Among the mainstream price of international brand game books, if you want to choose a model with the most beautiful appearance, the ASUS Tianxuan series must be the first choice of many friends. 2024 is coming, and ASUS Tianxuan has also been updated to the latest generation, and it is the first time that Tianxuan 5 Pro with the "Pro" suffix has been launched. We have already sent the first unboxing photos of the machine before, and the unique high-value blue and white color body has been well received by everyone.
In fact,In addition to the good-looking appearance,This generation of Tianxuan5 ProThe configuration is also very hardcore,It is equipped with a core HX processor for the first time,The core specifications of the processor of the high-end model have reached the top level24Core32Threads,Quite eye-catching!Today, Uncle Niu brought the Tianxuan5 ProA detailed evaluation,For those who want to buy a top-level processor game book within a budget of 10,000 yuan,You can make a reference。
Specifications:
■ Screen: 16 inch 2560×1600 165Hz 100% sRGB G-SYNC screen
■Processor: Core i9 13980HX (24 cores and 32 threads, maximum turbo frequency 5.6GHz)
■显卡：RTX 4060 Laptop GPU（性能释放130W）
■内存:1×16GB DDR5 5600MHz
■HDD: 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD (with a second M.2 slot)
■Wireless network card: intel AX201 WiFi6
■Left port: USB-A, full-featured USB Type-C, Thunderbolt 4, HDMI2.1, RJ45 network port, DC power port, 3.5mm audio port
■A right interface: USB-A
■Weight: Measured 2.2kg (including 90Wh battery) + 0.724kg (240W power adapter)
Reference price: 8799 yuan
Advantages: high appearance of trendy toys, top processor specifications, good screen quality: cost-effective, single 16GB memory is easy to upgrade
Unfortunately, USB-A has too few large mouths, and the power interface is a bit forward
A good-looking trendy new dimension appearance, with a unique blue and white color scheme
Tianxuan5 ProThe body shape has two characteristics in general,One is to inherit the new dimensional design style of the previous generation of products,Adopt a highly recognizable unique cyan A-side+White body collocation,The whole machine looks beautiful and refreshing,And this is also the biggest difference between the machine and other game books——It has a more youthful sense of fashion and vitality,It is also more in line with the aesthetic needs of young users for game books。
The second is that while maintaining the family's high-value design, ASUS has also made new improvements to the Tianxuan 5 Pro, the most obvious is that the screen adopts a 4-sided narrow bezel design. Friends who are familiar with the Tianxuan series of game books,You may still remember that the shortcoming of the previous generation of Tianxuan beauty pageant is that the lower bezel of the screen is slightly wider,And Tianxuan5 ProThe optimization is completely in place,4Narrow bezel design,Not only makes the screen more immersive in visual display,And the appearance is also more beautiful,The design is more impeccable。
Take a look at the body details: the cyan top cover on the A-side is quite simple, with only the ASUS "TX" logo engraved on the top. The four top corner areas are designed with four-corner brick cuts, inlaid with four small silver strips, which have a good embellishment effect and enhance the design sense of the fuselage, so that the simple A side will not look dull.
The B side is a 16-inch narrow bezel large screen, with a camera at the top of the screen, which is convenient for users to conduct online classes, online meetings and other applications. The keyboard and screen are unified in color, both in white, which looks chic and beautiful. The size of the keys on the entire keyboard surface is relatively large, and the design is elegant: above is a row of independent function key areas, including volume level, microphone switch and other buttons, which is very convenient for users to make quick adjustments. The power button is on the top right side, with an independent design, a unique shape, and a white indicator light, which is not easy to press by mistake and also makes the keyboard layout more reasonable. In addition, the keyboard also has a local heat dissipation hole design, which can effectively reduce the surface temperature of the fuselage under high loads.
The WASD four keys are transparent, which looks even cooler under RGB lighting - the keyboard supports a variety of lighting effects, which is very attractive for gamers and also enhances the sense of class of the entire body. At the same time, as a large-screen gaming laptop, it comes with a numeric keypad. The 4 cursor buttons are the same size, all of which are half-height in size.
The measured weight of the whole machine is 2.2kg, which is a relatively light model in today's powerful gaming laptops that are often about 2.5kg.
In terms of appearance, Tianxuan 5 Pro is worthy of the name of the new dimension of trendy games, with a unique blue and white body that is beautiful and good-looking, and a 4-sided narrow bezel screen is very immersive. The details are also commendable, with independent power buttons, transparent WASD buttons, and upper function buttons reflecting a strong sense of design. In addition, I would like to give a good review: in my few days of use, the body of the Tianxuan 5 Pro is basically not stained with any fingerprints, so you don't have to worry about the problem that the appearance is easy to get dirty. So, if you have very high requirements for the body shape and color matching of the gaming laptop, the Tianxuan 5 Pro is still a high-value choice this year.
i9 13980HX performance test: continuous output power 100W
In terms of hardware configuration, this generation of Tianxuan is equipped with a Core HX processor for the first time, i9 13980HX is one of the strong selling points of Tianxuan5 Pro, this processor belongs to Intel's 13th generation Core HX platform, with 24 cores and 32 threads of top specifications, the highest turbo frequency 5.6GHz, and the basic power consumption is 55W.
The room temperature is about 10°C, and the single test processor test is carried out on the Tianxuan 5 Pro using Aida64 (all performance tests are carried out in enhanced mode this time), the burst power consumption of the machine is about 120W, and the stable state is as follows: i9 13980HX output power 100W, temperature 79°C, P-core frequency of about 3.4GHz, E-core frequency of about 2.8GHz. 100W performance output,There is a large excess of the standard release,And longitudinally,Among all 24-core 32-thread processor models,Tianxuan5 ProIt belongs to a relatively strong performance,In line with the positioning of the mainstream price of the machine。
Here's a summary of benchmark test scores:
Based on the familiar Cinebench R23 multi-core test, the i9 13980HX scored a high score of 28163. For reference, last year's Tianxuan 4 series was equipped with an i9 13900H processor, which had a multi-core score of 19791, and in this test, the Tianxuan 5 Pro's multi-core performance score was more than 40% faster. Meanwhile, in the V-RAY benchmark, the i9 13980HX has a score of 19165, the i9 13900H has a running score of 13585, and the i9 13980HX is also ahead by more than 40%. As we all know, the i9 13900H with 14 cores and 20 threads is enough to easily cope with daily use, triple-A masterpieces and some professional applications, obviously, the i9 13980HX is more problem-free, and the efficiency of fully loaded applications will be much higher.
Blender Full Load Rendering is a test to examine the performance of the processor at full load, the software uses version 4.0, the rendering project is classroom, the Tianxuan 5 Pro takes 3 minutes and 45 seconds, and the 100W i9 13900H takes 4 minutes and 50 seconds. That is, in a rendering project of about 5 minutes, the 100W i9 13980HX is more than 1 minute faster than the 100W i9 13900H, and the efficiency improvement is obvious.
PCMark10 is a collection of benchmarks for daily applications, including common basic functions (program launch, video conferencing, web browsing), productivity (tables and documents), digital content creation (photo editing, rendering, and video editing), and the test score of Tianxuan 5 Pro is 8305, which is a very high score, indicating that there is no pressure to use it on a daily basis - in fact, anyone who knows about computers knows that i9 As a consumer-grade top-level processor, 13980HX is completely easy to do office applications.
Image processing is also a very common application, the photo benchmark in UL Procyon is to use Ps and Lr as image processing applications, the higher the score, the better, Tianxuan 5 Pro's score is 8182 points. Its response time in the Smart Preview is 2.918 seconds, or 5.684 seconds for the 8-core, 16-thread processor model.
The standard 1TB SSD, the benchmark benchmark score sequential read speed is 4819MB/s, and the sequential write speed is 3291MB/s seconds, and the SSD of the test machine comes from WD SN560, which is smooth and responsive in daily use.
Processor test summary:Tianxuan 5 ProThe i9 13980HX is the top specification of the mobile platform24 cores and 32 threadsHX processor,The actual combat performance can continue to output 100W power,And in the case of the same power consumption of the test machine,The performance greatly crushes the i9 13900H carried by the previous generation of products,There is no pressure to cope with daily use and game entertainment,It can also efficiently handle rendering、Editing、Professional applications such as drawing。
RTX 4060：2.5K甜品独显
The RTX 4060 laptop uses AD107 cores, 3072 stream processors, 8GB of GDDR6 memory, and 128-bit video memory width. The RTX 40 series graphics card uses NVIDIA's latest Ada Lovelace architecture, upgraded to the 3rd generation RT Cores and the 4th generation Tensor Cores. In addition to the greatly improved architecture, this generation also uses TSMC 4N NVIDIA custom process to greatly improve the energy efficiency ratio, and also brings the fifth generation of Max-Q technology, including AI-powered DLSS 3.5 features, including ultra-low voltage GDDR6 video memory, three-speed memory control, efficient cache, and more.
The official power consumption of the RTX 4060 notebook graphics card is 35~115W, and there is another 25W dynamic power consumption. And Tianxuan5 ProThe independent display performance release is130W,Here's an interesting question,130WRTX 4060,Compared with 140WRTX 4060,Will it be inferior?In addition,Tianxuan5 ProStandard is equipped with a single 16GB memory,Some friends also have questions about this:Although a single 16GB memory is more convenient for users to upgrade later,Save trouble and cost,But does it have any impact on the game?For these questions,We will answer them with measured data below。
Benchmark performance testing
In the comparison test, Uncle Niu added the 140W RTX 4060 test results as a comparison reference. The test results may surprise many friends, although the RTX 4060 of the Tianxuan 5 Pro has a maximum performance release of 130W, but it all surpasses the 140W RTX 4060 in the graphics card benchmark test of 3DMark, for example, in Time Spy, the graphics card score of the Tianxuan 5 Pro is 11186, and the reference score of the 140W RTX 4060 is 10603. As we all know, Time Spy has a score of more than 11,000 points, which is a proper powerhouse in the RTX 4060 gaming laptop.
In fact, 140W is only the theoretical maximum power consumption, and TGP power consumption is the upper limit of the GPU running in the Boost state, simply put, it is the upper limit of the power consumption wall, not the power consumption that must be reached when the GPU is fully loaded, when the GPU runs to the upper limit of TGP power consumption, the frequency or voltage may have reached the upper limit, so it does not need higher power consumption to meet the performance release requirements. That is to say, when the power consumption of RTX 4060 reaches 115W and above, it is basically a "full blood" state, and due to the different GPU physique, the final result is that the graphics card score of Tianxuan 5 Pro is higher than that of some 140W RTX 4060, achieving performance overtaking.
2.5K raster game performance comparison test
Next up is the game test, and we introduced a 140W RTX 4060 gaming laptop with the same i9 13980HX processor as a comparison. At the same time, in view of the difference between single and dual memory, for Tianxuan 5 Pro, Uncle Niu also measured the different game performance of the machine under 1×16GB and 2×16GB memory. The game is set to 2560×1600 resolution, and the highest image quality is preset.
●Does a single 16GB memory affect the performance of the game?In fact, there is almost no impact, the frame rate test of most games is consistent, and a few games have a difference of about 1 frame, after excluding the test error, it can be said that for the game performance of RTX 4060, 1×16GB memory and 2×16GB memory, basically do not affect the frame rate of 3A masterpieces, you can completely relax.
●Compared with the 140W RTX 4060 model with the same processor, the Tianxuan 5 Pro is consistent with the benchmark test, and the frame rate is basically slightly ahead, so the RTX 4060 with 130W performance release is also very stable, and the reasons have been analyzed above.
●In terms of actual combat frame rate, most games can run to a smooth level, with individual games less than 50fps, and overall as a 2.5K resolution dessert in a notebook, RTX 4060 can be called a veritable name.
2.5K e-sports game test
E-sports games are also a type of game for many players at present, especially for the Tianxuan 5 Pro, the machine is equipped with a 2.5K 165Hz high brush screen, supports G-SYNC, and can ensure a silky smooth e-sports gaming experience.
PUBG is an esports game with certain hardware requirements, and at the highest image quality of 2.5K, the Tianxuan 5 Pro can achieve an average frame rate of 113fps. "LOL" does not have high hardware requirements, and the average frame rate of the Tianxuan 5 Pro runs to 442fps. It's still very easy to get the e-sports game, and with the 2.5K 165Hz screen, the experience is also comfortable.
RTX vs DLSS testing
Let's take a look at ray tracing performance and DLSS testing, in the following game test, we use two sets of comparative tests, the basic setting is 2.5K highest image quality + ray tracing effect highest, one group turns off DLSS 3, and the other group turns on DLSS 3 quality
As a dessert-level independent graphics card, 2.5K highest image quality + highest ray tracing effect is indeed too much pressure for RTX 4060, which can be seen in the tests of the above four games. But fortunately, with DLSS 3, with the blessing of frame generation, the frame rate is greatly increased after it is turned on, and the effect is very obvious. In addition, if DLSS 3 balance is enabled, it can basically reach the 60 frame rate smooth level.
Authoring performance testing
Of course, the RTX 4060 also supports CUDA acceleration, which can speed up the creation efficiency of a variety of applications, such as video editing, modeling and rendering, etc. Blender is an open-source 3D rendering application that supports both processors and graphics graphics. Choosing the RTX 4060 for testing, the score of the Tianxuan 5 Pro is 1730/977/939 respectively, for reference, the CPU score is 178/119/82, and the RTX 4060 can support rendering acceleration with high efficiency.
Full load test machine test: the noise is not large, and the overall temperature of the keyboard surface is not high
The room temperature is about 20°C, and the Tianxuan 5 Pro is tested in a double test, and the situation after half an hour is as follows: i9 13980HX power consumption is about 45W and temperature is 75°C, RTX 4060 continuous output power consumption is about 115W, temperature is 77.2°C. In enhanced mode, the performance of the whole machine is about 160W.
The measured user noise in the enhanced mode is about 53 decibels when the double test is fully loaded, which is a good performance, and the fan noise is lower than that of many game laptops. In addition, when switching to performance mode, the performance release of the machine is CPU 45W + GPU 70W, the performance release of the whole machine is 115W, and the performance of a single processor is 70W when testing the machine.
In terms of temperature on the C side, the heat accumulates near the buttons H and J in the middle area, which is about 43°C, and the top F6 button is a little higher, about 47.8°C. But there is one caveat: the power connector is close to the left air outlet, so when you use it at full load, it is best to wrap the power cord around slightly.
The following is the internal disassembly diagram, the design is very regular, the second SSD bit is reserved, and the single 16GB memory is well received, which does not affect the performance and is convenient for users to upgrade later. The heat sink module is a glacier cooling system composed of dual fans and 5 heat pipes, which can ensure a good fan noise experience under high loads. Some friends are worried about the stacking design of the network card and SSD, and at present, from the use during the test, the performance of the wireless network card of this model in our hands is very stable.
Screens and interfaces
Tianxuan 5 Pro is equipped with 2560×1600 resolution 165Hz high color gamut G-SYNC screen, response time3ms, claimed maximum brightness400nits, support dual display and three-mode hot switching. The measured color gamut is: 99%sRGB, 85%P3, 78%AdobeRGB. In the color accuracy test, the average △E is 0.45, which is a good performance. From my visual experience, this screen has a delicate display, and the experience of browsing and watching movies on the Internet is excellent. Coupled with the 165Hz+3ms response configuration, the game is also smooth and tear-free.
The brightness of the screen is also very high, the highest screen brightness has reached about 460nits, and in actual indoor use, I turned on to about 80% of the brightness to meet the use. With dual speakers that support Dolby Atmos, there is no problem in meeting the needs of daily audio-visual entertainment.
In terms of interfaces,Tianxuan5 ProThe left side is the power port、RJ45Network port、HDMI2.1(support8K 60Hz/4K 120HzVideo output)、Thunderbolt4、Full-featured USB-C port (support100W PD charging)、USB-A large port、3.5mmAudio port;On the right is a USB-A large port,Both the function and the type are very perfect,The expandability is also full,Everyone likes100W None of the PD charges have fallen, but as a gaming laptop, it would be perfect if there was one more USB-A mouthful. In addition, the battery capacity of the machine reaches 90Wh, which is considered a icing on the cake configuration.
Conclusion: Good looks and high cost performance are the two core selling points
As an enduring and popular gaming laptop in the mainstream price range, the Tianxuan 5 Pro has a new upgrade on the basis of its predecessor. On the one hand, after optimizing the screen bezel design, its appearance is more beautiful, and the unique blue and white color two-dimensional trendy toy body is even more competitive in appearance. In addition, the weight of about 2.2kg is also relatively light - the design and styling of the fuselage of the aircraft are indeed impeccable.
On the other hand, Tianxuan 5 Pro has also upgraded i9 13980HX top 24-core 32-thread processor, and has 100W continuous performance output, with full blood performance RTX 4060 and 2.5K 165Hz high color gamut screen, games and creations can be done, large screen, lightweight, and versatile. At the same time, the fan noise performance under high loads is also commendable, and the performance mode is well tuned.
And under these advantageous selling points,Tianxuan5 ProThe current initial price is only8499element(gray model)/8799element(cyan model),The price is also within everyone's mainstream budget of eight or nine thousand yuan,It can be called a cost-effective first-line brand coreHX processor gaming laptop。
Finally, in terms of purchase suggestions, with a budget of less than 10,000 yuan, if you don't want to buy a gaming laptop with a regular black thick shell body, and want the appearance design of the gaming laptop to be fashionable and beautiful, or you have very high requirements for the processor specifications of the RTX 4060 dessert gaming laptop, then Tianxuan 5 Pro is suitable for you to choose. Of course, Uncle Niu first recommends that you consider the cyan appearance version, and the experience of using the Tianxuan 5 Pro will not disappoint you.