Which MINIPC to transcode 4 - 4k streams?

Depends on bitrate of the file you are playing. This as recently brought up in another thread and ChuckPa says no.

I think he is measuring transcoding/tonemapping on UHD disc remuxes, though. So transcoding a file that is already compressed from the (original source) will not be bogged down as it will not be 80-128 Mbps video stream.