Welcome viewers, this is Nick here again, today on TV box stop, we have the unboxing
and review of the Sunvell T95Z plus, Amlogic S912 octa core Android 6.0 4K TV box. In a
minute we'll take a look at its hardware, and then we will look at its performance,
so stay tuned, we'll be right back after this.
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Welcome back. As you can see here we have the Sunvell T95Z plus, it comes in this attractive
matt black box with gold writing on it. If you look closely, here you can see that it
says it's an octa core Cortex A53 CPU, which is the Amlogic S912, running on a 64bit system.
It also says that its graphics is powered by the Mali T820 MP3 GPU, which is a tri core
high performance GPU, and you get H.265 and 4K video.
In the box, as you can see you have the Sunville T95Z plus, you have your infrared remote control,
an HDMI cable, a power adapter, and a user manual. The box itself has one of the most
unique designs, it comes in a black octagon shape housing, and this shape is repeated
all over the top of the box giving it a bee hive pattern. Also unique to its design, is
a multi color LED light that wraps around the box and changes color, giving it a really
nice appearance.
As I turn the box to the back and sides, you can see here you get 1 HDMI port, 2 USB ports
one on either side, you get 1 RJ45 Ethernet LAN port, 1 Audio video port, 1 optical audio
port, and 1 SD card slot. To the front of the box, you have the Sunvell T95Z plus logo,
with an LED display. The remote is an infrared remote which can operate the box, but I advise
that you purchase a separate air mouse or touchpad keyboard, for a better navigation
experience, especially if you are a professional user, and you like to install apps and kodi
addons for yourself.
At this point, I'm going to connect the box to my TV, and run some benchmarking tests
to see how well it performs. As we startup the T95Z plus, you are presented
with this launcher, its a simple and easy to use launcher, running on Android 6.0 Marshmallow.
On the bottom of the launcher, you have a navigation bar for easy navigating between
applications, especially when using a wireless air mouse or touchpad keyboard. However this
bar doesn't reopen when it is closed manually, you will have to restart the box to get back
this function.
As we go to the apps section, here we can see a list of all the applications that comes
with this box. As I scroll down you can see the box comes with some major apps, you have
Facebook, Kodi, Mobdro, Netflix, Google Play store, Show box, Skype, YouTube, and Twitter.
You get app installer for installing apk files and games, you have a one click memory cleanup
button which is displayed on the launcher, and you also have one click OTA system updates.
Prior to shooting this video, I installed a couple of benchmarking applications, so
lets see how well it performs.
The first application I'm going to run is an app called root Check. Root Check is an
important application, because in order for one to enjoy the freedom and full function
of your Android operating system, your box need to have root access, or as some people
would say, that your box hass to be rooted. As you can see the Root Check results show
that the T95Z Plus comes rooted, running on Android 6 point 0 point 1 Marshmallow. This
allows you to install any app or game you like from the Google Play Store, or side load
an apk file that you downloaded from the internet.
For hardware information, I will run an application called AIDA64. In this application, here you
can see under the system section, it says that the model is the T95Z plus, its an amlogic
TV box with 2 GB of RAM, and 11.87 GB of internal storage in total. This is a bit of concern
because it is suppose to read 16 GB in total, but that is not a big problem because you
have the option of converting external storage into internal storage under Android 6.0.
Under the CPU tab, it says here that its an octa core 64bit ARM Cortex A53 CPU, with speeds
of up to 1000 MHz.
Under Display, it says that you are running the ARM Mali T820 tri core GPU, with a refresh
rate of 60Hz.
Under network, here you can see what network you are connected to, weather it's Ethernet,
2.4 or 2.5 WiFi signal.
Under Android, here you can see that you are running Android 6 point 0 point 1 Marshmallow,
and again you can see here that it says that the box is rooted.
Under the thermal section, it says that the box has an average operating temperature of
53 degrees, but keep in mind that the temperature increases depending on what app or game you
are running on the box.
Under the codecs section, here you have a list of all the codecs you get on this box.
Just to point out two of the major ones, I see you have HEVC and VP9, these two are important
for playing 4K videos. That's it for hardware information.
The next app I am going to run is the DRM info application, this app tells you what
type of Digital rights management is supported on this box. Here you can see that the T95Z
plus does not have support for Marling DRM, Verimatrix V C A S, and Microsoft Playready
DRM. What this means is that apps like Netflix will not be able to show in HD quality on
this device, because it uses Microsoft playready, and this box does not have the digital rights
to support it.
Now onto some benchmarks. For the first benchmarking test, I'm running the AnTuTu benchmarking
application. This is a comprehensive benchmarking test that comprises of a 3D graphics test,
off screen rendering, image processing blur, 3D physics simulation, and image processing
fish eye. It carries out a memory performance, and a CPU multi treading and multitasking
tests, And it also performs a user experience performance tests. When it completes all these
tests, it gives you a score that you can compare to other Android devices in its records. In
this test the T95Z plus got a score of 37663, which is a high score for this little TV box.
For the next benchmark I'm running the Geekbench 4 application. Geekbench 4, is a processor
benchmarking application that runs a series of tests on a processor, and times how long
the processor takes to complete each tasks. The quicker the CPU takes to complete each
tesst, the device in turn will get a higher score. In this test, the T95Z plus got a score
of 425 single core, and 2130 multi-core. If you scroll down, you can see results for each
of the individual test.
The next I'm running the Ice storm extreme application. Ice storm extreme, is a comprehensive
graphics rendering application that performs GPU measurements. The first test measures
GPU performance while processing lots of vertices, and the other test measures GPU performance
while processing lots of pixels, and the Physics test measures CPU performance. In the end
the T95Z plus got an ice storm extreme score of 5774, again this it high compared to other
TV boxes in its class. That's it for the benchmarks.
Now I open Kodi media hub, the main driver application of these TV boxes. If you go under
settings to system information, here you can see what version of Kodi you have installed.
In this box it is Kodi 16.1 Jarvis. If you go under video addons, here you get a list
of all the major video addons that comes preinstalled. It comes with a variety of movies, TV shows,
sporting events, and live TV for your enjoyment. Under Kodi you have codecs that allow you
to run 4K videos at various fps. However not all of the 4K videos you run on Kodi will
play, you may have to run them using the media player installed in the app section. That's
it for Kodi.
The YouTube app is fully functional, You can play YouTube videos in 1080p quality and over.
For the final test, I'm running a popular game called Mortal Kombat X. This is a versus
fighting game, and I'm using it to show how well the box handles 3D graphics, this is
a big game about 2 GB, and as you can see the T95Z plus handles it with ease without
freezing up or overheating. Another feature you get under Android 6.0 marshmallow, is
you can now make Playstation and X box gamepads compatible with your TV box with a simple
application download.
In conclusion, my personal take on the T95Z plus, is that I'm really surprised at the
performance of this little device, and the benchmarking scores that it got. One thing
I would like viewers to know, is that some of the big names in TV boxes, some of them
limits what apps and games you can download and install on your device, and some of them
run on Android TV, which is not the full version of Android, and doesn't have root access,
which doesn't give you the freedom needed for the money you spent. With the T95Z plus,
you have the freedom to do what you want, in a little attractive but powerful and versatile
TV box, at a fraction of what you would spend on big name brands.
So there it is, this was an unboxing an review of the Sunvell T95Z plus, Amlogic S912 octa
core Android 6.0 TV box. For more information, see the link in the description area. Thanks
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