I first ran some basic commands to look at the hardware in more lsb_release -a
Having shrunk the Windows partition and created a new 20GB partition I installed as dual boot Ubuntu using an Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS ISO. These poor results warranted further investigation so first I looked at the performance under Ubuntu. The major disappointment is with the graphics performance which is markedly lower. However the Beelink X55 performance is only a slight improvement CPU-wise over the Beelink X45 and is worse than the equivalent NUC7PJYH. At this point I normally prefix the discussion of the results with the caveat that the results need interpreting carefully otherwise they could be misleading when compared to other Intel mini PCs because mini PC benchmark results are heavily influenced by the quantity and type of memory and storage installed:
