Jumper Tech EZbook X3 Air Laptop in review: Appealing design meets reasonable price

Jumper makes the EZbook X3 Air case from metal. This makes the device look very robust and there are no defects in the workmanship. The screen can be folded back up to an angle of 180 degrees and the hinges are quite smooth. The screen is nevertheless reliably held in the set position.

Compared to the competition, the Jumper laptop is placed in the mid-range. At only 1.1 kg it is light and very compact due to the narrow bezels.

The Jumper EZbook X3 Air offers a basically solid connectivity choice. Monitors can be connected via MiniHDMI and the USB type C port is also suitable for charging the notebook.

The memory card reader accepts microSD cards and achieves rather slow speeds with our reference memory card Toshiba Exceria Pro SDXC 64 GB UHS-II, which, however, corresponds to the level of our test field.

The Jumper EZbook can establish wireless connections via Bluetooth 4.2 and Wi-Fi 5. Here, too, the speeds achieved are on par with those of comparable devices.

The webcam of the X3 Air resolves images at 0.9 MP, as is the case with most notebooks currently available. Our test shot shows that colors look very pale and image content is blurred.

The scope of delivery includes the laptop itself and a suitable power supply unit.

On the bottom side of the EZbook there is a space with a free M.2 slot for installing an additional mass storage device.

The manufacturer grants buyers a warranty period of 12 months.

Keyboard

The keys on the Jumper EZbook X3 Air offer a non-slip surface and a very palpable pressure point. While the arrow up and arrow down keys are only half the size, the scroll keys, End, Insert and Pos1 have been omitted completely. Due to the QWERTY layout, users also have to do without labeled umlauts.

Jumper targets users with low laptop requirements with the EZbook X3 Air. The hardware installed here is therefore only suitable for simple office work and surfing the Internet.

The Intel Celeron N4100 used here is a low-cost processor from 2017. The four cores offer clock rates between 1.1 and 2.4 GHz, with maximum performance depending on the cooling. With its passive cooling, the Jumper notebook can maintain its performance evenly over a longer period of time in our Cinebench R15 endurance test. The results of the individual benchmarks also show that the performance of the CPU is on par with other laptops with this processor.

In the PCMark-8 system performance benchmarks, the Jumper EZbook X3 Air leads our test field. In everyday life, the system usually runs smoothly and starting programs and accessing files involves only short waiting times. Occasionally, the mouse pointer lagged a little behind the movement on the touchpad.

Our CPU benchmark list shows what performance other laptops could achieve.

Users have a 128 GB SSD available in the X3 Air. This offers averagely good write and read rates, which are sufficient for second place in our test field.

Our HDD/SSD benchmark list shows what performance other mass storage devices offer in comparison.

In the Jumper EZbook X3 Air, the internal Intel UHD Graphics 600 graphics unit is responsible for displaying image content. This is only suitable for applications with low demands on graphics performance, which means that waiting times can be expected even with simple image processing. In the benchmarks, the GPU achieves a slightly above-average result and can therefore lead our test field.

What performance other graphics cards offer can be seen in our GPU benchmark list.

The power of the X3 Air is only sufficient for very simple or old titles. For example, we were able to play the economic and already five-year-old Dota 2 Reborn smoothly, but more modern or more-demanding titles were not playable.

What gaming performance can be expected from Intel's UHD Graphics 600 is shown in our GPU games list.

Since the Jumper EZbook X3 Air is passively cooled, there is no fan noise. We also couldn't perceive coil whistles or similar noises.

The X3 Air's speakers offer a medium volume and a sound spectrum pronounced on tones above the mid-range. This makes it suitable for occasional playback of media content in quiet environments. In the long run, however, external speakers or headphones are recommended.

The Jumper EZbook X3 Air shows a maximum power consumption of 18.5 watts under load. Thus, it requires more energy than the other laptops in our test field. The included charger offers an output power of 36 watts and is therefore sufficiently high dimensioned.

In our practical WLAN test, the EZbook X3 Air achieved a runtime of 7 h 21 m. Thus it lasts longer than the other laptops in our test field and can make good use of its 4,250 mAh battery.