Lenovo ThinkCentre M90q Gen 6 Black 2025

A shockingly powerful office PC the size of a sandwich. Just budget for an external hard drive and don't even think about playing Cyberpunk on it.

What surprised us most is how this little box handles a heavy workflow without breaking a sweat or making a peep. The Core Ultra 5 235T sits in the 80th percentile for CPU performance, which means it's genuinely fast for productivity. Owners rave about the silent operation, and our data backs that up. The real bottleneck is the 256GB SSD, which lands in a disappointing 19th percentile. That's cramped by modern standards, and you'll likely need an external drive sooner rather than later.

The M90q's real competition isn't gaming rigs like the HP Omen 45L or ASUS ROG towers, those are in a different universe for graphics. Its true rivals are other mini PCs like the Dell Tower Plus, which often trades blows on price but can't match this Lenovo's port selection. The MSI EdgeXpert is another tiny contender, but Lenovo's build quality and reliability track record, sitting in the 70th percentile, gives it a slight edge for business users who just need things to work without drama.

Pricing is all over the map, with a wild $1018 spread between vendors. At the low end around $1299, it's a solid deal for a vPro-equipped business machine. At $2317, you're getting fleeced. The 256GB SSD is the real value killer here, you'll want to factor in the cost of an external drive or an upgrade. If you can snag it at the lower end of that range, it's a fair price for the performance and footprint.

The Lenovo ThinkCentre M90q Gen 6 is the tiny desktop that makes you question why you still have a giant tower under your desk. It's a 1.34kg box of business that packs a 14-core Intel Core Ultra 5 chip and a surprising number of ports into something you can hide behind a monitor. For office work, spreadsheets, and multi-tasking across three screens, this thing absolutely flies. Just don't try to game on it, the integrated graphics are here for display output, not frame rates.

If you're looking for a machine that can handle even light gaming or creative work like video editing, this isn't it. The integrated graphics are a major weak spot. Go get a small form factor PC with a dedicated GPU instead, or just accept a slightly larger desktop that can actually play games.

Buy it for the right reasons. If you need a tiny, silent, and powerful office PC that can drive multiple monitors and disappear from your desk, the M90q Gen 6 is a top choice. The CPU performance is excellent, and the port selection is best-in-class for this form factor. Just go in with your eyes open about the small SSD and the fact that gaming is a complete non-starter. For pure productivity in a small space, it's a winner.