First, the preface: ASUS good screen strategy promotion Intrepid series ushered in iterative updates
ASUS launched the Intrepid series notebooks for young users in 2021, with a stylish and thin appearance and strong performance, which can meet the needs of users in different occasions such as study, work, and entertainment.
At the same time, ASUS good screen strategy continues to advance, and different series of thin and light books have used high-quality OLED screens. The Intrepid series is certainly no exception.
Now, we have received a new high-energy thin and light book from ASUS - ASUS Intrepid 15i 2023.
The brightest thing about ASUS Intrepid 15i 2023 is this 15.6-inch OLED ASUS good screen, 2880×1620 high resolution, 120Hz high refresh rate, and has a 100% P3 wide color gamut, supports four professional color gamut switching, peak brightness reaches 600nits, and 0.2ms response speed.
ASUS is the first in the industry to equip all thin and light books with OLED screens, providing industry-leading display effects and use experience, which are naturally incomparable with traditional LCD screens in terms of color, contrast and brightness, and provide "worry-free" after-sales service.
The core configuration uses the 13th generation Core i5-13500H, 45W standard pressure processor, 4P+8E 12 cores and 16 threads, 18MB L3 cache, P core frequency can be turbo to 4.7GHz, E core up to 3.5GHz.
The Asus Intrepid 15i 2023 is also equipped with 16GB LPDDR5 4800MHz dual-channel memory, paired with 512GB PCIe 4.0 NVMe TLC SSD, which can meet the needs of users' daily office use.
In terms of quality, this ASUS Intrepid 15i 2023 has passed more than 20 MIL-STD 810H strict quality tests such as drop, vibration, high temperature, low temperature, high humidity, high altitude, etc., allowing users to use it outside without scene restrictions.
It is also Intel Evo certified, which means that this is a super thin and light book that has passed its rigorous certification, and the experience is naturally worry-free.
Second, the appearance: Mirage silver color scheme simple and fashionable thin to 16.9mm, light about 1.57kg
ASUS Intrepid 15i 2023 follows the design style of the Intrepid family, the embossed logo on the right side has also been retained, and the A-side Seiko metal body with fantasy silver color does not have too much decoration, bringing a simple and fashionable look, catering to the aesthetics of young people, and is also very recognizable.
The embossed logo style has changed slightly, adding two Slogans of "GO FURTHER & BEYOND" and "explore the possibilities", which also highlights the spirit of "exploration and transcendence" of the ASUS Fearless series.
The Asus Fearless 15i 2023 weighs only 1.57kg and is about 16.9mm thin, making it difficult to hold in your hand, and your daily commute can also be packed into your bag.
The B side of the Asus Intrepid 15i 2023 is equipped with a 15.6-inch OLED ASUS good screen, which is 2880×1620 resolution and a refresh rate of 120Hz.
This screen is actually not much different from Asus' own high-end models, and they are all excellent OLED screens.
In terms of parameters, this screen has 600nits peak brightness, 1000000:1 high contrast, 0.2ms response speed, 10bit color depth, and 1.07 billion colors.
It has also passed Pantone color certification, DisplayHDR True Black 600 high-standard certification, TÜV Rheinland hardware-grade low blue light certification, SGS Eye Care eye protection certification and many other professional organization certifications.
Support 100% P3 wide color gamut, and can be native/Display P3/DCI-P3/sRGB four professional color gamut switching, can meet the user's office, design and other professional needs.
And it also supports adaptive color temperature and brightness adjustment with ambient lighting, even outdoors without fear of seeing the screen clearly.
There is a camera bezel at the top of the B-side screen, and the camera can be turned on/off with a simple flick, which can avoid unintentional sneak photography by malware and physically maximize the security of user privacy.
ErgoSense ergonomic backlit keyboard, 1.4mm key travel, 19.05mm full-size pitch, 0.2mm concave curved keycaps, in comfort naturally speaking, very suitable for frequent typing users.
The keyboard supports three-level backlight adjustment, supports automatic lighting with external light, and is not afraid of seeing clearly in a low-light environment.
The power button integrates fingerprint recognition and supports Windows Hello, so that users can quickly enter the desktop with just one press, or pass the verification directly without entering the password.
ASUS Intrepid 15i 2023 can be opened and closed at 180°, sharing videos among friends, meeting and displaying PPT and other scenes, you can share the picture flat on the desktop, plus the excellent viewing angle of the OLED screen, no need to worry about not seeing the screen clearly.
Orange ESC keys, personalized twill returns, these decorations add a playful style to the keyboard.
6-inch, 129x82mm ultra-large trackpad, ASUS adopts silver ion antibacterial coating on the keyboard, trackpad and palm rest, with an antibacterial rate of more than 99%.
The left side interface has only one USB-A 2.0, and the right part is the air vent.
From left to right, the right interfaces are: 3.5mm audio jack, Thunderbolt 4, USB-A 3.2 Gen 1, HDMI, power interface.
Even most users pay less attention to the D side, ASUS also has its own small ideas, irregular air inlet plus orange decorative strips, highlighting the personality style.
Disassemble the D side, you can see that the upper part is the ASUS ice front heat dissipation architecture, which adopts a single fan and 6mm + 8mm dual heat pipes.
The bottom half is a 75Wh high-capacity battery that supports USB-C 5-20V wide voltage charging.
On the left and right sides of the battery are 2×7cc stereo dual speakers with large sound chambers, powered by Smart AMP, with a wider sound range, up to 3.5 times the volume of a regular notebook, and support Dolby Atmos and Harman Kardon Master sound.
The 4 flash memory particles between the heat dissipation module and the battery are the on-board 16GB LPDDR5 memory body, and there are still solder joints of the GPU module under the heat pipe, and an independent version should be launched later.
The fan details are made of LCP ultra-thin material, and the 87 blades ensure the powerful performance release of the Asus Fearless 15i 2023.
The 90W power adapter included in the package makes the square size easier to carry and store.
Third, CPU theoretical performance: 5% higher than the previous generation of single-core performance
1. Hardware dog
Hardware Dog is a professional hardware detection and scoring tool produced by Driver House, which is very suitable for mainstream PC players. Relying on fast technology self-developed algorithms, as well as authoritative test modules such as 3DMark, it can quickly, accurately and comprehensively detect the overall configuration of the PC, conduct a single and comprehensive test of the computer's processor, graphics card, memory, and hard disk, examine the performance of the whole machine, and know the performance level of your equipment through the global performance ranking.
The hardware dog running score reached 291730 points, beating 84% of notebook users, which is a light and thin grade.
Among them, the Core i5-13500H has a CPU score of 151966, a core graphics score of 43480, a memory score of 65464, and a hard disk score of 30820.
2、CPU-Z
In the CPU-Z benchmark, the Core i5-13500H scored 754.4 for single-threaded and 6382 for multithreading.
3、CINEBENCH R15
IN CINEBENCH R15, THE CORE I5-13500H SCORED 256 FOR SINGLE-THREADED AND 2089 FOR MULTI-THREAD.
4、CINEBENCH R20
IN CINEBENCH R20, THE Core i5-13500H SCORES 682 FOR SINGLE-THREADED AND 5069 FOR MULTI-THREADING.
5、CINEBENCH R23
IN THE CINEBENCH R23 TEST, THE CORE I5-13500H scored 1780 for single-threaded and 13120 for multithreading.
Compared with the previous generation equipped with the Core i5-12500H and the same 45W performance release of thin and light books, the multi-core has been improved by about 8%, and the single-core is also 6%.
This result is also normal, because the 13th generation Core is basically the same as the 12th generation Core in terms of process and architecture, and more just optimizes energy efficiency and increases frequency, so the performance difference between the two is far less than imagined.
Fourth, graphics performance: Iris Xe core display improved significantly, up to 33.8%
1、Time Spy
In the 3DMark Time Spy (2K rendering resolution) test, the total score was 1709, with a graphics score of 1506.
Compared with the thin and light notebook equipped with Core i5-12500H+DDR4, the graphics performance is improved by about 23%.
2、Fire Strike
In the 3DMark Fire Strike test, the total score was 4700, with a graphics card score of 5144.
3. World of Tanks
The score in World of Tanks is 12,449, which translates to a frame rate of about 75 FPS.
It is also compared with the previous generation equipped with the Core i5-12500H+DDR4 thin and light book, the performance is increased by about 21%.
4. Final Fantasy 15
The Final Fantasy 15 Benchmark scored 2261, a performance improvement of approximately 33.8%.
The core graphics scale of the Core i5-13500H has not changed, but the acceleration frequency has increased by 0.1GHz, and the graphics performance of the core graphics is very dependent on memory frequency and bandwidth, this time with LPDDR5, which is higher than DDR4 transmission bandwidth, which brings better graphics performance.
Screen, memory and hard disk: OLED screens are as good as ever The three-color gamut is almost full score
- Screen
1. Color gamut
In terms of color gamut, the color gamut of the Asus Intrepid 15i 2023 covers 100% sRGB, 96.8% Adobe RGB, 99.5% DCI P3, and as always, it is excellent in color display.
2. Screen brightness
ASUS Intrepid 15i 2023 in SDR mode with a screen brightness of up to 382 nits.
With HDR mode turned on, the Asus Intrepid 15i 2023 has a brightness of up to 603 nits, which meets the standard of DisplayHDR True Black 600, and if you want to view HDR movies, it can be perfectly displayed for you.
3. Color accuracy
In terms of color accuracy, the measured screen Delta E of the Asus Intrepid 15i 2023 averages 0.35.
As long as the Delta E of the display is less than or equal to ≤2, there is no need to worry about color accuracy, and it can be accurately displayed.
- Memory
ASUS Intrepid 15i 2023 has built-in 16GB LPDDR5-4800MHz dual-channel memory, memory test in AIDA64, read, write and copy bandwidths of 55208MB/s, 69141MB/s, 59801MB/s, and latency of 94.9ns.
Compared with the previous DDR4 version, the read, write, and copy bandwidth of LPDDR5 is increased by about 25.3%, 56.2%, and 42.1%.
- Hard disks
The 512GB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD equipped with the Asus Intrepid 15i 2023 can achieve a read speed of 3.6GB/s and a write speed of 2.5GB/s sequentially in the CrystalDiskMark test, and 4K random also has a read performance of 85MB/s and 185MB/s write.
6. Oven and battery life: 45W power consumption release can provide 10 hours of battery life
- Roaster
The Core i5-13500H has been using the AIDA FPU roaster for 10 minutes, at this time the temperature is 92°C and the power consumption is stable at about 45W.
- Battery life
The Asus Intrepid 15i 2023 is powered by a 75Whr lithium-ion battery, and we use the PCMark 10's modern office test battery life.
In the endurance test, we changed the power mode to "Best Energy Efficiency", in MyASUS we changed the fan mode to "quiet mode", and for clear viewing, we changed the brightness to 75% while automatic brightness adjustment was turned off.
Lingyao 14 2023 from 100% battery test to 2% remaining, providing 10 hours and 27 minutes of battery life.
This result can meet the needs of users for watching movies, office and other use for a day outside, and intermittent use can even support almost two days.
7. Summary: Strength should not be underestimated The screen and performance are excellent
ASUS Fearless 15i 2023, as a high-energy thin and light book with both internal and external repair, under the thin and light appearance, the strength should not be underestimated.
1. Screen
The OLED screen performance of ASUS Intrepid 15i 2023 is very stable, Delta E's average color accuracy of 0.35, the color gamut of professional displays, coupled with 120Hz high brushes, etc., can be said to move professional-grade monitors to thin and light books, whether daily use or content creation can bring an all-round excellent experience.
The high contrast and high brightness of OLED screens are the incomparable advantages of traditional LCD screens, and when watching movies, with Dolby Atmos, it brings you an immersive feeling.
For the old and difficult problem of OLED screen burning, ASUS Fearless 15i 2023 supports ASUS OLED Care and pixel-level compensation two major anti-burning screen technologies, through pixel refresh, pixel offset, auto-hide taskbar/transparent taskbar and other combination punches, to extend the life of OLED screen, allowing users to maintain the best color experience at any time.
There is also the problem of brightness decline in screen aging, ASUS Fearless 15i 2023 built-in screen driver, which can monitor the brightness loss of pixels, make up for the lost brightness by increasing the drive current, and restore the brightness that should be restored, so that users do not need to worry about screen problems.
2. Performance
As a mainstream notebook, ASUS Intrepid 15i 2023 is equipped with a standard pressure high-performance version Core i5-13500H. Although it does not focus on extreme performance release like gaming notebooks, it is also a top priority to give full play to performance in thin and light notebooks as light as 1.57kg and as thin as 16.9mm.
Compared with the Core i5-12500H+DDR4 combination released by the same thin and light book 45W, the most obvious improvement in the combination of this generation Core i5-13500H+LPDDR5 is the graphics, with the amplitude of different scenarios reaching 21%~33.8%, and the CPU single-core and multi-core performance has also made certain progress.
3. Battery life
For thin and light notebooks that require portability, battery life is crucial to meet the multi-scenario experience.
The built-in 75Wh battery of ASUS Intrepid 15i 2023 has a measured brightness of 75%, and the PCMark 10 office battery life has reached 10 and a half hours.
For thin and light notebooks equipped with H series standard pressure processors, this performance is quite difficult, while ensuring performance, it can also meet the needs of entertainment and work all day when away from home.
To sum up, this ASUS Intrepid 15i 2023 trend thin and light book has achieved a good balance between performance, endurance and quality, both inside and outside, and there are no obvious shortcomings.
If you have plans to buy a high-performance thin and light book in the near future, then this Asus Intrepid 15i 2023, which only costs 5699 yuan, is very worth considering.