ASUS Chromebox CHROMEBOX5a-SC081UN Black 2024

ASUS Chromebox CHROMEBOX5a-SC081UN Black 2024

ASUS
43 Overall Score
vs
MSI Aegis Z2 C7NVP-1449US Black 2025

MSI Aegis Z2 C7NVP-1449US Black 2025

MSI
83 Overall Score

Scores

Gaming
ASUS
8
MSI
86
Home Office
ASUS
40
MSI
83
Developer
ASUS
30
MSI
80
Creator
ASUS
14
MSI
80
Workstation
ASUS
25
MSI
79
Business
ASUS
43
MSI
78
Ai Llm
ASUS
12
MSI
66
Compact
ASUS
52
MSI
29

Specifications

ASUS Chromebox CHROMEBOX5a-SC081UNMSI Aegis Z2 C7NVP-1449US
Processor
CPU*Intel Celeron 7305AMD Ryzen 7 7700★
CPU Multi-Core Score
572
34,354
Cores58★
Frequency1.1 GHz3.8 GHz★
L3 Cache8 MB32 MB★
Graphics
GPU*Intel UHD Graphics 710NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070★
GPU Benchmark Score
1,534
28,703
Typeintegrated★discrete
VRAM—12 GB★
VRAM TypeSharedGDDR7
Memory & Storage
RAM8 GB32 GB★
RAM GenerationDDR4DDR5★
Storage 1128 GB1 TB★
Storage 1 TypeSSDNVMe SSD★
Build
Form Factorminimid-tower
PSU—750W★
Weight0.80 kg12.20 kg
Connectivity
USB-C Ports11
USB Ports59★
ThunderboltThunderbolt 4—
HDMI2x HDMI1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort1x DisplayPort 1.43x DisplayPort 1.4
Wi-FiWi-Fi 6EWi-Fi 6E
BluetoothBluetoothBluetooth 5.3★
Ethernet1 Gbps EthernetGigabit Ethernet
System
OSChromeOSWindows 11 Home

Pros & Cons

ASUS Chromebox CHROMEBOX5a-SC081UN Black 2024

  • Strong port selection (70th percentile)
  • Below average storage (6th percentile)6th %ile
  • Below average ram (10th percentile)10th %ile
  • Below average cpu (14th percentile)14th %ile

MSI Aegis Z2 C7NVP-1449US Black 2025

  • Strong port selection (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong ram (88th percentile)88th %ile
  • Strong social proof (87th percentile)87th %ile
  • Strong gpu (85th percentile)85th %ile

Pricing

ASUS Chromebox CHROMEBOX5a-SC081UN Black 2024

MSI Aegis Z2 C7NVP-1449US Black 2025

No current pricing available

Verdict

★ Winner: MSI Aegis Z2 C7NVP-1449US

Scores 83 overall, wins 7 of 8 usage categories and 15 of 26 specs.

ASUS Chromebox CHROMEBOX5a-SC081UN Better at:

Compact

MSI Aegis Z2 C7NVP-1449US Better at:

Ai LlmGamingCreatorBusinessDeveloperHome OfficeWorkstation

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