Youyeetoo X1 Review video === Intro --- Hello everybody. I am NicoD, and in this it the Youyeetoo X1. This is an X86 SBC with the Intel Celeron N5105 11th gen with 4-cores. The base clock is 2Ghz, but it can boost to 2.65Ghz all cores or up to 3Ghz on a single core. So the single core performance of this is even better than RK3588. In total performance it is near the Odroid N2+ or Khadas VIM3. It has great IO. NVMe, M.2 E-Key, eMMC, SATA, USB3, UART, GPIO's, NFC... NFC is a new standard comparable with RFID, but instead of only reading it can read and write. That was what this is for. (show receiver) I don't think I've got soemthing to work with it, but I'll look to make a later video about this. So this board can run any X86 OS. Win10, Win11, Ubuntu, Mint, OpenWRT, ... It isn't the best at anything, but it is good at everything. It is no gaming beast, but can play older 10-15 year old games well. Or lighter newer games. Even my favorite Pro Cycling Manager 2023 runs well enough to enjoy it. With the boost clocks it does consume quite a lot, but it doesn't overheat thanks to the nice heatsink + fan combo. In Windows I could not find any major problems. But with Ubuntu there were a few minor issue's. Like BT not working and wifi being slow. It has a full sized HDMI port, a micro HDMI. And you can also buy a 7" display for it that's connected with ribbon to MIPI. So it can do triple display output. So in his video we are going to take a look at how the experience is using this board. So let's first view the specs, here we goooo. Specs --- | Device | Youyeetoo X1 | | -------- | -------- | | CPU | Intel Celeron N5105 (2Ghz base, 2.9Ghz max S.C., 2.65Ghz all cores) | | GPU | Intel UHD Graphics 450Mhz base - 800Mhz boost | | Memory | 8GB LPDDR4 1455 Mhz (4GB to 16GB) | | eMMC - SD | 128GB (none to 256GB) + on-board SD-Card reader | | USB | 2 x USB3 + 2 x USB2 (+2) | | Display | 1 full sized + 1 micro-HDMI + MIPI DSI | | Network | GbE | | Wifi/BT | WIFI 5 + BT 5.0 / WIFI 6 + BT 5.2 / 4G LTE via M.2 2230 E key | | NVMe/SATA | PCIe gen3 x 4 M.2 NVMe 2280 + M.2 2230 E key + SATA ribbon | | Audio | HDMI-audio + 3.5mm headphone jack + on-board microphone | | Other | UART, GPIO, IIC, SPI, RTC，NFC | Install Windows --- Show where to download the image. Show to install USB device to NTFS, then copy the files. Adjust the config file for install destination. Plug it in, wait until it's done and reboot. Tiple displays --- Show 4K + 1080p + 7" 1024 x 600 displays connected. I've been having issue's with Linux and Windows not showing correct. In Windows I could see my mouse but everything was black. With Linux I could login but didn't see the desktop with most desktops (gnome, cinnamon) Thanks to Windows I realized what the issue was. The 7" display is always on in BIOS, and is set as primary display. Disabling that or connecting the display fixed my headache. Test microphone --- Windows 11 experience --- Show CPU-Z, run Blender render and show windows Task Manager. Run a Youtube video. Play a game (Kerbal Space Program) Ubuntu 22.04 experience --- Transfer rates --- | device | read sequential | write sequential | read 4KiB | write 4KiB | | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | | eMMC 128GB | 274.8 MB/s | 177.2 MB/s | 22.9 MB/s | 54.5 MB/s | | eMMC 128GB Linux | 315 MB/s | 107 MB/s | | | | SandiskExtremePro 128GB sd-reader | 87.7 MB/s | 66.6 MB/s | 8.3 MB/s | 2.4 MB/s | | SandiskExtremePro 128GB USB3 adapter | 89.9 MB/s | 81.5 MB/s | 6.2 MB/s | 2.4 MB/s | | Gigabyte 256GB NVMe | 1720.9 MB/s | 1182.9 MB/s | 40 MB/s | 94.30 MB/s | | Crucial P3 1TB NVMe | 3491.4 MB/s | 3120.8 MB/s | 43.3 MB/s | 101.9 MB/s | | Crucial BX500 2TB SATA SSD over USB3 | 456.6 MB/s | 409.7 MB/s | | | | GbE | 110 MB/s | 112 MB/s | | | | Wifi adapter key E |50MB/s Win-23MB/s Ub| | | | Benchmarks --- !!! On Windows I use WSL2 to do the 7z benchmarks to compare WSL2 performance with bare metal Linux. The seconds is windows7z benchmark. !!! Blender V3.0.1 used in command line/terminal. !!! Supertuxkart I use tux and do football match on grass and take the average. !!! Armbian build is Armbian Jammy current Gnome for x86 UEFI | Device | OS | NicoD Blender | 7z b all cores | 7z b small core | 7z b big core | Armbian build | Supertuxkart | | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | | Youyeetoo X1 | Windows 11 | 5m17s | 10171 (107sec win) | 3128 | | 28m30s | 62fps | | Youyeetoo X1 | Ubuntu Studio 23.10 | xxx | 12079 | 3221 | | 2h33m docker | 63fps | | Youyeetoo X1 | Ubuntu Studio 22.04 | 27m59s ??? | 12170 | 3232 | | 28m38s | | | Youyeetoo X1 | Ubuntu 22.04 (default DE)| 27m48s ??? | 12237 | 3247 | | xxx | 54fps | | HP N5000 Laptop | Windows 11 | 9m23s | 8065 | 2545 | | | 25fps | | Mekotronics R58-Mini | Armbian Jammy Gnome 5.10 | 3m25s | 16916 | 1701 | 2934 | | 110 blob / 69 panfork | Temperatures --- ``` Idle : 40C Maxed out : 74C ``` Power consumption --- PSU is 12V 3A = 36W Measured between power plug and PSU ``` Idle nothing connected 9.3W Idle with NVMe + mouse/keyboard 11.4W Idle no NVMe 7" display + mouse/keyboard 15.3W (display consumes about 4W) Maxed out with NVMe + mouse/keyboard 38.9W Maxed out USB3 to SATA SSD + Display + USB keyboard/mouse 46W !!! More than PSU is rated for ``` Conclusion --- It is a very versitile SBC. Just like a swiss knife. It can do many things well. It has great IO, comparable with RK3588. NVMe, E-Key M.2, SATA, eMMC, SD-reader, USB3, triple display, NFC receiver, UART, I2C, GPIO's, ... The CPU is powerful enough for many light server tasks or light desktop use. It can run almost all x86 software and OS'es(compared to ARM). Great for media server + NAS. This can be used to replace old power hungry x86 servers, run x86 software. Good for shops to use for accessing sales databases, having NFC is a plus. Or even for schools it would be sufficient and could be used to teach IoT. It is way more userfriendly than any ARM SBC. Even compared to Raspberry Pi. It has way better IO than RPi5 and comparable in CPU performance. And I'd guess the price is about the same. Since you get heatsink + fan, eMMC and PSU included. For home users it is powerful enough for light desktop tasks. It can play Youtube video's, browse internet, run office, check your mails... For gaming it isn't the most powerful device. But for older Windows games it is great. RK3588 with BOX86/64 can't run these games as well. Then for emulation it isn't very powerful. The GPU lets it down a bit. PS2 is not playable. PS1, PSP, N64, DC, ... should be fine. It is a very nice experience working with it. Windows is a little sluggy but has good drivers and is stable. Official Windows thumb drive does not work so you have to use an unofficial Windows image from Youyeetoo. Ubuntu 22.04 desktop is a better experience for me. Runs very smooth. But there are a few issue's with Ubuntu like the bt not working and wifi being slow. I don't use either so no problem for me. The biggest issue I found is that it can consume a lot. When having many things connected like the 7" display, extra USB devices, NVMe, SATA... it can consume more than the PSU is rated for. It is very silent. But makes a very light electric humb and click. Only with my ear on it I can hear it. So it doesn't annoy me. I did sleep with it on and didn't hear it at all. For me it's ideal to use as 2nd desktop to play Youtube video's or music, or to play games when my first desktop is busy compiling or redering. I like it a lot. I am an ARM nerd and will keep using RK3588 as main desktop. But often I need to turn on my PC to run some x86 software (RKDevTool for example) Now I do not need my PC for that. My pc consumes way more and makes a lot of noise.