WeChip V7 Amlogic S912 Octa Core Android 7.1 4K TV Box Review with Benchmarks
Hello viewers and welcome to my channel.
It's your host Nick here once again and todayI feature a new streaming device.
This box is the WeChip V7, and this is anAmlogic S912 octa core Android 7.
1 4K TV box.
This is my first WeChip device, and I'm delightedto feature a new brand on my channel.
After the break, we have a full review onits hardware and features, So stay tuned, we have more in a moment.
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Welcome back, what we have here is the boxthat the WeChip V7 comes in.
It's not well labeled with no specificationson the outside, so I'll just do the unboxing and continue with the rest of the review.
The WeChip V7 runs on the Amlogic S912 octacore CPU.
Its display is powered by the ARM Mali T820tri core GPU, It comes with 3GB of DDR3 RAM, and 32GB of internal storage, It has 802.
11dual band WiFi, and Bluetooth 4.
0.
In the box, you have the WeChip V7 itself.
You get this remote control.
It's the same remote we have seen used inlots of TV boxes.
It will work well to control the basic functionsof the box.
However, its an IR remote, and you'll be betteroff if you use a wireless air mouse or mini touch-pad keyboard like the one I have herefrom Alfawise.
This provides advance navigation with omnidirectional control.
And I'll just open this one to show you guyswhat it looks like.
Special thanks goes out to GearBest for providingthis mini touch-pad keyboard, a link to this product can be found in the description area.
I'll also be testing this one to see how wellit performs.
You get 1 HDMI cable.
A 5 volts 2 amps universal DC power adapter.
And a users setup guide.
Let's take a look at the box.
The box is made of a black plastic housing, with the WeChip logo along side an LED touch power button at the top, much like the powerbutton on the Nvidia Shield.
To the back, you have 1 HDMI port, 1 USB 2.
0Port, 1 RJ45 Ethernet LAN port, you get 1 optical audio video port, an audio video jack, and your DC power input.
To the side, you get another USB 2.
0 port, and a micro SD card slot.
There's nothing on the other side.
To the front, you have an LED power strip.
And to the bottom, there are a few ventilationholes.
So I'll now connect this box to my TV, andwhen I return I'll continue.
So I'm back, and as we get things started, the WeChip V7 starts with a very nice logo startup animation, then it's followed by thelauncher.
The launcher is simply laid out, with largebuttons and the option to add shortcuts to the launcher.
Simply click on the add button and selectwhich shortcut you would like to add.
The launcher comes with a navigation bar atthe bottom and a status bar at the top for easy multitasking.
In the apps section, here you have all thesystem streaming and social media apps that comes installed on the box.
I have also installed some apps of my own, so I'll move on to the next segment of my review.
To start this segment I'll first check tosee if the box is rooted.
And it shows that the box is rooted, runningon Android 7.
1.
1 Nougat operating system.
This is always a good feature, even thoughthat some may argue that it's not because it may pose a security risk.
Having root access on TV boxes in particular, gives you the benefit of installing any app you like from the Google play store withoutrestrictions.
This is more so important if you intent touse a key mapping application or a screen mirroring app, because all these apps requireroot access to work.
Next, I have the DRM information.
The DRM information shows that the WeChipV7 only has support for 2 out of the six supported services, which allows Netflix to only showin standard quality.
Let's take a look at it's system and hardwareinformation.
Under system, it shows that the manufactureris Amlogic, And the model is the V7.
Below it shows that the box comes with 3GBof RAM, and below it also shows the remaining memory and internal storage from the 32GBtotal after the Android installation and apps installed on the box.
You also have expandable storage of up to4TB on external hard drives.
However, there is no indication on the productpage how much external storage can be converted to internal storage.
Under CPU information, it shows that the boxruns on an octa core 64bit Cortex A53 CPU, with a maximum clock range of 1.
5GHz.
Below here it shows that the box has supportfor both 32 and 64bit ABIs, this allows the box to run both 32 and 64bit applications.
Under display, it shows that the display ispowered by the ARM Mali T820 tri core GPU, with a refresh rate of 60hz.
Under network, it shows that the box has supportfor dual band 2.
4 and 5.
8GHz WiFi, and below here it shows your signal strength, link speedand frequency.
Under Android information, here again it showsthat the box runs on Android 7.
1.
1 nougat operating system, and below it confirms thatthe box is rooted.
Under thermal information, I have tested andthe box runs a bit hot at 50 to 65° Celsius on normal room temperature, and around thesame temperature on passive cooling.
These temperatures has not changed becausethe ventilation holes below the box are insufficient, and this restricts the airflow from passivecooling.
Under codecs information, we have the usuallist of codecs that include, H.
264 HEVC an VP9 decoding, all needed for 4K video playback.
However, I cannot detect any H.
265 in thislist.
And that's all for system and hardware information, and I'll now move on to the benchmark segment of this review.
Let's start with the results from the memoryread and write speed test.
The WeChip V7 has a RAM copy speed of 3577MB/s, the internal storage, has a read speed of 113 MB/s and a write speed of 74.
And the SD card reader, has a read speed of112 MB/s and a write speed of 5.
The RAM copy speed was expected, but the internalstorage and the SD card read speeds were quite a bit high, the kind of speeds you would seein an RK3399 TV box.
I now have the results of the WiFi speed test.
I was not impressed with the results.
On the 5.
8GHz band, the box fell below themaximum speed on my Internet package which runs at 30MB, and on the 2.
4 GHz band, thespeed fell even lower below the maximum speed.
However, these results are based on my Internetpackage, and much higher speeds can be attained on a much faster network like a fiber package.
Next I have the Antutu benchmark results.
The results show that the V7 got an Antutuscore of 39820.
This score is a good score^ consistent withother S912 boxes in its class.
Next I have the results of the Geekbench 4CPU benchmark.
The results show that the V7 got a score of500 single-core, and 1569 multi-core.
Not very high, but consistent.
The final results I have is the 3D mark icestorm extreme GPU benchmark.
And it shows that the WeChip V7 got a scoreof 5495, which is slightly higher than other S912 boxes in its class.
And that's it for the benchmarks.
Next I turn my attention to the entertainmentmedia streaming applications, 4K video rendering performance, and gaming capabilities of thebox Let's start with the KD player application.
This KD player app is actually a custom Kodibuild, and if you go to the settings area, here we can see the version is 17.
3.
This is not the latest version, and it doesnot come with any third party movie addons.
However, if you would like to install thelatest version of Kodi, you can simply do so by installing it from the Kodi.
TV website, or download a custom build and side-load it with the app-installer application.
So I uninstalled the outdated KD player andinstalled the latest version from the Google play store, watch as I go to the settingsarea, here we now have Kodi 17.
5.
I also installed some of the most popularaddons that actually work.
With these new addons, you have unlimitedstreams of free movies and complete TV series for months of entertainment.
If you're not into Kodi, and you need an alternativeway of streaming, then you have the option to install free movie streaming applicationsvia the use of APKs.
These can be downloaded to the box itself, or onto a PC, and then installed via USB flash drive.
It's much easier to install than Kodi, andSome of these APK downloads include, Terrarium TV, ShowBox, Mega Box HD, Zion TV, and Mobdro.
That's all for streaming, and I'll now testthe 4K video playback capability of the box.
Well as you can see the box played most ofmy 4K video samples, with the exception of the jellyfish video at 400 Mbps bit-rate, and two other videos.
I'll now test the YouTube application to seewhat's the highest resolution we can get.
The YouTube application can only run up to 1080p quality.
From one of my previous videos where I wasable to achieve 4K YouTube resolution^ I learned that you cannot get it to play in 4K qualitywithout the appropriate operating system to support it.
For my final demonstration to test the box's3D graphics, I running a game.
To run this game I'm using the same PXN 3Pro gamepad that I used in my previous video.
I'll comment on its performance and compatibilityafter the demonstration.
Also a link to this gamepad can be found inthe description area.
So as you can see the game was able to play, however, the graphics rendering is not the best, because the frames and the details arenot smooth as they should be.
So what this means is that this box is notbig on games.
So in summary, the WeChip V7 is a great TVbox for streaming movies and TV shows.
It can play 4K videos, but it had some issueswith some of my sample videos.
I like that the box is rooted, and the memoryread and write speeds are higher than normal.
The box looks fantastic, implementing thatnew touch power button.
These two controllers worked great, I reallylike how this mini touch-pad keyboard lights up and can change colors.
Its got a built in battery and a USB receiverand charging cable.
The PXN gamepad worked like a charm, however, the GKM touch gamepad key-mapping application I normally use, has an issue with the rootaccess of the box, so I couldn't use it on this box for more advanced gaming.
And finally the WiFi reception is not thebest and you might want to use an Ethernet connection for higher speeds.
So you might be wondering if this is a goodbox to purchase? Well for streaming free movies and TV shows, it's really good.
As for games and 4K videos, it's OK but it'snot the best.
So this brings me to the end of my reviewof the WeChip V7, Amlogic S912 octa core Android 7.
1 4K TV box.
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