Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 laptop review: A well-rounded gaming package

The M16 (2022) GU603zw inherits from its predecessor of the same name, upgrading the package with a powerful i9 Alder Lake CPU and RTX 3070 Ti. All that comes in a fairly slim and compact 16-inch form factor with a 16:10 display (2,560 x 1,500 pixels) that just barely misses our list of best mobile gaming laptops, since it weighs only 75 grams (~2.6 oz) too much (>2 kg = 4.4 lb). This would have been the first 16-inch device in the list.
Since 16-inch gaming laptops with a 16:10 display are still the minority, we also include "conventional" 16:9 devices with similar hardware in our comparison. In addition to the predecessor, these are particularly the Schenker Vision 16 Pro and the Lenovo Legion 5 Pro, but also the Schenker XMG Focus 16 and the Corsair Voyager a1600.
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Possible Competitors in Comparison
Rating | Date | Model | Weight | Height | Size | Resolution | Best Price |
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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 | |
85.6 % | 07/2021 | Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603H i9-11900H, GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU | 2 kg | 20 mm | 16.00" | 2560x1600 | |
87.8 % | 11/2022 | Schenker Vision 16 Pro RTX 3070 Ti i7-12700H, GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU | 1.7 kg | 17.1 mm | 16.00" | 2560x1600 | |
87.7 % | 10/2022 | Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti R7 6800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU | 2.6 kg | 26.6 mm | 16.00" | 2560x1600 | |
87 % | 01/2023 | Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) i7-12700H, GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU | 2.2 kg | 24.3 mm | 16.00" | 2560x1600 | |
86.6 % | 12/2022 | Corsair Voyager a1600 R9 6900HS, Radeon RX 6800M | 2.4 kg | 19.9 mm | 16.00" | 2560x1600 |
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Case - Slim 16-inch gaming laptop
Since practically nothing has changed in the case, we refer you to our test of the M16 from 2021, which gives detailed descriptions of the case, maintenance options, and input devices.
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Size Comparison
Connection Equipment - HDMI 2.1 and Thunderbolt 4
SD Card Reader
The SC card reader is limited to microSD cards, but at least our AV PRO microSD 128 GB V60 fits snugly without sticking out. Compared to the predecessor, which already performed well, the speed is again slightly increased.
SD Card Reader | |
average JPG Copy Test (av. of 3 runs) | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
Average of class Gaming (48.5 - 209, n=91, last 2 years) | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603H (AV PRO microSD 128 GB V60) | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 (AV Pro SD microSD 128 GB V60) | |
Schenker Vision 16 Pro RTX 3070 Ti (AV Pro V60) | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) (AV Pro SD microSD 128 GB V60) | |
maximum AS SSD Seq Read Test (1GB) | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603H (AV PRO microSD 128 GB V60) | |
Average of class Gaming (72 - 269, n=82, last 2 years) | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 (AV Pro SD microSD 128 GB V60) | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) (AV Pro SD microSD 128 GB V60) | |
Schenker Vision 16 Pro RTX 3070 Ti (AV Pro V60) |
Communication
Asus uses the Intel AX211 module, which also supports the 6-Ghz network. Compared to the MediaTek module from the predecessor, the transfer rates increase significantly. The performance is very constant.
Networking | |
iperf3 transmit AXE11000 6GHz | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) | |
Average of class Gaming (980 - 1875, n=41, last 2 years) | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
Average Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 (891 - 1851, n=100) | |
iperf3 transmit AXE11000 | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 | |
Schenker Vision 16 Pro RTX 3070 Ti | |
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) | |
iperf3 receive AXE11000 6GHz | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
Average of class Gaming (886 - 1857, n=43, last 2 years) | |
Average Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 (883 - 1857, n=99) | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 | |
iperf3 receive AXE11000 | |
Schenker Vision 16 Pro RTX 3070 Ti | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
Average Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 (839 - 1890, n=83) | |
Average of class Gaming (685 - 1890, n=90, last 2 years) | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 |
Webcam

Display - 16 inches with QHD+ and 165 Hz
Even though it shares the same basic specs (16 in, IPS, 16:10, 2,560 x 1,600, 165 Hz) with the predecessor, Asus uses a different panel now. Instead of using a panel from AU Optronics, this time it comes from BOE. While the panel is even slightly brighter (481 nits), the brightness distribution is more uneven, and the brightness decreases considerably toward the left bottom corner in particular. Due to a significantly improved black value, the contrast value increases positively.
The response times are relatively fast, although the predecessor responded even faster here. PWM is not used for brightness control, and some slight screen bleeding is only apparent in dark scenes.
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Brightness Distribution: 82 %
Center on Battery: 484 cd/m²
Contrast: 2367:1 (Black: 0.21 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 3.53 | 0.55-29.43 Ø5.2, calibrated: 3.53
ΔE Greyscale 1.74 | 0.57-98 Ø5.4
83.1% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
98.5% sRGB (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
92.8% Display P3 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
Gamma: 2.2
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z BOE0A0B (BOE CQ NE160QDM-NY3), IPS, 2560x1600, 16.00 | Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603H AU Optronics AUOC199, IPS, 2560x1600, 16.00 | Schenker Vision 16 Pro RTX 3070 Ti N160QDM-NZ1, IPS, 2560x1600, 16.00 | Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti BOE CQ NE160QDM-NY1, IPS, 2560x1600, 16.00 | Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) BOE NE16oQDM-NY1, IPS, 2560x1600, 16.00 | Corsair Voyager a1600 BOE0A3B, IPS, 2560x1600, 16.00 | |
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Display | -15% | -15% | -14% | -14% | ||
Display P3 Coverage | 92.8 | 68.7 -26% | 67.3 -27% | 68.3 -26% | 68.7 -26% | |
sRGB Coverage | 98.5 | 96.7 -2% | 96.1 -2% | 96.6 -2% | 98.2 0% | |
AdobeRGB 1998 Coverage | 83.1 | 70 -16% | 69.5 -16% | 70.6 -15% | 70.1 -16% | |
Response Times | 39% | -37% | -51% | -62% | -36% | |
Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80% * | 7.6 ? | 4.8 ? 37% | 14.3 ? -88% | 14.4 ? -89% | 16.4 ? -116% | 13 ? -71% |
Response Time Black / White * | 10 ? | 6 ? 40% | 8.6 ? 14% | 11.2 ? -12% | 10.8 ? -8% | 10 ? -0% |
PWM Frequency | ||||||
Screen | -28% | -34% | -11% | -40% | -21% | |
Brightness middle | 497 | 448 -10% | 364 -27% | 522.8 5% | 460 -7% | 355 -29% |
Brightness | 481 | 446 -7% | 347 -28% | 503 5% | 442 -8% | 340 -29% |
Brightness Distribution | 82 | 86 5% | 89 9% | 84 2% | 89 9% | 91 11% |
Black Level * | 0.21 | 0.48 -129% | 0.3 -43% | 0.41 -95% | 0.32 -52% | 0.53 -152% |
Contrast | 2367 | 933 -61% | 1213 -49% | 1275 -46% | 1438 -39% | 670 -72% |
Colorchecker dE 2000 * | 3.53 | 2.76 22% | 3.3 7% | 2.47 30% | 3.65 -3% | 2.43 31% |
Colorchecker dE 2000 max. * | 6.15 | 7.09 -15% | 6.6 -7% | 6.56 -7% | 7.49 -22% | 4.31 30% |
Colorchecker dE 2000 calibrated * | 3.53 | 2.86 19% | 2.5 29% | 0.61 83% | 3.65 -3% | 1.14 68% |
Greyscale dE 2000 * | 1.74 | 3.1 -78% | 5.2 -199% | 3 -72% | 5.87 -237% | 2.62 -51% |
Gamma | 2.2 100% | 2.153 102% | 2.14 103% | 2.27 97% | 2.42 91% | 2.28 96% |
CCT | 6418 101% | 6826 95% | 6331 103% | 6719 97% | 6711 97% | 6909 94% |
Color Space (Percent of AdobeRGB 1998) | 87 | |||||
Color Space (Percent of sRGB) | 100 | |||||
Total Average (Program / Settings) | 6% /
-16% | -29% /
-30% | -26% /
-17% | -39% /
-38% | -24% /
-22% |
* ... smaller is better
Asus advertises 100% coverage of the DCI-P3 color space, but we measure "only" 92.8%. The AdobeRGB color space is still covered to 83%. At least in the test field of our selected competitors, this still results in the top position. Overall, the display is also suited for professional editing of pictures and videos.
In the state of delivery, the panel is already well calibrated. At only 1.74, the DeltaE value of the gray scale is particularly low. In the ColorChecker, our Portrait Display Calman Color Calibration tool measures slightly higher deviations. An additional calibration doesn't improve these values further, but rather messes up the grayscale that is already very good.
Display Response Times
↔ Response Time Black to White | ||
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10 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 4.6 ms rise | |
↘ 5.4 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. » 18 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (22.3 ms). | ||
↔ Response Time 50% Grey to 80% Grey | ||
7.6 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 3.4 ms rise | |
↘ 4.2 ms fall | ||
The screen shows very fast response rates in our tests and should be very well suited for fast-paced gaming. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.25 (minimum) to 636 (maximum) ms. » 12 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (35.1 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 19035 (minimum: 5 - maximum: 3846000) Hz was measured. |
Performance - 120-Watt RTX 3070-Ti slightly below average
The ROG Zephyrus is available in various equipment configurations. The M16 is also supposed to be available with an Intel CPU of the 13th generation and RTX 40xx soon, while our test unit still uses a Core i9-12900H and RTX 3070 Ti.
Alternatively, almost anything is possible starting from the RTX 3050 Ti up to the RTX 3080 Ti. With the processor, you currently have the choice between the i7-12700H and our top model. The equipment is completed by 32 GB of RAM, but there are also numerous options available here.
Test Conditions
The Asus Armoury Crate software allows you to adjust various settings in the laptop, so the user should become familiar with this. It offers the options to look for device updates, select colorful and dynamic Aura wallpapers, or control the performance.
The manufacturer offers three performance modes (Quiet, Performance, and Turbo) and also gives the option to control the performance using the Windows performance modes or even set several power limits yourself in a manual mode - options that are lacking with many other manufacturers.
Since in Turbo mode, the laptop is already very loud during idle operation, we run all the benchmark in the "Performance" mode. The "Quiet" mode is only used for the battery tests - there is no separate power saving mode.
Even though the software itself is well organized, various translation errors or incomplete sentences (in the German language version) still prevent a good overall impression.
Processor
Asus has already announced the M16 with Intel Gen13. Until that becomes available, we are currently still using an Intel Core i9-12900H in our test unit. The high-end CPU offers 6 Performance and 8 Efficiency cores. The Performance cores have a clock speed of up to 5 GHz, and the basic clock speed of the Efficiency cores is 1.8 GHz. Since only the P cores support hyperthreading, we get a total of 12 threads.
In the Cinebench loop, the constant performance is very stable, with the maximum TDP reaching about 84 watts in the Performance mode. The performance of the i7-12700H in the very powerful XMG Focus 16 turns out even slightly better in the beginning. But after the 4th run the latest, its performance drops below that of our M16, which also beats the Ryzen 7 6800 in the Legion 5.
By the way, instead of 84 watts, a powerful 99 watts are available in Turbo mode! During battery operation, this is only about 40 watts, with the performance dropping correspondingly.
Across all tests, the 2022 M16 is about 20% faster than the predecessor with an i9-11900H.
Cinebench R15 Multi Constant Load 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 5.4: Multi-Core | Single-Core
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2: 4k Preset
LibreOffice : 20 Documents To PDF
R Benchmark 2.5: Overall mean
Cinebench R23 / Multi Core | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) | |
Average of class Gaming (2435 - 34521, n=236, last 2 years) | |
Average Intel Core i9-12900H (7647 - 19648, n=22) | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 | |
Schenker Vision 16 Pro RTX 3070 Ti |
Cinebench R23 / Single Core | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
Average Intel Core i9-12900H (1698 - 1921, n=22) | |
Schenker Vision 16 Pro RTX 3070 Ti | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) | |
Average of class Gaming (527 - 2169, n=234, last 2 years) | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti |
Cinebench R20 / CPU (Multi Core) | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) | |
Average of class Gaming (930 - 13769, n=237, last 2 years) | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
Average Intel Core i9-12900H (2922 - 7471, n=22) | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603H | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 | |
Schenker Vision 16 Pro RTX 3070 Ti |
Cinebench R20 / CPU (Single Core) | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
Average Intel Core i9-12900H (653 - 738, n=22) | |
Schenker Vision 16 Pro RTX 3070 Ti | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) | |
Average of class Gaming (169 - 825, n=237, last 2 years) | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603H | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 |
Cinebench R15 / CPU Multi 64Bit | |
Schenker Vision 16 Pro RTX 3070 Ti | |
Schenker Vision 16 Pro RTX 3070 Ti | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) | |
Average of class Gaming (400 - 5663, n=240, last 2 years) | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
Average Intel Core i9-12900H (1561 - 3077, n=22) | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603H | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 |
Cinebench R15 / CPU Single 64Bit | |
Average Intel Core i9-12900H (243 - 277, n=23) | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
Schenker Vision 16 Pro RTX 3070 Ti | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) | |
Average of class Gaming (79.2 - 312, n=241, last 2 years) | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603H |
Blender / v2.79 BMW27 CPU | |
Schenker Vision 16 Pro RTX 3070 Ti | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603H | |
Average of class Gaming (91 - 1259, n=238, last 2 years) | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 | |
Average Intel Core i9-12900H (160 - 415, n=22) | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z |
7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
Average of class Gaming (11386 - 140932, n=234, last 2 years) | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) | |
Average Intel Core i9-12900H (37614 - 76677, n=22) | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603H | |
Schenker Vision 16 Pro RTX 3070 Ti |
7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 -mmt1 | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
Average Intel Core i9-12900H (5302 - 6289, n=22) | |
Schenker Vision 16 Pro RTX 3070 Ti | |
Average of class Gaming (2685 - 7581, n=235, last 2 years) | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603H |
Geekbench 5.4 / Multi-Core | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
Average Intel Core i9-12900H (8519 - 14376, n=23) | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) | |
Average of class Gaming (1946 - 22200, n=233, last 2 years) | |
Schenker Vision 16 Pro RTX 3070 Ti | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603H |
Geekbench 5.4 / Single-Core | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
Schenker Vision 16 Pro RTX 3070 Ti | |
Average Intel Core i9-12900H (1647 - 1892, n=23) | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) | |
Average of class Gaming (158 - 2139, n=233, last 2 years) | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603H | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 |
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 / 4k Preset | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
Average of class Gaming (3 - 37.6, n=238, last 2 years) | |
Average Intel Core i9-12900H (9.16 - 22.5, n=22) | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603H | |
Schenker Vision 16 Pro RTX 3070 Ti |
LibreOffice / 20 Documents To PDF | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
Average of class Gaming (32.8 - 332, n=234, last 2 years) | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) | |
Schenker Vision 16 Pro RTX 3070 Ti | |
Average Intel Core i9-12900H (38 - 59.8, n=22) | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603H |
R Benchmark 2.5 / Overall mean | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603H | |
Average of class Gaming (0.375 - 4.47, n=234, last 2 years) | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) | |
Schenker Vision 16 Pro RTX 3070 Ti | |
Average Intel Core i9-12900H (0.4218 - 0.503, n=22) | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z |
* ... 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 | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) | |
Average of class Gaming (2585 - 55084, n=212, last 2 years) | |
Schenker Vision 16 Pro RTX 3070 Ti | |
Average Intel Core i9-12900H (4074 - 18289, n=22) |
AIDA64 / FPU Julia | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) | |
Average of class Gaming (12439 - 234848, n=212, last 2 years) | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
Schenker Vision 16 Pro RTX 3070 Ti | |
Average Intel Core i9-12900H (22307 - 93236, n=22) |
AIDA64 / CPU SHA3 | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) | |
Average of class Gaming (629 - 9930, n=212, last 2 years) | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 | |
Average Intel Core i9-12900H (1378 - 4215, n=22) | |
Schenker Vision 16 Pro RTX 3070 Ti |
AIDA64 / CPU Queen | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 | |
Average Intel Core i9-12900H (78668 - 111241, n=22) | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) | |
Average of class Gaming (15371 - 186519, n=212, last 2 years) | |
Schenker Vision 16 Pro RTX 3070 Ti |
AIDA64 / FPU SinJulia | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
Average of class Gaming (2137 - 30810, n=212, last 2 years) | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
Average Intel Core i9-12900H (5709 - 10410, n=22) | |
Schenker Vision 16 Pro RTX 3070 Ti |
AIDA64 / FPU Mandel | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 | |
Average of class Gaming (7135 - 124377, n=212, last 2 years) | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
Schenker Vision 16 Pro RTX 3070 Ti | |
Average Intel Core i9-12900H (11257 - 45581, n=22) |
AIDA64 / CPU AES | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
Average of class Gaming (18146 - 236139, n=212, last 2 years) | |
Average Intel Core i9-12900H (31935 - 151546, n=22) | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) | |
Schenker Vision 16 Pro RTX 3070 Ti |
AIDA64 / CPU ZLib | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
Average Intel Core i9-12900H (449 - 1193, n=22) | |
Average of class Gaming (150.9 - 2231, n=226, last 2 years) | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 | |
Schenker Vision 16 Pro RTX 3070 Ti | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603H |
AIDA64 / FP64 Ray-Trace | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) | |
Average of class Gaming (1437 - 29473, n=212, last 2 years) | |
Schenker Vision 16 Pro RTX 3070 Ti | |
Average Intel Core i9-12900H (2235 - 10511, n=22) |
AIDA64 / CPU PhotoWorxx | |
Schenker Vision 16 Pro RTX 3070 Ti | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
Average Intel Core i9-12900H (20960 - 48269, n=23) | |
Average of class Gaming (8341 - 52949, n=213, last 2 years) | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 |
System Performance
In the PCMark, the combination of i9 and RTX 3070 Ti takes the lead in all benchmarks, but this is also the level of performance that is expected. The same goes for the CrossMark benchmarks.
CrossMark: Overall | Productivity | Creativity | Responsiveness
PCMark 10 / Score | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
Average Intel Core i9-12900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU (7087 - 8072, n=6) | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
Average of class Gaming (4477 - 9331, n=193, last 2 years) | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603H |
PCMark 10 / Essentials | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
Average Intel Core i9-12900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU (10266 - 11663, n=6) | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603H | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
Average of class Gaming (7334 - 12176, n=192, last 2 years) | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 |
PCMark 10 / Productivity | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
Average Intel Core i9-12900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU (9402 - 10742, n=6) | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
Average of class Gaming (6161 - 11833, n=192, last 2 years) | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603H | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 |
PCMark 10 / Digital Content Creation | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
Average Intel Core i9-12900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU (10009 - 12541, n=6) | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 | |
Average of class Gaming (5288 - 16424, n=192, last 2 years) | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603H | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) |
CrossMark / Overall | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
Average Intel Core i9-12900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU (1664 - 2044, n=6) | |
Average of class Gaming (974 - 2295, n=117, last 2 years) | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) | |
Schenker Vision 16 Pro RTX 3070 Ti | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 |
CrossMark / Productivity | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
Average Intel Core i9-12900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU (1591 - 1968, n=6) | |
Average of class Gaming (907 - 2166, n=117, last 2 years) | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) | |
Schenker Vision 16 Pro RTX 3070 Ti | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 |
CrossMark / Creativity | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
Average Intel Core i9-12900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU (1797 - 2148, n=6) | |
Average of class Gaming (1027 - 2514, n=117, last 2 years) | |
Schenker Vision 16 Pro RTX 3070 Ti | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 |
CrossMark / Responsiveness | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
Average Intel Core i9-12900H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU (1514 - 2069, n=6) | |
Average of class Gaming (1029 - 2275, n=117, last 2 years) | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) | |
Schenker Vision 16 Pro RTX 3070 Ti | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 |
PCMark 10 Score | 7871 points | |
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AIDA64 / Memory Copy | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
Schenker Vision 16 Pro RTX 3070 Ti | |
Average Intel Core i9-12900H (34438 - 74264, n=22) | |
Average of class Gaming (18074 - 80776, n=212, last 2 years) | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) |
AIDA64 / Memory Read | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
Schenker Vision 16 Pro RTX 3070 Ti | |
Average Intel Core i9-12900H (36365 - 74642, n=22) | |
Average of class Gaming (20318 - 89096, n=212, last 2 years) | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) |
AIDA64 / Memory Write | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
Schenker Vision 16 Pro RTX 3070 Ti | |
Average Intel Core i9-12900H (32276 - 66275, n=22) | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 | |
Average of class Gaming (15975 - 80441, n=212, last 2 years) | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) |
AIDA64 / Memory Latency | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 | |
Schenker Vision 16 Pro RTX 3070 Ti | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
Average Intel Core i9-12900H (88 - 118.1, n=21) | |
Average of class Gaming (76.2 - 135.3, n=226, last 2 years) | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603H |
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DPC Latencies
LatencyMon unfortunately already finds the first latencies when starting the software, even if there are no additional actions. When opening the browser with multiple tabs, the latencies increase further.
Our 4K/60-fps YouTube video is also not reproduced without any dropped frames (6). However, the latency values are not particularly high overall and lower than in the XMG Focus 16, for example. On the other hand, they become evident earlier.
DPC Latencies / LatencyMon - interrupt to process latency (max), Web, Youtube, Prime95 | |
Schenker XMG Focus 16 (i7-12700H, RTX 3060) | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603H | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H RTX 3070 Ti | |
Corsair Voyager a1600 | |
Schenker Vision 16 Pro RTX 3070 Ti |
* ... smaller is better
Storage Solution
Our test model uses a PCIe Gen4 SSD from Micron with 1 TB of storage. In our list of best SSDs, it places at rank 74, so there are also many faster models. The benchmarks confirm decent values for the storage solution. However, the measured values of the Samsung storage in the predecessor or the Legion 5, are faster.
The SSD isn't quite able to maintain its performance in the long run, but the performance drop is only small.