Hi all.

I've made a new review video about the Orange Pi 3 with Linux.

I've used Armbian Stretch for this video.

Here is my video.

Here you can find all the data I've gathered.

Spoiler

Orange Pi 3 
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OPi Ubuntu Desktop 16.04
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At first boot partition didn't expand automatically -> Used gparted on another device
Doesn't reboot

orangepi@OrangePi:~$ 7z b

7-Zip 9.20  Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov  2010-11-18
p7zip Version 9.20 (locale=C,Utf16=off,HugeFiles=on,4 CPUs)

RAM size:    1980 MB,  # CPU hardware threads:   4
RAM usage:    850 MB,  # Benchmark threads:      4

Dict        Compressing          |        Decompressing
      Speed Usage    R/U Rating  |    Speed Usage    R/U Rating
       KB/s     %   MIPS   MIPS  |     KB/s     %   MIPS   MIPS

22:    1667   286    567   1622  |    35573   263   1218   3209
23:    1766   313    575   1800  |    45386   344   1206   4153
24:    1704   315    581   1832  |    44655   345   1200   4142
25:    1547   299    591   1767  |    38169   302   1189   3589
----------------------------------------------------------------
Avr:          303    578   1755               314   1203   3773
Tot:          308    891   2764




orangepi@OrangePi:~$ sudo cpufreq-set -g performance
orangepi@OrangePi:~$ 7z b

7-Zip 9.20  Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov  2010-11-18
p7zip Version 9.20 (locale=C,Utf16=off,HugeFiles=on,4 CPUs)

RAM size:    1980 MB,  # CPU hardware threads:   4
RAM usage:    850 MB,  # Benchmark threads:      4

Dict        Compressing          |        Decompressing
      Speed Usage    R/U Rating  |    Speed Usage    R/U Rating
       KB/s     %   MIPS   MIPS  |     KB/s     %   MIPS   MIPS

22:     551    85    628    536  |    10925    82   1209    985
23:     566    89    647    577  |    11939    90   1214   1092
24:     506    83    658    545  |    11711    90   1208   1086
25:     529    89    676    604  |    11491    90   1197   1080
----------------------------------------------------------------
Avr:           87    652    565                88   1207   1061
Tot:           87    930    813



OPi Armbian Bionic
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1080p display
xrandr --newmode "1920x1080_60.00"  173.00  1920 2048 2248 2576  1080 1083 1088 1120 -hsync +vsync &&  xrandr --addmode HDMI-1 1920x1080_60.00 && xrandr --output HDMI-1 --mode 1920x1080_60.00
720p display 
xrandr --newmode "1280x720_60.00" 74.50 1280 1344 1472 1664 720 723 728 748 -hsync +vsync && xrandr --addmode HDMI-1 1280x720_60.00 && xrandr --output HDMI-1 --mode 1280x720_60.00

Wifi
mv /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43455-sdio.bin /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43455-sdio.bin-ORIG
mv /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43455-sdio.txt /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43455-sdio.txt-ORIG
cp /lib/firmware/rkwifi/fw_bcm43456c5_ag.bin /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43455-sdio.bin
cp /lib/firmware/rkwifi/nvram_ap6256.txt /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43455-sdio.txt 

no fan 
SBC-Bench : http://ix.io/1EOn

with fan 5V 
Blender : 2h11m11s
SBC-Bench : http://ix.io/1EpH
            http://ix.io/1EPl

with fan 3.3V + heatsink maxed : 52°C/66°C/70°C????
Blender : 2h13m21s
          2h12m25s
SBC-Bench : http://ix.io/1Ep9
            http://ix.io/1EOx
            http://ix.io/1BT7

Wifi 5G : Down : 36.8 Mbps 4.6 MB/s
          Up   : 11.5Mbps  1.4MB/s
Debian Armbian chromium down : 26.8Mbps
Debian Armbian Firefox down  : 41.9Mbps	
	 
PC 5G   : Down : 47.8 Mbps 5.97MB/set
          Up   : 11.5Mbps  1.4MB/s

Amperage 
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Idle       : 0.5A
Maxed out  : 1.05A

Idle      : 0.85A 
Maxed out : 1.7A ??? 65°C maxed 5V fan          Voltage on USB3 4.5V Blender 2h11m11s

Armbian Stretch 
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SBC-Bench 5V : http://ix.io/1EUm
               http://ix.io/1F4X
Blender 5V   : 2h07m57s
Idle : 0.5A


Youtube playback : In 1080p display resolution 480p perfect, 720p bad
                   In 720p display resolution 720p perfect 
				   
Temperature
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With 5V fan idle : 35°C
                 : 65°C  
3.3V idle        : 39°C
3.3V maxed       : 69°C			 
No fan heatsink  : 55°C
                 : between 73°C and 85°C throttle to 1.3Ghz over 75°C

 

Greetings,

NicoD

1 minute ago, qblueRed42 said:

Did you manage to install an OS to the emmc storage?

Also how is the wifi performance when connected to the 5.0GHz band?

Yes, I installed Armbian Bionic on the eMMC, and Armbian Stretch was on a SD-card.
The 5Ghz wifi has the same performance as my big dual antenna wifi adapter on my pc.
 

Wifi 5G : Down : 36.8 Mbps 4.6 MB/s
          Up   : 11.5Mbps  1.4MB/s
Debian Armbian chromium down : 26.8Mbps
Debian Armbian Firefox down  : 41.9Mbps	
	 
PC 5G   : Down : 47.8 Mbps 5.97MB/set
          Up   : 11.5Mbps  1.4MB/s

I do have a weird issue with Chromium. That's always a lot slower. When I tried Firefox I got almost the same results as my pc(it's a browser test, not netperf).