The ASUS V500 Mini Tower is designed with business users in mind, offering dependable performance, straightforward upgrade options, and a compact design that fits seamlessly into any workspace. Built for productivity and long-term reliability, it’s a practical choice for offices that need a no-fuss desktop solution without compromising on efficiency.
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Unboxing Experience and Overview
The ASUS V500 is packaged securely in its box protected with two thick styrofoams placed on top and bottom of the case. Beside it, the free keyboard and mouse are placed in a box; and on top is the box for the HDMI and the power supply cable.
Here are the components specifications the Asus V500 we received. The one that we have received for review is the i7 variant
| V500MV-13620H024WSM | V500MV-13420H040WSM | V500MV-31315U012WSM | |
| Processor | Core i7-13620H | Core i5-13420H | Core i3-1315U |
| RAM | 8GB DDR5 | ||
| Storage | 512GB NVME | ||
| Power Supply | 180W 80+ Bronze | ||
| Price | PhP 46,995 | PhP 42,995 | PhP 35,995 |
Looking around the case, the front panel has 2 USB 3.0 ports, an audio combo port, and a USB Type-C port. On the back of the motherboards IO ports (1x HDMI, 1x DP, 4 USB, LAN, basic audio ports).
The Micro ATX-sized desktop can be opened with 2 captive thumbscrews on each side panel. Upon opening, you will be greeted with a spacious internal, with capabilities of adding more RAM, SATA storages, and 1 PCIe slot, which limits the flexibility of either adding a graphics card, a storage extender, LAN or audio upgrade, etc.
The CPU cooler comes with 2 variants. The 95W variant that comes with the Core i7 PC has 3 heat pipes to support the high-performance power of it. While the 45W variant that comes with the Core i5 and Core i3 processors only have a single heat pipe. The fin stack of the 95W variant is thicker compared to the 45W cooler.
Synthetic Benchmark Tests
Being a business desktop, we can only measure based on the CPU. The benchmarks we ran were limited to CPU-only runs. As measures before benchmarking, the OneDrive and the MyAsus app are closed.
- Cinebench R23
- 3DMark – CPU Benchmark
- CrystalDiskMark
Cinebench R23 is a CPU-only benchmarking tool that tests both single-core and multi-core workloads, making it a standard for evaluating raw processor speed and efficiency.
| Cinebench R23 | Single Core | Multi-Core |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 1,740 | 15,664 |
| Run 2 | 1,770 | 15,557 |
| Run 3 | 1,779 | 15,493 |
Next is 3D Mark CPU Benchmark. The 3DMark CPU Benchmark measures a processor’s performance through a series of physics and simulation tests, providing an overall score that reflects its ability to handle demanding, multi-threaded workloads.
| 3DMark CPU Benchmark | 1 Thread | 2 Threads | 4 Threads | 8 Threads | 16 Threads | All |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 1,029 | 2,066 | 3,933 | 6,066 | 7,845 | 7,858 |
| Run 2 | 1,031 | 2,049 | 3,922 | 6,082 | 7,851 | 7,825 |
| Run 3 | 1,031 | 2,062 | 3,892 | 6,103 | 7,844 | 7,851 |
To test the included NVME SSD, CrystalDiskMark is used. In our test, we used 1GB, 4GB, 8GB, and 16GB benchmarks to get the average read/write speeds per file size
Conclusion and Recommendation
The Asus V500 Mini Tower is a great business-use desktop. It has all the things to run the most office work like word processing, spreadsheets, and even light photo processing. It has expansion slots for another stick of RAM, SATA storages, or even a graphics card. It’s well-suited for offices, schools, and small businesses that need consistent performance with minimal maintenance.
While it can handle basic graphics tasks from the integrated graphics, the 180W power supply limits the potential for installing high-end GPUs. We can only recommend graphics cards that has either an 8-pin connector, a 6-pin connector, or no needed supplementary power (as of time writing, anything lower than RTX 5060 or RX 9060 XT would do). Upgrades for the PSU wouldn’t also be a thing since it has proprietary screw holes, an aftermarket standard-sized PSU wouldn’t fit in this case
This makes it clear that the V500 isn’t intended for gamers or power users looking to push hardware limits. Instead, it’s best suited for professionals and businesses that prioritize stability, energy efficiency, and long-term reliability over raw performance.
Its compact size and ease of access to the internal components make it easy to maintain or upgrade, which adds value for businesses planning to keep their systems running for several years. Noise and thermals stay in check, and the overall build quality feels solid for its class.
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Previous ASUS review: Link
Upon buying an ASUS V500 Mini Tower, Microsoft 365 and Office 2024 suite licenses are free of charge and has a 3-year onsite warranty, a technician will come to you instead of bringing the desktop to a service center. While supplies last, an ASUS monitor will also come in as a freebie.
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