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ASUS VivoBook 15 A516JA 15.6 inch Full HD Laptop (Intel core i3, 4GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Windows 10 with free upgrade to Windows 11)

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We also run a custom Adobe Photoshop image-editing benchmark. Using an early 2018 release of the Creative Cloud version of Photoshop, we apply a series of 10 complex filters and effects to a standard JPEG test image, timing each operation and adding up the total. As with Handbrake, lower times are better here.

Similarly to the media tests, these laptops are not meant for 3D tasks or gaming, boasting only the graphics chip integrated into the processor. I recently performed some extensive game testing of integrated graphics, and learned that all hope for gaming on such systems is not lost. However, that doesn’t quite apply to this group of budget-friendly laptops: Integrated graphics can get by when paired with a good processor and plenty of RAM, but these laptops are not providing much of that support, leaving the weak chips to do a lot of lifting on their own. Other than the simplest games, don’t expect to play much on these systems. Battery Rundown Test The first is brand. Looking at the brand of the product is often a really good indicator for judging product quality. For example you’d expect a much higher quality product from a brand known for providing excellent quality than you would from an unknown or even a budget brand. Where the G14 does raise its voice a tad is with the Matrix LED lid. Those pinhole dots, on certain models, are hiding LEDs which can be programmed to display a pattern or message. It’s far from the best part of this device but speaks to the way it can appeal to different corners of the portable gaming market. Price is another really important factor for analysing the quality of ASUS VivoBook 15 15.6 Inch Ryzen 5 8GB 256GB FHD Laptop vs other products in the Laptops and netbooks category. It’s obvious, but you will need to set your expectations of quality based on your budget and the price of the product you’re looking at, against the price of alternatives.Just before we get into the detail of analysing the price of this product, we want to briefly highlight the importance of setting yourself a budget before you spend too much time shopping around for a suitable product. It’s all too often that we get carried away when shopping and find ourselves buying a fantastic product, but probably actually overdelivers on what we need and therefore costs a lot more than we should have spent. So spend a bit of time looking around at the sort of price you can expect to pay for products in the Laptops and netbooks category and use that alongside your own financial situation to set yourself a budget. If the brand you buy is important to you, our best advice is to spend some time writing up your own list of ideal brands. That way when you come to the point where you’re comparing product options you can filter to only show the products from brands in your list.

So let’s carry on with our ASUS VivoBook 15 15.6 Inch Ryzen 5 8GB 256GB FHD Laptop review and explore the product’s pricing.

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Whether for work or play, ASUS Laptop A516 is the entry-level laptop that delivers powerful performance and immersive visuals. Its NanoEdge display boasts wide 178° viewing angles and a matte anti-glare coating for a truly engaging experience. Inside, it's powered by an Intel® Pentium® Silver N5030 processor with 8GB RAM. A 256GB SSD gives you access tp fast data read / write speeds. Anda yang tak butuh mendengarkan music lewat Bluetooth bisa memanfaatkan speaker SonicMaster pada laptop ini. Dan menurut kami, suaranya memang tidak terlalu kencang dan biasa saja. Tapi cukup lah, untuk hiburan sehari-hari. Now onto the physical protection. ASUS designed the ASUS Laptop A416 and A516 with metal supports under the keyboard to provide a more sturdy typing experience. The laptop’s lid are also reinforced along the sides, to provide structural support for the lid, the display panel and the hinge joint, all of which are critical moving parts in your laptop. Flexible for your needs The NanoEdge display gives ASUS Laptop A516 a vast screen area for an immersive viewing experience for work and play. Its wide-view FHD panel features an anti-glare coating to reduce unwanted distractions from irritating glare and reflections, so you can truly focus on what's in front of you. After fully recharging the laptop, we set up the machine in power-save mode (as opposed to balanced or high-performance mode) where available and make a few other battery-conserving tweaks in preparation for our unplugged video rundown test. (We also turn Wi-Fi off, putting the laptop in airplane mode.) In this test, we loop a video—a locally stored 720p file of the same Tears of Steel short we use in our Handbrake test—with screen brightness set at 50% and volume at 100% until the system quits.

Cinebench is often a good predictor of our Handbrake video editing trial, another tough, threaded workout that's highly CPU-dependent and scales well with cores and threads. In it, we put a stopwatch on test systems as they transcode a standard 12-minute clip of 4K video (the open-source Blender demo movie Tears of Steel) to a 1080p MP4 file. It's a timed test, and lower results are better. Our model came kitted out with a 13th-generation Intel Core i7 processor as well as an Intel Arc A350M graphics card. In day-to-day use, this laptop impressed us with its productivity performance and never faltered even under intensive workloads. It can conceivably run some slow-demand games and could handle light creative work, although you would do better looking towards the Asus Vivobook Pro 16X OLED (2023) or Asus ROG Flow Z13 if you’re after raw power. ASUS also using lithium-polymer batteries which offers up to 3x more durable than standard lithium-ion batteries. The included 65W fast charging power adapter let you charge your flat battery up to 60% in just 49 minutes. Link to MyASUS

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The next step was to try and narrow down our search even more. So we’ve already looked the prices of products in the Laptops and netbooks category. Then we’ve also looked at the prices of products from Asus. So this step combines the two and looks specifically at the price you’d expect to pay for Asus branded products in the Laptops and netbooks category. To determine if it’s potent enough for everyday tasks and some light work, we put the VivoBook through our usual set of benchmark tests. Below are the names and specs of the competition we’ll be measuring its results against. The battery life results are more positive than the other benchmark tests on the whole, with some solid run times here. The VivoBook 15 can roughly last through a work day off the charger (this will vary somewhat depending on use case), so it’s hard to complain much about that. You can step away from the outlet or travel with this system without keeping a constant eye on the remaining juice, which is about all you can ask. Dengan 3 tingkat kecerahan, Anda bisa bekerja meskipun di ruangan gelap gulita. Dan buat yang butuh entri data, ada juga numpad yang sangat berguna.

Asus makes a fantastic range of laptops, from ultra-portable notebooks to hybrid gaming machines. But what is the best Asus laptop for you?

You can’t ignore the display on the Asus Zenbook 14 Flip OLED (2023). The 14-inch 2880 x 1800 panel brings stellar colour accuracy to the party and there’s a 90Hz refresh rate for smooth scrolling. The OLED tech means brightness is abundant, at 550nits in HDR mode. Being a 2-in-1, this device is perfect for watching your favourite movies or latest Netflix binge. Long story short, these are not machines that you want to use for editing media within the confines of any professional or even hobbyist needs. Save it for some easy photo touch-ups and very short video clips when necessary. Graphics Tests Whether for work or play, ASUS A516 is the entry-level laptop that delivers powerful performance and immersive visuals. Its NanoEdge display boasts wide 178° viewing angles and a matte anti-glare coating for a truly engaging experience. Inside, it’s powered by up to an Intel® Core™ i7 processor with 16 GB 2400 MHz RAM, and features NVIDIA® GeForce® MX330. A dual-storage design with up to a 1 TB PCIe® SSD and a 1 TB HDD gives you the perfect combination of large storage capacity and fast data read / write speeds. There’s also Intel® Optane™ memory support1 to help speed things up even more. Specifications:

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