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MagyarAsus ROG Zephyrus M16 (2023) laptop review: RTX 4090 with a super bright, Mini-LED display
As one of the last examples of the "old" CPU/GPU generation, we recently reviewed the ROG Zephyrus M16 which came equipped with a Core i9-12900H and an RTX 3070 Ti. But now, a changing of the guard has come in the shape of the M16, this time with a Core i9-13900H and an RTX 4090 packed inside an "AniMe Matrix" case. The latter has changed slightly, as the matrix has become somewhat finer. We have taken a detailed look at these changes and investigated whether the M16 can get along with the RTX 4090.
It goes without saying, we compare the new device with the predecessor as well as other high-end gaming machines. As the RTX 4090 is normally found in larger laptops, we also look at the 18-inch Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 or the 17-inch MSI Titan GT77. We also consider both the Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX and the Razer Blade 16 to be competitors.
Possible competitors compared
Rating | Date | Model | Weight | Height | Size | Resolution | Best Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89.4 % | 03/2023 | Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU | 2.3 kg | 22.9 mm | 16.00" | 2560x1600 | |
| 87.8 % | 02/2023 | Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z i9-12900H, GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU | 2.1 kg | 19.9 mm | 16.00" | 2560x1600 | |
| 86.6 % | 02/2023 | Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 2023 G834JY-N6005W i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU | 3.1 kg | 30.8 mm | 18.00" | 2560x1600 | |
| 89 % | 02/2023 | MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU | 3.5 kg | 23 mm | 17.30" | 3840x2160 | |
| 89.4 % | 02/2023 | Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU | 2.7 kg | 26 mm | 16.00" | 2560x1600 | |
| 91.2 % | 02/2023 | Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU | 2.4 kg | 21.99 mm | 16.00" | 2560x1600 |
Case - An AniMe Matrix head-turner
Gigabyte has revised the case this year but, at first glance, it's difficult to spot any obvious differences. The chassis continues to be made of black plastic which is now slightly thicker.
The so-called AniMe Matrix on the top surface is finer and more detailed than before and can display simple, moving logos or text with additional effects. On the one hand, this is cool, but not only is it likely to increase the device's power consumption but it is largely invisible to the user when the laptop is open. For this reason, the effect is more aimed towards impressing onlookers.
We weren't impressed by the blank, black plastic bar at the top of the rear of the lid. It is somewhat cheap-looking, not very stable and had already started showing signs of wear and tear. All in all, almost all of the ventilation grilles on the sides have been changed slightly, as has the port location.
The base seems sturdy but creaks and crackles quite loudly on attempting to twist the case. Similarly, that's the same with the display lid which can be bent quite easily. The hinges hold the display quite securely and ensure the lid can be opened to an angle of up to 180 degrees. On opening the laptop, two things reveal themselves to the user - the keyboard lifts slightly and the display bezels are quite slim.
What is unusual is that the device's footprint has increased compared to its predecessor. Contrary to the trend of making devices smaller, thinner and lighter, the new M16 is slightly larger and also 3 mm thicker than last gen's model.
The Razer Blade 16 is only 1 mm thinner, and the Lenovo Legion Pro 7 is marginally thicker, which means the new M16 sits somewhere in the middle, also when it comes to weight.
Features - A gaming machine with no LAN port
Not everything has changed for the better in this area either: The LAN port has simply been omitted, meaning a speedy internet connection is only possible with an adapter for those gamers looking for the shortest latency and fastest connection.
One of the USB-C ports has wandered from the left to the right side. This means more space is available on the left of the device. On the rear, you can still only find fan grilles which result in a lack of space for bulkier connectors such as HDMI or the missing LAN port.
SD Card Reader
At least the laptop comes with a built-in SD card reader, and, although this is unfortunately only intended for microSD cards, it is still very fast. We were able to copy a 1 GB image onto the desktop in under 6 seconds using our AV PRO microSD 128 GB V60 reference card.
| SD Card Reader | |
| average JPG Copy Test (av. of 3 runs) | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 (AV PRO microSD 128 GB V60) | |
| Average of class Gaming (48.5 - 209, n=91, last 2 years) | |
| MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI (Angelibird AV Pro V60) | |
| maximum AS SSD Seq Read Test (1GB) | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 (AV PRO microSD 128 GB V60) | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X | |
| Average of class Gaming (72 - 269, n=82, last 2 years) | |
| MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI (Angelibird AV Pro V60) | |
Communication
Unfortunately, the manufacturer has done away with the LAN port and has not included an adapter.
Wireless connections are taken care of by the Intel AX210 WiFi 6E module. This transmits at 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz and 6 GHz.
Transfer rates are fast and constant.
| Networking | |
| iperf3 receive AXE11000 6GHz | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X | |
| Average of class Gaming (886 - 1857, n=43, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 (883 - 1857, n=99) | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| iperf3 receive AXE11000 | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 2023 G834JY-N6005W | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H | |
| MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
| Average Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 (839 - 1890, n=83) | |
| Average of class Gaming (685 - 1890, n=90, last 2 years) | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| iperf3 transmit AXE11000 6GHz | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| Average of class Gaming (980 - 1875, n=41, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 (891 - 1851, n=100) | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| iperf3 transmit AXE11000 | |
| MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 2023 G834JY-N6005W | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| Average of class Gaming (740 - 1780, n=83, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 (629 - 1861, n=83) | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
Webcam
In this area, the manufacturer has finally upgraded to a FullHD camera and this model even has an IR sensor for logging into Windows using Windows Hello. However, images have an obvious yellow tint and color deviation is relatively high.
Security
TPM and a Kensington connector are both on board but a fingerprint sensor is missing, as is, unfortunately, a physical webcam shutter.
Accessories
Our review model came in a huge package that reminded us more of a power station. By contrast, quite a few accessories were included. For example, a tote bag with a laptop compartment, a mouse (ROG Gladius III) as well as headphones (ROG Fusion II 300), all emblazoned with ROG branding.
According to Asus, these accessories come with our configuration model but the M16 can also be purchased as a stand-alone device.
Maintenance
On the base of the unit, 15 crosshead screws await removal. Unfortunately, seven (!) of them sit underneath glued rubber stoppers, the removal of which is fiddly, annoying and comes across as unnecessary user-unfriendliness.
All in all, we uncovered 4 different lengths/types of screws! Therefore, it's worth noting which ones belong where. Along with the 7 hidden screws and the SO-DIMM RAM, the M16 can be considered difficult to upgrade or repair.
At least the base plate can be easily pried open. Internally, it's possible to access the three fans, the battery, the SSD, the second M.2 SSD slot, the replaceable WiFi module. as well as the SO-DIMM RAM slot.
The cooling system consists of 2 normal-sized fans and an additional small fan which presumably sits on top of the graphics unit. The SSD possesses a cooling pad which looks quite frayed in our review model.
Warranty
Gigabyte's laptops come with a 24-month guarantee.
Input devices - Somewhat shallow keys and a large touchpad
Keyboard
The layout seems very spacious. On the top left, Asus has included four additional special keys for volume control, the microphone and Asus' control center. These can also be configured manually.
Unfortunately, the arrow keys are very narrow, and the power button, typical for this kind of keyboard, is a separate key. Despite being a 16-inch device, there is no numerical keypad.
The keys possess very short travel and the feedback is a little shallow but still just precise enough. Overall, although the typing experience is quite good we would have preferred somewhat crisper keys. The typing noise is moderate.
The 3-level backlight illuminates in diverse RGB colors but only single-zone.
Touchpad
The large touchpad (approx. 13 x 8.5 cm) is slightly off-centered to the right and offers a smooth swiping experience even when performing longer movements.
The integrated keys have a short but good pressure point with clear feedback. The clicking noises can be described as quiet to moderate.
Display - A very bright Mini-LED with HDR
Once more, the manufacturer has chosen a matte, 16:10, IPS display with a resolution of 2,560 x 1,600 pixels. However, it is not the same panel as it carries a new version number and is now backlit by Mini-LED technology. Asus has not revealed the number of dimming zones employed by the panel.
A few things have to be considered when dealing with Mini-LEDs: The maximum brightness can only be achieved when the backlighting is set to multi-zones using Asus' own control center, the Armory Crate software. In HDR mode, this is set automatically and if HDR is deactivated (SDR mode is calibrated and has less color deviation), the panel automatically illuminates individual areas. Using this setting, the brightness is around 100 nits lower.
In the following, we highlight the SDR mode values with multi-zones activated. However, this mode is not ideal for image processing.
Black levels are also surprising. Using single-zone backlighting this is only 0.55 but the contrast is poor. Only when using the multi-zone setting this drops to an excellent 0.03. This is one of the reasons why we carried out our measurements with multi-zone activated.
We measured the brightness to be around 627 nits (multi-zone, otherwise around 519 nits). At 92 percent, illumination is very good with brightness tailing off toward the right-hand side of the display. Compared to its predecessor, the panel's refresh rate has increased from 165 to 240 Hz.
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Brightness Distribution: 92 %
Center on Battery: 634 cd/m²
Contrast: 21133:1 (Black: 0.03 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 0.89 | 0.55-29.43 Ø5.2, calibrated: 0.91
ΔE Greyscale 1.13 | 0.57-98 Ø5.4
90.01% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
99.9% sRGB (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
99.33% Display P3 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
Gamma: 2.47
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X BOE0B74 (NE160QDM-NM4, IPS, 2560x1600, 16.00 | Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z BOE0A0B (BOE CQ NE160QDM-NY3), IPS, 2560x1600, 16.00 | Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 2023 G834JY-N6005W NE180QDM-NZ2, IPS, 2560x1600, 18.00 | MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI B173ZAN06.C, Mini-LED, 3840x2160, 17.30 | Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H MNG007DA2-3 (CSO1628), IPS, 2560x1600, 16.00 | Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 CSOT T3 MNG007DA4-1, IPS, 2560x1600, 16.00 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Display | -5% | -3% | -0% | -17% | -0% | |
| Display P3 Coverage | 99.33 | 92.8 -7% | 97.2 -2% | 94.9 -4% | 69.1 -30% | 98.5 -1% |
| sRGB Coverage | 99.9 | 98.5 -1% | 99.9 0% | 99.9 0% | 99.7 0% | 100 0% |
| AdobeRGB 1998 Coverage | 90.01 | 83.1 -8% | 84.9 -6% | 92.4 3% | 71.2 -21% | 89.7 0% |
| Response Times | 76% | 80% | -15% | 78% | 73% | |
| Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80% * | 50.8 ? | 7.6 ? 85% | 5.41 ? 89% | 38.4 ? 24% | 12.3 ? 76% | 6.6 ? 87% |
| Response Time Black / White * | 29.6 ? | 10 ? 66% | 8.62 ? 71% | 26.6 ? 10% | 5.9 ? 80% | 12 ? 59% |
| PWM Frequency | 12000 | 2380 ? -80% | ||||
| Screen | -181% | -399% | 3033% | -150% | -212% | |
| Brightness middle | 634 | 497 -22% | 490 -23% | 606 -4% | 511 -19% | 456.8 -28% |
| Brightness | 627 | 481 -23% | 468 -25% | 602 -4% | 469 -25% | 437 -30% |
| Brightness Distribution | 92 | 82 -11% | 86 -7% | 93 1% | 86 -7% | 83 -10% |
| Black Level * | 0.03 | 0.21 -600% | 0.54 -1700% | 0.0001 100% | 0.4 -1233% | 0.35 -1067% |
| Contrast | 21133 | 2367 -89% | 907 -96% | 6060000 28576% | 1278 -94% | 1305 -94% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 * | 0.89 | 3.53 -297% | 4.97 -458% | 4.8 -439% | 0.95 -7% | 3.7 -316% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 max. * | 1.79 | 6.15 -244% | 11.02 -516% | 8.2 -358% | 2.07 -16% | 6.42 -259% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 calibrated * | 0.91 | 3.53 -288% | 2.97 -226% | 1.8 -98% | 0.91 -0% | 0.66 27% |
| Greyscale dE 2000 * | 1.13 | 1.74 -54% | 7.2 -537% | 6.5 -475% | 0.6 47% | 2.6 -130% |
| Gamma | 2.47 89% | 2.2 100% | 2.161 102% | 2.63 84% | 2.176 101% | 2.3 96% |
| CCT | 6497 100% | 6418 101% | 6515 100% | 6596 99% | 6545 99% | 6108 106% |
| Total Average (Program / Settings) | -37% /
-107% | -107% /
-245% | 1006% /
1817% | -30% /
-89% | -46% /
-126% |
* ... smaller is better
Asus advertises the device as having 100 percent DCI P3 and this is something our analysis was able to confirm. AdobeRGB is reproduced to 90 percent.
Out of the box, the panel is very well calibrated (SDR) and has a DeltaE grayscale and ColorChecker value of only 1.13 and 0.89. A fresh calibration hardly manages to improve matters. The grayscale DeltaE dipped a little while the ColorChecker deviation increased slightly.
However, in HDR mode the calibration is gone (see the last row of our screenshots below).
Determining the response times is not easy with our review model as the PWM frequency of at least 12 kHz (see below) overlaps with the response time curves. Asus specifies this as 3 ms but does so without revealing which measuring technique they used. At full brightness, we measured it to be more in the region of 30 to 50 ms which, on the one hand, is high but is also possibly influenced by the overlapping PWM frequency.
Display Response Times
| ↔ Response Time Black to White | ||
|---|---|---|
| 29.6 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 25 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 4.6 ms fall | ||
| The screen shows relatively slow response rates in our tests and may be too slow for gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.1 (minimum) to 240 (maximum) ms. » 74 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is worse than the average of all tested devices (22.3 ms). | ||
| ↔ Response Time 50% Grey to 80% Grey | ||
| 50.8 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 27.6 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 23.2 ms fall | ||
| The screen shows slow response rates in our tests and will be unsatisfactory for gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.25 (minimum) to 636 (maximum) ms. » 84 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is worse than the average of all tested devices (35.1 ms). | ||
Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)
| Screen flickering / PWM detected | 12000 Hz |  | |
The display backlight flickers at 12000 Hz (Likely utilizing PWM) . The frequency of 12000 Hz is quite high, so most users sensitive to PWM should not notice any flickering. In comparison: 53 % of all tested devices do not use PWM to dim the display. If PWM was detected, an average of 19035 (minimum: 5 - maximum: 3846000) Hz was measured. | |||
PWM is used to regulate brightness. At a brightness of 100 to 83 percent, the frequency sat at 12 kHz which shouldn't even be noticeable to people normally sensitive to PWM. Below that, the frequency continued to rise and was between 69 to 100 kHz.
Outdoors, the matte surface ensures a comparatively high level of brightness as well as very good legibility, at least in the shade. Care should be taken when viewing the display from above as images become very quickly washed out.
Performance - The turbo is missing a spark
On paper, the new M16 ought to be a performance heavyweight in a 16-inch body: Raptor Lake Core i9-13900H, Nvidia Geforce RTX 4090 and 64 GB of RAM throw down the gauntlet to all would-be contenders to the performance throne.
Test conditions
Asus' control center for gamers is the software, Amoury Crate. In addition to the various performance modes, this is where all the important settings are made and also where things such as the AniMe Matrix and fan curves can be customized.
For our benchmarks, we selected Turbo mode in the app in order to achieve the best possible results. Its predecessor was tested using Performance mode due to the previous gen's high noise emissions and is something more akin to Balanced mode.
Processor
Up to now, the Core i9-13900H is the sole CPU option and one of the most powerful processors in Intel's new Raptor Lake series. It offers 6 P and 8 E-cores, the former clocking in at up to 5.4 GHz in turbo. The E-core's base clock speed sits at 1.9 GHz.
In our Cinebench loop, the M16 overtook the entire competition configured with the last-gen CPUs. However, the gap is relatively small even when compared to the significantly less powerful i7-12700H found in the HP Omen 16. The lead over its predecessor is similarly small with a Performance mode score likely to be almost identical.
Taking a glance at TDP, the first Turbo mode run peaked at 140 watts with the other runs sitting at around 100 watts.
In Performance mode, the initial peak of 140 watts dropped to approximately 120 watts but also here the TDP normally sits at roughly 100 watts.
In Quiet mode, the peak disappeared with the TDP ranging between 60 and a maximum of 100 watts.
In battery mode, performance in the same mode (Quiet) is even lower with a maximum of 34 watts briefly available and only just over 20 watts being reached during lengthier periods of sustained load.
Cinebench R15 Multi Continuous
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 5.4: Multi-Core | Single-Core
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2: 4k Preset
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R Benchmark 2.5: Overall mean
| Cinebench R23 / Multi Core | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X | |
| Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
| MSI Creator Z16P B12UHST | |
| Average Intel Core i9-13900H (13177 - 20385, n=10) | |
| Average of class Gaming (2435 - 34521, n=236, last 2 years) | |
| Razer Blade 15 RZ09-0421NGG3-R3G1 | |
| Acer Predator Triton 300 SE | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Cinebench R23 / Single Core | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X | |
| MSI Creator Z16P B12UHST | |
| Acer Predator Triton 300 SE | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| Average Intel Core i9-13900H (1297 - 2054, n=10) | |
| Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Razer Blade 15 RZ09-0421NGG3-R3G1 | |
| Average of class Gaming (527 - 2169, n=234, last 2 years) | |
| Cinebench R20 / CPU (Multi Core) | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X | |
| Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
| MSI Creator Z16P B12UHST | |
| Average Intel Core i9-13900H (4960 - 7716, n=10) | |
| Average of class Gaming (930 - 13769, n=237, last 2 years) | |
| Razer Blade 15 RZ09-0421NGG3-R3G1 | |
| Acer Predator Triton 300 SE | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Cinebench R20 / CPU (Single Core) | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X | |
| MSI Creator Z16P B12UHST | |
| Acer Predator Triton 300 SE | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| Average Intel Core i9-13900H (428 - 792, n=10) | |
| Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Razer Blade 15 RZ09-0421NGG3-R3G1 | |
| Average of class Gaming (169 - 825, n=237, last 2 years) | |
| Cinebench R15 / CPU Multi 64Bit | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X | |
| Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
| MSI Creator Z16P B12UHST | |
| Average Intel Core i9-13900H (2134 - 3100, n=10) | |
| Average of class Gaming (400 - 5663, n=240, last 2 years) | |
| Razer Blade 15 RZ09-0421NGG3-R3G1 | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Acer Predator Triton 300 SE | |
| Cinebench R15 / CPU Single 64Bit | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X | |
| Average Intel Core i9-13900H (211 - 297, n=10) | |
| MSI Creator Z16P B12UHST | |
| Acer Predator Triton 300 SE | |
| Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Average of class Gaming (79.2 - 312, n=241, last 2 years) | |
| Razer Blade 15 RZ09-0421NGG3-R3G1 | |
| Blender / v2.79 BMW27 CPU | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Average of class Gaming (91 - 1259, n=238, last 2 years) | |
| Razer Blade 15 RZ09-0421NGG3-R3G1 | |
| Acer Predator Triton 300 SE | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| MSI Creator Z16P B12UHST | |
| Average Intel Core i9-13900H (166 - 239, n=10) | |
| Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
| 7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X | |
| MSI Creator Z16P B12UHST | |
| Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
| Average Intel Core i9-13900H (49917 - 79032, n=10) | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| Average of class Gaming (11386 - 140932, n=234, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Predator Triton 300 SE | |
| Razer Blade 15 RZ09-0421NGG3-R3G1 | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| 7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 -mmt1 | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| MSI Creator Z16P B12UHST | |
| Average Intel Core i9-13900H (3665 - 6600, n=10) | |
| Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Average of class Gaming (2685 - 7581, n=235, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Predator Triton 300 SE | |
| Razer Blade 15 RZ09-0421NGG3-R3G1 | |
| Geekbench 5.4 / Multi-Core | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X | |
| MSI Creator Z16P B12UHST | |
| Average Intel Core i9-13900H (9521 - 15410, n=10) | |
| Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
| Acer Predator Triton 300 SE | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| Razer Blade 15 RZ09-0421NGG3-R3G1 | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Average of class Gaming (1946 - 22200, n=233, last 2 years) | |
| Geekbench 5.4 / Single-Core | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X | |
| MSI Creator Z16P B12UHST | |
| Average Intel Core i9-13900H (1140 - 2043, n=10) | |
| Acer Predator Triton 300 SE | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
| Average of class Gaming (158 - 2139, n=233, last 2 years) | |
| Razer Blade 15 RZ09-0421NGG3-R3G1 | |
| HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 / 4k Preset | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X | |
| Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
| Average Intel Core i9-13900H (14.8 - 22.3, n=10) | |
| MSI Creator Z16P B12UHST | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| Acer Predator Triton 300 SE | |
| Average of class Gaming (3 - 37.6, n=238, last 2 years) | |
| Razer Blade 15 RZ09-0421NGG3-R3G1 | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| LibreOffice / 20 Documents To PDF | |
| Razer Blade 15 RZ09-0421NGG3-R3G1 | |
| Average Intel Core i9-13900H (38.1 - 82.8, n=10) | |
| Average of class Gaming (32.8 - 332, n=234, last 2 years) | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
| Acer Predator Triton 300 SE | |
| MSI Creator Z16P B12UHST | |
| R Benchmark 2.5 / Overall mean | |
| Average of class Gaming (0.375 - 4.47, n=234, last 2 years) | |
| Razer Blade 15 RZ09-0421NGG3-R3G1 | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Average Intel Core i9-13900H (0.4052 - 0.723, n=10) | |
| Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| MSI Creator Z16P B12UHST | |
| Acer Predator Triton 300 SE | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
* ... 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
| AIDA64 / FP32 Ray-Trace | |
| MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 2023 G834JY-N6005W | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X | |
| Average Intel Core i9-13900H (13150 - 19557, n=10) | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| Average of class Gaming (2585 - 55084, n=212, last 2 years) | |
| AIDA64 / FPU Julia | |
| MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 2023 G834JY-N6005W | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X | |
| Average Intel Core i9-13900H (55805 - 95579, n=10) | |
| Average of class Gaming (12439 - 234848, n=212, last 2 years) | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| AIDA64 / CPU SHA3 | |
| MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 2023 G834JY-N6005W | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X | |
| Average Intel Core i9-13900H (3193 - 4270, n=10) | |
| Average of class Gaming (629 - 9930, n=212, last 2 years) | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| AIDA64 / CPU Queen | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 2023 G834JY-N6005W | |
| MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X | |
| Average Intel Core i9-13900H (82576 - 120181, n=10) | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| Average of class Gaming (15371 - 186519, n=212, last 2 years) | |
| AIDA64 / FPU SinJulia | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 2023 G834JY-N6005W | |
| MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X | |
| Average of class Gaming (2137 - 30810, n=212, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Core i9-13900H (6145 - 11631, n=10) | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| AIDA64 / FPU Mandel | |
| MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 2023 G834JY-N6005W | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X | |
| Average of class Gaming (7135 - 124377, n=212, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Core i9-13900H (34573 - 48474, n=10) | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| AIDA64 / CPU AES | |
| MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 2023 G834JY-N6005W | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| Average of class Gaming (18146 - 236139, n=212, last 2 years) | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X | |
| Average Intel Core i9-13900H (48412 - 149377, n=10) | |
| AIDA64 / CPU ZLib | |
| MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 2023 G834JY-N6005W | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X | |
| Average Intel Core i9-13900H (883 - 1221, n=10) | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| Average of class Gaming (150.9 - 2231, n=226, last 2 years) | |
| AIDA64 / FP64 Ray-Trace | |
| MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 2023 G834JY-N6005W | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X | |
| Average Intel Core i9-13900H (6393 - 10716, n=10) | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| Average of class Gaming (1437 - 29473, n=212, last 2 years) | |
| AIDA64 / CPU PhotoWorxx | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X | |
| Average Intel Core i9-13900H (38385 - 50488, n=10) | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 2023 G834JY-N6005W | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
| Average of class Gaming (8341 - 52949, n=213, last 2 years) | |
System performance
Our M16 didn't show any big weaknesses in PCMark10 but it can't exactly be accused of outperforming the last-gen competition either. The Legion 7 is actually a few percentage points quicker. In the digital content creation test, scores are somewhat disappointing, especially in the areas of editing and rendering.
CrossMark: Overall | Productivity | Creativity | Responsiveness
| PCMark 10 / Essentials | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X | |
| Average Intel Core i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (11500 - 11659, n=2) | |
| Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
| Lenovo Legion 7 16IAX7-82TD004SGE | |
| Alienware x15 R2 P111F | |
| MSI Creator Z16P B12UHST | |
| Acer Predator Triton 500 SE PT516-52s-70KX | |
| Average of class Gaming (7334 - 12176, n=192, last 2 years) | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 16 GX650RX | |
| PCMark 10 / Productivity | |
| MSI Creator Z16P B12UHST | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X | |
| Lenovo Legion 7 16IAX7-82TD004SGE | |
| Average Intel Core i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (10526 - 11046, n=2) | |
| Alienware x15 R2 P111F | |
| Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
| Acer Predator Triton 500 SE PT516-52s-70KX | |
| Average of class Gaming (6161 - 11833, n=192, last 2 years) | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 16 GX650RX | |
| PCMark 10 / Digital Content Creation | |
| Lenovo Legion 7 16IAX7-82TD004SGE | |
| Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X | |
| Average Intel Core i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (11412 - 11949, n=2) | |
| MSI Creator Z16P B12UHST | |
| Acer Predator Triton 500 SE PT516-52s-70KX | |
| Average of class Gaming (5288 - 16424, n=192, last 2 years) | |
| Alienware x15 R2 P111F | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 16 GX650RX | |
| CrossMark / Overall | |
| Lenovo Legion 7 16IAX7-82TD004SGE | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X | |
| Average Intel Core i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU | |
| Alienware x15 R2 P111F | |
| Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
| Acer Predator Triton 500 SE PT516-52s-70KX | |
| Average of class Gaming (974 - 2295, n=117, last 2 years) | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 16 GX650RX | |
| Razer Blade 15 RZ09-0421NGG3-R3G1 | |
| CrossMark / Productivity | |
| Lenovo Legion 7 16IAX7-82TD004SGE | |
| Alienware x15 R2 P111F | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X | |
| Average Intel Core i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
| Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
| Acer Predator Triton 500 SE PT516-52s-70KX | |
| Average of class Gaming (907 - 2166, n=117, last 2 years) | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 16 GX650RX | |
| Razer Blade 15 RZ09-0421NGG3-R3G1 | |
| CrossMark / Creativity | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
| Lenovo Legion 7 16IAX7-82TD004SGE | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X | |
| Average Intel Core i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU | |
| Alienware x15 R2 P111F | |
| Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
| Average of class Gaming (1027 - 2514, n=117, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Predator Triton 500 SE PT516-52s-70KX | |
| Razer Blade 15 RZ09-0421NGG3-R3G1 | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 16 GX650RX | |
| CrossMark / Responsiveness | |
| Lenovo Legion 7 16IAX7-82TD004SGE | |
| Acer Predator Triton 500 SE PT516-52s-70KX | |
| Alienware x15 R2 P111F | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 16 GX650RX | |
| Average of class Gaming (1029 - 2275, n=117, last 2 years) | |
| Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X | |
| Average Intel Core i9-13900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
| Razer Blade 15 RZ09-0421NGG3-R3G1 | |
| PCMark 10 Score | 8277 points | |
Help | ||
| AIDA64 / Memory Copy | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 2023 G834JY-N6005W | |
| Average Intel Core i9-13900H (60600 - 73907, n=10) | |
| MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| Average of class Gaming (18074 - 80776, n=212, last 2 years) | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Read | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 2023 G834JY-N6005W | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| Average Intel Core i9-13900H (57722 - 75425, n=10) | |
| MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
| Average of class Gaming (20318 - 89096, n=212, last 2 years) | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Write | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| Average Intel Core i9-13900H (60748 - 88505, n=10) | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 2023 G834JY-N6005W | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
| Average of class Gaming (15975 - 80441, n=212, last 2 years) | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Latency | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
| Average Intel Core i9-13900H (84.5 - 101.7, n=10) | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 2023 G834JY-N6005W | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H | |
| Average of class Gaming (76.2 - 135.3, n=226, last 2 years) | |
* ... smaller is better
DPC latencies
The M16 doesn't break a sweat when challenged with opening multiple browser tabs. Everything actually looked good until large latencies set in during playback of our 4k/60 fps YouTube videos and subsequently in Prime95. What had actually been good values up to then, skyrocketed several times.
In this way, the M16 has significantly higher latencies than the last-gen competition. The new generation's drivers don't appear to be mature enough and this is demonstrated by the similarly high latencies values seen in the MSI Titan.
| DPC Latencies / LatencyMon - interrupt to process latency (max), Web, Youtube, Prime95 | |
| MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VY-NM042X | |
| Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 2023 G834JY-N6005W | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX8H | |
* ... smaller is better
Mass storage
Our configuration has an NVMe SSD Samsung PM9A1 with four PCIe 4 lanes and a capacity of 2 TB and sits in 11th place in our best SSDs list.
The M16's SSD performance is around 20 percent below what can be expected for this type of SSD. However, in real-life use, this will largely go unnoticed and, on the positive side, performance is stable over longer periods of time.
