microsoft Bluetooth Mouse 3600. (But what about in visual BIOS setup?)
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| Audio | Box
|
| |
- Intel Sunrise Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller
- Analog stereo codec: tested and works through the 3.5mm phone jack.
- S/PDIF on HDMI: accepts playback, but no TV speaker available
to test properly.
- Microphone: not tested, but volume control is present.
- Note, this machine normally plays back via a USB sound card,
which works.
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| USB Ports | Box
|
| | One bus with controllers for USB-2.0 (EHCI,
480Mbit/sec) and USB-3.0 (XHCI, 5Gbit/sec); standard devices (12Mbit/sec)
are handled by the EHCI controller also. 2 ports in front, 2 in rear.
The yellow one does charging : more than usual power, even in S5.
|
| Infrared Receiver | N.T.
|
| | Infrared Remote Transceiver using the ite_cir
driver. Can't tell what bus it's on, maybe i2c? The sensor is probably to
the left of the front USB ports. The acronym CIR Customer
InfraRed is used in Intel literature to describe this device.
|
| Special Features
|
| | Auto boot when power returns — could be
configured but was left at stay off .
| Conf
|
| | Wake on LAN | Box
|
| | Wake on realtime clock | Box
|
| | Wake on CIR (infrared) (promised but not tested)
| N.T.
|
| | Watchdog (present but not tested) | N.T.
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| | PXE boot (present but not tested) | N.T.
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| | Virtual machine hosting | Box
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| Suspend and Wake | Box
|
| | By default, the machine wakes or boots on all of USB,
realtime clock, and LAN. USB wakeup can be turned off in the BIOS.
Wake on infrared can be turned on.
Times to suspend / wake, in seconds:
|
| | S3 (suspend to RAM) | 4 / 3 sec
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| | S4 (hibernate to disc) | 12 /23 sec
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| | S5 (power off then boot to greeter) | 9 / 106 sec
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| | Greeter to XFCE desktop, 1st time | 13 sec
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| | Greeter to XFCE desktop, repeat | 6 sec
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| | Onboard devices including graphics can suspend and wake successfully.
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| Power consumption | OK
|
| | S5 Off | 0
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| | S4 (suspended to disc, hibernating) | 0
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| | S3 (suspended to RAM) | 4W (oink)
|
| | Booting | 14-16W
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| | Idle | 12W
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| | Maxed out, one core | 22W
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| | Maxed out, both cores | 31W
|
| | Playing MPEG-2 1080p video | 13W, 25-30%
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