Preface | Regarding the game book, I actually initially rejected it
My first game book was a product I bought in 2016. After using it for a while, I decided not to use it anymore. At that time, it was mainly used for work trips, and then occasionally games such as "Crossfire" and "Frozen Throne" were occasionally played. Why is it no longer used? Despite its powerful performance, it is large, particularly thick, and weak in standby.
In addition, the price of the game book at that time was much higher than that of the business book, which was more suitable for specific groups of people.
However, I feel that the market for game books has changed a lot in the past two years. First of all, I think it is the price factor, after AMD YES, the game can be accepted by more users; secondly, the advancement of technology, the popularity of thin and light, super fast charging is one of the key factors for the wider and wider audience of the game. What is shown in the market is that the game book is often booked on many well-known models on the e-commerce platform, which is very popular.
However, the Asus Lingyao Pro16 to be evaluated this time is still quite different from the game book in the previous cognition. This product is a comprehensive feature of the game book, but it is also more focused on the office, especially for creative people. Thanks to Sina CrowdTest, let me experience this powerful notebook, the following to share the use of the feeling.
Appearance | The RTX solo version has entered the era of thin and light, and the appearance configuration is full
Asus Lingyao Pro16, in terms of appearance, the impact on me is still very strong. Maybe it's been too long since I've really used a large-screen notebook, and it feels full of freshness.
Primary color carton box with some parameter information for the Asus Lingyao Pro16 printed on it.
From the top of the inner packaging, you can also see the main selling points of asus Lingyao Pro16, as well as the positioning of the product.
In the selling point, in addition to the hardware parameters, everyone may pay attention to a keyword: OLED. That's right, the screen is one of the biggest highlights of this Asus Lingyao Pro16, with a wide color gamut of 100% DCI-P3 and low blue light hardware; this notebook is a productivity tool designed for creators.
The packaging list, in addition to the Asus Lingyao Pro16, power supply, and description number, comes with a large number of color stickers, adding a lot of creative colors to the notebook.
The power supply is relatively large, but when you see the output power of 120W, it feels acceptable in an instant.
Asus Lingyao Pro16, you can feel it from the beginning, derived from the special feel of metal. The A-side adopts the first bright dance thunder carving process, which is empowered by Sanxingdui IP, which is very delicate in hand, and has a fine matte visual effect.
In addition, a relatively good first impression of asus Lingyao Pro16 to me is that the notebook appearance outline itself is more square and has a strong business style, which will be more coordinated when used in the office or meeting.
The A-side is more clever to integrate the logo into it, which is cooler.
Although the ASUS Lingyao Pro16 has been fully understood in advance, and the main selling point of the light and thin has been anticipated in advance, the thickness of the 17.9mm of the actual object is still amazing. After all, from the hardware point of view, the Asus Lingyao Pro16 with a 16-inch screen is still a strong game style. This thickness is really very well controlled.
As a productivity tool that pays attention to creation, as a productivity tool, ASUS Lingyao Pro16 is still very rich in interfaces. On the left, there are two USB-A interfaces, the standard is 2.0.
Right from left to right: 3.5mm audio connector; Micro SD card slot; USB-C 3.2 Gen 1; HDMI connector; USB-A 3.2 Gen 1; DC power connector.
On the back, asus Lingyao Pro16 is really good at workmanship, giving people a "tight seam" feeling everywhere, and the details are in place. In addition, the design transitions including all the corners are well done, with edges and corners but no cut feel.
The texture designed at the reel is very impressive, not only adding some tough style to the design style, but also echoing the large heat dissipation holes at the bottom.
The D-side has a large heat dissipation area, and the fan can be seen in strong light. In addition, the silicone strip design is relatively high, which can effectively support the distance between the D surface and the desktop, and better heat dissipation.
After opening the Asus Lingyao Pro16, the 16-inch screen is really shocking; especially the addition of the matte screen makes this notebook look very high-end.
Back to the beginning of the article, in fact, although I was initially resistant to the excessive volume of some game books, after adding a thin and light design, the large screen can obviously bring better visual effects to the creator, and you can see more information on the screen, whether it is processing pictures or videos, which are more efficient.
Of course, the continuous advancement of the current ultra-narrow border technology of the screen is also a basis for the overall trend of notebooks to be thin and light; the two can be described as "mutually beneficial".
The angle at which the screen can be turned on is about 130°.
The camera provides physical occlusion for privacy.
Since the size of the screen reaches 16 inches, it leaves a very large area for the C-side to be designed for asus. A few small design details:
(1) ESC button, designed with a separate pink, easy to distinguish and operate;
(2) Functional keys, such as direction keys, Shift, Enter, etc., are designed to be gray, and the main keyboard area of the black has a clear difference, more beautiful and easy to let novice hands-on; the key range is 1.4mm, relatively long, but the response is very sensitive; full-size spacing + large size keycaps, after a short period of adaptation, you will like this feeling of typing;
(3) Power button, which integrates the function of fingerprint recognition, and the actual measurement is very sensitive;
(4) The matte texture of the C-side is excellent, and it can be more effective in avoiding fingerprints and sweat stains.
The overall layout of the keyboard is still relatively traditional, and the large area provides a small keyboard area, which will be more habitual for daily use; but the arrow keys are relatively small, and the actual use needs to be adapted.
The trackpad is really too big, the size reaches 6.1 inches! Moreover, this trackpad adds the DialPad function, that is, the virtual knob; the original intention of the manufacturer is to use the oversized trackpad + DialPad to achieve the purpose of creating away from the mouse; as for the use effect, the following will also be explained.
Overall, the design style of asus Lingyao Pro16, I think is more focused on the business style of the game book, obviously ASUS in the understanding of the game book to go to a higher level, more focused on design, creation; hope to maintain the game book's high performance, strong heat dissipation, large screen these characteristics at the same time, can also be applied to a variety of formal occasions in the office meeting use.
Performance testing | The performance is strong and the overall performance is excellent
The hardware configuration of the ASUS Lingyao Pro16 is worthy of the flagship notebook level. In this part, we will be more comprehensive, to test the performance of this product; and performance, naturally, is the basis for smooth editing of videos and editing pictures.
Learn about the basic CPU and graphics card of the Asus Lingyao Pro16.
From the CPU-Z point of view, the CPU is AMD Ryzen™ 9,5900HX processor, which is a high-performance CPU of Ryzen, which uses 8 cores and 16 threads, a powerful 7nm process, and a new Zen3 architecture. As we all know, when Zen2 architecture, AMD YES has become a global consensus; Zen3 is still much more fragrant than Intel.
Back to the CPU, the main frequency is 3.3GHz, but the turbo frequency of this CPU can reach 4.6GHz. L3 cache, up to 16M. Processor running score, choose an Intel i9-7980XE comparison, AMD single core surprisingly exceeded a lot, but the multi-core running score is much lower.
Graphics card, model is the famous RTX 3050Ti, 4GB of video memory, type GDDR6; needless to say, the guarantee of large games, creating videos and pictures.
Although Master Lu is a well-recognized entertainment running score software, it is still necessary to try it and show you the situation of running score.
Measured, the running score is 967,000 points, which is still very high.
In the Lu Master software, you can read more information about some parts suppliers of asus Lingyao Pro16. As you can see, the memory is 16GB, the DDR4 frequency of magnesium is 3200MHz; the display supplier is Samsung, and the focus here is that it is Samsung's E4 OLED display!
SSDs, TCL SSDs, and read and write speeds are described in more detail below.
Regarding the CPU, as described above, it can be seen more clearly here, and the design power consumption is 45W.
Master Lu also designed a light retrospective test, but it is a beta version, the results of the measurement, we can use it as a reference, but I feel that in this test, FPS as a whole is not very referenced. At present, light chasing has become the standard configuration of the game book, which can bring more excellent and realistic game display effects.
Using 3DMARK to test, the total score that can be obtained is 5053; then, the graphics card score is 4739 and the CPU score is 8107; it can be said that the CPU score is very high, and the score of the graphics card basically guarantees the level of the RTX3050 Ti.
In terms of test results, the Asus Lingyao Pro16 performed very well.
PCMARK 10, asus Lingyao Pro16 total score, reached 6118; and the specific score item, the basic function is 9046, productivity 8880, digital content score, reached 7737!
Sure enough, relying on the RTX 3050 Ti, the Asus Lingyao Pro16 is very guaranteed in terms of graphic rendering ability, and the score is also very good, enough to stand out.
CINEBENCH 20, tested the CPU can reach 4865; of course, not directly can PK the top performance monsters, but this score is still not exaggerated to call the flagship. This AMD Ryzen™ 9 5900HX should not be underestimated.
Of course, the beginning of the article also said that in fact, as a game book or a creation book, the heat dissipation effect is also an important point. Asus Lingyao Pro16 in the thin and light fuselage, tucked into the powerful CPU and graphics card, then is bound to have a great challenge to heat dissipation. In order to dissipate heat, the ASUS Lingyao Pro16 adopts the ice peak Plus heat dissipation system of dual fans and double heat pipes, and the fan blade adopts 3D curved aerodynamic design, which has a larger air volume. With two data: CPU performance release can reach 54W, and the heat dissipation capacity of the whole machine can reach 80W+.
The ASUS Lingyao Pro16 is designed with a triple cooling gear, which can be quickly adjusted through Fn+F, which is very convenient. Through the grill, we tested the asus Lingyao Pro16 in such a powerful CPU and graphics card configuration, how good the heat dissipation effect and stability.
Test environment: room temperature of about 25 °C; test software: AIAD64 + FurMark. High Performance Mode + Fan High Efficiency Mode.
For rigorous testing, the AIAD64 roaster was tested for a full hour. It can be seen that the temperature of the CPU is almost stable at 81 ° C; moreover, the entire oven testing process is very stable and worthy of recognition.
And the GPU, the test time of 20 minutes, you can see that the temperature is only at the highest 63 ° C, it can be said that the effect is really very ideal.
In addition, in fact, another manifestation of heat dissipation lies in the feel of the notebook. Because the internal CPU\GPU\fan is running wildly, at this time, in addition to hearing the noise of the fan, how the feel is also very important. Asus Lingyao Pro16 relies on a strong heat dissipation effect, measured in multiple positions on the C-side, the highest temperature is the middle position of the keyboard, that is, 32.5 ° C; for the feel, it is the state of temperature; the temperature in other positions is very low, basically slightly higher than the room temperature, it can be said that the overall performance is very good.
Then, take a look at how the memory sticks behave. In the TEST SCORE of AIAD64, the memory module read speed was 47097MB/s, write was 34529MB/s, replication was 40084MB/s, and latency was 76ns. This result can be said to be quite good.
Finally, take a look at the actual read and write speed of the hard disk. Measured, the read speed can reach 3602MB/s, and the write can reach 3056MB/s; although there is a certain gap between the write and the official, but this speed is also very fast, which is very helpful for transferring large files.
From the overall hardware configuration to the actual running score, ASUS Lingyao Pro16 is a powerful productivity tool for creators, which can fully meet the operation of various large software in daily work. Below, we will take a look at the actual use experience and effect of asus Lingyao Pro16.
Use | The 16-inch large screen becomes a creative weapon, and the super-large trackpad + DialPad can be detached from the mouse every day
Look at the positioning of asus Lingyao Pro16: the creation book. The article mentions several times that creation + game, this is the primary goal that the product wants to achieve. Therefore, in fact, my experience during this period of use is also tested and shared around these aspects.
After opening the Asus Lingyao Pro16, the moment was really amazing. The 16-inch screen of the Asus Lingyao Pro16 is really domineering, and the viewing area is too large to accommodate more content. Moreover, the ratio of 16:10 is also in line with daily usage habits. Despite the big screen, after a brief fit (from my daily 14-inch laptop to a 16-inch notebook), the 16-inch big screen is suitable for creation!
The screen of asus Lingyao Pro16 is of very high quality. The peak brightness reached 550nits! In addition to the above-mentioned 100% DCI-P3 wide color gamut, it also has Rheinland certified hardware-level anti-blue light, SGS low blue light eye protection certification; and it has been accurately calibrated one by one before leaving the factory; this is very similar to some of the current display products that focus on color display.
In order to better and more intuitively look at the actual display effect of asus Lingyao Pro16, I deliberately compared the display effect with some devices on the desktop under the same screen. Among them, the main color display effect + high brightness with the fish screen; the other notebook that looks small is actually a 14-inch notebook.
From the actual comparison, we can draw conclusions: ASUS Lingyao Pro16 has the highest brightness, much higher than other products; and the color is also the most accurate.
(Editor's note: When I was actually shooting, my metering point was above the Asus Lingyao Pro16, because the brightness was too much higher than other monitors; so, in order to ensure the balance of the overall picture, so the Asus Lingyao Pro16 would sacrifice some color display effects, slightly white).
Then, actually feel the powerful display effect of the Asus Lingyao Pro16.
The colors are full and realistic, and at ultra-high brightness, this screen brings a great visual experience.
The resolution is as high as 4K, so you can see the details of the picture more, especially when creating, the magnification of the picture shows its advantages when processing the details.
The screen of ASUS Lingyao Pro16 supports 1.07 billion colors, I believe that everyone now sees more and more of this definition, and I believe that it will slowly become the standard configuration.
In addition, asus Lingyao Pro16 supports DC dimming, and supports global DC dimming after HDR is turned on, which can be described as all-encompassing in hardware.
In fact, having said all this, for creators, it is possible to obtain a real color display, and with high brightness, even in the outdoors, it can also obtain a clear viewing effect, which can be said to be a real creative weapon.
In addition, the keyboard of asus Lingyao Pro16 supports 3 levels of backlight adjustment, which is convenient for creators to create in low light.
DialPad is a big highlight. The method of opening is very simple, the white logo in the upper right corner can be opened by sliding at any angle. From the top of the appearance, it is two circles. In simple terms, it is actually for the trackpad, adding a knob that can give Adobe software a quick operation, so that creators can use the trackpad directly from the mouse to carry out daily creation.
The function is very powerful, the system level can directly adjust the volume, brightness, adapted to Adobe software can open the brush adjustment, layer enlargement and reduction, restore, switch files and so on.
As you can see in the GIF, the overall function switching is very smooth, and it is easy to use the knob to make a quick and smooth switch in various functions.
Inside the brush, it contains multiple aspects of size, hardness, transparency, smoothness, flow and other aspects of the setting, because it is the design of the knob, so all the settings are seamlessly combined, giving people a very smooth experience.
ASUS Lingyao Pro16 hopes to give creators a faster setting scheme, creators can use shortcut keys + DialPad + 6.1 inch trackpad to achieve daily various operations. Obviously, this unique design was a success. Daily operations, after a short period of adaptation, there is almost no need to use the mouse.
Of course, some of the more detailed operations, such as cutting pictures, feel that the mouse is more accustomed and accurate.
Tough hardware in this, in fact, the video editing process has nothing to explain separately. At present, many bloggers like to fix high-definition 4K videos, so I use asus Lingyao Pro16 to render two identical video files with a video duration of 14min, and export the 1080P version and the 4K version respectively.
Video file: resolution 1920 * 1080, 25fps, size is about 1.55GB; rendering time: 8 minutes and 30 seconds.
Video files: resolution 3840 * 2160, 50fps, size of about 6.65GB; rendering time: 39 minutes.
Then, let's talk about the gaming experience. The test game is a classic game I play on my desktop every day, Tomb Raider Shadow.
The test environment of the two times is basically the same, anti-aliasing is all turned on, the main difference is the resolution, one is hd 4K, one is 1080P.
Under the 4K HD resolution, when you can feel some special effects, there will be some screen lag; the test results, the average frame rate is 21, which is not up to the qualified level of 30.
However, at a resolution of 1080P, the average frame rate can reach 58, which is very satisfactory.
In fact, for a super large game, will take into account the fluency and heat of these factors, most of the daily players, 1080P and 2K is the most commonly used screen settings, Asus Lingyao Pro16 can still be easily played.
Surprise feature: MyASUS 3.0 new notebook butler
Function: All functions are clearly and concisely expressed, and at the same time, the screen can be expanded, the same screen and so on.
This feature is really easy to use. Many functions, such as battery, fan, microphone and even the color style displayed on the screen, can rely on MyASUS 3.0, which is very simple and intuitive to set.
Not only that, but you can also share your screen with each other. You can share the screen of the notebook to the phone, and you can also share the screen of the mobile phone to the notebook.
It's fun to use your phone to control your computer.
The interface of the mobile phone is still relatively convenient to operate.
In addition, you can cast your phone directly onto your laptop.
Moreover, it can also realize file sharing between devices, including but not limited to pictures and various files, which can greatly improve the efficiency of daily use. ASUS is still very careful in the creation of this software.
Finally, a brief introduction to charging and standby.
In terms of charging, 18% of the power was charged in 10 minutes, and 48% of the power was charged in 30 minutes, and it took 75 minutes to fully charge. However, although the charging speed of 120W is very powerful, the measured USB-C interface does not support PD fast charging, which is not a small regret.
The battery life is more complicated, because the correlation with brightness and mode is too large. Measured, editing video (without rendering) at the highest brightness + performance consumes 8% of power in 30 minutes; editing documents under 50% brightness + maximum battery life consumes 5% of power in 30 minutes.
Objectively speaking, daily use can basically meet the needs of 1 day of use, but it is not as long as expected.
Summary | Comprehensive performance is outstanding, comprehensive and comprehensive
Overall, the performance of the Asus Lingyao Pro16 is still very satisfactory. There is no "offbeat" design of some game books, but a focus on business, which is very outstanding in terms of workmanship and details. In addition, whether it is an excellent OLED screen, the hardware configuration of the powerful AMD R9-5900HX+RTX RTX 3050Ti graphics card, which brings excellent performance and power consumption and thermal performance; a complete interface, or a trackpad experience optimized for design creation and unique DialPad functions, all add a lot of color to this notebook.
The article also mentions some small shortcomings of notebooks, such as the A side is easy to stain with sweat, and the size of the arrow key design is small; especially the lack of support for PD fast charging is a flaw.
Flaws do not hide Yu, this is a very good creative notebook product, thank you again Sina crowd test!