This is the H96 Pro Plus
An Android TV box with the S912 chipset inside
But, is it worth it? And what can it do?
Stick around to find out
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Hey guys, hope you have an awesome week
My name is Jonathan, and this is TechWizTime, the channel that creates technology tutorial and review videos
And in this video I'm going to be looking at the H96 Pro Plus TV box
I've done a few TV boxes in the past and this one is a little bit more powerful, and it's under $70 as well, so
Let's have a look at it
But first, I want to thank Bangood for sending this out to me
No money has exchanged hands and thoughts and opinions are my own
So with that said let's do a little rewind and unbox this thing
So first of all the box looks really nice and original. It's got a little gold foil seal on there.
Let's open it up
I'll just put the TV box to the side
And have a look what's inside
So we've got a remote control
Fairly generic looking, but it looks like it's got mouse controls on there as well and also controls for a TV
Not too bad
Next up we've got the standard 2 pin power supply
That'll be the 5 volt 2 amp
variety
HDMI cable
And a little user manual
And onto the main event, the box itself
And there it is
Peel that back just there
Fingerprint magnet
So before we get the specs let's have a look at the ports
So it looks like we've got a reset hole there as well as 2 USB ports
I would hazard a guess that they're USB 2
Over on the other side we've got a micro SD card slot
And on the rear we've got an Ethernet port spdif
HDMI
AV
And 5 volt power
Now like I mentioned at the start this has the S912 Chipset inside
Which is an 8 core CPU running at 2 gigahertz
In terms of GPU it's got the Mali TA20
And this particular model has 3 gigabytes of RAM and 32 gigabytes of storage
The RAM is DDR3
This also comes with Bluetooth 4.1, as well as Wi-Fi up to AC at 5 gigahertz
The ethernet port is a gigabyte port which is fantastic
And it's running Android 7.1.2
And for those interested the box is actually rooted as well, which is great
So with the specs and the ports out of the way, let's have a look at some benchmarks
First up we've got A1 SD bench
And this is to test the internal read and write speeds as well as the Micro sd card speed
So with the internal we're looking at a read speed of 48 megabytes per second and a write speed of 51 megabytes per second
Switching over to the microSD card, unfortunately, we get some pretty low speeds here and I would say that it's using an older USB 2 chipset
The read speed comes in at 17 megabytes per second whereas the write speed comes in at 15 megabytes per second
And due to this having DDR3 RAM inside it as well the RAM speed comes in at 3768 megabytes per second
Next up we'll use the speed test app to see how fast the Wi-Fi and the inbuilt LAN speeds are
So when it comes to Wi-Fi the 5 gigahertz just doesn't cut it, unfortunately it comes down at 37 megabits per second and the upload speed is 16 megabits per second
Now this is right next to my router which is 5 gigahertz
And previous devices such as phones get a lot higher than this, so
It's definitely not the positioning of the device or anything like that
Next up we check out the Gigabit Ethernet and we're getting download speeds of 163 megabits per second and upload speeds of 65 megabits per second
So, not too bad
The next test we look at is N22, now this test several things in regards to CPU, GPU
The RAM and also the user interface
So here we get an overall score of 38869
With a 3d score of 8559
An UX score of 13230
A CPU score of 13051
And finally a RAM score of 4029
Next up we try our luck with Geekbench
And we get a single core score of
467 and a multi-core score of 2258
Next up in the test we've got the 3dMark software and this tests out the capabilities of the GPU inside
So first up is Slingshot and that score we get
561
And unfortunately the GPU isn't compatible with Slingshot extreme, so we can't get a score there
But we get an ice storm score of 7605
And an Ice storm extreme score of 4975
So that's enough with the benchmarks, let's have a look at some streaming
So when it comes to streaming Netflix works straight out of the box
And streaming a 4k video with YouTube you can see here that we're getting a resolution of 1080p, so
It won't allow us to stream at the full 4k through the YouTube app
Alright next up let's test out some Kodi with some 4k files and the first one up is the Big Buck Bunny test
Now I tried both 30 frames per second and 60 frames per second versions of this 4k file
And unfortunately only of the 30 frame per second file ran at this stage
And from what I can see it's getting the full 30 frames per second, so
60 FPS files are probably out of the range of this product
Next up I'll do the jellyfish test where I test out different bit rates of 4k files
Now the first one is a 55 megabit per second file, and this one did stream at the 30 frames per second, however
The other bit rates of 140, 200 and 400 megabits per second
Didn't even load, so unfortunately this box isn't capable of high bitrate files
Okay
That's enough with streaming and media and so forth, let's have a look at gaming on this device
Because if you're anything like me you love emulation
Normal Android games work fine on this
But emulation is where you can really push the device to see how well it can run
So first off the bat let's look at some PSP emulation with the emulator PPSSPP
Now first game off the ranks is powerstone and unfortunately this one was actually only getting about 30 to 40 frames per second which was a little bit disappointing
It's not bad, and with some tweaking you can actually get this a little bit higher
So
If you'd like a video on how to get more out of PPSSPP with an android TV box then let me know down in the comments below
So after powerstone we can have a look at God of War
And this is a test for any system unfortunately
Unless you've got a really big GPU
There's just too much going on in it to be able to run at any decent frame rates, so
We can see here it's running at 10 to 20 frames per second
Which is like playing a game in slow motion, so unfortunately you're not going to be a play God of War on this box
All right, so that's PSP emulation out of the way
Let's have a look at some Dreamcast emulation with the Dreamcast emulator, Raycast
So with this box any Dreamcast game that I threw at it pretty much ran straight out of the bag
So you can see here Sonic Adventure 2 running at the full 60 frames per second or from what I can judge
Next up we've got the fan favorite Shenmue, which was running at the 30 frames per second
So, definitely playable
And lastly was the fighting game Soul Calibur,
Again, the graphical glitches here are normal, so don't judge it for that, but it was getting the full 60 frames per second
So Dreamcast emulation is a big plus
Alright, lastly I tested out some PlayStation emulation with the emulator FPS I
And again this little TV box creamed it
We've got Final Fantasy 7 here running at the full 60 frames per second
I almost didn't want to stop playing
I just brought back so many memories
Next up was Metal Gear Solid and again, this one was at a sneaky 60 frames per second, so
Not too bad
And lastly the one that causes some boxes some trouble is Tekken 3, and this one was achieving that 60 frames per second, so
Nice job
So with everything out of the way
What did I actually think of this box? Wellm in terms of
Most things, it didn't do too bad
The most disappointing things about this is the Wi-Fi and the micro SD card because neither of those can achieve those good speeds
It sort of lets down the Box just a little bit
If that's not too much of a concern then this is a great box otherwise
So as always, links are down in the description below, I'll also try and find a coupon code if I can
But overall as a cheap alternative to an Nvidia shield which, come on, is the king of Android TV boxes?
This is not a bad choice
And probably a little bit better than the other Rockchip ones that I've reviewed in the past
So, is there anything you'd like to see tested on this H96 Pro Plus TV box?
Then leave me a comment down below and let me know
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Any sort of tests or anything like that, then also leave me a comment down below because I do listen to my comments
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