Aorus 15 YE5 review: The high-end gaming laptop for money savers

Thanks to its low price alone, the Aorus 15 YE is already an interesting gaming laptop. From the outside, it looks modern and slim — the affordable package even includes Thunderbolt 4 and DDR5. On the inside, in contrast, (strong) last-gen hardware is installed, namely a not-quite high-end Core i5-12500H and the previous Nvidia flagship model RTX 3080 Ti. This all makes the Aorus 15 YE5 one of the strongest gaming laptops you can get for US$1,500.
Despite its CPU and GPU being from the previous generation, the Aorus has to defend itself against current competitors to show whether it can keep up and whether it actually succeeds in giving you good value for your money. Subsequently, we will be pitting it against current laptops with the RTX 4060 or the RTX 4070, such as the Aorus 15 BSF (RTX 4070), Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 (RTX 4060), HP Victus 16 (RTX 4070), HP Omen 16 (RTX 4080) and the much more expensive Dell XPS 15 9530 (RTX 4070).
Possible competitors compared
Rating | Date | Model | Weight | Height | Size | Resolution | Price |
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86.6 % v7 (old) | 12 / 2023 | Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH i5-12500H, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU | 2.3 kg | 27 mm | 15.60" | 2560x1440 | |
85.7 % v7 (old) | 08 / 2023 | Aorus 15 BSF i7-13700H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU | 2.4 kg | 20.9 mm | 15.60" | 2560x1440 | |
85.7 % v7 (old) | 09 / 2023 | Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 i5-13500H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU | 2.3 kg | 29 mm | 15.60" | 1920x1080 | |
85.1 % v7 (old) | 09 / 2023 | HP Victus 16-r0077ng i7-13700H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU | 2.4 kg | 24 mm | 16.10" | 1920x1080 | |
90.3 % v7 (old) | 04 / 2023 | Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 i7-13700H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU | 1.9 kg | 18 mm | 15.60" | 3456x2160 | |
87.4 % v7 (old) | 06 / 2023 | HP Omen 16-wf000 i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU | 2.4 kg | 23.6 mm | 16.10" | 2560x1440 |
Case & connectivity: Modern, but kept to a minimum
Visually, the Aorus looks quite modern and attractive. This is thanks to its matte black, slim-appearing design — although the laptop isn't actually that slim in reality (up to 27 mm). At the same time, it is sleek while still remaining unique, for example, as a result of its structure along the back fan grate and the small, orange colorings which appear there, or its specially designed beveled edges. The silver Aorus logo draws your attention to the top of the device. The lid has a little notch along the front top edge which houses the webcam and speakers – plus, it gives you a really good grip when opening the laptop with one hand.
All sides of the case are made from smooth plastic. This looks great but isn't as resistant to being twisted compared to certain competitors. The keyboard doesn't have any give when you are typing on it, meaning its stability is fine in total.
We didn't open up the Aorus, as the two Torx screws are covered by a sticker and we didn't want to damage these in the interests of our loaner Cyberport.
Connectivity
The Aorus laptop's connectivity options are modern, while also being kept to a minimum. Of the three USB ports, only one is Type-A, which is not quite enough. In turn, one of the two Type-C ports has Thunderbolt 4 support. Aside from a fourth USB connection, the device is also missing an SD card reader, a Kensington lock and a dedicated DisplayPort (2x available via USB-C).
Despite its few ports, they aren't laid out terribly well — the RJ45 port for rigid LAN cables is positioned on the right and toward the front. The space on the back of the Aorus is, as usual, not used. It only accommodates the fan outlets.
WiFi and Webcam
Its WLAN transmission rates are among the highest in the comparison field in both the 6 GHz (WiFi 6E) and 5 GHz networks.
Unfortunately, the device's webcam is still last-gen: It only has a resolution of 720p, its color deviations are quite high and there is no shutter in the Control Center.

Input devices - More than solid, but dark special key labelling
The key layout is very tidy — the keyboard is slightly lowered into the base of the laptop. The arrow keys are also normally sized and there is a numeric keypad directly to the right.
The keys only have a low to medium lift, but they still feel surprisingly comfortable when typing, which is also due to their decent feedback. Their noises when typing are on the quieter side, so they are also suitable for low-noise environments.
The keys' backlighting is capable of various RGB effects, but it cannot be set individually for each key — although these can light up in different colors for certain effects (Rain Drop). Practical: If you press the fn key, all keys that can be combined with fn to create special functions are illuminated. However, only the normal key labels are illuminated (e.g. "F7"), but not their special function ("mute"), leading to the special function of an F key not being recognizable in dark environments.
The sufficiently large touchpad (21.1 x 7.6 cm) is nice and smooth, even if your hands aren't totally dry. The integrated click buttons require quite a lot of force, which means that its pressure point is clear. The clicking noises are moderate.
Display - 1,440p with good color accuracy
The Aorus laptop's matte WQHD display is made by Chi Mei and it was already used in the Asus ROG Zephyrus G15 in 2021. This was a success, so it doesn't seem outdated in 2023 either. Its resolution of 2,560 x 1,440 pixels is just as impressive as its 165-Hz refresh rate, its relatively fast response times and its color space coverage (100% sRGB, 97% Display P3). The screen's brightness and contrast, on the other hand, are average. Alternatively, there is also a Full HD model with a 360-Hz refresh rate.
Less good is the very visible backlight bleeding on the bottom left corner and along the top right edge. However, PWM is not used for brightness control. Its response times are mediocre at best.
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Brightness Distribution: 81 %
Center on Battery: 350 cd/m²
Contrast: 939:1 (Black: 0.38 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 2.27 | 0.5-29.43 Ø4.89, calibrated: 0.61
ΔE Greyscale 3.67 | 0.5-98 Ø5.1
85.9% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
100% sRGB (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
97.7% Display P3 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
Gamma: 2.38
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH Chi Mei CMN1540 (CMN N156KME-GNA), IPS, 2560x1440, 15.6" | Aorus 15 BSF Sharp LQ156T1JW05, IPS, 2560x1440, 15.6" | Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 BOE08B3, IPS, 1920x1080, 15.6" | HP Victus 16-r0077ng CMN162D, IPS, 1920x1080, 16.1" | Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 Samsung 156XG01, OLED, 3456x2160, 15.6" | HP Omen 16-wf000 BOE0B7D, IPS, 2560x1440, 16.1" | |
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Display | 0% | -21% | -18% | 6% | -16% | |
Display P3 Coverage | 97.7 | 98.2 1% | 64 -34% | 66.7 -32% | 99.8 2% | 69 -29% |
sRGB Coverage | 100 | 99.9 0% | 93.2 -7% | 98 -2% | 100 0% | 99.2 -1% |
AdobeRGB 1998 Coverage | 85.9 | 85.7 0% | 66 -23% | 69 -20% | 98.4 15% | 71.2 -17% |
Response Times | 40% | 55% | 30% | 87% | 47% | |
Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80% * | 18.9 ? | 11.3 ? 40% | 5 ? 74% | 13.3 ? 30% | 1.68 ? 91% | 4.6 ? 76% |
Response Time Black / White * | 11.7 ? | 7 ? 40% | 7.55 ? 35% | 8.2 ? 30% | 1.94 ? 83% | 9.7 ? 17% |
PWM Frequency | 239 | |||||
Screen | -34% | -28% | 15% | -36% | 7% | |
Brightness middle | 357 | 299 -16% | 346 -3% | 308 -14% | 389.5 9% | 310.9 -13% |
Brightness | 322 | 282 -12% | 324 1% | 285 -11% | 392 22% | 296 -8% |
Brightness Distribution | 81 | 82 1% | 90 11% | 85 5% | 98 21% | 91 12% |
Black Level * | 0.38 | 0.31 18% | 0.35 8% | 0.25 34% | 0.35 8% | |
Contrast | 939 | 965 3% | 989 5% | 1232 31% | 888 -5% | |
Colorchecker dE 2000 * | 2.27 | 2.24 1% | 4.12 -81% | 1.3 43% | 4.95 -118% | 2.18 4% |
Colorchecker dE 2000 max. * | 4.72 | 4.29 9% | 7.78 -65% | 2.76 42% | 8.65 -83% | 3.58 24% |
Colorchecker dE 2000 calibrated * | 0.61 | 2.62 -330% | 1.22 -100% | 0.92 -51% | 1.53 -151% | 0.52 15% |
Greyscale dE 2000 * | 3.67 | 3 18% | 4.81 -31% | 1.7 54% | 2 46% | 2.8 24% |
Gamma | 2.38 92% | 2.086 105% | 2.31 95% | 2.167 102% | 2.27 97% | 2.18 101% |
CCT | 7899 82% | 6289 103% | 7633 85% | 6767 96% | 6265 104% | 6002 108% |
Total Average (Program / Settings) | 2% /
-16% | 2% /
-15% | 9% /
10% | 19% /
-5% | 13% /
8% |
* ... smaller is better
Ex works, the display doesn't come optimally calibrated but our calibration using the X-Rite Fab measuring device and the Calman software reduces the DeltaE value (significant for (color) deviations) to well below 1 — both for grayscale and colors. Together with its good color space coverage (see last row of images below), the display is also suitable for semi-professional image and video editing.
Display Response Times
↔ Response Time Black to White | ||
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11.7 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 7.2 ms rise | |
↘ 4.5 ms fall | ||
The screen shows good response rates in our tests, but may be too slow for competitive gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.1 (minimum) to 240 (maximum) ms. » 28 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (20.9 ms). | ||
↔ Response Time 50% Grey to 80% Grey | ||
18.9 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 9.4 ms rise | |
↘ 9.5 ms fall | ||
The screen shows good response rates in our tests, but may be too slow for competitive gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.165 (minimum) to 636 (maximum) ms. » 29 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (32.7 ms). |
Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)
Screen flickering / PWM not detected | |||
In comparison: 53 % of all tested devices do not use PWM to dim the display. If PWM was detected, an average of 8619 (minimum: 5 - maximum: 343500) Hz was measured. |
Performance - Last gen still delivers
Last-gen CPU and GPU power the system. The older Core i5-12500H has access to 16 GB of modern DDR5 4800 RAM and a 1-TB NVMe SSD from Gigabyte. Together with its RTX 3080 Ti, the Aorus 15 YE5 can definitely be classed as a high-end gamer — despite its last generation and mid-range CPU.
Testing conditions
Ex works, the laptop didn't come preinstalled with a Control Center — it should or can be downloaded from the Gigabyte support website if needed.
The Gigabyte Control Center contains lots of important settings that control performance, keyboard backlighting and SSD. The menu could do with being a little better structured, as the home screen doesn't seem to display any useful information — you are supposed to first select either the laptop itself or the SSD for more information. However, you can do the same in the relevant menus, which is why the home screen in particular seems nonsensical. We also missed the option to switch GPUs.
Otherwise, there are performance modes as well as fan curves, a separately adjustable performance mode and various other options. We used the gaming mode for our benchmarks. When using the even more powerful turbo mode, the fans always run at full speed.
A word about its standby mode: With Aorus (including the Aorus 15G), it seems to be common for the laptop to switch to standby as soon as the laptop lid is closed slightly. This is extremely annoying, for example, if you are using an external monitor and would like to fold the laptop lid forward slightly. However, the system switches off at around 40 to 45 degrees, which is really far too early and it gets on your nerves. A laptop should only switch off when it is actually closed and not halfway there.
Processor
The laptop features an Alder Lake CPU — the Core i5-12500H — with 4 P and 8 E cores. This adds up to 8 cores and 16 threads in total. The old upper mid-range CPU has saved the manufacturer money.
During the Cinebench R15 Loop, its performance sank a little within the first two runs, then remained stable.
Throughout all CPU tests, it became clear that Gen 13 offers a significant (but not enormous) speed advantage over Gen 12.
The Captiva with an i5-13500H came about 13 per cent ahead. The other competitors with the better i7-13700H ranged from being a low 8 per cent better (HP Victus) to a noticeable 22 per cent better (Aorus 15 BSF).
Cinebench R15 | Multi-thread score (1st run) | CPU power consumption in watts |
---|---|---|
AI Boost | 2,277 | 85 |
Turbo | 2,283 | 85 |
Gaming | 2,283 | 85, drops to 55 |
Creator | 2,239 | 85 |
Meeting | 836 | 30, drops quickly to 15 |
Power Saver | 724 | 30, drops to 15 |
Battery | 1,670 | 45 |
Cinebench R15 Multi continuous test
Cinebench R23: Multi Core | Single Core
Cinebench R20: CPU (Multi Core) | CPU (Single Core)
Cinebench R15: CPU Multi 64Bit | CPU Single 64Bit
Blender: v2.79 BMW27 CPU
7-Zip 18.03: 7z b 4 | 7z b 4 -mmt1
Geekbench 5.5: Multi-Core | Single-Core
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2: 4k Preset
LibreOffice : 20 Documents To PDF
R Benchmark 2.5: Overall mean
CPU Performance Rating | |
Average of class Gaming | |
HP Omen 16-wf000 -1! | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H |
Cinebench R23 / Multi Core | |
Average of class Gaming (5668 - 36249, n=168, last 2 years) | |
HP Omen 16-wf000 | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H (11330 - 14686, n=9) |
Cinebench R23 / Single Core | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
Average of class Gaming (1136 - 2235, n=168, last 2 years) | |
HP Omen 16-wf000 | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H (1558 - 1701, n=9) |
Cinebench R20 / CPU (Multi Core) | |
Average of class Gaming (2179 - 13832, n=168, last 2 years) | |
HP Omen 16-wf000 | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H (4687 - 5640, n=9) | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH |
Cinebench R20 / CPU (Single Core) | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
Average of class Gaming (439 - 856, n=168, last 2 years) | |
HP Omen 16-wf000 | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H (602 - 656, n=9) |
Cinebench R15 / CPU Multi 64Bit | |
Average of class Gaming (905 - 5663, n=174, last 2 years) | |
HP Omen 16-wf000 | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H (1970 - 2283, n=10) |
Cinebench R15 / CPU Single 64Bit | |
Average of class Gaming (191.9 - 318, n=171, last 2 years) | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 | |
HP Omen 16-wf000 | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H (220 - 250, n=9) |
Blender / v2.79 BMW27 CPU | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H (223 - 288, n=9) | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 | |
Average of class Gaming (87 - 555, n=163, last 2 years) |
7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 | |
Average of class Gaming (23795 - 140932, n=167, last 2 years) | |
HP Omen 16-wf000 | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H (44105 - 54380, n=9) |
7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 -mmt1 | |
Average of class Gaming (4199 - 7581, n=167, last 2 years) | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 | |
HP Omen 16-wf000 | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H (5151 - 5563, n=9) |
Geekbench 5.5 / Multi-Core | |
HP Omen 16-wf000 | |
Average of class Gaming (4557 - 23194, n=167, last 2 years) | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H (7962 - 10828, n=9) |
Geekbench 5.5 / Single-Core | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 | |
Average of class Gaming (986 - 2210, n=167, last 2 years) | |
HP Omen 16-wf000 | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H (1471 - 1693, n=9) |
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 / 4k Preset | |
Average of class Gaming (6.72 - 38.9, n=167, last 2 years) | |
HP Omen 16-wf000 | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H (12 - 16.6, n=9) |
LibreOffice / 20 Documents To PDF | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H (40.1 - 58.5, n=9) | |
Average of class Gaming (19 - 96.6, n=164, last 2 years) | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
HP Omen 16-wf000 | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 |
R Benchmark 2.5 / Overall mean | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H (0.4748 - 0.535, n=9) | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 | |
HP Omen 16-wf000 | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 | |
Average of class Gaming (0.3609 - 0.759, n=168, last 2 years) |
* ... smaller is better
AIDA64: FP32 Ray-Trace | FPU Julia | CPU SHA3 | CPU Queen | FPU SinJulia | FPU Mandel | CPU AES | CPU ZLib | FP64 Ray-Trace | CPU PhotoWorxx
Performance Rating | |
Average of class Gaming | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H |
AIDA64 / FP32 Ray-Trace | |
Average of class Gaming (4986 - 60169, n=164, last 2 years) | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H (6851 - 13947, n=9) |
AIDA64 / FPU Julia | |
Average of class Gaming (25360 - 252486, n=164, last 2 years) | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H (29874 - 68178, n=9) |
AIDA64 / CPU SHA3 | |
Average of class Gaming (1339 - 10389, n=164, last 2 years) | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H (2287 - 3337, n=9) |
AIDA64 / CPU Queen | |
Average of class Gaming (50699 - 200651, n=164, last 2 years) | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H (77935 - 80703, n=9) |
AIDA64 / FPU SinJulia | |
Average of class Gaming (4800 - 32988, n=164, last 2 years) | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H (6590 - 7431, n=9) |
AIDA64 / FPU Mandel | |
Average of class Gaming (12321 - 134044, n=164, last 2 years) | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H (18252 - 34041, n=9) |
AIDA64 / CPU AES | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
Average of class Gaming (19065 - 328679, n=164, last 2 years) | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H (50298 - 111567, n=9) | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 |
AIDA64 / CPU ZLib | |
Average of class Gaming (373 - 2409, n=164, last 2 years) | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H (746 - 924, n=9) |
AIDA64 / FP64 Ray-Trace | |
Average of class Gaming (2540 - 31796, n=164, last 2 years) | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H (3848 - 7405, n=9) |
AIDA64 / CPU PhotoWorxx | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 | |
Average of class Gaming (10805 - 60161, n=164, last 2 years) | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H (13686 - 43813, n=9) | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 |
System performance
CrossMark: Overall | Productivity | Creativity | Responsiveness
WebXPRT 3: Overall
WebXPRT 4: Overall
Mozilla Kraken 1.1: Total
PCMark 10 / Score | |
Average of class Gaming (5776 - 9852, n=151, last 2 years) | |
HP Omen 16-wf000 | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU () |
PCMark 10 / Essentials | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
Average of class Gaming (9057 - 12600, n=151, last 2 years) | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
HP Omen 16-wf000 | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU () |
PCMark 10 / Productivity | |
Average of class Gaming (6662 - 14612, n=151, last 2 years) | |
HP Omen 16-wf000 | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU () | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 |
PCMark 10 / Digital Content Creation | |
HP Omen 16-wf000 | |
Average of class Gaming (6807 - 18475, n=151, last 2 years) | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU () |
CrossMark / Overall | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
Average of class Gaming (1247 - 2344, n=131, last 2 years) | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 | |
HP Omen 16-wf000 | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU () |
CrossMark / Productivity | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
Average of class Gaming (1299 - 2204, n=131, last 2 years) | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU () | |
HP Omen 16-wf000 |
CrossMark / Creativity | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
Average of class Gaming (1275 - 2660, n=131, last 2 years) | |
HP Omen 16-wf000 | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU () | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 |
CrossMark / Responsiveness | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
Average of class Gaming (1030 - 2330, n=131, last 2 years) | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU () | |
HP Omen 16-wf000 |
WebXPRT 3 / Overall | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
Average of class Gaming (215 - 480, n=142, last 2 years) | |
HP Omen 16-wf000 | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU () |
WebXPRT 4 / Overall | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
HP Omen 16-wf000 | |
Average of class Gaming (176.4 - 328, n=131, last 2 years) | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU () | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 |
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 / Total | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU () | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 | |
HP Omen 16-wf000 | |
Average of class Gaming (421 - 674, n=156, last 2 years) | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 | |
Aorus 15 BSF |
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PCMark 10 Score | 6883 points | |
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AIDA64 / Memory Copy | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 | |
Average of class Gaming (21842 - 94222, n=164, last 2 years) | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H (23850 - 66598, n=9) | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 |
AIDA64 / Memory Read | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
Average of class Gaming (23681 - 99713, n=164, last 2 years) | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H (24879 - 68013, n=9) | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 |
AIDA64 / Memory Write | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
Average of class Gaming (22986 - 108954, n=164, last 2 years) | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H (23543 - 58797, n=9) | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 |
AIDA64 / Memory Latency | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
Average Intel Core i5-12500H (83.8 - 114.7, n=9) | |
Average of class Gaming (59.5 - 259, n=164, last 2 years) | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 |
* ... smaller is better
DPC latency
As the Control Center doesn't offer a balanced mode, we tested the laptop using the meeting and creator modes. The former showed some latency issues when opening multiple browser tabs — these became even higher during the 4K/60-fps YouTube video, resulting in eight dropped frames.
If you think that this might change using the more powerful creator mode, then you are unfortunately wrong. We already noted increased latencies when opening the browser. On the other hand, the video ran with only one dropped frame.
DPC Latencies / LatencyMon - interrupt to process latency (max), Web, Youtube, Prime95 | |
HP Omen 16-wf000 | |
Aorus 15 YE5-54DEB34SH | |
HP Victus 16-r0077ng | |
Aorus 15 BSF | |
Dell XPS 15 9530 RTX 4070 | |
Captiva Advanced Gaming I74-121 |
* ... smaller is better
Storage devices
The installed Gigabyte AG470S1TB-SI B10 with 1 TB storage is a fast high-end PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD. In our SSD best list, it currently occupies position 3, which is excellent.
Within the Aorus 15 YE5, it may not be able to make use of its full potential (coming in 12 per cent behind the reference model), however, it is still faster than its competitors' SSDs. The only exception to this is the current-gen Aorus 15. It makes use of the same SSD but it is 28 per cent faster. Even so, our test sample's performance is still great and above all else, it remained constant and showed no throttling issues during continuous use.