BMAX B1 Plus Mini PC Performance Review
Intel's NUC category has introduced a entirely form factor to personal computers already years ago. This highly integrated and obviously small form factor computers offer an interesting set of capabilities and performance at a very interesting price point. There is a wide range of CPU, RAM and internal storage available. Some of them are extremely cheap, at the cost at outdate processor, similar to Raspberry Pi's
I fully agree with the verdict from techradar.com, and this mini PC is definitely only an option for light tasks, and has quite some limitations on multitasking due to the 4 GB RAM.
Improved Version: BMAX B1 Plus
The BMAX B1 Plus the successor of the BMAX B1 (without Plus). It got an upgrade in both CPU and RAM compared to the BMAX B1. Price wise, it sells currently at USD 135.90, for the 64 GB Version.
While the BMAX B1 features the Intel Celeron J3060 at 2.4Ghz with included Intel HD Graphics 400, the Plus version includes the Intel Celeron N3350 at 2.48Ghz and Integrated Intel HD Graphics 500. Both CPU's are only dual core capable. One mayor difference is RAM, the plus version has 6 GB of RAM (non upgradeable) compared to only 4GB of the non plus version.
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BMAX B1 |
BMAX B1 Plus |
CPU |
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Model |
Intel Celeron
J3060 |
Intel Celeron
N3060 |
Available Since |
Q1’16 |
Q3’16 |
Frequency (max) |
2.4 Ghz |
2.48 Ghz |
CPU Mark |
662 |
1153 |
Graphics |
Intel HD Graphics 400 |
Intel HD Graphics 600 |
RAM |
4 GB |
6 GB |
Storage |
64 GB |
64 GB |
Extension |
m.2 Slot |
m.2 Slot |
You could go with a 128 eMMC version, but I would rather add an M2 SSD like the PNY CS900 500GB M.2 SATA III Internal Solid State Drive. Both versions have a small fan, which is not audible even after under high load. The device gets warm but not hot at least in the tests I did.
Initial Boot & Performance
Performance Test: eMMC vs SSD

Use case |
Internal eMMC |
M2.SSD |
Boot to Desktop |
28s |
28.25s |
Boot to CPU < 10% |
50s |
62s |
Edge cold start |
7s |
9.1s |
CNN.com cold start |
17.3s |
21.7s |
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