Asus ZenBook Pro UX501 uk Review
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Asus ZenBook Pro UX501 uk Review[/caption]Suppose it is possible that you could have a provocative Asus ZenBook with all the typical advantages: a thin outline, metal packaging, extremely convenient and a sticker that makes different makers anxious in addition to extraordinary gaming slashes. Include a 4K presentation and a 15.6" showcase instead of the typical 13" and this is beginning to get exceptionally intriguing. You can have it, and it's the Asus ZenBook Pro UX501. Thin gaming and expert applications portable workstations are turning into a thing- - it's not simply Apple's 15 Retina MacBook Pro and the Dell XPS 15 any longer, now we have the Razer Blade, HP Omen 15, MSI GS60 Ghost Pro and a couple of others to consider. While the majority of these machines cost $1,800 or more, the Asus is $1,499. Also, that is not a no frills arrangement, truth be told there's stand out setup in the US and it's stacked: 4K touch screen, 512 gig PCIe x4 SSD, NVIDIA GTX 960M illustrations and 16 gigs of RAM. Sweet.
Asus likewise makes the almost indistinguishable ROG G501. It's a darker shade of dim, has a brushed as opposed to twirled cover example and red instead of white console backdrop illumination. The ROG rendition is $1,699 and it has a matte 4K IPS show as opposed to the polished touch screen of the UX501.
Configuration and Ergonomics
The ZenBook Pro UX501 is all that much the ZenBook UX 13" portable workstation line's greater sibling. It has the same decreased aluminum packaging with a twirl design top, an inflexible form, illuminated console and a sound choice of ports. The portable workstation doesn't decrease to a fine point at the front as do the 13" ZenBooks, and that is an admission to the inner space needed for the bigger battery and double fan cooling. While the MS GS60 Ghost Pro is a bit dull looking and the HP Omen 15 is dazzling yet a touch out there regarding plan, the ZenBook Pro keeps it tasteful with great looks that could fit in at a meeting or a LAN party.
Asus ZenBook Pro UX501
The cover is a darker mid-dim while whatever is left of the portable PC is a lighter silver aluminum shading, making an engaging two-tone look from the side. The console deck's edges are chamfered and cleaned so they won't delve into your palms. The aluminum set patterns for side ports could utilize a touch of cleaning - our SD card's mark was tore by the sharp edges encompassing that space. Talking about ports, the ZenBook Pro has 3 USB 3.0 ports, HDMI, a SD card space (the card sticks mostly out), a Thunderbolt/smaller than expected DisplayPort and a 3.5mm combo sound jack. There's no inherent VGA or Ethernet, however Asus incorporates dongle connectors in the crate. Driven markers for charging, force and SSD action live on the front edge just beneath the focused trackpad.
Like most Ultrabooks, the battery is ostensibly fixed inside. That implies there's no brisk discharge hook to evacuate it and swap in an extra. You'll need to uproot the base cover's 10 Torx T5 screws (in addition to two under the back elastic feet) to get to it for administration. When that base spread is off you likewise have admittance to the single RAM space (8 gigs is bound on board and there's a 8 gig SODIMM in the opening for 16 aggregate), M.2 SSD space and the standard socketed remote card.
Console and Trackpad
Full size 15" tablets have ample consoles, however thin, Ultrabook-style portable PCs offer less go than their massive partners. The UX501 has 1.6mm of key travel and the keys are pleasantly damped and equally illuminated with multi-stage white backdrop illumination. They feel like Ultrabook keys, which is to say that they oblige a firm touch and travel feels a small bit unexpected in case you're acclimated to thicker portable workstation consoles. The writing background is great generally speaking, and both gamers and number crunchers will value the number cushion. I'd like a little detachment between the standard console and number cushion, however tsk-tsk there's none.
Not at all like most tablets with number cushions, the trackpad isn't focused beneath the space bar; rather it sits right on target of the skeleton. Since that is not basic any longer and since touch-typists keep their hands homed on the spacebar, it can be cumbersome. The trackpad is better than average however not stellar.
Asus ZenBook Pro UX501
Show
The 4K reflexive Samsung touch screen is both the ZenBook Pro UX501's best and most exceedingly terrible component - it all relies on upon what you're searching for in a tablet. In the event that gaming is a prime interest, then 4K (3840 x 2160) is a weight. Indeed, even the all the more capable tablet GPUs battle to run today's top titles at 4K determination on medium to high settings. It's a genuine torment to futz with settings to get amusements running at attractive edge rates: basically setting desktop determination to 1920 x 1080 doesn't do the trap following numerous recreations address the equipment straightforwardly and know they're working with a 4K board. Starting point still doesn't regard Windows scaling, so the Origin window is unimaginably little. In case you're a gamer, I'd hold up to check whether Asus discharges a 1080p variant (a few nations abroad as of now have it).
On the other hand, if gaming truly isn't you're thing yet in the event that genius applications like Adobe Photoshop CC, Sony Vegas or Adobe Premiere are you thing, then 4K can bode well. You'll see more detail in photographs without needing to zoom in such a great amount of, and there's space for your photograph or feature and application beds. Remember that Adobe CC offers a 200% scaling choice for the instruments and menus, however more seasoned renditions of Adobe projects don't, and that implies minor menu content and tiny apparatuses.
Shading is great yet not amazing, regardless of Asus' cases for this showcase. The processing plant shading adjustment out of the container wasn't great, and even after alignment with our Spyder 4 Pro colorimeter; we couldn't get the level of exactness that the 15" MacBook Pro with Retina Display and MSI GS60 Ghost Pro with 1080p showcase offer. For ordinary utilize it's splendidly exquisite, however for photograph and feature aces who need to see precise hues and see shading throws so they can rectify them, the UX501 isn't the best for the employment. We saw a more minor adaptation of the Samsung PLS board that we saw a couple of years back on the Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro and a couple of different portable PCs: yellows are a bit excessively dull and cloudy. It's not as serious as on the Yoga, but rather when review pictures of Sponge Bob on the screen, he looked a small bit needing a shower.
Brilliance is great at 293.4 nits and difference is only OK at 530:1. Dark levels are 0.56, which is not too bad.
Execution and Horsepower
As you'd anticipate from a capable 15" portable PC, the Asus ZenBook Pro UX501 keeps running on the quad center Intel Core i7-4720HQ. That is no low voltage Ultabook double center, which puts the Pro in a little class of powerhouse portables. The 2.6 GHz, 47 watt CPU has switchable design on account of NVIDIA Optimus. It can keep running on the more power and warmth well disposed Intel HD 4600 incorporated representation for quotidian assignments like word preparing and feature playback, and naturally change to the a great deal all the more intense NVIDIA GTX 960M 2GB DDR5 illustrations when utilizing Photoshop or playing an amusement. You can physically control which projects keep running with a specific design processor on the off chance that you like, or simply let Optimus handle it. The i7-4720HQ is a fourth era Intel Haswell CPU. Broadwell fifth era portable quad center CPUs were highly postponed, and accordingly couple of tablets have them (execution doesn't change much, battery life may enhance a smidgen with Broadwell).
The GTX 960M sits on a lower rung of NVIDIA's most recent era top of the line GPUs. Genuine gamers incline toward the 970M or the 980M, yet the 960M packs a considerable measure of force. In 1080p portable workstations like the HP Omen 15, it can run a significant number of today's most requesting diversions at 1080p on medium to medium high settings (the 970M and 980M will net you high to ultra settings and a small amount of future-sealing).
Asus ZenBook Pro UX501
Warmth and clamor are very much overseen - it helps that Asus is a regarded and fruitful maker of huge gaming portable PCs (the ROG or Republic of Gamer arrangement), motherboard and desktop representation cards. They have experience planning great cooling arrangements, and the double fans and very much situated ventilation in the UX501 guarantee that the metal base doesn't get blazing hot. Clamor isn't terrible either; with the proviso that all slender and light gaming tablets get really loud when you're playing a diversion like Battlefield 4 or Dragon Age Inquisition. We noticed a touch of CPU and GPU throttling where the machine wouldn't permit the CPU and GPU to surpass 86 degrees Centigrade, well underneath the 100 degree max, yet that once in a while held up gameplay and I sincerely don't care for it when the CPU or design card get more sizzling (I stress over abbreviated part life). Rehashing extreme benchmarks didn't demonstrate a critical falloff, and the most exceedingly awful we noted was that the machine ceased Turbo Boost until temps had fallen beneath 85C (that implies the CPU kept up its base clock speed and didn't drop underneath).
The machine ships with a to a great degree quick PCIe X4 SSD in its single M.2 space. This makes for amazingly quick information exchange times (when keeping in touch with the SSD) and quick programming establishments. Given that even "humble" mSATA SSDs are quick, unless you routinely exchange a ton of information to the SSD or spare expansive undertakings like features, you most likely won't see how quick the UX501's SSD is. Now and then benchmarks are more energizing than true experience.
Benchmarks
PCMark 8 Home: 3050
PCMark 7: 6115
wPrime: 7.8 sec.
Geekbench 3: 3397 / 12,572
3DMark 11: P5390, X1780
3DMark Tests:
Fire Strike: 3923
Cloud Gate: 14,616
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