Asus TUF Gaming A16 Advantage Edition FA617XS review: The AMD laptop with up to 20-hour runtimes

Name: Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS
Brand: Asus

Long distance runner.

Asus have chosen AMD hardware - a Ryzen 9 7940HS and Radeon RX 7600S - to power the gaming laptop. A quick-reacting 16:10 16-inch screen (WUXGA, 165 Hz, FreeSync) and excellent runtimes complete the setup.

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AMD Gaming Laptop Radeon Ryzen (Zen) Windows Zen 4

The Asus TUF Gaming A16 Advantage Edition - a mid-range gaming laptop - relies on AMD hardware: A Ryzen-9-7940HS APU and Radeon-RX-7600S GPU power the device. Competitors include the Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8, the MSI Katana 15 B12VEK, the Medion Erazer Defender P40 and the Gigabyte G5 KE.

For more detailed information on the laptop's case, connectivity and input devices, take a look at our review of the A16's identically-built sister model.

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Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS (TUF Gaming A16 Series)

Processor

AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS 8 x 4 - 5.2 GHz, 114 W PL2 / Short Burst, 105 W PL1 / Sustained, Phoenix-HS (Zen 4)

Graphics adapter

AMD Radeon RX 7600S - 8 GB VRAM, Core: 2207 MHz, RAM: 2000 MHz, 95 W TDP, GDDR6, 31.0.14003.25002, MUX Switch, AMD Smart Access Graphic

Memory

16 GB

, DDR5-4800, Dual-Channel-Mode, two memory slots (both in use)

Display

16.00 inch 16:10, 1920 x 1200 pixel 142 PPI, BOE NE160WUM-NX2, IPS, FreeSync, glossy: no, 165 Hz

Mainboard

AMD Promontory/Bixby FCH

Storage

Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM, 512 GB

, PCIe 4, M.2-2280, 400 GB free

Soundcard

Realtek ALC256

Connections

2 USB 3.1 Gen2, 1 USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 20Gbps, 1 USB 4.0 40 Gbps, USB-C Power Delivery (PD), 1 HDMI, 2 DisplayPort, 1 Kensington Lock, Audio Connections: Headset combined port, TPM 2.0

Networking

Realtek RTL8168/8111 Gigabit-LAN (10/100/1000MBit/s), Realtek RTL8852BE (b/g/n = Wi-Fi 4/ac = Wi-Fi 5/ax = Wi-Fi 6/), Bluetooth 5.3

Size

height x width x depth (in mm): 22.1 x 355 x 252 ( = 0.87 x 13.98 x 9.92 in)

Battery

90 Wh, 5845 mAh Lithium-Polymer

Charging

fast charging / Quickcharge

Operating System

Microsoft Windows 11 Home

Camera

Webcam: HD
Primary Camera: 0.9 MPix

Additional features

Speakers: Stereo, Keyboard: Chiclet, Keyboard Light: yes, McAfee LiveSafe (Trial), Microsoft 365 (Trial), Microsoft OneNote (Trial), 24 Months Warranty

Weight

2.184 kg ( = 77.04 oz / 4.81 pounds), Power Supply: 548 g ( = 19.33 oz / 1.21 pounds)

Price

1699 Euro

Links

Asus homepage
Asus notebook section

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Rating	Date	Model	Weight	Height	Size	Resolution
86.9 % v7 ^(old)	06 / 2023	Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS R9 7940HS, Radeon RX 7600S	2.2 kg	22.1 mm	16.00"	1920x1200
87.9 % v7 ^(old)	05 / 2023	Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	2.5 kg	26.8 mm	16.00"	2560x1600
82.9 % v7 ^(old)	03 / 2023	MSI Katana 15 B12VEK i7-12650H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU	2.3 kg	24.9 mm	15.60"	1920x1080
84.6 % v7 ^(old)	05 / 2023	Medion Erazer Defender P40 i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	2.9 kg	33 mm	17.30"	2560x1440
81.8 % v7 ^(old)	04 / 2023	Gigabyte G5 KE i5-12500H, GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU	2 kg	23.9 mm	15.60"	1920x1080

Case & connectivity - small changes compared to its sister model

Compared to its sister model's well-known black case, the A16 has a two-toned case. The back of the lid and bottom of the case are a sandy color ("Sandstorm"). Connectivity options are also a little different: One of the two USB-C ports has been upgraded to USB-4 standard.

size comparison

Medion Erazer Defender P40 Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Gigabyte G5 KE Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS DIN A4 ❌

left side: power connection, Gigabit Ethernet, HDMI, USB 4 (USB-C; DisplayPort), USB 3.2 Gen 2 (USB-C; DisplayPort, Power Delivery), USB 3.2 Gen 1 (USB-A), audio combo

Networking
iperf3 transmit AXE11000
Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201	1622 (823^min - 1820^max) MBit/s +109%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201	1529 (623^min - 1608^max) MBit/s +97%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211	1445 (1373^min - 1515^max) MBit/s +86%
Average of class Gaming (469 - 1862, n=118, last 2 years)	1232 MBit/s +59%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 MediaTek MT7921	908 (806^min - 973^max) MBit/s +17%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211	802 (579^min - 1120^max) MBit/s +3%
Average Realtek RTL8852BE (536 - 926, n=53)	794 MBit/s +2%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS Realtek RTL8852BE	776 (392^min - 802^max) MBit/s
iperf3 receive AXE11000
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211	1734 (1706^min - 1750^max) MBit/s +92%
Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201	1686 (1451^min - 1716^max) MBit/s +86%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201	1666 (840^min - 1685^max) MBit/s +84%
Average of class Gaming (680 - 1741, n=118, last 2 years)	1412 MBit/s +56%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211	1223 (1136^min - 1272^max) MBit/s +35%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS Realtek RTL8852BE	905 (765^min - 969^max) MBit/s
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 MediaTek MT7921	899 (755^min - 936^max) MBit/s -1%
Average Realtek RTL8852BE (455 - 985, n=54)	860 MBit/s -5%

Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS Realtek RTL8852BE; iperf3 transmit AXE11000; iperf 3.1.3: Ø763 (392-802)

Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211; iperf3 transmit AXE11000; iperf 3.1.3: Ø802 (579-1120)

MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201; iperf3 transmit AXE11000; iperf 3.1.3: Ø1509 (623-1608)

Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211; iperf3 transmit AXE11000; iperf 3.1.3: Ø1445 (1373-1515)

Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201; iperf3 transmit AXE11000; iperf 3.1.3: Ø1595 (823-1820)

Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 MediaTek MT7921; iperf3 transmit AXE11000; iperf 3.1.3: Ø908 (806-973)

Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS Realtek RTL8852BE; iperf3 receive AXE11000; iperf 3.1.3: Ø905 (765-969)

Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211; iperf3 receive AXE11000; iperf 3.1.3: Ø1223 (1136-1272)

MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201; iperf3 receive AXE11000; iperf 3.1.3: Ø1637 (840-1685)

Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211; iperf3 receive AXE11000; iperf 3.1.3: Ø1733 (1706-1750)

Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201; iperf3 receive AXE11000; iperf 3.1.3: Ø1685 (1451-1716)

Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 MediaTek MT7921; iperf3 receive AXE11000; iperf 3.1.3: Ø898 (755-936)

ColorChecker Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS: 15.99 ∆E min: 2.33 - max: 24.28 ∆E

Display - 16:10 panel with sRGB coverage

The A16 is equipped with the same 165-Hz panel that can be found on its sister model. Its matte 16-inch display (1,920 x 1,200 pixels, IPS) has a 16:10 format and it scores points thanks to its FreeSync support, lack of PWM flickering and quick reaction speeds. While its contrast is acceptable, its brightness could do with being a little better.


292 cd/m²	291 cd/m²	290 cd/m²
298 cd/m²	301 cd/m²	303 cd/m²
284 cd/m²	284 cd/m²	299 cd/m²

Distribution of brightness

BOE NE160WUM-NX2 tested with X-Rite i1Pro 2

Maximum: 303 cd/m² (Nits) Average: 293.6 cd/m² Minimum: 13 cd/m²
Brightness Distribution: 94 %
Center on Battery: 301 cd/m²
Contrast: 1433:1 (Black: 0.21 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 1.79 | 0.5-29.43 Ø4.86, calibrated: 1.2
ΔE Greyscale 2.5 | 0.09-98 Ø5.1
70.7% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
97.3% sRGB (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
69.3% Display P3 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
Gamma: 2.265

Download ICC File (X-Rite i1Pro 2)

	Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS BOE NE160WUM-NX2, IPS, 1920x1200, 16"	Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 AU Optronics B160QAN03.1, IPS, 2560x1600, 16"	MSI Katana 15 B12VEK AUOAF90 (B156HAN08.4), IPS, 1920x1080, 15.6"	Medion Erazer Defender P40 BOE CQ NE173QHM-NZ3, IPS, 2560x1440, 17.3"	Gigabyte G5 KE Chi Mei N156HRA-EA1, IPS, 1920x1080, 15.6"	Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 NE160WUM-NX2 (BOE0B33), IPS-Level, 1920x1200, 16"
Display		3%	-44%	-0%	-39%	0%
Display P3 Coverage	69.3	71.2 3%	38.1 -45%	68.3 -1%	40.7 -41%	69.4 0%
sRGB Coverage	97.3	98.8 2%	56.8 -42%	98.1 1%	61 -37%	97.8 1%
AdobeRGB 1998 Coverage	70.7	73.3 4%	39.3 -44%	69.8 -1%	42.1 -40%	70.9 0%
Response Times		2%	-159%	10%	-79%	-5%
Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80% *	15.6 ?(7.3, 8.3)	14.5 ?(7, 7.5) 7%	38.8 ?(18.6, 20.2) -149%	14.6 ?(7.1, 7.5) 6%	26.64 ?(12.52, 14.12) -71%	17 ?(8, 9) -9%
Response Time Black / White *	10 ?(5.7, 4.3)	10.4 ?(5.7, 4.7) -4%	26.8 ?(14.2, 12.6) -168%	8.7 ?(3.6, 5.1) 13%	18.65 ?(10.83, 7.82) -87%	10.1 ?(5.4, 4.7) -1%
PWM Frequency
Screen		5%	-115%	7%	-113%	4%
Brightness middle	301	405.7 35%	261 -13%	364 21%	269 -11%	308 2%
Brightness	294	368 25%	258 -12%	343 17%	248 -16%	293 0%
Brightness Distribution	94	87 -7%	92 -2%	86 -9%	85 -10%	90 -4%
Black Level *	0.21	0.38 -81%	0.19 10%	0.28 -33%	0.5 -138%	0.23 -10%
Contrast	1433	1068 -25%	1374 -4%	1300 -9%	538 -62%	1339 -7%
Colorchecker dE 2000 *	1.79	1.65 8%	5.57 -211%	1.67 7%	4.54 -154%	1.47 18%
Colorchecker dE 2000 max. *	3.48	4.2 -21%	20.6 -492%	2.78 20%	17.28 -397%	2.98 14%
Colorchecker dE 2000 calibrated *	1.2	0.53 56%	4.63 -286%	1.14 5%	3.34 -178%	1.02 15%
Greyscale dE 2000 *	2.5	1.2 52%	3.19 -28%	1.4 44%	3.8 -52%	2.2 12%
Gamma	2.265 ^97%	2.3 ^96%	2.45 ^90%	2.091 ^105%	2.17 ^101%	2.228 ^99%
CCT	6157 ^106%	6453 ^101%	6146 ^106%	6568 ^99%	7408 ^88%	6228 ^104%
Total Average (Program / Settings)		3% / 4%	-106% / -106%	6% / 6%	-77% / -92%	-0% / 2%

* ... smaller is better

Ex works, the screen features good color depiction: A deviation of around 1.8 is acceptable (DeltaE < 3). Calibration lowers this rate to 1.2 and leads to more balanced gray tones. The panel can depict the entire sRGB color space, but not the AdobeRGB and DCI P3 spaces. This is similar to most of its competitors' displays.

Display Response Times

ℹ

Display response times show how fast the screen is able to change from one color to the next. Slow response times can lead to afterimages and can cause moving objects to appear blurry (ghosting). Gamers of fast-paced 3D titles should pay special attention to fast response times.

↔ Response Time Black to White
10 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined	↗ 5.7 ms rise
10 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined	↘ 4.3 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. » 24 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (20.7 ms).
↔ Response Time 50% Grey to 80% Grey
15.6 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined	↗ 7.3 ms rise
15.6 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined	↘ 8.3 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. » 27 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (32.3 ms).

Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)

ℹ

To dim the screen, some notebooks will simply cycle the backlight on and off in rapid succession - a method called Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) . This cycling frequency should ideally be undetectable to the human eye. If said frequency is too low, users with sensitive eyes may experience strain or headaches or even notice the flickering altogether.

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 8437 (minimum: 5 - maximum: 343500) Hz was measured.

The laptop's viewing-angle stable IPS panel remains legible from every angle. It is possible to view the panel outside - as long as the sun isn't shining too brightly.

Performance - Asus make use of AMD power

The Asus TUF Gaming A16 Advantage Edition FA617XS is a mid-range gaming laptop. AMD hardware delivers the necessary computing power. The present model can be purchased for around $1,700.

Testing conditions

You can switch between the three manufacturer-specific performance profiles (see table) via the key combination "Fn" + "F5". The profiles "Performance" (benchmarks) and "Quiet" (battery tests) were used. The GPU mode was set to "Standard" (= switching graphics). The notebook's control center ("Armoury Crate") allows you to create individual profiles ("Manual"), which includes setting the PPT and fan curves.

	Turbo	Performance	Quiet
Power Limit 1 (HWInfo)	120 watts	105 watts	75 watts
Power Limit 2 (HWInfo)	144 watts	114 watts	90 watts
Noise (Wichter 3)	53 dB(A)	51 dB(A)	46 dB(A)
Performance (Witcher 3)	~100 fps	~100 fps	~94 fps

Processor

The CPU part of the Ryzen-9-7940HS-APU (Phoenix, Zen 4) features eight processing cores with 16 threads. A base clock rate of 4 GHz can be raised to up to 5.25 GHz (one core). Our measured benchmark results are about the same as the previously tested 7940HS laptops. Using the profile "Turbo" leads to a little better performance (4-5 per cent).

The sister model's Ryzen-7-7735HS-APU (Rembrandt R, Zen 3+) is clearly beaten by the Ryzen 9, even with the same number of cores and the same power limits. Thanks to its better architecture and higher clock rates, its per-watt performance is greater.

The CB15 loop test shows: Continuous multi-thread load leads the CPU to work with consistently high turbo clock rates - regardless of the chosen performance profile.

Please note: Detailed information about the installed APU and its architecture can be read in our Zen4 analysis article.

Cinebench R15 multi continuous test

Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS: Ø2646 (2596.9-2666.67)

Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Core i7-13700HX: Ø3057 (3008.42-3230.23)

MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Core i7-12650H: Ø1968 (1876.44-2253.14)

Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX: Ø2369 (2270.92-3189.19)

Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Core i5-12500H: Ø2063 (1956.47-2112.49)

Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS: Ø2250 (2235.89-2298.72)

CPU Performance Rating - Percent
Average of class Gaming	79.1 pt
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Core i7-13700HX	73.4 pt
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	70.3 pt
Average AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	69.4 pt
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX	67.3 pt
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Core i7-12650H	57.7 pt
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	55.4 pt
Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Core i5-12500H	53.5 pt

Cinebench R23
Multi Core
Average of class Gaming (5668 - 40970, n=147, last 2 years)	22761 Points +35%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX	20341 Points +20%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Core i7-13700HX	19987 (10270.1^min - 19987.3^max) Points +18%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	16907 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS (15556 - 18131, n=11)	16801 Points -1%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Core i7-12650H	15537 Points -8%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	13995 Points -17%
Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Core i5-12500H	13155 Points -22%
Single Core
Average of class Gaming (1136 - 2267, n=147, last 2 years)	1916 Points +7%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	1791 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS (1733 - 1832, n=11)	1784 Points 0%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Core i7-12650H	1697 Points -5%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX	1668 Points -7%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Core i7-13700HX	1666 Points -7%
Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Core i5-12500H	1629 Points -9%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	1561 Points -13%

Cinebench R20
CPU (Multi Core)
Average of class Gaming (2179 - 16108, n=147, last 2 years)	8754 Points +33%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX	7710 Points +17%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Core i7-13700HX	6889 Points +5%
Average AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS (6277 - 7111, n=11)	6575 Points 0%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	6571 Points
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Core i7-12650H	6009 Points -9%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	5441 Points -17%
Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Core i5-12500H	5066 Points -23%
CPU (Single Core)
Average of class Gaming (439 - 870, n=147, last 2 years)	738 Points +5%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	702 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS (679 - 714, n=11)	699 Points 0%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Core i7-12650H	652 Points -7%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Core i7-13700HX	652 Points -7%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX	644 Points -8%
Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Core i5-12500H	627 Points -11%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	612 Points -13%

Cinebench R15
CPU Multi 64Bit
Average of class Gaming (1537 - 6271, n=150, last 2 years)	3507 Points +32%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Core i7-13700HX	3230 (3008.42^min - 3230.23^max) Points +21%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX	3189 Points +20%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	2666.7 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS (2470 - 2848, n=11)	2665 Points 0%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	2299 (2235.89^min - 2298.72^max) Points -14%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Core i7-12650H	2253 (1876.44^min - 2253.14^max) Points -16%
Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Core i5-12500H	2112 (1956.47^min - 2112.49^max) Points -21%
CPU Single 64Bit
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	283 Points
Average of class Gaming (191.9 - 343, n=147, last 2 years)	283 Points 0%
Average AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS (258 - 288, n=11)	281 Points -1%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Core i7-13700HX	265 Points -6%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	248 Points -12%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Core i7-12650H	247 Points -13%
Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Core i5-12500H	245 Points -13%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX	243 Points -14%

Blender
v2.79 BMW27 CPU
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Core i7-12650H	234 Seconds * -24%
Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Core i5-12500H	230 Seconds * -22%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	225 Seconds * -19%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX	198 Seconds * -5%
Average AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS (182 - 202, n=10)	191.7 Seconds * -1%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	189 Seconds *
Average of class Gaming (80 - 517, n=141, last 2 years)	166.8 Seconds * +12%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Core i7-13700HX	151 Seconds * +20%
v3.3 Classroom CPU
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Core i7-12650H (3.3.3)	441 Seconds * -47%
Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Core i5-12500H (3.3.2)	423 Seconds * -41%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS (3.3.3)	376 Seconds * -25%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX (3.3.3)	345 Seconds * -15%
Average AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS (287 - 331, n=11)	308 Seconds * -2%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS (3.3.3)	301 Seconds *
Average of class Gaming (122 - 962, n=144, last 2 years)	285 Seconds * +5%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Core i7-13700HX (3.3.3)	264 Seconds * +12%

7-Zip 18.03
7z b 4
Average of class Gaming (23795 - 144064, n=145, last 2 years)	85727 MIPS +22%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Core i7-13700HX	78076 MIPS +11%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX	72220 MIPS +3%
Average AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS (66408 - 73434, n=11)	70800 MIPS +1%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	70081 MIPS
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	61292 MIPS -13%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Core i7-12650H	59034 MIPS -16%
Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Core i5-12500H	54380 MIPS -22%
7z b 4 -mmt1
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	6621 MIPS
Average AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS (6310 - 6776, n=11)	6614 MIPS 0%
Average of class Gaming (4199 - 7573, n=145, last 2 years)	6310 MIPS -5%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	5779 MIPS -13%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Core i7-13700HX	5718 MIPS -14%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX	5552 MIPS -16%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Core i7-12650H	5537 MIPS -16%
Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Core i5-12500H	5383 MIPS -19%

Geekbench 5.5
Multi-Core
Average of class Gaming (4557 - 27010, n=144, last 2 years)	15428 Points +27%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX	14222 Points +17%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Core i7-13700HX	14144 Points +17%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	12111 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS (11207 - 12500, n=12)	11931 Points -1%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Core i7-12650H	11198 Points -8%
Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Core i5-12500H	10260 Points -15%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	9836 Points -19%
Single-Core
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	2032 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS (1823 - 2032, n=12)	1983 Points -2%
Average of class Gaming (986 - 2423, n=144, last 2 years)	1934 Points -5%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Core i7-13700HX	1777 Points -13%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Core i7-12650H	1667 Points -18%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX	1666 Points -18%
Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Core i5-12500H	1647 Points -19%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	1574 Points -23%

HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - 4k Preset
Average of class Gaming (7.7 - 44.3, n=145, last 2 years)	24.7 fps +19%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Core i7-13700HX	24.2 fps +16%
Average AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS (20.1 - 22.6, n=10)	21.1 fps +1%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX	20.8 fps 0%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	20.8 fps
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	17.5 fps -16%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Core i7-12650H	17.4 fps -16%
Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Core i5-12500H	16.6 fps -20%

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Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	59.1 s * -42%
Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Core i5-12500H	57.7 s * -38%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX	49.8 s * -19%
Average of class Gaming (19 - 96.6, n=143, last 2 years)	47.5 s * -14%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Core i7-12650H	47 s * -13%
Average AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS (36.9 - 54.8, n=11)	45.2 s * -8%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	41.7 s *
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Core i7-13700HX	36.5 s * +12%

R Benchmark 2.5 - Overall mean
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	0.5 sec * -18%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX	0.493 sec * -16%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Core i7-12650H	0.4904 sec * -15%
Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Core i5-12500H	0.4865 sec * -14%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Core i7-13700HX	0.4769 sec * -12%
Average of class Gaming (0.3551 - 0.759, n=146, last 2 years)	0.4357 sec * -2%
Average AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS (0.4159 - 0.4467, n=11)	0.4296 sec * -1%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	0.4253 sec *

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Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

2666.7 Points

Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64Bit

188.6 fps

Cinebench R15 Ref. Match 64Bit

97.9 %

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

283 Points

Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)

6571 Points

Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)

702 Points

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

16907 Points

Cinebench R23 Single Core

1791 Points

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Performance Rating
Average AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	93.5 pt
Average of class Gaming	92.2 pt
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, Radeon RX 7600S	90.2 pt
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	83 pt
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, Radeon RX 7600S	70.1 pt
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	66.9 pt
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Core i7-12650H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU	62.5 pt
Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Core i5-12500H, GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU	58.9 pt

AIDA64 / FP32 Ray-Trace
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, Radeon RX 7600S (v6.75.6100)	28033 KRay/s
Average AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS (25226 - 29109, n=9)	26960 KRay/s -4%
Average of class Gaming (7192 - 85542, n=144, last 2 years)	24389 KRay/s -13%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU (v6.85.6300)	20413 KRay/s -27%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, Radeon RX 7600S (v6.85.6300)	16661 KRay/s -41%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Core i7-12650H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU (v6.85.6300)	15620 KRay/s -44%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU (v6.75.6100)	15397 KRay/s -45%
Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Core i5-12500H, GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU (v6.75.6100)	12542 KRay/s -55%

AIDA64 / FPU Julia
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, Radeon RX 7600S (v6.75.6100)	122098 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS (106512 - 123214, n=9)	115281 Points -6%
Average of class Gaming (35040 - 252486, n=144, last 2 years)	114734 Points -6%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU (v6.85.6300)	103903 Points -15%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, Radeon RX 7600S (v6.85.6300)	101275 Points -17%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU (v6.75.6100)	77807 Points -36%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Core i7-12650H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU (v6.85.6300)	76434 Points -37%
Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Core i5-12500H, GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU (v6.75.6100)	65919 Points -46%

AIDA64 / CPU SHA3
Average of class Gaming (1728 - 10389, n=144, last 2 years)	5230 MB/s +15%
Average AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS (4566 - 5119, n=9)	4888 MB/s +7%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU (v6.85.6300)	4633 MB/s +1%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, Radeon RX 7600S (v6.75.6100)	4566 MB/s
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, Radeon RX 7600S (v6.85.6300)	3494 MB/s -23%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU (v6.75.6100)	3412 MB/s -25%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Core i7-12650H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU (v6.85.6300)	3244 MB/s -29%
Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Core i5-12500H, GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU (v6.75.6100)	3212 MB/s -30%

AIDA64 / CPU Queen
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, Radeon RX 7600S (v6.75.6100)	124433 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS (118174 - 124783, n=9)	120945 Points -3%
Average of class Gaming (50699 - 200651, n=144, last 2 years)	115992 Points -7%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU (v6.85.6300)	113990 Points -8%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU (v6.75.6100)	113837 Points -9%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, Radeon RX 7600S (v6.85.6300)	104709 Points -16%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Core i7-12650H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU (v6.85.6300)	87225 Points -30%
Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Core i5-12500H, GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU (v6.75.6100)	80337 Points -35%

AIDA64 / FPU SinJulia
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, Radeon RX 7600S (v6.75.6100)	15380 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS (14663 - 15551, n=9)	15153 Points -1%
Average of class Gaming (5020 - 32988, n=144, last 2 years)	13581 Points -12%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU (v6.85.6300)	13285 Points -14%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, Radeon RX 7600S (v6.85.6300)	12691 Points -17%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU (v6.75.6100)	10407 Points -32%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Core i7-12650H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU (v6.85.6300)	8694 Points -43%
Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Core i5-12500H, GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU (v6.75.6100)	7388 Points -52%

AIDA64 / FPU Mandel
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, Radeon RX 7600S (v6.75.6100)	63432 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS (56839 - 66238, n=9)	61463 Points -3%
Average of class Gaming (17585 - 134044, n=144, last 2 years)	58631 Points -8%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, Radeon RX 7600S (v6.85.6300)	55209 Points -13%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU (v6.85.6300)	50250 Points -21%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU (v6.75.6100)	38311 Points -40%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Core i7-12650H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU (v6.85.6300)	37738 Points -41%
Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Core i5-12500H, GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU (v6.75.6100)	31844 Points -50%

AIDA64 / CPU AES
Average AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS (86309 - 171350, n=9)	132825 MB/s +54%
Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Core i5-12500H, GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU (v6.75.6100)	110639 MB/s +28%
Average of class Gaming (19065 - 328679, n=144, last 2 years)	108142 MB/s +25%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU (v6.85.6300)	94177 MB/s +9%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, Radeon RX 7600S (v6.75.6100)	86309 MB/s
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU (v6.75.6100)	72510 MB/s -16%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Core i7-12650H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU (v6.85.6300)	66845 MB/s -23%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, Radeon RX 7600S (v6.85.6300)	64725 MB/s -25%

AIDA64 / CPU ZLib
Average of class Gaming (373 - 2531, n=144, last 2 years)	1409 MB/s +29%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU (v6.85.6300)	1339 MB/s +23%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, Radeon RX 7600S (v6.75.6100)	1089 MB/s
Average AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS (866 - 1152, n=9)	1061 MB/s -3%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU (v6.75.6100)	981 MB/s -10%
Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Core i5-12500H, GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU (v6.75.6100)	924 MB/s -15%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, Radeon RX 7600S (v6.85.6300)	883 MB/s -19%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Core i7-12650H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU (v6.85.6300)	879 MB/s -19%

AIDA64 / FP64 Ray-Trace
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, Radeon RX 7600S (v6.75.6100)	15209 KRay/s
Average AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS (13175 - 15675, n=9)	14468 KRay/s -5%
Average of class Gaming (3856 - 45446, n=144, last 2 years)	13087 KRay/s -14%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU (v6.85.6300)	11057 KRay/s -27%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, Radeon RX 7600S (v6.85.6300)	8923 KRay/s -41%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Core i7-12650H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU (v6.85.6300)	8448 KRay/s -44%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU (v6.75.6100)	8145 KRay/s -46%
Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Core i5-12500H, GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU (v6.75.6100)	6989 KRay/s -54%

AIDA64 / CPU PhotoWorxx
Average of class Gaming (10805 - 62274, n=144, last 2 years)	41042 MPixel/s +37%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Core i7-12650H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU (v6.85.6300)	37023 MPixel/s +24%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU (v6.85.6300)	36147 MPixel/s +21%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU (v6.75.6100)	36118 MPixel/s +21%
Average AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS (29922 - 41567, n=9)	36002 MPixel/s +20%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, Radeon RX 7600S (v6.75.6100)	29922 MPixel/s
Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Core i5-12500H, GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU (v6.75.6100)	29085 MPixel/s -3%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, Radeon RX 7600S (v6.85.6300)	27871 MPixel/s -7%

System performance

The smoothly running system provides enough performance for demanding areas of use, such as rendering, video editing and gaming - the good PCMark results can confirm this. The RAM's transfer rates are on a normal level for DDR5 4800 RAM. It is important to note: The automated switch between dGPU and iGPU (Smart Access Graphic) always takes a second or two. During this time, the system freezes.

PCMark 10 / Score
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS Radeon RX 7600S, R9 7940HS, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM	7927 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S (n=1)	7927 Points 0%
Average of class Gaming (5776 - 9852, n=131, last 2 years)	7927 Points 0%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, i7-13700HX, SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X115N	7691 Points -3%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Radeon RX 7600S, R7 7735HS, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	7332 Points -8%
Gigabyte G5 KE GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, i5-12500H, Gigabyte AG4512G-SI B10	7201 Points -9%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, i7-13700HX, Phison PS5021-E21 1TB	6909 Points -13%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, i7-12650H, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	6892 Points -13%

PCMark 10 / Essentials
Gigabyte G5 KE GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, i5-12500H, Gigabyte AG4512G-SI B10	11150 Points +3%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, i7-13700HX, SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X115N	10872 Points 0%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS Radeon RX 7600S, R9 7940HS, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM	10844 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S (n=1)	10844 Points 0%
Average of class Gaming (8744 - 12600, n=131, last 2 years)	10746 Points -1%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Radeon RX 7600S, R7 7735HS, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	10622 Points -2%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, i7-12650H, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	10180 Points -6%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, i7-13700HX, Phison PS5021-E21 1TB	9760 Points -10%

PCMark 10 / Productivity
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS Radeon RX 7600S, R9 7940HS, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM	10505 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S (n=1)	10505 Points 0%
Average of class Gaming (6662 - 14612, n=131, last 2 years)	9855 Points -6%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, i7-13700HX, Phison PS5021-E21 1TB	9760 Points -7%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, i7-12650H, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	9744 Points -7%
Gigabyte G5 KE GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, i5-12500H, Gigabyte AG4512G-SI B10	9475 Points -10%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Radeon RX 7600S, R7 7735HS, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	9332 Points -11%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, i7-13700HX, SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X115N	9131 Points -13%

PCMark 10 / Digital Content Creation
Average of class Gaming (7440 - 19351, n=131, last 2 years)	12935 Points +9%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, i7-13700HX, SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X115N	12434 Points +5%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS Radeon RX 7600S, R9 7940HS, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM	11868 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S (n=1)	11868 Points 0%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Radeon RX 7600S, R7 7735HS, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	10790 Points -9%
Gigabyte G5 KE GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, i5-12500H, Gigabyte AG4512G-SI B10	9593 Points -19%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, i7-13700HX, Phison PS5021-E21 1TB	9393 Points -21%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, i7-12650H, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	8957 Points -25%

CrossMark / Overall
Average of class Gaming (1247 - 2344, n=110, last 2 years)	1922 Points +8%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, i7-13700HX, Phison PS5021-E21 1TB	1774 Points 0%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS Radeon RX 7600S, R9 7940HS, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM	1774 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S (n=1)	1774 Points 0%
Gigabyte G5 KE GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, i5-12500H, Gigabyte AG4512G-SI B10	1752 Points -1%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, i7-12650H, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	1718 Points -3%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, i7-13700HX, SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X115N	1663 Points -6%

CrossMark / Productivity
Average of class Gaming (1299 - 2204, n=110, last 2 years)	1819 Points +6%
Gigabyte G5 KE GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, i5-12500H, Gigabyte AG4512G-SI B10	1720 Points 0%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS Radeon RX 7600S, R9 7940HS, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM	1715 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S (n=1)	1715 Points 0%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, i7-12650H, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	1653 Points -4%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, i7-13700HX, Phison PS5021-E21 1TB	1643 Points -4%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, i7-13700HX, SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X115N	1618 Points -6%

CrossMark / Creativity
Average of class Gaming (1275 - 2660, n=110, last 2 years)	2118 Points +6%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, i7-13700HX, Phison PS5021-E21 1TB	1992 Points 0%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS Radeon RX 7600S, R9 7940HS, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM	1990 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S (n=1)	1990 Points 0%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, i7-12650H, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	1840 Points -8%
Gigabyte G5 KE GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, i5-12500H, Gigabyte AG4512G-SI B10	1778 Points -11%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, i7-13700HX, SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X115N	1710 Points -14%

CrossMark / Responsiveness
Gigabyte G5 KE GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, i5-12500H, Gigabyte AG4512G-SI B10	1771 Points +28%
Average of class Gaming (1030 - 2330, n=110, last 2 years)	1708 Points +23%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, i7-13700HX, SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X115N	1663 Points +20%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, i7-13700HX, Phison PS5021-E21 1TB	1577 Points +14%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, i7-12650H, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	1570 Points +13%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS Radeon RX 7600S, R9 7940HS, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM	1388 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S (n=1)	1388 Points 0%

PCMark 8 Home Score Accelerated v2		5937 points
PCMark 8 Work Score Accelerated v2		6458 points
PCMark 10 Score		7927 points
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AIDA64: Memory Copy | Memory Read | Memory Write | Memory Latency

AIDA64 / Memory Copy
Average of class Gaming (21750 - 97515, n=144, last 2 years)	67803 MB/s +14%
Average AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS (59712 - 78739, n=9)	66186 MB/s +11%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, Radeon RX 7600S	59712 MB/s
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	58458 MB/s -2%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	57466 MB/s -4%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Core i7-12650H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU	56560 MB/s -5%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, Radeon RX 7600S	48549 MB/s -19%
Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Core i5-12500H, GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU	44445 MB/s -26%

AIDA64 / Memory Read
Average of class Gaming (22956 - 102937, n=144, last 2 years)	70747 MB/s +15%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	67644 MB/s +10%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	67639 MB/s +10%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Core i7-12650H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU	65535 MB/s +6%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, Radeon RX 7600S	61609 MB/s
Average AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS (50399 - 61836, n=9)	60273 MB/s -2%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, Radeon RX 7600S	50338 MB/s -18%
Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Core i5-12500H, GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU	47514 MB/s -23%

AIDA64 / Memory Write
Average AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS (72541 - 91567, n=9)	82439 MB/s +14%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, Radeon RX 7600S	72541 MB/s
Average of class Gaming (22297 - 108954, n=144, last 2 years)	70022 MB/s -3%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	65896 MB/s -9%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	57744 MB/s -20%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Core i7-12650H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU	57505 MB/s -21%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, Radeon RX 7600S	55012 MB/s -24%
Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Core i5-12500H, GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU	46901 MB/s -35%

AIDA64 / Memory Latency
Average of class Gaming (59.5 - 259, n=144, last 2 years)	98.2 ns * -9%
Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Core i5-12500H, GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU	96.1 ns * -6%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Core i7-12650H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU	94.9 ns * -5%
Average AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS (87.6 - 111.1, n=9)	93.1 ns * -3%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	93 ns * -3%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, Radeon RX 7600S	90.4 ns *
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, Radeon RX 7600S	84.6 ns * +6%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	81.9 ns * +9%

* ... smaller is better

DPC latency

The standardized latency monitor test (web surfing, 4k video playback, Prime95 high-load) revealed some anomalies. The system does not seem to be suitable for real-time video and audio editing. Future software updates could lead to improvements or even degradations.

DPC Latencies / LatencyMon - interrupt to process latency (max), Web, Youtube, Prime95
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, i7-12650H, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	7213.9 μs * -539%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, i7-13700HX, Phison PS5021-E21 1TB	4343.1 μs * -285%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS Radeon RX 7600S, R9 7940HS, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM	1128.7 μs *
Gigabyte G5 KE GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, i5-12500H, Gigabyte AG4512G-SI B10	1002.5 μs * +11%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, i7-13700HX, SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X115N	869.7 μs * +23%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Radeon RX 7600S, R7 7735HS, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	237.9 μs * +79%

* ... smaller is better

Storage devices

Asus has equipped the A16 with a 512 GB SSD (PCIe 4, M.2-2280) from Micron - (too) little storage space for a gaming notebook. It delivers decent data rates but is not one of the top models among all the available SSDs. Especially the write rates are far below today's possibilities.

A PCIe-4 SSD serves as the system drive.

CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6

AS SSD

DiskSpd

Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM

CDM 5/6 Read Seq Q32T1: 4285 MB/s

CDM 5/6 Write Seq Q32T1: 1772 MB/s

CDM 5/6 Read 4K Q32T1: 482 MB/s

CDM 5/6 Write 4K Q32T1: 269.6 MB/s

CDM 5 Read Seq: 2316 MB/s

CDM 5 Write Seq: 1674 MB/s

CDM 5/6 Read 4K: 51.92 MB/s

CDM 5/6 Write 4K: 119.5 MB/s

Drive Performance Rating | DiskSpd | AS SSD

Drive Performance Rating - Percent
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X115N	87.2 pt
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Phison PS5021-E21 1TB	77.8 pt
Average of class Gaming	75.1 pt
Gigabyte G5 KE Gigabyte AG4512G-SI B10	64.9 pt
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	59.5 pt
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	54.4 pt
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM	45.4 pt
Average Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM	35.2 pt

DiskSpd
seq read
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X115N	5346 (4832.89^min - 5346.06^max) MB/s +137%
Average of class Gaming (281 - 7045, n=127, last 2 years)	3403 MB/s +51%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Phison PS5021-E21 1TB	2501 (2479.67^min - 2500.68^max) MB/s +11%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	2460 (2456.1^min - 2460.17^max) MB/s +9%
Gigabyte G5 KE Gigabyte AG4512G-SI B10	2390 (2088.15^min - 2390.38^max) MB/s +6%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	2291 (2271.71^min - 2290.75^max) MB/s +2%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM	2253 (2206.83^min - 2252.55^max) MB/s
Average Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM (1748 - 2253, n=6)	1916 MB/s -15%
seq write
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Phison PS5021-E21 1TB	4675 (4517.46^min - 4675.27^max) MB/s +180%
Average of class Gaming (535 - 9307, n=127, last 2 years)	3807 MB/s +128%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	2991 (2932.66^min - 2991.48^max) MB/s +79%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	2903 (2823.62^min - 2902.74^max) MB/s +74%
Gigabyte G5 KE Gigabyte AG4512G-SI B10	2230 (2171.45^min - 2229.69^max) MB/s +33%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM	1671 (1641.02^min - 1670.59^max) MB/s
Average Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM (1454 - 1671, n=6)	1563 MB/s -6%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X115N	1495 (1277.34^min - 1495.48^max) MB/s -11%
seq q8 t1 read
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X115N	7127 (6535.15^min - 7127.37^max) MB/s +66%
Average of class Gaming (2594 - 15056, n=127, last 2 years)	6395 MB/s +49%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Phison PS5021-E21 1TB	5009 (4674.55^min - 5008.89^max) MB/s +17%
Gigabyte G5 KE Gigabyte AG4512G-SI B10	4725 (4035.45^min - 4724.88^max) MB/s +10%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	4633 (4029.05^min - 4633.45^max) MB/s +8%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	4556 (3742.64^min - 4556.27^max) MB/s +6%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM	4294 (3669.6^min - 4293.91^max) MB/s
Average Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM (3234 - 4294, n=6)	3788 MB/s -12%
seq q8 t1 write
Average of class Gaming (539 - 11581, n=127, last 2 years)	4957 MB/s +180%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X115N	4903 (812.65^min - 4902.98^max) MB/s +177%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Phison PS5021-E21 1TB	4797 (4359.23^min - 4796.61^max) MB/s +171%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	3415 (3353.98^min - 3415.42^max) MB/s +93%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	3411 (3334.51^min - 3410.81^max) MB/s +92%
Gigabyte G5 KE Gigabyte AG4512G-SI B10	2255 (2245.25^min - 2255.17^max) MB/s +27%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM	1773 (1734.23^min - 1773.16^max) MB/s
Average Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM (1610 - 1773, n=6)	1685 MB/s -5%
4k q1 t1 read
Average of class Gaming (32.9 - 95.9, n=127, last 2 years)	67 MB/s +104%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X115N	65.9 (62.88^min - 65.94^max) MB/s +101%
Gigabyte G5 KE Gigabyte AG4512G-SI B10	62.6 (62.25^min - 62.63^max) MB/s +91%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Phison PS5021-E21 1TB	51.1 (49.74^min - 51.1^max) MB/s +56%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	35.5 (35.31^min - 35.47^max) MB/s +8%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM	32.8 (32.61^min - 32.76^max) MB/s
Average Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM (29.9 - 37.1, n=6)	32.8 MB/s 0%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	31.8 (31.24^min - 31.76^max) MB/s -3%
4k q1 t1 write
Gigabyte G5 KE Gigabyte AG4512G-SI B10	369 (333.31^min - 369.47^max) MB/s +180%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X115N	328 (300.52^min - 328.36^max) MB/s +148%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Phison PS5021-E21 1TB	281 (267.52^min - 281.12^max) MB/s +113%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	267 (258.43^min - 266.75^max) MB/s +102%
Average of class Gaming (78 - 397, n=127, last 2 years)	219 MB/s +66%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	181.3 (175.93^min - 181.25^max) MB/s +37%
Average Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM (106.4 - 266, n=6)	147.4 MB/s +12%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM	132 (125.41^min - 131.99^max) MB/s
4k q32 t16 read
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Phison PS5021-E21 1TB	3335 (3324.73^min - 3334.83^max) MB/s +96%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X115N	2889 (2819.64^min - 2889.22^max) MB/s +69%
Average of class Gaming (417 - 6172, n=127, last 2 years)	2520 MB/s +48%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	2025 (1213.07^min - 2024.78^max) MB/s +19%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM	1705 (1701.1^min - 1704.63^max) MB/s
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	1678 (1211.7^min - 1678.15^max) MB/s -2%
Gigabyte G5 KE Gigabyte AG4512G-SI B10	1323 (1320.64^min - 1322.54^max) MB/s -22%
Average Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM (766 - 1705, n=6)	979 MB/s -43%
4k q32 t16 write
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Phison PS5021-E21 1TB	3737 (3683.15^min - 3737.15^max) MB/s +136%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	2291 (2256.15^min - 2290.93^max) MB/s +45%
Gigabyte G5 KE Gigabyte AG4512G-SI B10	2234 (2227.81^min - 2234.36^max) MB/s +41%
Average of class Gaming (162.3 - 5588, n=127, last 2 years)	2078 MB/s +31%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM	1585 (1554.44^min - 1585.47^max) MB/s
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	1509 MB/s -5%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X115N	1457 (1124.17^min - 1456.77^max) MB/s -8%
Average Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM (313 - 1585, n=6)	676 MB/s -57%

AS SSD
Score Total
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X115N	9125 Points +114%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Phison PS5021-E21 1TB	7599 Points +78%
Average of class Gaming (2271 - 13854, n=121, last 2 years)	6763 Points +59%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	5903 Points +39%
Gigabyte G5 KE Gigabyte AG4512G-SI B10	5541 Points +30%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM	4261 Points
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	4020 Points -6%
Average Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM (2845 - 4261, n=5)	3520 Points -17%
Score Read
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X115N	3235 Points +77%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Phison PS5021-E21 1TB	2625 Points +43%
Average of class Gaming (776 - 4721, n=121, last 2 years)	2397 Points +31%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	2348 Points +28%
Gigabyte G5 KE Gigabyte AG4512G-SI B10	2128 Points +16%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM	1830 Points
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	1726 Points -6%
Average Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM (1031 - 1875, n=5)	1419 Points -22%
Score Write
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X115N	4288 Points +167%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Phison PS5021-E21 1TB	3618 Points +126%
Average of class Gaming (515 - 7208, n=121, last 2 years)	3207 Points +100%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	2404 Points +50%
Gigabyte G5 KE Gigabyte AG4512G-SI B10	2388 Points +49%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM	1604 Points
Average Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM (1257 - 1735, n=5)	1468 Points -8%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	1456 Points -9%
Seq Read
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X115N	5856.12 MB/s +59%
Average of class Gaming (2260 - 9653, n=121, last 2 years)	4975 MB/s +35%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	3976.53 MB/s +8%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	3792 MB/s +3%
Gigabyte G5 KE Gigabyte AG4512G-SI B10	3697.92 MB/s 0%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM	3690.93 MB/s
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Phison PS5021-E21 1TB	3667.76 MB/s -1%
Average Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM (2798 - 3691, n=5)	3276 MB/s -11%
Seq Write
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X115N	4750.28 MB/s +191%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Phison PS5021-E21 1TB	3884.67 MB/s +138%
Average of class Gaming (495 - 9486, n=121, last 2 years)	3790 MB/s +132%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	3020.8 MB/s +85%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	2772 MB/s +70%
Gigabyte G5 KE Gigabyte AG4512G-SI B10	2106.21 MB/s +29%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM	1633.49 MB/s
Average Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM (1156 - 2651, n=5)	1594 MB/s -2%
4K Read
Gigabyte G5 KE Gigabyte AG4512G-SI B10	82.5 MB/s +93%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X115N	77.12 MB/s +80%
Average of class Gaming (27.8 - 112.1, n=121, last 2 years)	65.6 MB/s +53%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Phison PS5021-E21 1TB	63.89 MB/s +49%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	51.2 MB/s +20%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	49.25 MB/s +15%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM	42.75 MB/s
Average Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM (30 - 59, n=5)	40.4 MB/s -5%
4K Write
Gigabyte G5 KE Gigabyte AG4512G-SI B10	312.09 MB/s +164%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X115N	276.66 MB/s +134%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	225 MB/s +90%
Average of class Gaming (79.4 - 512, n=121, last 2 years)	216 MB/s +83%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Phison PS5021-E21 1TB	207.32 MB/s +75%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	152.75 MB/s +29%
Average Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM (99.8 - 219, n=5)	141.1 MB/s +19%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM	118.17 MB/s
4K-64 Read
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X115N	2572.63 MB/s +80%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Phison PS5021-E21 1TB	2194.79 MB/s +54%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	1901.41 MB/s +33%
Average of class Gaming (451 - 3630, n=121, last 2 years)	1826 MB/s +28%
Gigabyte G5 KE Gigabyte AG4512G-SI B10	1675.54 MB/s +17%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM	1429.83 MB/s
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	1296 MB/s -9%
Average Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM (721 - 1453, n=5)	1053 MB/s -26%
4K-64 Write
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X115N	3536.78 MB/s +151%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Phison PS5021-E21 1TB	3021.8 MB/s +114%
Average of class Gaming (277 - 5909, n=121, last 2 years)	2616 MB/s +85%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	1949.13 MB/s +38%
Gigabyte G5 KE Gigabyte AG4512G-SI B10	1865.08 MB/s +32%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM	1411.25 MB/s
Average Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM (991 - 1468, n=5)	1205 MB/s -15%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	954 MB/s -32%
Access Time Read
Average Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM (0.039 - 0.15, n=5)	0.1002 ms * -73%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Phison PS5021-E21 1TB	0.08 ms * -38%
Gigabyte G5 KE Gigabyte AG4512G-SI B10	0.066 ms * -14%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM	0.058 ms *
Average of class Gaming (0.016 - 0.379, n=120, last 2 years)	0.05717 ms * +1%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	0.05 ms * +14%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X115N	0.044 ms * +24%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	0.029 ms * +50%
Access Time Write
Average Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM (0.116 - 0.414, n=5)	0.2128 ms * -80%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM	0.118 ms *
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	0.108 ms * +8%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	0.105 ms * +11%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X115N	0.053 ms * +55%
Average of class Gaming (0.011 - 1.028, n=121, last 2 years)	0.04923 ms * +58%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Phison PS5021-E21 1TB	0.033 ms * +72%
Gigabyte G5 KE Gigabyte AG4512G-SI B10	0.013 ms * +89%

* ... smaller is better

reading continuous performance: DiskSpd Read Loop, Queue Depth 8

Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM: Ø3496 (2896.67-3526.02)

Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X115N: Ø6448 (5744.31-7139.12)

MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM: Ø4460 (3778.02-4582.76)

Medion Erazer Defender P40 Phison PS5021-E21 1TB: Ø5011 (4694.47-5029.18)

Gigabyte G5 KE Gigabyte AG4512G-SI B10: Ø2113 (226.43-4712.52)

Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM: Ø4593 (4015.9-4669.31)

Graphics card

AMD's Radeon RX 7600S features 1,792 shaders, one 128-bit wide bus and fast GDDR6 storage (8,192 MB). Its maximum TGP (95 watts) isn't utilized to its full potential according to the Witcher 3 test. The benchmark results are exactly as expected and using the profile "Turbo" doesn't lead to any improved performance.

The mid-range GPU's competitors can be found in the GeForce models RTX 4060, RTX 4050 and RTX 3060's full configurations (= maximum TGP). While it can't quite keep up with the RTX 4060, it still did better in the 3DMark benchmarks than both of the other GeForce models. In practical gaming use, we couldn't get a consistent picture: Depending on the game, sometimes one GPU did better, sometimes the other - at least in the games we tested.

Fire Strike (connected to mains, performance)

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Fire Strike (connected to mains, turbo, dGPU)

3DMark Performance Rating | 3DMark 11 | 3DMark

3DMark Performance Rating - Percent
Average of class Gaming	98.4 pt
Medion Erazer Defender P40 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-13700HX	84.5 pt
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 ^-1! NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-13700HX	81.4 pt
Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S	80.1 pt
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Radeon RX 7600S, AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	79.6 pt
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Radeon RX 7600S, AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	78.6 pt
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-12650H	75.7 pt
Gigabyte G5 KE NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i5-12500H	71.1 pt

3DMark 11 - 1280x720 Performance GPU
Average of class Gaming (10741 - 73596, n=137, last 2 years)	45116 Points +37%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-13700HX	37654 Points +14%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-13700HX	36470 Points +10%
Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S (33037 - 35278, n=4)	34188 Points +3%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Radeon RX 7600S, AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	33988 Points +3%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Radeon RX 7600S, AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	33037 Points
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-12650H	30959 Points -6%
Gigabyte G5 KE NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i5-12500H	29569 Points -10%

3DMark
1280x720 Cloud Gate Standard Graphics
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-12650H	159354 Points +2%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-13700HX	157190 Points +1%
Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S (150582 - 164406, n=3)	156931 Points +1%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Radeon RX 7600S, AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	155806 Points
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Radeon RX 7600S, AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	150582 Points -3%
Average of class Gaming (84648 - 193851, n=62, last 2 years)	148896 Points -4%
Gigabyte G5 KE NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i5-12500H	136826 Points -12%
1920x1080 Fire Strike Graphics
Average of class Gaming (2913 - 56116, n=150, last 2 years)	32501 Points +24%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-13700HX	27122 Points +4%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-13700HX	26561 Points +2%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Radeon RX 7600S, AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	26154 Points
Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S (25514 - 26154, n=3)	25856 Points -1%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Radeon RX 7600S, AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	25514 Points -2%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-12650H	23443 Points -10%
Gigabyte G5 KE NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i5-12500H	22625 Points -13%
2560x1440 Time Spy Graphics
Average of class Gaming (2295 - 25040, n=146, last 2 years)	13734 Points +49%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-13700HX	10855 Points +18%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-13700HX	10329 Points +12%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Radeon RX 7600S, AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	9203 Points
Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S (9080 - 9208, n=3)	9164 Points 0%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Radeon RX 7600S, AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	9080 Points -1%
Gigabyte G5 KE NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i5-12500H	8686 Points -6%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-12650H	8500 Points -8%

3DMark 06 Standard Score		55435 points
3DMark 11 Performance		28721 points
3DMark Cloud Gate Standard Score		64441 points
3DMark Fire Strike Score		23346 points
3DMark Time Spy Score		9530 points
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Geekbench 5.5 | Geekbench 6.0 | V-Ray 5 Benchmark | V-Ray Benchmark Next 4.10 | SPECviewperf 2020

Geekbench 5.5
OpenCL Score
Average of class Gaming (5039 - 274130, n=143, last 2 years)	133846 Points +106%
Gigabyte G7 KE NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i5-12500H	104225 Points +60%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-13700HX	102522 Points +57%
Gigabyte G5 KE NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i5-12500H	102369 Points +57%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-13700HX	100490 Points +54%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-12650H	87670 Points +35%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Radeon RX 7600S, AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	66133 Points +2%
Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S (65110 - 66133, n=2)	65622 Points +1%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Radeon RX 7600S, AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	65110 Points
Vulkan Score 5.5
Average of class Gaming (9296 - 177533, n=106, last 2 years)	75151 Points +107%
Gigabyte G7 KE NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i5-12500H	55994 Points +55%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-13700HX	48885 Points +35%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Radeon RX 7600S, AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	36222 Points
Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S (26646 - 36222, n=2)	31434 Points -13%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Radeon RX 7600S, AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	26646 Points -26%

Geekbench 6.0
GPU OpenCL 6.0
Average of class Gaming (30211 - 207017, n=23, last 2 years)	113119 Points +72%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-13700HX	96539 Points +47%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Radeon RX 7600S, AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	65701 Points
Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S (n=1)	65701 Points 0%
GPU Vulkan 6.0
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Radeon RX 7600S, AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	83464 Points
Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S (n=1)	83464 Points 0%
Average of class Gaming (4753 - 159996, n=22, last 2 years)	68287 Points -18%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-13700HX	4237 Points -95%

V-Ray 5 Benchmark
GPU RTX
Average of class Gaming (556 - 4011, n=77, last 2 years)	2224 mpaths
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-13700HX (5.0.1)	1817 mpaths
Medion Erazer Defender P40 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-13700HX (5.0.1)	1690 mpaths
Gigabyte G7 KE NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i5-12500H (5.0.1)	1197 mpaths
GPU CUDA
Average of class Gaming (425 - 3264, n=78, last 2 years)	1613 mpaths +438%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-13700HX (5.0.1)	1231 mpaths +310%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-13700HX (5.0.1)	1176 mpaths +292%
Gigabyte G7 KE NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i5-12500H (5.0.1)	909 mpaths +203%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Radeon RX 7600S, AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS (5.0.1)	300 mpaths
Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S (n=1)	300 mpaths 0%
CPU
Average of class Gaming (4081 - 30302, n=81, last 2 years)	15503 mpaths +27%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-13700HX (5.0.1)	14543 mpaths +20%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-13700HX (5.0.1)	12370 mpaths +2%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Radeon RX 7600S, AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS (5.0.1)	12169 mpaths
Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S (n=1)	12169 mpaths 0%
Gigabyte G7 KE NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i5-12500H (5.0.1)	9406 mpaths -23%

V-Ray Benchmark Next 4.10
GPU
Average of class Gaming (54 - 1317, n=119, last 2 years)	735 mpaths +666%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-13700HX (v4.10.07 )	618 mpaths +544%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-12650H (v4.10.07 )	480 mpaths +400%
Gigabyte G5 KE NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i5-12500H (v4.10.07 )	396 mpaths +313%
Gigabyte G7 KE NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i5-12500H (v4.10.07 )	390 mpaths +306%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Radeon RX 7600S, AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS (v4.10.07 )	96 mpaths
Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S (83 - 96, n=2)	89.5 mpaths -7%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Radeon RX 7600S, AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS (v4.10.07 )	83 mpaths -14%
CPU
Average of class Gaming (6122 - 44129, n=119, last 2 years)	22563 ksamples +28%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-13700HX (v4.10.07 )	19237 ksamples +9%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Radeon RX 7600S, AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS (v4.10.07 )	17623 ksamples
Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S (14759 - 17623, n=2)	16191 ksamples -8%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Radeon RX 7600S, AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS (v4.10.07 )	14759 ksamples -16%
Gigabyte G7 KE NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i5-12500H (v4.10.07 )	14218 ksamples -19%
Gigabyte G5 KE NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i5-12500H (v4.10.07 )	14118 ksamples -20%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-12650H (v4.10.07 )	13494 ksamples -23%

SPECviewperf 2020
1920x1080 Siemens NX (snx-04)
Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S (n=1)	231 fps 0%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Radeon RX 7600S, AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	230.8 fps
Average of class Gaming (18.3 - 37.6, n=15, last 2 years)	26.7 fps -88%
Gigabyte G7 KE NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i5-12500H	17.5 fps -92%
1920x1080 Medical (medical-03)
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Radeon RX 7600S, AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	56.9 fps
Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S (n=1)	56.9 fps 0%
Average of class Gaming (25.7 - 54.3, n=15, last 2 years)	37.7 fps -34%
Gigabyte G7 KE NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i5-12500H	30 fps -47%
1920x1080 Maya (maya-06)
Average of class Gaming (281 - 687, n=15, last 2 years)	441 fps +37%
Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S (n=1)	323 fps 0%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Radeon RX 7600S, AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	322.7 fps
Gigabyte G7 KE NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i5-12500H	201.6 fps -38%
1920x1080 Energy (energy-03)
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Radeon RX 7600S, AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	53.5 fps
Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S (n=1)	53.5 fps 0%
Average of class Gaming (28.2 - 76.5, n=15, last 2 years)	47.7 fps -11%
Gigabyte G7 KE NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i5-12500H	20.6 fps -61%
1920x1080 Creo (creo-03)
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Radeon RX 7600S, AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	126.5 fps
Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S (n=1)	126.5 fps 0%
Average of class Gaming (79.3 - 141.9, n=15, last 2 years)	109.4 fps -14%
Gigabyte G7 KE NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i5-12500H	86.5 fps -32%
1920x1080 CATIA (catia-06)
Average of class Gaming (47.9 - 117.2, n=15, last 2 years)	75.5 fps +3%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Radeon RX 7600S, AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	73.4 fps
Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S (n=1)	73.4 fps 0%
Gigabyte G7 KE NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i5-12500H	53.9 fps -27%
1920x1080 3ds Max (3dsmax-07)
Average of class Gaming (76.2 - 221, n=15, last 2 years)	127.8 fps +89%
Gigabyte G7 KE NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i5-12500H	89.4 fps +32%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Radeon RX 7600S, AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	67.5 fps
Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S (n=1)	67.5 fps 0%

Gaming performance

The FA617 is designed for gaming at high to maximum settings. The full screen resolution (1,920 x 1,200 pixels) can be used. Higher resolutions would be usable when a corresponding display is connected - with partly reduced settings. The "Turbo" profile does not increase the frame rates.

Performance Rating - Percent
Average of class Gaming	96 pt
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 ^-1! Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	94.6 pt
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	85.9 pt
Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Core i5-12500H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU	74.7 pt
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Core i7-12650H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU	73.2 pt
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S	69.1 pt
Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S	66.8 pt
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S	64.6 pt

The Witcher 3 - 1920x1080 Ultra Graphics & Postprocessing (HBAO+)
Average of class Gaming (18.4 - 224, n=103, last 2 years)	127.5 fps +30%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	107.6 (101^min) fps +10%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	103 (89^min) fps +5%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S (neu)	98.1 (84^min) fps
Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S (91 - 98.1, n=2)	94.6 fps -4%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S	91 (77^min) fps -7%
Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Core i5-12500H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU	87.6 (77^min, 77.42^P1) fps -11%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Core i7-12650H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU	83 fps -15%

GTA V - 1920x1080 Highest Settings possible AA:4xMSAA + FX AF:16x
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	119.6 (3.03^min, 76.9^P1) fps +29%
Average of class Gaming (12.1 - 168.2, n=123, last 2 years)	116.1 fps +25%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	113.9 (5.92^min, 76.9^P1) fps +23%
Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Core i5-12500H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU	103 (7.98^min, 71.4^P1) fps +11%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S	92.9 (26.7^min, 62.5^P1) fps
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Core i7-12650H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU	92.2 (4.55^min, 55.6^P1) fps -1%
Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S (85.5 - 92.9, n=2)	89.2 fps -4%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S	85.5 (3.46^min, 62.5^P1) fps -8%

Final Fantasy XV Benchmark - 1920x1080 High Quality
Average of class Gaming (19.2 - 210, n=139, last 2 years)	123.6 fps +45%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU (1.3)	109.8 fps +29%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU (1.3)	100.8 fps +18%
Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Core i5-12500H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU (1.3)	90.3 fps +6%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S (1.3)	85.2 fps
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Core i7-12650H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU (1.3)	82.8 fps -3%
Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S (78.2 - 85.2, n=2)	81.7 fps -4%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S (1.3)	78.2 fps -8%

Strange Brigade - 1920x1080 ultra AA:ultra AF:16
Average of class Gaming (38.9 - 434, n=135, last 2 years)	238 fps +46%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU (1.47.22.14 D3D12)	188.3 (28^min, 137.1^P1) fps +15%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S (1.47.22.14 D3D12)	163.3 (16.3^min, 119.3^P1) fps
Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S (162.7 - 163.3, n=2)	163 fps 0%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S (1.47.22.14 D3D12)	162.7 (111.4^min, 120.7^P1) fps 0%
Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Core i5-12500H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU (1.47.22.14 D3D12)	153.3 (32.3^min, 117.2^P1) fps -6%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Core i7-12650H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU (1.47.22.14 D3D12)	148.7 (20.2^min, 114.3^P1) fps -9%

Dota 2 Reborn - 1920x1080 ultra (3/3) best looking
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	161.8 (140.3^min) fps +33%
Average of class Gaming (65.1 - 220, n=143, last 2 years)	150.6 fps +24%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	144.3 (117.7^min) fps +19%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Core i7-12650H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU	142.5 (121.3^min) fps +17%
Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Core i5-12500H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU	137.5 (121.2^min) fps +13%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S	121.6 (100.8^min) fps
Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S (110 - 121.6, n=2)	115.8 fps -5%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S	110 (85.8^min) fps -10%

X-Plane 11.11 - 1920x1080 high (fps_test=3)
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	121.9 fps +113%
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	109.3 fps +91%
Average of class Gaming (33.4 - 166.2, n=146, last 2 years)	104.5 fps +82%
MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Core i7-12650H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU	97 fps +69%
Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Core i5-12500H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU	86.7 fps +51%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S	57.3 fps
Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S (55 - 57.3, n=2)	56.2 fps -2%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S	55 fps -4%

Returnal
1920x1080 Epic Preset
Average of class Gaming (27 - 109, n=15, last 2 years)	73.1 fps +9%
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	70 (38^min) fps +4%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S	67 (34^min) fps
Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S (n=1)	67 fps 0%
1920x1080 Epic Preset + Epic Ray-Tracing
Average of class Gaming (4 - 74, n=3, last 2 years)	49.7 fps +21%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S	41 (16^min) fps
Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S (n=1)	41 fps 0%

Atomic Heart - 1920x1080 Atomic Preset
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S	56.6 (31.1^min, 47.6^P0.1, 49.1^P1) fps
Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S (n=1)	56.6 fps 0%
Average of class Gaming (10.2 - 78, n=10, last 2 years)	52.4 fps -7%

Sons of the Forest - 1920x1080 Ultra Preset AA:T
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S	76.7 (36.2^min, 50.2^P0.1, 56.6^P1) fps
Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S (n=1)	76.7 fps 0%
Average of class Gaming (14.8 - 87.5, n=12, last 2 years)	64 fps -17%

Resident Evil 4 Remake - 1920x1080 Max Preset
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	72.7 (14.6^min, 26.1^P0.1, 52.5^P1) fps +39%
Average of class Gaming (19.7 - 80.5, n=8, last 2 years)	54.6 fps +4%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S	52.3 (6.38^min, 13.8^P0.1, 34.2^P1) fps
Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S (n=1)	52.3 fps 0%

The Last of Us - 1920x1080 Ultra Preset
Average of class Gaming (31.6 - 69.9, n=6, last 2 years)	53 fps +3%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S	51.5 (4.4^min, 32.8^P0.1, 43.4^P1) fps
Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S (n=1)	51.5 fps 0%

Hogwarts Legacy
1920x1080 Ultra Preset AA:High T
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S	55.4 (27^min, 28.2^P0.1, 39^P1) fps
Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S (n=1)	55.4 fps 0%
Average of class Gaming (10.3 - 108, n=12, last 2 years)	55 fps -1%
1920x1080 Ultra Preset + Full Ray Tracing AA:High T
Average of class Gaming (40.6 - 66, n=2, last 2 years)	53.3 fps +88%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S	28.3 (13.7^min, 14.6^P0.1, 17.8^P1) fps
Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S (n=1)	28.3 fps 0%

Company of Heroes 3 - 1920x1080 Maximum Settings
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S	97.2 (41.4^P0.1, 54.7^P1) fps
Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S (n=1)	97.2 fps 0%
Average of class Gaming (43.8 - 134, n=7, last 2 years)	88.4 fps -9%

Dead Island 2 - 1920x1080 Ultra Preset AA:High T
Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	148.5 (19.5^min, 20.4^P0.1, 94.8^P1) fps +31%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S	113.1 (18.3^min, 19^P0.1, 73^P1) fps
Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S (n=1)	113.1 fps 0%
Average of class Gaming (14.6 - 143.4, n=7, last 2 years)	73.2 fps -35%

Flight Simulator 2020 - 1920x1080 Ultra AA:TAA AF:16x
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S	42.7 (29.5^min, 33.8^P0.1, 36.4^P1) fps
Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S (n=1)	42.7 fps 0%
Average of class Gaming (24.7 - 47.2, n=2, last 2 years)	36 fps -16%

Far Cry 6
1920x1080 Ultra Graphics Quality + HD Textures AA:T
Average of class Gaming (94 - 167, n=8, last 2 years)	123.2 fps +18%
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S	104.7 (86^min) fps
Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S (n=1)	104.7 fps 0%
1920x1080 Ultra Graphics Quality + HD Textures + DXR AA:T
Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S	78.5 (36^min) fps
Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S (n=1)	78.5 fps 0%

To check whether the frame rates remain largely constant over a longer period, we ran the game The Witcher 3 for about 60 minutes in Full HD resolution and maximum quality settings. The game character was not moved. A drop in performance was not noted.

Witcher 3 FPS diagram

Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS R9 7940HS, Radeon RX 7600S; neu: Ø95.2 (89-101)

Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU: Ø96.9 (93-103)

MSI Katana 15 B12VEK i7-12650H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU: Ø77.6 (73-84)

Medion Erazer Defender P40 i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU: Ø100.7 (96-104)

Gigabyte G5 KE i5-12500H, GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU: Ø84.8 (81-91)

	low	med.	high	ultra
GTA V (2015)	184.7		171.7	92.9
The Witcher 3 (2015)	382		166.5	98.1
Dota 2 Reborn (2015)	157.5	143.1	132.2	121.6
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark (2018)	215	117.2	85.2
X-Plane 11.11 (2018)	85.1	72	57.3
Far Cry 5 (2018)	135	120	115	108
Strange Brigade (2018)	440	228	190.8	163.3
Metro Exodus (2019)	187.3	116.5
The Division 2 (2019)	232	167	131	95
Control (2019)	235	116.6	83.5
Doom Eternal (2020)	376	209	184.3	179
Gears Tactics (2020)	381.4	216.1	138.1	95.4
Death Stranding (2020)	189.5	144.1	133.6	129.6
Flight Simulator 2020 (2020)	134.9	85.5	60.1	42.7
Crysis Remastered (2020)	294	190.9	90.6	38.6
Watch Dogs Legion (2020)	122.6	118.5	106.6	69.5
Assassin´s Creed Valhalla (2020)	203	124	102	88
Hitman 3 (2021)	270	178.2	157.4	145.7
Far Cry 6 (2021)	151	133	119	104.7
Forza Horizon 5 (2021)	197	144	135	74
GRID Legends (2022)	214.9	182.8	156.5	129.3
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands (2022)	198.1	156.8	105.7	82.2
F1 22 (2022)	263	244	190	50.5
A Plague Tale Requiem (2022)	98.2	78	66.1	55.4
Hogwarts Legacy (2023)	118.4	88.7	72	55.4
Returnal (2023)	91	88	78	67
Atomic Heart (2023)	167.1	125.5	71.6	56.6
Company of Heroes 3 (2023)	143.4	125.9	97.4	97.2
Sons of the Forest (2023)	93.2	81.4	78	76.7
Resident Evil 4 Remake (2023)	107.4	83.2	78.9	52.3
The Last of Us (2023)	81.4	67.6	60.2	51.5
Dead Island 2 (2023)	201	168.1	122.7	113.1

Emissions - The FA617XS can get quite loud

Noise emissions

In everyday use (office, internet etc), the A16 usually works quietly, often silently - regardless of the selected profile. The sound pressure level can rise up to 53 dB(A) ("Turbo") or 51 dB(A) ("Performance") in gaming mode. Overall lower noise emissions can be achieved by using the "Quiet" profile. The computing power is then only reduced to a very small extent.

Noise Level

Idle		25 / 26 / 28 dB(A)
Load		43 / 53 dB(A)

	30 dB silent 40 dB(A) audible 50 dB(A) loud
min: , med: , max: Earthworks M23R, Arta (15 cm distance) environment noise: 25 dB(A)

	Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS R9 7940HS, Radeon RX 7600S	Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	MSI Katana 15 B12VEK i7-12650H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU	Medion Erazer Defender P40 i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	Gigabyte G5 KE i5-12500H, GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU	Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 R7 7735HS, Radeon RX 7600S
Noise		8%	7%	-11%	-11%	3%
off / environment *	25	23 8%	24 4%	25 -0%	19.52 22%	24 4%
Idle Minimum *	25	23.1 8%	24 4%	26 -4%	31.05 -24%	24 4%
Idle Average *	26	23.1 11%	24 8%	27 -4%	31.05 -19%	25 4%
Idle Maximum *	28	26.6 5%	24 14%	32 -14%	31.05 -11%	28 -0%
Load Average *	43	34.7 19%	37.71 12%	53 -23%	55.66 -29%	42 2%
Witcher 3 ultra *	51	47.6 7%	45.75 10%	56 -10%	55.7 -9%	50 2%
Load Maximum *	53	54.8 -3%	54.55 -3%	64 -21%	55.51 -5%	50 6%

* ... smaller is better

Temperature

The notebook heats up noticeably under load, but not excessively. The temperatures are within a green zone in everyday use. The latter was not the case in the sister model - we assume an error/defect of the device.

Max. Load

Idle

Witcher 3


50 °C 122 F	53 °C 127 F	45 °C 113 F
40 °C 104 F	47 °C 117 F	44 °C 111 F
38 °C 100 F	26 °C 79 F	31 °C 88 F

Maximum: 53 °C = 127 F
Average: 41.6 °C = 107 F


48 °C 118 F	44 °C 111 F	46 °C 115 F
37 °C 99 F	33 °C 91 F	37 °C 99 F
27 °C 81 F	25 °C 77 F	30 °C 86 F

Maximum: 48 °C = 118 F
Average: 36.3 °C = 97 F

Power Supply (max.) 54 °C = 129 F | Room Temperature 20 °C = 68 F | Fluke t3000FC (calibrated), Voltcraft IR-900

Max. Load

Idle

Witcher 3


29 °C 84 F	29 °C 84 F	27 °C 81 F
30 °C 86 F	29 °C 84 F	30 °C 86 F
30 °C 86 F	28 °C 82 F	27 °C 81 F

Maximum: 30 °C = 86 F
Average: 28.8 °C = 84 F


29 °C 84 F	29 °C 84 F	30 °C 86 F
29 °C 84 F	29 °C 84 F	29 °C 84 F
27 °C 81 F	27 °C 81 F	27 °C 81 F

Maximum: 30 °C = 86 F
Average: 28.4 °C = 83 F

Room Temperature 20 °C = 68 F | Fluke t3000FC (calibrated), Voltcraft IR-900

Max. Load

Idle

Witcher 3


47 °C 117 F	49 °C 120 F	43 °C 109 F
40 °C 104 F	44 °C 111 F	43 °C 109 F
34 °C 93 F	30 °C 86 F	30 °C 86 F

Maximum: 49 °C = 120 F
Average: 40 °C = 104 F


47 °C 117 F	44 °C 111 F	45 °C 113 F
36 °C 97 F	31 °C 88 F	35 °C 95 F
26 °C 79 F	26 °C 79 F	28 °C 82 F

Maximum: 47 °C = 117 F
Average: 35.3 °C = 96 F

Power Supply (max.) 52 °C = 126 F | Room Temperature 20 °C = 68 F | Fluke t3000FC (calibrated), Voltcraft IR-900

(-) The average temperature for the upper side under maximal load is 41.6 °C / 107 F, compared to the average of 33.9 °C / 93 F for the devices in the class Gaming.
(-) The maximum temperature on the upper side is 53 °C / 127 F, compared to the average of 40.4 °C / 105 F, ranging from 21.2 to 68.8 °C for the class Gaming.
(-) The bottom heats up to a maximum of 48 °C / 118 F, compared to the average of 43.3 °C / 110 F
(+) In idle usage, the average temperature for the upper side is 28.8 °C / 84 F, compared to the device average of 33.9 °C / 93 F.
(-) Playing The Witcher 3, the average temperature for the upper side is 40 °C / 104 F, compared to the device average of 33.9 °C / 93 F.
(±) The palmrests and touchpad can get very hot to the touch with a maximum of 38 °C / 100.4 F.
(-) The average temperature of the palmrest area of similar devices was 28.9 °C / 84 F (-9.1 °C / -16.4 F).

	Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S	Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	MSI Katana 15 B12VEK Intel Core i7-12650H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU	Medion Erazer Defender P40 Intel Core i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	Gigabyte G5 KE Intel Core i5-12500H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU	Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, AMD Radeon RX 7600S
Heat		1%	-8%	9%	-14%	-17%
Maximum Upper Side *	53	42.8 19%	47 11%	42 21%	52.6 1%	54 -2%
Maximum Bottom *	48	50 -4%	48 -0%	45 6%	62.4 -30%	47 2%
Idle Upper Side *	30	29.6 1%	35 -17%	28 7%	33.6 -12%	40 -33%
Idle Bottom *	30	34 -13%	38 -27%	30 -0%	34.8 -16%	40 -33%

* ... smaller is better

Stress test

The stress test (Prime95 and Furmark in continuous operation) simulates an extreme scenario in order to test the system's stability under full load. CPU (3.4 to 3.5 GHz) and GPU (~1,500 MHz) ran through the test with clock rates below the respective base clock.

Speakers

The stereo speakers produce a decent sound overall.

Frequency diagram (checkboxes can be checked and unchecked to compare devices)

Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS audio analysis

(±) | speaker loudness is average but good (79 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(±) | reduced bass - on average 11.6% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (7% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(±) | higher mids - on average 5.7% higher than median
(+) | mids are linear (3.8% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 2.6% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (6.5% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(±) | linearity of overall sound is average (15.4% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 33% of all tested devices in this class were better, 6% similar, 60% worse
» The best had a delta of 6%, average was 18%, worst was 132%
Compared to all devices tested
» 21% of all tested devices were better, 4% similar, 75% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 24%, worst was 134%

Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 audio analysis

(±) | speaker loudness is average but good (72.7 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) | nearly no bass - on average 23.7% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (10.7% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(+) | balanced mids - only 3.8% away from median
(±) | linearity of mids is average (7.1% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 3.7% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (6.7% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(±) | linearity of overall sound is average (21.9% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 77% of all tested devices in this class were better, 6% similar, 17% worse
» The best had a delta of 6%, average was 18%, worst was 132%
Compared to all devices tested
» 61% of all tested devices were better, 7% similar, 33% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 24%, worst was 134%

Power management - The gaming laptop with great runtimes

Power consumption

There are no abnormalities in terms of power consumption. The rates are on a normal level for the installed hardware. The stress test and Witcher 3 test were run with constant power consumption. The power supply (240 watts) is more than sufficiently sized.

Power Consumption

Off / Standby	0.1 / Watt
Idle	7 / 10 / 15 Watt
Load	86 / 172 Watt


Key: min: , med: , max: Metrahit Energy

	Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS R9 7940HS, Radeon RX 7600S	Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	MSI Katana 15 B12VEK i7-12650H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU	Medion Erazer Defender P40 i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	Gigabyte G5 KE i5-12500H, GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU	Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 R7 7735HS, Radeon RX 7600S	Average AMD Radeon RX 7600S	Average of class Gaming
Power Consumption		-107%	2%	-25%	-16%	-7%	-4%	-69%
Idle Minimum *	7	24.5 -250%	8.5 -21%	8 -14%	7.66 -9%	8 -14%	7.5 ?(7 - 8, n=2) -7%	13.8 ?(2 - 39, n=122, last 2 years) -97%
Idle Average *	10	29.2 -192%	10.2 -2%	12 -20%	10.3 -3%	11 -10%	10.5 ?(10 - 11, n=2) -5%	19.9 ?(8 - 55.6, n=122, last 2 years) -99%
Idle Maximum *	15	34.3 -129%	11.3 25%	18 -20%	16.05 -7%	16 -7%	15.5 ?(15 - 16, n=2) -3%	27.1 ?(9 - 101.1, n=122, last 2 years) -81%
Load Average *	86	98.7 -15%	84 2%	101 -17%	115.8 -35%	97 -13%	91.5 ?(86 - 97, n=2) -6%	105.5 ?(32.1 - 201, n=120, last 2 years) -23%
Witcher 3 ultra *	160.6	178.6 -11%	128 20%	180.8 -13%	168.7 -5%	161.5 -1%
Load Maximum *	172	249.6 -45%	189 -10%	284 -65%	234.6 -36%	168 2%	170 ?(168 - 172, n=2) 1%	251 ?(64.5 - 431, n=122, last 2 years) -46%

* ... smaller is better

power consumption Witcher 3 / stress test

Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS; Witcher 3 ultra: Ø160.6 (159.6-162.3)

Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS; 1280x720 Prime95 28.10 and Furmark 1.25: Ø159.3 (157.9-160.8)

Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS; Idle 150cd/m2: Ø9.82 (7.33-14.6)

power consumption with external monitor

Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS; Prime95 V2810 Stress (external Monitor): Ø98.9 (91.1-102.9)

Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS; Cinebench R23 Multi (external Monitor): Ø103.1 (98.2-128)

Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS; 1280x720 FurMark 1.19 GPU Stress Test (external Monitor): Ø156.4 (155-168.2)

Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS; 1920x1080 The Witcher 3 ultra (external Monitor): Ø156.5 (155.1-169.5)

Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS; Idle 1min (external Monitor): Ø17 (11.6-29.8)

Battery life

The 16-inch device achieved runtimes of 12:25 h and 12:26 h in our WLAN test (calling up websites via a script) and video test (short movie Big Buck Bunny (H.264 encoding, FHD) in a loop), respectively. During both tests, the laptop's energy-saving features were disabled and the display brightness was set to about 150 cd/m². The wireless modules were also disabled for the video test

The FA617 delivered excellent runtimes and left the competition in the dust. The combination of a frugal APU and large battery capacity definitely pays off here.

Battery Runtime

Idle (without WLAN, min brightness)		20h 17min
WiFi Websurfing (Edge 113)		12h 25min
Big Buck Bunny H.264 1080p		12h 26min
Load (maximum brightness)		0h 52min

	Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS R9 7940HS, Radeon RX 7600S, 90 Wh	Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, 80 Wh	MSI Katana 15 B12VEK i7-12650H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, 53.5 Wh	Medion Erazer Defender P40 i7-13700HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, 73 Wh	Gigabyte G5 KE i5-12500H, GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, 54 Wh	Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617 R7 7735HS, Radeon RX 7600S, 90 Wh	Average of class Gaming
Battery Runtime		-53%	-20%	-29%	-39%	23%	-19%
Reader / Idle	1217	401 -67%		528 -57%		1212 0%	573 ?(239 - 1290, n=45, last 2 years) -53%
H.264	746		264 -65%	339 -55%	130 -83%		461 ?(129 - 898, n=54, last 2 years) -38%
WiFi v1.3	745	205 -72%	260 -65%	373 -50%	342 -54%	724 -3%	390 ?(85 - 889, n=123, last 2 years) -48%
Load	52	41 -21%	89 71%	76 46%	62 19%	90 73%	85.3 ?(41 - 164, n=79, last 2 years) 64%
Witcher 3 ultra					79		76.3 ?(47 - 151, n=8, last 2 years)

Pros

+ matte WUXGA display (165 Hz) in 16:10 format

+ good system performance

+ two M.2 slots (PCIe 4, M.2-2280)

+ expandable RAM

+ USB 4

+ Power Delivery

+ great battery life

Cons

- can get loud under load

- Low-end SSD with little storage

- mediocre WLAN data rates

- spongy keyboard feedback

- disappointing webcam

Verdict - The Asus laptop with (too) little storage

The Asus TUF Gaming A16 Advantage Edition FA617XS, test device provided by Asus Germany.

The A16 is set up for WUXGA gaming at high to maximum settings, but it should be useful in many other fields such as video editing and rendering. An AMD team consisting of a Ryzen 9 7940HS and Radeon RX 7600S provide the laptop with its necessary performance. Both components run with consistently high clock rates.

The Asus TUF Gaming A16 Advantage Edition is a well-rounded mid-range gaming laptop whose impressive battery runtimes are its pride and joy.

Compared to the Ryzen-7-7735HS APU found in its sister model, the 7940HS-APU has considerably better CPU performance to offer despite it having the same number of cores and the same power limits. Here, its modern architecture (Zen 4 vs. Zen 3+) and higher clock rates make themselves known.

The device's amazing runtimes are certainly its unique selling point: Its practical measurements of around 12.5 h are generally not achieved by many other office laptops. A positive: The battery can be charged using a USB-C power supply (min. 65 watts, 20 V) - one USB-C port supports Power Delivery. The proprietary power supply wouldn't necessarily have to be carried around with you.

The installed IPS display (16 inches, 1,920 x 1,200 pixels) has a work-friendly ratio of 16:10 and generally left a good impression on us - if anything, the brightness could do with being a little stronger. The installed entry-level SSD would be perfectly suited for a simple office laptop - but not for a $1,700 gaming laptop. The offered storage (512 GB) and data neither live up to users' requirements nor does it live up to their expectations.

The Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 could be a suitable alternative. It features better performance and a brighter screen than the A16 - but it clearly doesn't have the same impressive runtimes to offer. The Gigabyte G5 KE could be a good budget alternative: You get a similar level of graphics performance for a much smaller price. Although: This laptop doesn't come with a Windows operating system pre-installed.

Price and availability

The version of the A16 with 16 GB RAM and a 512 GB SSD can be purchased on Asus' website for around $1,371.

Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS - 06/05/2023 v7 ^(old)
Sascha Mölck

Chassis

79 / 98 → 81%

Keyboard

77%

Pointing Device

92%

Connectivity

63 / 80 → 79%

Weight

62 / 10-66 → 93%

Battery

89 / 95 → 94%

Display

88%

Games Performance

99%

Application Performance

96%

Temperature

83 / 95 → 87%

Noise

79 / 90 → 87%

Audio

77%

Camera

39 / 85 → 46%

Average

79%

87%

Gaming - Weighted Average

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Asus TUF Gaming A16 Advantage Edition FA617XS review: The AMD laptop with up to 20-hour runtimes

Long distance runner.

possible competitors compared

Case & connectivity - small changes compared to its sister model

size comparison

Display - 16:10 panel with sRGB coverage

Display Response Times

Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)

Performance - Asus make use of AMD power

Testing conditions

Processor

Cinebench R15 multi continuous test

System performance

DPC latency

Storage devices

reading continuous performance: DiskSpd Read Loop, Queue Depth 8

Graphics card

Gaming performance

Witcher 3 FPS diagram

Emissions - The FA617XS can get quite loud

Noise emissions

Temperature

Stress test

Speakers

Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS audio analysis

Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 audio analysis

Power management - The gaming laptop with great runtimes

Power consumption

power consumption Witcher 3 / stress test

power consumption with external monitor

Battery life

Pros

Cons

Verdict - The Asus laptop with (too) little storage

Price and availability

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