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Thursday, June 13, 2013

Review Asus Zenbook UX32VD Ultrabook

Processor
i5-3317U ULV CPU (3rd gen) roughly matched the performance of standard Sandy Bridge (2nd gen) Core i5-2410M and Core i5-2430M processors.

In comparison to Sandy Bridge (2nd gen) ULV processors, the i5-3317U matched the performance of the Core i7-2637M in the Dell XPS 13.

i5-3317U even outperformed as it reached the performance level of the Core i5-2557M processor used in the UX31E.

notes: comparison of the new Ivy Bridge processors

System Performance

In PCMark Vantage, our test configuration with the 3317U CPU, active GT 620M GPU, and conventional 320 GB hard disk scored 6129 points.

Notebooks scoring in this range include office notebooks like the Dell Latitude E6220 (2540M / HD 3000), the HP Pavilion G6 (2410M / HD 3000), and Apple's 2011 MacBook Pro 13 (2620M / HD 3000).

Gaming Performance

We could fluidly play the less demanding FIFA 12 at the maximum native Full-HD resolution and using high detail settings.

This is not the case for Anno 2070, a heavy weight in terms of hardware requirements in spite of the leisurely pace of gameplay. At a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels and using medium detail settings, the UX32VD still managed a fluid frame rate. Using a high detail setting at the same resolution dropped the frame rate noticeably to roughly 20 fps. With minor adjustments, this is still playable.

Last but not least, we took a look at Diablo 3. Similar to Anno 2070, medium to high detail settings can be played fluidly (流暢) at a resolution of 1366 x 768

	low	med.	high	ultra
Fifa 12 (2011)	288.53	160.76	113.36	65.82	fps
Anno 2070 (2011)	81.58	35.41	20.73	9.87	fps
Diablo III (2012)	88.94	48.67	29.12	21.12	fp

Battery Life

With maximum brightness, active radios, and using the 'High Performance' power profile, we measured a runtime of 161 minutes or roughly 2.5 hours

Wi-Fi surf test : roughly 5 hours of runtime

Battery runtime