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today we feature the colorful Sunvell T95K pro, Amlogic S912 octa core Android 6.0 4K
TV box.
After this short introduction, I'll do an unboxing and some benchmarks to see how well
it performs, so stay tuned, I'll be right back after this.
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Welcome back, and here we have the Sunvell T95K pro.
It's a great gift for people who prefer a different look, or for people who like things
with lots of color.
In the box, we have the box itself.
You have n infrared remote control.
You get 1 HDMI cable.
You have a power adapter.
And the user manual.
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To the back of the box, I see we have one HDMI port, one of two USB 2.0 ports, you have
the RJ45 Ethernet port, you have 1 audio video port, 1 optical audio port, and on the right,
there's the power adapter jack.
On this side, you have another USB port, and an SD Card slot.
There is nothing on the other side.
To the front, you have in LED clock display, and a multicolor LED light that changes when
the power is on.
The housing is made of plastic, and it comes in in assorted color design.
I'll now pause this video for a second to connect this box to my TV, and when we return
I will be running some system and benchmarking applications to see how well it performs,
so sit tight, I'll be back.
So We're back, and as we start up the T95K pro, It's the usual startup animation that
Sunvell always uses, and the launcher is the same launcher used in other Sunvell boxes.
It has a quick start, and this is the launcher you are presented with.
Here you have n navigation bar for easy navigation.
These buttons are your volume controls.
These are your home and back buttons.
This one here is the cascade button for switching between apps.
This one is a screen capture button, and this button hides the bar.
Above the navigation bar, here you have a shortcuts bar for access to your favorite
apps.
Two add or remove any app from the bar, simply click this add button, and then select or
unselect any app in the list you wish to add to the bar.
Once you have made your selection, return to the launcher, and the shortcuts will be
updated.
Also on the launcher, you have a memory cleanup button for one click memory optimization.
Let's go to the apps section, here we have a list of all the apps that comes pre-installed
on the box.
I see we have app installer for side loading APK files, which can be loaded from external
devices such as SD cards or external hard drives.
Other apps include, Kodi, Kodi Update, movie player, Netflix, Google Play Store, Skype,
System update, Twitter, and YouTube.
I'll now install some system and benchmarking apps, and when we return we'll do the benchmarks
to see how it scores.
So, I'm back, and I have installed all the apps needed.
First, I'll check if this box is rooted, and to do this I'm running the app called root
check.
As you can see it says that the T95K Pro is rooted, running on Android 6.0 marshmallow.
It's important that your box is rooted, because with root access, you have the freedom to
download and install any app without restrictions.
This is also important, in case you intend to use screen casting apps for playing games
or controlling your TV box from a smartphone or tablet, as most of these screen casting
apps require root access.
As we are on the topic of root access, let’s see if the one click system updates works.
It says that the box is up to date.
The next app I am running is a system information app called AIDA64.
It's an in-depth system and hardware information app, and if we look under the system section,
we see that it is Manufactured by Amlogic, and the model is the T95K pro.
Below here it shows the total installed RAM as 2 GB and the available memory.
Also, you have the total internal storage, that is what is left after the Android installation
from the 16 GB it started with.
You can expand your internal storage using n SD card or an external hard drive, this
is called convertible storage, a new feature under Android Marshmallow.
Next, under the CPU section, it shows that the CPU is an octa core Cortex A53 CPU, which
is the Amlogic S912, on a 64bit system.
The CPU runs up to 1.5 GHz, and not 2.0 as the CPU is capable of.
This limitation could be a precaution to prevent overheating, a problem that can be solved
by installing cooling fans and heatsinks.
Under the display section, you have the screen resolution, the GPU is the tri core Mali T820,
running up to 750 MHz, and it has a refresh rate of 60 Hz.
Under the network section, it shows I am connected to my 5.8 WiFi band, and below here it shows
signal strength, link speed, and the frequency.
Under the Android section, it shows the operating system to be Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow, and
it also shows that the box is rooted.
Under the thermal section, it shows that the T95K pro has an operating temperature of around
50 to 65 degrees Celsius, and this can increase depending on what you're running on the box,
like playing games etc.
Under the codecs section, here it shows a list of the various decoders installed on
the box.
In this list, it shows that the box comes with H.263, 264, and VP9 decoding.
There is no H.265 in this list.
That's all for AIDA64.
Next I will do some memory speed tests with the A1 SD bench app.
This app carries out a test on your RAM copy speed, your internal memory read and write
speed, and your SD card read and write speed.
The results show that the T95K Pro, has a RAM speed around 3354 MB/s, this is lower
than the Beelink GT1 at around 3500, and higher than the Zidoo X9S which scored around 32.
The internal memory and SD card read speeds is up to 53 MB/s, and write speeds is between
36 to 37 MB/s.
I will now perform a WiFi speed test to see how fast the 5.8 band performs.
I am in the same room and I'm running a dual band router on a 30 MB internet connection,
and it shows that when connected to my 5.8 band, there is no loss in the down load and
upload speed.
This can change depending on your distance from the router or how much interference there
is in the building from things like aluminum shielding that builders sometimes install
in your walls and roofs.
I will now run the Antutu benchmark app.
The Antutu benchmark, is a comprehensive benchmarking application that runs a series of tests on
your Android device.
These tests comprise of 3D graphics, off screen rendering, image processing blur, 3D physics
simulation, and image processing fisheye.
It carries out a test on memory performance, and CPU multi treading and multitasking capability,
and it also performs a test on user experience performance.
This test takes about 7 minutes, so I skipped the testing parts to display the final results.
In the end, the T95K pro, got an Antutu score of 40813.
Next is the Geekbench 4 benchmark.
The Geekbench 4 application, runs a series of tests on your CPU, and it times how long
the processor takes to complete each task.
The quicker the CPU takes to complete each one, the device in turn will get a higher
score.
In the end, the T95K pro got a score of 441 single core, and 2060 multi core.
For the final benchmark, I'm running the Ice Storm extreme GPU benchmarking test.
The ice storm extreme, is a comprehensive graphics rendering application that measures
GPU performance.
The first test measures GPU performance while processing lots of vertices.
The other test measures performance while processing lots of pixels.
And the third test which is the Physics test measures CPU performance.
In the end the T95K pro, got an ice storm extreme score of 5846.
And that's all for the benchmarks.
Let’s now open Kodi media center, Kodi loads quickly on this box, and if you go under system
information, here you can see the version of Kodi is 16.1.
If we go to videos, then to the addons section, here we have a list of all the addons that
comes with the box.
It comes with a variety of movies, TV shows, sporting events, kids programming, and live
TV for your entertainment.
Kodi comes with built in 4K decoders, so I'm going to run a couple of videos at various
frames, and we'll see how the box handles it.
First, I'm going to run this duck pond video at 29.97 frames.
The video starts with a little stutter, and then plays smoothly thereafter.
Next, I'm running this fireworks video at 50 frames.
It too plays smoothly without any problems.
I will now run this video at 60 frames.
The video plays but its audio is out of sync, and there's lots of pixilation.
Let's now try it in the Android movie player app.
And as you can see the results are the same, so the T95K pro has some issues when it comes
to playing 4K videos at 60 frames.
That's it for the benchmarks.
And for my final test, I always like to play a game.
This time is the game called Terminator genesis guardian.
For those wondering what I am using to play this game, I am using my rooted Android tablet,
and a screen mirror app.
The game ran without any issues, and there're many more Android games that you can play
on this device.
So, in summing up this review, I would like to point out that the Sunvell T95K pro, is
similar to many of the Sunvell boxes that I have reviewed.
And it has the same problems that the other boxes had.
Like trouble playing 4K videos at 60 frames, the CPU is restricted to prevent overheating,
the box needs a restart to restore the navigation bar, and it comes with an infrared remote
control.
On the good side, it runs Kodi without any issues, it plays games without freezing up,
the box is rooted, and the one click updates are working.
And not to mention its colorful design.
So, I've come to the end of my presentation, this was the Sunvell T95K pro, Amlogic S912
octa core android 6.0 4K TV box.
If you are interested in this box, a link was placed in the description area for more
information.
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