ASUS Chromebox CHROMEBOX5a-SC041UNENT Eco Black 2023

ASUS Chromebox CHROMEBOX5a-SC041UNENT Eco Black 2023

ASUS
26 Overall Score
vs
MSI Codex R2 B14NVM7-438US Schwarz 2025

MSI Codex R2 B14NVM7-438US Schwarz 2025

MSI
85 Overall Score

Scores

Home Office
ASUS
25
MSI
87
Gaming
ASUS
3
MSI
84
Developer
ASUS
15
MSI
83
Workstation
ASUS
13
MSI
82
Creator
ASUS
7
MSI
81
Business
ASUS
28
MSI
80
Ai Llm
ASUS
5
MSI
56
Compact
ASUS
31
MSI
37

Specifications

ASUS Chromebox CHROMEBOX5a-SC041UNENTMSI Codex R2 B14NVM7-438US
Processor
CPUIntel Celeron 7305Intel Core i7 14700F★
CPU Multi-Core ScoreNo data
41,385
Cores520★
Frequency1.1 GHz2.1 GHz★
L3 Cache8 MB33 MB★
Graphics
GPUIntel UHD Graphics 710NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti★
GPU Benchmark ScoreNo data
20,712
Typeintegrated★discrete
VRAM—8 GB★
VRAM Type—GDDR7
Memory & Storage
RAM4 GB32 GB★
RAM GenerationDDR4DDR5★
Storage 1128 GB2 TB★
Storage 1 TypeSSDNVMe SSD★
Build
Form Factorminimid-tower
PSU—650W★
Weight0.80 kg9.66 kg
Connectivity
USB-C Ports12★
USB Ports47★
HDMI1x HDMI1 x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort03 x DisplayPort 1.4a
Wi-Fi—Wi-Fi 7★
Bluetooth—Bluetooth 5.4★
Ethernet1 Ethernet port2.5GbE
System
OSChromeOSWindows 11 Home

Pros & Cons

ASUS Chromebox CHROMEBOX5a-SC041UNENT Eco Black 2023

  • Below average ram (1st percentile)1st %ile
  • Below average storage (6th percentile)6th %ile
  • Below average social proof (10th percentile)10th %ile
  • Below average gpu (14th percentile)14th %ile

MSI Codex R2 B14NVM7-438US Schwarz 2025

  • Strong storage (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
  • Strong port selection (90th percentile)90th %ile
  • Strong ram (88th percentile)88th %ile
  • Strong cpu (84th percentile)84th %ile

Pricing

ASUS Chromebox CHROMEBOX5a-SC041UNENT Eco Black 2023 is $1,144 cheaper (3.0x less).

ASUS Chromebox CHROMEBOX5a-SC041UNENT Eco Black 2023

MSI Codex R2 B14NVM7-438US Schwarz 2025

Verdict

★ Winner: MSI Codex R2 B14NVM7-438US

Scores 85 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 17 of 25 specs.

MSI Codex R2 B14NVM7-438US Better at:

Ai LlmGamingCompactCreatorBusinessDeveloperHome OfficeWorkstation

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