"Two facts about ASUS NUC mini-PCs that you might not know: first, their return rate as of June 2025 is impressively low at just 1%. Second, they stand out in the market with a mean time between failures (MTBF) of 50,000 hours. For those that are counting, that’s nearly six years of nonstop 24/7 use. If you’re working to maximize your return on investment for the next set of mini PCs for your business or organization, there’s no better choice.
For the ASUS NUC lineup specifically, we focus on MIL-STD-810H tests that demonstrate resistance to the environmental hazards that these mini-PCs might face in enterprise deployments. ASUS NUCs serve in environments ranging from corporate offices to factory floors, from aircraft to agricultural settings, and from humid tropical locations to bitterly cold regions.
Reliable operation in humid and hot environments is especially important for many deployment scenarios, so we check for potential performance and cosmetic degradation due to high temperature and humidity exposure. Our humidity test subjects products to 85% relative humidity and 85° C temperatures for approximately 500 hours – nearly twice as long as the comparable MIL-STD-810H test.
Our high temperature test is formulated to assess whether solder joints will be reliable over a product’s lifetime. In this test, ASUS NUC designs show that they can withstand over 600 cycles in our heat bake tests, which place the products in an environment with temperatures ranging from –40° to 100° C.
In our MTBF evaluations, we place forty NUC units in a controlled chamber and expose them to a constant 40° C temperature for a full 90 days. The length of the stress test, along with the tough environment that it requires the products to operate in, allows us to guarantee 24/7 reliable operation and assurance of long-term value for our customers."
Source: ASUS
