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boxes and accessories on today's video I have the review of the MK39 by RKM and
this is a Rockchip RK3399 hexa Core box this is the first TV box for 2018 that I have
seen that runs on the Rockchip Hexa core CPU so let's see what this box has to
deliver so stay tuned I have more after this so I'm back and thanks for staying
with us what I have here is the box that the MK 39 is shipped in it's a strong
well labeled box with some specifications at the bottom here it
shows that the model is the MK 39 the cpu as we already know is the hexa core
2.0 gigahertz RK $33.99 the GPU is the Mali t8 64 it's indicating that the CPU
is a dual CPU divided into two cores the operating system is Android 7.1 it has
four gigabytes of RAM and 32 gigabytes of internal storage
it has Ethernet LAN speeds of up to 1,000 megabits per second and it comes
with a USB port type C so I'll confirm these specs in my review and I'll now do
the unboxing
so in the box you get the MK 39 TV box itself you get this infrared remote the
remote looks simple and nice but if you are a power user and perform more
advanced functions like installing Kodi add-ons or playing android games a
bluetooth air mouse or mini touchpad keyboards would be a better option
you get one HDMI cable a 12 volts 2 amps Universal DC power adapter and there's
no quick setup users guide let's examine the box the box is made of a strong
black plastic housing with the rkm branding at the top to the back you get
one HDMI port one USB 3.0 port you get one rj45 Ethernet LAN port one optical
audio port one year phone jack a DC power input and an external antenna to
the side you have two USB 2.0 ports a micro SD card slot and a USB type-c port
there's nothing on the other side to the front you have a blue LED power light
and to the bottom you have some ventilation holes so I'll now set this
up on my TV and when I return I'll continue so I'm back and as I start up
the Box you have this rkm startup animation that takes a couple of seconds
then you're taken to the operating systems user interface or launcher for
short so here we are at the launcher and I must say that for my first rkm TV box
review I find that this launcher has a really nice appearance the interface is
fast and responsive it comes with a big long shortcuts bar for adding shortcuts
to the launcher simply click the Add button and select which app you would
like to add to the launcher it comes with a navigation bar at the bottom and
a status bar at the for easy navigation and multitasking
let's take a look at the app section in the app section as you can see you get a
bare minimum set of your regular apps like Chrome browser Netflix the Google
Play Store YouTube and an app called iperf this app is used for testing Wi-Fi
signal speeds so I'll pause the video for a second and I'll install some
system information and benchmarking apps needed to complete the rest of my review
so I'm back and first I'll check to see if the box is roofing it shows that the
box is roofing running on android 7.1.2 nougat operating system to some people
having root access doesn't matter but to others who use specialized apps that
require root access to work this is a big deal it allows you to install any
app from the Google Play Store or buy your apk file format without
restrictions I now have the DRM information the DRM information shows
that this box only has support for cen C clear key which means that Netflix can
only show in standard quality let's take a look at its system and hardware
information it shows that the manufacturer is Rockchip and the model
is the MK 39 below it shows that the box comes with four gigabytes of RAM and
here it shows the remainder of RAM and internal storage from the 32 gigabytes
after the Android installation in apps installed on the Box the CPU is the
rockchip rk3288 core processor divided into two cores the quad-core cortex a53
running at 1.2 gigahertz and the dual-core cortex a7 t2 running up to 1.4
gigahertz for a total of six cores below it also shows that the box has support
for both 32 and 64-bit abis which allows the box to run both 32 and 64-bit
applications the display is powered by the AR m mali p 860 quad-core GPU with a
refresh rate of 60 hertz the box has dual band 5.8 gigahertz Wi-Fi support
and Wi-Fi direct is supported the version of Android installed on the
box is Android 7.1.2 Newton and below again it shows that the box is roofing
the operating temperature of the box is between 55 to 60 degrees Celsius on
normal room temperature and around 45 to 50 degrees on passive cooling the box
comes with codecs for playing 4k videos like h.264 HEV C and vp9 decoding and a
couple of others all needed for the playback of HD media and that's it for
system and hardware information and I'll now move on to the benchmarks first I'll
show the memory read and write speeds the MK 39 has a ram copy speed of 6400
26 megabytes per second the internal storage has a read speed of 151
megabytes per second and a write speed of 85 and the sdcard reader has a read
speed of 14 megabytes per second in a write speed of 14 these scores are among
the highest in the industry for a TV box I'll now show the results of the Wi-Fi
speed test I tested both the 2.4 and 5.8 gigahertz bands on my 40 megabytes
internet package and the results show that under both bands the box hit the
maximum speed of my internet package with every try this means that the MK 39
with the included external antenna has very good Wi-Fi reception I now have the
results of the new version of the antutu benchmark keep in mind that this new
version produces a score that's a bit higher than the previous version and in
a second I'll also show the results from the previous version just for reference
the results showed that the MK 39 on the new version got an an to to score of 100
1,492 this score is the highest score for a TV box for the first quarter of
2018 just for reference here is the score from the previous version and now
I have the results of the Geekbench for CPU benchmark this benchmark carries out
a series of time tasks and upon completion a score is given on how fast
the Box performs so in the end the MK 39 got a Geekbench for score of 1068 single
core in 2,496 multi-core these scores are twice as high as regular TV boxes on
my channel for the final benchmark I have the ice storm extreme GPU benchmark
part of the 3d mark series of GPU tests tailored to a specific Android mobile
device when all tests were complete the MK 39 got an ice storm extreme score of
ten thousand eight hundred and ninety five again this score is way above
average and confirms that the MK 39 is a high-end TV box and that's it for the
benchmarks the next part of my review focuses on online movie streaming
Android TV version from the aptoide app store because it plays YouTube in 4k
quality so now I'll run a 4k video sample to demonstrate
as you can see the Android TV version of YouTube plays in 4k quality on this box
and here's the stats for nerds information
I'll now run some 4k video samples to test the box's 4k playback capabilities
the 4k samples ran okay even the 4k jellyfish video at 400 megabits per
second bitrate that started off a bit slow and then played after and for my
final demonstration I'm playing two games to test the box's 3d gaming
performance these games are compatible with game pads so let's take in some
gaming action
so the games ran very well and the graphics were of the highest quality
I've seen for the Real Racing 3 game during gameplay the Box did not overheat
and this is a good sign for this box putting it among the best Android TV
boxes for gaming so to summarize this review I'll do a quick overview of its
pros and cons first the MK 39 has the best TV box hardware in the industry the
benchmark scores are way above average for a regular TV box it streams online
movies in HD quality and it played all my 4k video samples it plays 3d games on
the highest graphics settings and while doing so the box does not overheat on
the flipside the only fault I could find on this box was that it comes with an
infrared remote and I could not get my key mapping app to work due to
inappropriate permissions so this puts the MK 39 among the best TV boxes for
2018 and I highly recommend it for purchase so viewers there you have it
this brings to an end my review of the MK 39 hexa core Android 4k TV box if
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