一、前言:七彩虹隐星135016首推高阶版135016 ta
Colorful has been in the laptop market for 2 years and has gradually developed a complete product line, including the Jiangxing X17 series for top performance needs, the Jiangxing X15 AT series designed for mainstream gamers, and the Hidden Star series that focuses on cost performance.
In 2024, Colorful will re-plan the Hidden Star series, subdividing its products into the mainstream Hidden Star P15 and Hidden Star P16, as well as the higher-level Hidden Star P15 TA and Hidden Star P16 TA.
In addition to the clear division of product positioning, the design of colorful gaming laptops has always been very distinctive and keeps up with the trend.
In the past two years, the domestic sci-fi "Three-Body Problem" and "The Wandering Earth" have been very popular, and Colorful has captured this futuristic trend, and integrated it into the design of the game book, plus avant-garde design elements, which is very suitable for players who pursue powerful performance and a unique sense of the future at the same time.
The Rainbow Hidden Star P16 TA 24 that we tested this time is a typical product of this idea, and it is also the first high-end version of the new Hidden Star P16.
1. Core i7-13650HX+RTX4070 Laptop powerful performance combination
The Hidden Star P16 TA 2024 uses a 13th generation Core i7-13650HX processor, 14 cores and 20 threads, 24MB L3 cache, a maximum turbo frequency of 4.9GHz, a base power consumption of 55W, and a maximum turbo power consumption of 157 W.
In terms of independent graphics, it is equipped with a RTX4070 Laptop GPU, 8GB GDDR6 video memory, a maximum power consumption of 140W, and DLSS3 support, so that mainstream gamers can also enjoy high-definition ray tracing games.
2. Cold Pole 2.0 Cooling System Dual-core dual-turbofan module + 4 heat dissipation outlets
In order to achieve the ultimate performance, the Hidden Star P16 TA 2024 deliberately adopts the Cold Pole 2.0 cooling system.
It is equipped with a high-performance independent dual-core twin-turbofan system with six heat pipes that can quickly and effectively transfer the high heat generated by the core to the heat dissipation fins, which dissipate the heat through the four channels of heat dissipation in the left and right rear, significantly reducing the temperature of the fuselage surface.
In addition, with the Control Center system, users can easily adjust the fan speed and use Fn+1 to quickly activate the powerful hurricane cooling mode for optimal management of the body temperature.
3. 16GB DDR5 high-speed memory + 512GB PCIe solid-state
In terms of storage, the Hidden Star P16 TA 2024 comes pre-installed with 16GB DDR5 4800MHz single-channel RAM, but it has dual RAM slots that can be expanded up to 64GB.
Storage defaults to 512GB PCIe SSDs and is equipped with three M.2 2280 PCIe drive bays with PCIe 4.0 x4 support, providing great flexibility and convenience for storage expansion and upgrades at any time.
Here are the detailed specifications of the Hidden Star P16 TA 2024:
2. Appearance: Future sci-fi design style matte paint surface + dazzling coating, simple and domineering
Rainbow Hidden Star P16 TA 24 The A side of the gaming laptop adopts the design style of futuristic sci-fi, with a white matte paint finish, which looks very simple.
There is a dazzling coating on the central axis, which will show different colors at different viewing angles, giving people a particularly cool feeling.
The front screen uses a 16-inch 16:10 ratio, has a high resolution of 2560x1600 and a high refresh rate of 240Hz, reaches 500 nits of brightness, and covers 100% of the sRGB color gamut.
Such a screen configuration has an excellent visual experience for gamers.
The keyboard area is designed in black and white contrasting colors, and the black chocolate keyboard is paired with a warm white body, which creates a sharp contrast.
The camera at the top of the screen supports 1MP pixel output.
On the right side of the Colorful Hidden Star P16 TA 24 gaming laptop, a Type-C port (USB 3.2 Gen2) is integrated, which supports PD fast charging, and a USB-A port (USB 3.2 Gen2).
On the left, there is a USB-A port (USB 3.2 Gen2) and a 3.5mm 2-in-1 headphone jack.
The back of the fuselage integrates RJ-45 network interface, HDMI interface, power interface and a Type-C interface, and supports video output.
The gaming laptop has 4 independent ventilation and heat dissipation holes on the left and right sides and back, an independent dual-core and dual-turbofan module, and 6 built-in heat pipes, which can quickly transfer heat to the fins, quickly dissipating the heat generated by the CPU when performing high-load tasks, and reducing the temperature on the surface of the machine.
We can use the Fn+1 key combination to turn on the hurricane cooling, or we can use the Control Center system to adjust the cooling mode.
The D-side is a large area of heat dissipation grid.
The 230W power supply is equipped with a specification of 20V/11.5A.
3. CPU performance: about 14% higher than Core i7-13620H
1. Hardware dogs
Hardware Dog is a professional hardware detection and scoring tool produced by Driver House, which is very suitable for mainstream PC players. Relying on the self-developed algorithm of fast technology, as well as authoritative test modules such as 3DMark, it can quickly, accurately and comprehensively detect the overall configuration of the PC computer, conduct a single and comprehensive test on the processor, GPU, memory and hard disk of the computer, investigate the performance of the whole machine, and pass the global performance ranking to know the performance level of your own equipment at a test.
The Colorful Hidden Star P16 TA 24 has an overall score of 598063, surpassing 99% of notebook users, giving the rating that the game belongs to the level of hardcore gamers.
The Core i7-13650HX has a score of 215542, the RTX 4070 Laptop has a score of 305704, a memory score of 36587, and a hard drive score of 40230.
2、CPU-Z
In the CPU-Z test protocol, the Core i7-13650HX achieves a single-threaded score of 797.9 and a multi-threaded score of 8872.8.
3、CINEBENCH R15
In the CINEBENCH R15 test, the Core i7-13650HX achieved a score of 271 for single-threading and 3117 for multi-threading.
4、CINEBENCH R20
IN CINEBENCH R20, THE SCORE WAS 721 FOR SINGLE-THREADED AND 7977 FOR MULTI-THREADED.
5、CINEBENCH R23
IN CINEBENCH R23, THE SCORE WAS 1875 FOR SINGLE-THREADED AND 20841 FOR MULTI-THREADED.
6、CINEBENCH 2024
IN CINEBENCH 2024, THE SCORE WAS 112 FOR SINGLE-THREADED AND 1056 FOR MULTI-THREADED.
7. Chess
In chess, at 16 threads, the relative performance multiplier is 75.73 and 36350 thousand moves per second.
The Core i7-13650HX processor carried by the Colorful Hidden Star P16 TA 24 gaming laptop is compared with the previous generation 12th generation Core i7-12700H, and the measured single-threaded performance has increased by about 5.7% and multi-threaded performance by 10.3%.
Although the number has been "downgraded" from 700 to 650, the performance is actually better.
4. GPU performance: You can play 3A games with 2K+ and the highest resolution exceeds the 60 frame smooth threshold
- Theory test
1、Time Spy
In 3DMark's Time Spy (DX12+2K resolution) project, the Rainbow Hidden Star P16 TA 24 scored a total score of 12471, with an RTX 4070 Laptop GPU graphics score of 12376.
2、Fire Strike Extreme
In 3DMark's Fire Strike Extreme (DX11+2K resolution rendering) sub-score, the overall score is 14423, with the RTX 4070 Laptop GPU graphics score of 15081.
3、Fire Strike
In 3DMark's Fire Strike (DX11+1080P resolution rendering) sub-score, the overall score is 27702, with the RTX 4070 Laptop GPU graphics score of 31704.
- Gaming testing
1. Borderlands 3
Borderlands 3 averages 67.57 FPS at 2K resolution + preset high villain quality + DX12 quality.
2. Cyberpunk 2077
Cyberpunk 2077 averages 58.05 FPS at 2K+ Super preset.
3. Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla averaged 79 FPS at Very High 2K+ presets.
4, Far Cry 6
Far Cry 6 averages 89 FPS at 2K+ preset to Very High quality.
5. Horizon: The Dawn of Zero
Horizon Zero Dawn averages 93 FPS at 2K+ preset Ultimate quality.
6. Tomb Raider: Shadow
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2K+DX12+ presets to the highest quality, with an average frame rate of 176 FPS.
7. Forza Motorsport: Forza Horizon 5
Forza Horizon 5 averages 92 FPS at 2K+ Extreme.
5. AI extended large model test: the neural network speed can reach 21.8it/s and only 4.8 seconds can generate an image
Recently, UL Solutions has added an AI image generation test to the Procyon benchmark suite, which includes two different versions of Stable Diffusion model construction tests, namely SD1.5 and SDXL, and supports TensorRT, OpenVIVO, and ONNX Runtime in terms of compatibility, which means that it supports mainstream NVIDIA, Intel, and AMD platforms.
When running tests, there are different requirements for the local host's video memory: SD1.5 with at least 8GB of DVU or at least 32GB of RAM, and SDXL with at least 10GB of DVU or at least 16GB of VRAM.
At the end of the score, very detailed and intuitive information will be given, including data such as total score, total time spent, image generation speed, CPU and GPU model, and score settings.
In this round, we experienced the AI Image Generation Benchmark - Stable Diffusion 1.5 (FP16) in the UL Procyon suite, which creates 16 images at 512×512 resolution in batches of 4.
With the support of TensorRT, the output of Stable Diffusion 1.5 is still very stable, and the UNET (neural network architecture) speed reaches 21.3 it/s, and it only takes 4.8 seconds to generate an image.
5. Screen, memory and hard disk: 97% sRGB color gamut, average Delta-E value is only 0.97
- Screen
Colorful Hidden Star P16 TA 24 is equipped with a 16-inch 240Hz IPS competition-level screen, after testing, its color gamut coverage is98% sRGB, 73% AdobeRGB, 73% P3 color gamut.
In SDR mode alone, the maximum brightness of this display is 475nit, and the contrast ratio reaches up to 1220:1 at 75% brightness.
In terms of color accuracy, the measured Delta-E has a maximum value of 5.27, a minimum value of 0.15, and an average of 0.97.
As long as the Delta-E is not greater than 1, the color can be accurately displayed when viewing the screen, and there will be no obvious color difference.
- Memory
The Rainbow Hidden Star P16 TA 24 has a single 16GB DDR5-4800 memory built-in.
In the memory test on AIDA64, the read, write, and copy bandwidths were 38,695 MB/s, 34,060 MB/s, and 36,030 MB/s, respectively, with a latency of 84.5 ns.
- Hard disks
The built-in SSD of the Rainbow Hidden Star P16 TA 24 is KPART512GBC2DVT, with a capacity of 512GB and supports PCIe 3.0 x4 rate.
In the CrystalDiskMark test, it can achieve 3.6GB/s read speed, 2.2GB/s write speed in sequential speed, 4K random read speed is 45MB/s, 4K random write speed is 207MB/s, which is basically the upper limit of this hard disk.
6. Endurance, temperature and battery life: The power consumption of the whole machine is 170W The game control area is less than 27°C
- Oven test
1. Single-bake CPU
During the boot phase, the Core i7-13650HX has an instantaneous power consumption of up to 140W, which stabilizes at 105W after about 1 minute.
After 10 minutes, the processor temperature fluctuates around 96°C, at this time, the frequency of P-Core is 3.9GHz, and the frequency of E-Core is 3.3~3.4GHz.
2. Single-baked GPU
Use FurMark to bake the GPU, select 2K resolution + turn off anti-aliasing.
After 10 minutes of baking, the RTX 4070 Laptop stabilized at 105W, the frequency was 1740MHz, and the temperature was 75°C.
3. Double baking
On the basis of the GPU bake, start the CPU Burner and perform a double baking test on the Rainbow Hidden Star P16 TA 24.
After 10 minutes, the power consumption of the Core i7-13650HX stabilizes at around 65W, with a P-core frequency of 3.3GHz, an E-core frequency of 2.8GHz, and a temperature of 91°C.
The RTX 4070 Laptop GPU maintains a power consumption of 105W, with a current frequency of 1725MHz and a temperature of 83°C.
From this point of view, the whole machine of Rainbow Hidden Star P16 TA 24 is released at 170W.
4, Temperature
At the same time, we used an infrared thermometer to check the temperature performance of the Rainbow Hidden Star P16 TA 24.
The highest temperature is at the air outlet, reaching 53.9°C, and the temperature at the center point of the keyboard is 45.3°C, but it is commendable that the temperature of the WASD and small numeric keypad area commonly used by gamers is only 26.9°C, which can provide a more comfortable feeling even if you play for a long time.
- Endurance test
The Rainbow Hidden Star P16 TA 24 has a built-in 53.35WH lithium-ion battery, and we tested the battery life with PCMark 10 in modern office.
In this round of testing, we changed the system performance mode to "Best Energy Efficiency", and selected the scenario for the PCMark 10 modern office, with all other processes turned off, network connections turned off, Iris graphics as the display output, and screen brightness adjusted to 50%.
From 100% battery test to the remaining 5% battery, the Colorful Hidden Star P16 TA 24 can provide 3 hours and 48 minutes of battery life.
Of course, battery life is not the focus of the game, but this kind of performance makes players want to change the use of the venue, and disconnecting the power supply will not lead to the loss of games and tasks.
7. Summary: One of the most ideal game books within 7500 yuan
Colorful Hidden Star P16 TA 24 can be regarded as an advanced upgrade version of P16, the processor is upgraded from i7-13620H to i7-13650HX, 10 cores to 14 cores, 16 threads to 20 threads, and the graphics card is upgraded from RTX 4060 Laptop to RTX 4070 Laptop.
Combined with its unique futuristic sci-fi appearance and the price of 7499 yuan, this notebook is simply an irresistible temptation for game lovers who pursue performance and trend at the same time.
In our real-world tests, the Core i7-13650HX improved its single-core score by about 4.2% and multi-core by about 23.1% compared to the previous generation, and the RTX4070 Laptop graphics card was ahead of the P16's RTX 4060 Laptop by about 16.9%.
In the actual test of the game, all kinds of 3A masterpieces basically exceeded the 60FPS baseline under the extreme image quality of 2K+.
The power can reach about 170W, thanks to the cold pole 2.0 cooling system of dual-core dual turbofan module + 4 heat dissipation outlets, the CPU core temperature is 91°C, and the GPU core temperature is 83°C, which is enough to ensure the full release of hardware performance.
With good performance, the Hidden Star P16 TA 2024 is not far behind in other aspects, such as the screen, the highest brightness measured at 475nit, covering 73% of the P3 color gamut, combined with 2.5K 240Hz high score and high brush, providing a solid display foundation for players to enjoy high-quality game pictures.
In general, as an advanced version of P16, Colorful Hidden Star P16 TA 24 adopts a high-end combination of Core i7-13650HX processor + RTX 4070 Laptop graphics card, which is both improved in terms of CPU and GPU.
With a 2.5K 165Hz high-brush gaming screen, coupled with DLSS3 technology, the Hidden Star P16 TA 2024 can provide higher frame rates and lower response times for ray tracing and competitive games, and in the price range of 7500 yuan, this complete set of combinations is also the most ideal choice for mainstream gamers.