The first monster equipped with the GTX 1070! Player country G752VS detailed assessment

Change your desktop computer! The ROG G752VS, the latest gaming notebook of the player kingdom, has been greatly improved in performance and equipped with the new GeForce GTX 1070 GPU based on the Pascal architecture, becoming the first notebook computer to use the image processor if you buy it. It is estimated that you are not far from the days of dropping the desktop.

ASUS's ROG series is a notebook for high-end consumers and game enthusiasts. This series of computers is almost synonymous with performance. G752VY (previous product of G752VS) ranks fourth in the top ten gaming notebooks on our website. It seems that Asus is still trying to get a bit more awkward. In appearance, you may not see much difference with the previous generation of products. , is still familiar with ASUS family style design.

Looking at the hardware parameters, we first glance at seemingly small but significant changes that tell us that this laptop is probably one of the most powerful computers you can currently buy in the market. The ROG G752VS is equipped with a powerful Intel Core i7-6820HK processor that supports up to 64GB of DDR4 memory. The system is installed on a 512GB NVMe SSD. The operation speed is very fast. Well, the biggest change is its GPU. The G752VS is equipped with a GeForce GTX 1070 graphics processor and is based on the Pascal architecture. This was released three months ago. The new architecture was specifically designed for desktop computers. Now it is tucked into this notebook. In fact, we just want to Say, this GTX 1070 is better than the GTX 980 × many!

List of parameters

Processor: Intel Core i7-6820HK 2.7GHz processor

GPU: GeForce GTX 1070, 4GB DDR5 Memory

Memory: 64GB, 4 16GB DDR4-2400 SO-DIMMs, 4 slots total

Screen: 17.3 inches 1920 x 1080 resolution screen, 127ppi, screen panel adopts LG Philips LP173WF4-SPF3 (LGD04E8)

Motherboard: Intel CM236 (Skylake PCH-H)

Storage: Toshiba NVMe THNSN5512GPU7 512GB SSD + Hitachi Travelstar 7K1000 HTS721010A9E630 1TB@7200 mechanical hard drive, 2 x M.2 Type 2280 slot, 1 x 2.5 inch hard disk slot

Expandability: 4 x USB 3.0, 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Thunderbolt Interface, 1 x HDMI Interface, 1 x DisplayPort Interface, Microphone Interface, Audio Interface, Microphone, SD Card Reader, Computer Lock

Optical drive: Hitachi LG DVD drive

Size: 51 x 428 x 333mm

Weight: 4.51kg, power adapter 780g

Battery: 8-core 90 Wh lithium-ion battery

System: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

Camera: 720P


Exterior

Just looking from the outside, there isn't much to say, because almost like its predecessor, our test case was made of a combination of silver and gold and used in the keyboard and wrist support area. The material that is relatively smooth and comfortable to touch feels comfortable and has a very high feeling. The body is very solid, firm and delicate. We are very satisfied with it.

The main material of the G752VS body is made of metal and plastic. The Logo of the Promiscuous Eye is embedded in two eye-catching red lines, and this Logo can emit light. The material of the A side is aluminum alloy, very hard and firm, and we tested it. The toughness of the shell is still very good, but it seems to be a bit too heavy, but given its strong performance, it needs a very good cooling system, so such a large body size, also love It is excusable.

The hinges are strong enough to hold the screen well at any angle. There is a small lid under the fuselage that can be easily opened by unscrewing the screws. It has a 2.5-inch mechanical hard drive, memory card slot, and NVMe SSD. At the bottom of the fuselage, you can also see a transparent plastic bottom shell. You can see the inside of the cooling fan through this plastic. Asustek claims this technology is "vacuum cavity heat plate cooling," which can achieve higher The cooling efficiency. Although you can see where the fan is, you can't touch it. If you want to clean the fan, you have to remove the entire housing and it's very troublesome to disassemble it. Like other ROG series computers, this area of ​​the keyboard surface is very easy to stick fingerprints. We do not like this. After a long time, you will find that the computer often has a bunch of fingerprints on it.

Next, let's recharge our faith (painting cakes for hunger:-D)

(The back of the fuselage, vents)

(various interfaces)

(front Photo)

(Although few people use optical drives now, but just in case, it's okay to watch DVD movies.)

(After unscrewing a few screws you can see the memory slot, 2.5-inch mechanical drive bay, and NVMe SSD)

(Yes, this is Asus.)

(Transparent plastic vacuum chamber heat plate heat)


interface

Like its predecessor, it has a large number of interfaces, four full-size USB 3.0 interfaces, but for some people, this may not be enough. There are seven USB 3.0 interfaces on MSI's GT72VR.

The layout of the body interface is very good, each interface is very large, not very crowded, no need to worry about external devices such as tangled together, the video output has HDMI 2.0 interface, mini-DisplayPort 1.3 As well as WiDi (Wireless HD Technology), we also use it to run 4K resolution game points during the game, basically no pear.

(On the left side of the fuselage: computer lock, 2 x USB3.0, optical drive, SD card reader )

(On the right side of the fuselage: headphone jack, microphone jack, line input, USB 3.1 Type-C Thunderbolt 3, 2 x USB3.0, mini-DisplayPort connector, HDMI connector, Ethernet connector, power connector)

(Back of the fuselage: cooling vents)

(Front fuselage: wood interface)

The SD card reader is located next to the optical drive on the left side of the fuselage and basically supports all common SD card formats such as SD, SDHC, and SDXC. We used a Toshiba Exceria Pro SDXC 64GB card for testing. This test is a copy of 250. JPG document to the hard disk, we got the test result is 76MB/s, next we use the AS SSD tool to carry on the continuous reading test, this machine's result is 86MB/s, this achievement can only say is the intermediate level, Some competitors at the same level perform better than it does.

The ASUS G752VS uses Intel's 8260 AC wireless card, 802.11 ac dual-channel. The theoretical transmission speed of the wireless card is 867 Mbit/s. In our test, the machine's transmission speed is 465 Mbit/s, and the receiving speed is At 566 Mbit/s, this score is not particularly good compared to the MSI GT62VR. And the latter supports a 1000 Mbit/s Ethernet interface.

The ASUS G752VS supports the Trusted Security Platform Module 2.0 (TPM 2.0), a hardware-level security feature for decoding keys used for generation, storage, and authentication purposes. In terms of equipment safety, there is also a computer lock available. After all, it is not good to lose this expensive game book.

A small Phillips screwdriver can open the shell at the bottom of the fuselage, and when opened, you can see the M.2 SSD slot, 2.5-inch HDD slot, and small dual in-line memory module. If you want to disassemble the computer to see other components of the computer such as CPU, GPU, WiFi module, battery, and the second set of memory, it is a bit inconvenient, had to open a lot of screws to get it fixed, very troublesome, this is almost For all ROG series, ASUS may be intentional, but many other manufacturers have designed their notebooks to be easily DIY.


Keyboard & Touchpad

At first glance, the G752VS's keyboard feels no change in appearance compared with its predecessor. The area of ​​each button is large, and there are 3mm gaps between keys, 2.5mm keystrokes, keys The surface is matt, there is a very high-end feeling, the workmanship is very exquisite, and the backlight system is 3 adjustable red backlight. The G752VS's keyboard is built on the no-rush 30-key technology, which ensures that the keyboard accurately reads every click you make, no matter how fast you type. There are also five macro keys and a shortcut selection key at the top of the keyboard. After pressing the shortcut key, you can quickly jump to XSplit Gamecaster to record game video.

(normal status)

(turns on the backlight)

The touchpad has an area of ​​12 x 6.8cm. It is very easy to use and provides precise finger tracking. You can also perform some gesture settings on the touchpad in the Software Smart Gesture. Up to 4 fingers can be touched. There are two buttons below the touchpad, pressing the feedback sound is very small, the key process is also similar to the keyboard.

(Touchpad and buttons, there are several lights below)


screen

The machine in our hands has a 1080P Full HD IPS screen, provided by LG (LP173WF4-SPF3), with a good screen look and light reflection. At the time of purchase, the G752VS is available in 3 screen sizes, 2 1080P models, 75Hz and 120Hz, and a 4K resolution (60Hz). All three screen models support G-Sync. This is a 17-inch 1080P in our hands. The resolution of the screen ppi is 127.

(sub-pixel arrangement)

(Viewing angle)

This LG screen also performs well in terms of brightness (317 cd/m2) and has a 1093:1 contrast ratio. However, the machine we tested had light leakage at the edges, but there was no screen flicker problem.

(There is light leakage phenomenon)

The display of the screen is very good, but it is also normal, after all, a computer so expensive, 1093:1 contrast ratio and the lowest brightness of 0.3cd/m2, a typical IPS screen, sRGB color gamut of 85%, and AdobeRGB color The domain is 56%, which is not very good for professional users who process images. The viewing angle is a big advantage of the IPS panel. You can see that the screen is not too distorted at any viewing angle. At the same time, there is no problem in outdoor use. The light reflection phenomenon is not serious and the brightness is high. Can handle the use of various scenarios.

(Outdoor use)


performance

Needless to say, the performance of the G752VS is certainly very strong. It is equipped with an i7-6820HK processor. It handles all sorts of tasks without any pear, 64 GB DDR4 memory, which is sufficient for most users. Game enthusiasts don't have to worry too much about it. The G752VS and Core i7-6700HQ are available in configurations, but it only supports DDR4-2133 MHz, while the Core i7-6820HK supports DDR4-2400 MHz.

With such a powerful processor and the GeForce GTX 1070, playing 4K games is smooth. In addition, NVMe-SSD is also equipped, and the system runs smoothly and quickly. It takes only a few seconds to boot.

processor

The Core i7-6820HK is a quad-core processor based on the Intel Skylake architecture and has Hyper-Threading technology that can handle 8 simultaneous threads. The 14-nm processor is clocked at 2.7GHz and can be turbo-cored to one of the cores to 3.6GHz and the other two cores to 3.4GHz, or four cores to 3.2GHz. And Asus allows you to set the setting to "Extreme" mode in the ROG Game Center, so that you can turbo-core to 3.8GHz, if you think this is not enough, do not be afraid, you can also tune into "Manual" mode, then you can Rui Frequently used to 4.0GHz, absolutely enough! However, if a critical point is reached at full load, the main frequency of the CPU will be reduced.

We tested this 17-inch machine with PCMark 8, and it proved to be very good. The NVMe SSD was equipped with a quad-core CPU and a cow × GPU. The whole system was running smoothly and it was almost impossible to use it. Seconds can be.

Let's look at a set of performance tests

(Cinebench R15 single core)

(Cinebench R15 Multicore)

(Cinebench R11.5 single-core)

(Cinebench R11.5 Multicore)

(JetStream)

(The lower the value of Mozilla Kraken, the better)

(PCMark 8 "Work" Test)

(PCMark 8 "creation" test)

(PCMark 8 "Home" Test)

storage

The ASUS G752VS storage device is a combination of SSD and HDD. The operating system is pre-installed on the M.2 SSD. This is a SSD from Toshiba (NVMe THNSN5512GPU7) with a capacity of 512GB. We used CrystalDiskMark to do this. Tests, continuous reading and writing performance were 1700MB/s and 1300MB/s, respectively. The 2.5-inch mechanical hard disk comes from Hitachi. It has a hard disk capacity of 7200 rpm and we have also tested it with CrystalDiskMark. The results of continuous reading and writing are 144MB/s and 134MB/s, respectively. It is still good.

(Solid State Drive Test)

(mechanical hard disk test)


Video card

Now let's take a look at the biggest change in this machine compared to its predecessors, that is, its GPU, the G752VS is equipped with a Pascal-based GPU, GTX 1070, and the suffix no longer has the letter "M" (mobile version). But a desktop-class graphics card.

The core frequency of this desktop-class (2048 stream processors) GTX 1070 is 1506-1683 MHz, not the mobile version of 1443-1645 MHz, which is 7% higher than the mobile version of the GTX 1070m (1920 stream processors) . In the Asus G752VS, when you tune into "Extreme" mode in the ROG Game Center, not only will the CPU be clocked, but in our tests, the GPU can also be overclocked to 1493-1695 MHz and the memory will be overclocked. 4150MHz (standard value: 4000MHz).

Let's take a look at a set of GPU performance tests

(3DMark Ice Storm)

(3DMark Ice Storm Unlitmited)

(3DMark Ice Extreme)

(3DMark Cloud Gate)

(3DMark Sky Diver)

Don't bother to know that the GeForce GTX 1070 will certainly perform well in games. This Pascal-based GPU can run almost all 4K games smoothly, and the effects are high enough to be “high”. You can turn it on when playing 1080P games. All effects and anti-aliasing are also no pears.

Let’s look at a set of game tests

(BioShock: Unlimited, 1080P resolution, high-efficiency, DX11)

(Boyfriend 4,2160P High Effect & 1080P Super Special Effects)

(GTA 5, 2160P resolution, AA: FX, AF: 8x)

(Sorcerer 3, 2160P & 1080P resolution)

(Tomb Raider: Rise, 2160P resolution, high effect, AA: FX AF: 4x & 1080P resolution, super special effects, AA: FX AF: 16x)

(Far Cry: The original killing, 2160P resolution, high effects, AA: SM & 1080P resolution super special effects AA: SM)


Life & Heat

Usual use, we found that the G752VS's fever situation is a little bit serious, but it is not a big problem, after all, the configuration is placed there in several places on the surface of the fuselage will exceed 40 °C. Under extreme testing (at least one hour with Furmark and Prime95), we detected that the CPU's maximum temperature was 96°C (average 80°C). After further ran for a while, the Core i7-6820HK turned off the Turbo function. To 2.7GHz.

When the GPU's core frequency reaches 1300 MHz, its temperature has reached 74°C. After running the extreme test, we run 3DMark 11 and the score is reduced by 600 points. This score is not very low, so even if you During long game play, the GPU's performance will not be reduced due to overheating.

(Full-load operation, left: front of fuselage, right: back of fuselage)

(idle state, left: front of fuselage, right: back of fuselage)

The G752VS has a 90Wh lithium-ion battery. The battery can be easily disassembled, but its battery life is more general. In full load, you only have to use a power supply for about 1.5 hours. When conducting our WiFi test (connecting to a WiFi browsing webpage until shutdown), its battery life is about 3.5 hours. After full power, the G752VS can probably watch one or two high-definition videos. It is also possible to play games.

Life test

Idle (WiFi not connected, medium brightness): 5 hours 11 minutes

WiFi Internet: 3 hours 30 minutes

Watch "The Dream of the Elephant", H.264, 1080P: 3 hours, 6 minutes

Full load (maximum brightness): 1 hour 24 minutes


to sum up

Asustek’s high-end gaming laptop has a great overall performance. I believe that many game enthusiasts will love it. Pascal-based GPUs can be said to create a new era for gaming notebooks. Compared with previous generations, performance is better. Much more than they, and not two points!

Nvidia's GeForce GTX 1070 is the second most powerful GPU you can currently buy. The GTX 1080 is the only one that is faster than it (see it digitally: -D) and Asus also has the same extremely fast Intel for the G752VS. Core i7-6820HK processor, plus 64GB DDR4 memory, it is your only computer at home, enough!

Such a powerful performance, with the vacuum chamber heat plate cooling technology, can control its temperature, although you can still hear the computer noise, but this is a normal phenomenon. By the way, if you want to buy it, be mentally prepared, this is a device that weighs 4.5kg. It's not a lightweight portable laptop:-D

Bonus point

能够 Easy removal of SSDs and 2.5-inch mechanical hard drives

广 Wide viewing angle screen and support for G-Sync

√ USB 3.1 Type-C Thunderbolt 3 Interface

坚 Solid workmanship

噪音 Noise during system operation is not large

轻松 Effortlessly deal with 4K movies and games

扬声器 Loudspeakers perform well

接口 Rich interface

拥有 Has a macro key

√ 64GB memory

Negative point

× The body shell is easily contaminated with fingerprints

× The fan part is difficult to dismantle

× Battery life is a little bit of slag

× Mrs. wife is heavy

Graphic translation from NotebookCheck