Hi! Welcome back I'm a donkey! What I have in my hands is Asus’ latest ExpertBook B5 OLED (B5602CVN). Is ExpertBook another commercial laptop? Don't worry, don't worry . ASUS's commercial laptops can be bought by ordinary people. It's quite interesting. Let's take a look at this year's ExpertBook B5 OLED. I think there are three major highlights. The first is the 16-inch ExpertBook B5 OLED. The OLED version is only 1.4. Starting at kg, yes , the 16-inch model weighs 1.4 kg . It is a large-sized model but is still thin and light. At the beginning of the year, I was looking for a 16-inch model that weighed less than 1.5 kg. There were really not many choices. The second ExpertBook B5 OLED was The screen directly uses a top-level 4K OLED. This OLED is not sloppy. The last ExpertBook B5 OLED is one of the biggest highlights this time. The independent graphics version of this machine actually uses the independent graphics card of Intel Arc A350M , which is Intel’s entry-level positioning. The main goal of the notebook graphics card A350M is to provide higher performance than the internal graphics under the premise of low power consumption, benchmarking the positioning of the past NVIDIA MX series such as the MX550 , and the independent graphics version only weighs 1.5 kg (1 x SO- DIMM + 1 x SSD) is still light enough and is the biological son of Intel, so the A350M can also achieve the performance bonus of I + I. So overall, ExpertBook B5 OLED is not just for business use , but general users can also take a look. Let’s take a look at how this thin and light 16-inch ExpertBook B5 OLED performs. What we are testing this time is the ExpertBook B5 recently launched by ASUS , and it is the OLED version, so it is called ExpertBook B5 OLED. Well, in terms of appearance, this The main highlight is to maintain the characteristics of being as thin and portable as possible under 16 inches , so the version of ExpertBook B5 OLED without independent display 50Whr battery only starts at 1.4 kg , and this version has an SO-DIMM slot and two m.2 SSDs. The expansion slot does not sacrifice expandability because of its thinness and lightness. I think this is the biggest feature of this machine. After all, it is a business-oriented model. Of course , the version we tested this time is an entry-level independent graphics card equipped with Intel Arc that everyone should be more interested in. The A350M version weighs about 200 grams more. The actual measurement is just over 1.6 kilograms. Even with the 90W original transformer, it is only 1.98 kilograms. It is really comfortable in 16 inches and 2 kilograms. Let’s look at the appearance. I will only focus on the key points this year. The ExpertBook B5 OLED still maintains a family-style design similar to the recent ExpertBook series, including a relatively square and simple A side. The whole machine adopts a dark blue and black body color. The C side is also matte , which is relatively difficult to leave fingerprints and is a part of the business series. ExpertBook B5 OLED has also passed a number of MIL-STD 810H US military regulations. In addition to being able to better withstand accidental collisions, such as shock and vibration , ExpertBook B5 OLED has also passed extreme environmental tests , including humidity, altitude , high and low temperatures, which is quite special. What’s more, ExpertBook B5 OLED has also passed the test of heat radiation, explosion environment , ship vibration and freeze-thaw, that is, low-temperature freezing and re-thawing. The test content is relatively complete. In the I/O connector part, ExpertBook B5 OLED provides two on the left side. The USB C port that supports Thunderbolt 4 can be used for image output, PD charging and data transmission. The C port has been tested by us and can reach about 58W with a 65W PD charger. A 100W PD can reach about 80W . The original design is 90W , so 80W. It is a normal performance. The ExpertBook B5 OLED also retains the RJ45 network jack, which is very practical for business needs. There is an HDMI jack. ASUS indicates that HDMI v2.1 can only output up to 4K 60Hz after actual testing , so it is not full-blooded. HDMI 2.1 is 18Gbps. At the end of the version, there is a USB A and a row of indicator lights. The right part provides an anti-theft lock commonly used in workstations, a Micro SD card reader, a USB A 3.5mm audio jack , and a power button with integrated fingerprint recognition, so it is integrated. Looking at 2 USB A and 2 USB C , both are Thunderbolt 4 C ports and have HDMI network holes . The whole thing is quite sincere and everything should be connected. If there are external screens, you can also achieve three goals through two Thunderbolt 4 and HDMI. The screen output plus the laptop body is a total of four screens. Then seeing the B side screen is the second highlight of this time! ExpertBook B5 OLED is quite sincere and directly provides a 4K 60Hz OLED screen. This is a rare specification in high-end notebooks. It is good for a business series , but how is its performance? Of course, you have to measure the data directly to get the most accurate results. First, let’s measure the basic brightness performance. The ExpertBook B5 OLED can easily reach 400 nits with an all-white screen. The maximum brightness is in line with the official label of 400 nits. It can easily cope with various laptops. Usage scenarios , and under HDR 10% display area, the peak brightness can reach 749 nits. The brightness is enough for creative use. Next, let’s look at the color gamut and color accuracy. We also took out this set of instruments with a total price of 10,000 US dollars. Use the software to measure ExpertBook B5 OLED. There are two display modes in MyASUS, the default vivid and standard. After our actual measurement, both modes can reach 100% sRGB, 93% NTSC, 95% Adobe RGB and 99 % of DCI-P3 , but the key point is to see the color accuracy measured in the standard mode Delta E. The color accuracy reaches 2.1 in the vivid mode and 2.2 in the vivid mode. The color accuracy is OK , but it is only a little bit short of the excellent <2. It is a pity! But after all, ExpertBook B5 OLED is not mainly used for creation. For business machines, the improvement of OLED's display effect is obviously improved compared to the previous LCD . After the measurement data, continue below. This screen is also more practical in terms of ratio. 16:10 is used to browse the web and has a larger vertical area. It is easier to read and create. The entire toolbar will have one more row and the display area will be larger than the traditional 16:9. And in OLED maintenance In terms of settings, there is also an OLED Care setting option in ASUS's MyASUS. It is recommended that you directly turn on the three options of pixel rearrangement, pixel shift and hidden toolbar, which can greatly reduce the chance of burn-in. In fact, OLED substrates have improved a lot in recent years. As long as you don't maintain the same screen at high brightness for a long time, it won't be so easy to imprint. What's special is that the ExpertBook B5 OLED already has fingerprint recognition, doesn't it? However, the top is equipped with a set of IR lens modules that support Windows Hello facial recognition. According to actual tests, it can be successfully unlocked in low light and has a physical lens mask design that can also be closed when not in use to physically protect privacy. Therefore, the ExpertBook B5 OLED means that fingerprint and facial recognition can be freely selected according to preferences . The ExpertBook B5 OLED screen also supports HDR. According to actual tests, it can successfully light up Dolby Atmos in NETFLIX , but it does not support Dolby Vision. It is a pity that the ExpertBook B5 has a sound experience. OLED uses a dual-speaker design. The maximum volume we measured is about 90dB, which is quite loud. Finally, we saw the ExpertBook B5 OLED on the C side. It adopts a matte matte surface treatment that is less likely to attract fingerprints and is easy to clean. The shortcut buttons on the upper row are also suitable. Some of them have basic functions. I won’t mention the key points. F9 can quickly lock the screen. If you leave your seat with sensitive data or someone suddenly passes by, you can lock it instantly. F11 can quickly open the cropping tool and take a screenshot immediately. There is also a button to turn off the microphone online. It is very easy to use during meetings , and a small highlight of the ExpertBook B5 OLED keyboard is that this keyboard is designed to be water-resistant. If water droplets accidentally drip on, just wipe them dry quickly. There are also independent number keys on the right that everyone likes. However, The direction keys have a half-height design and the tapping feel is the familiar ASUS membrane offset Q key. The key travel is 1.5mm, which is not too long. It is not tiring for long-term typing , but the feedback is sufficient . A radio section is also provided for your reference at the end. It’s the touchpad. This touchpad is not just about enlarging the design! Basically, it is enlarged and enlarged to reach 15 x 9 cm. The size of 3XL is very easy to use and the position is reasonable. There is no obvious problem of accidental touch in large areas. The touch is smooth and the trigger is neat. ! Then we go directly to today’s real key performance test! Just take apart the ExpertBook B5 OLED in our hands. The D side bottom cover is very light and is a whole piece of metal. This side is made of ultra-thin aluminum alloy while the other sides are made of magnesium-aluminum alloy. One of the secrets to the thinness is here since it is a business machine. In addition to U.S. military regulations testing , ASUS also conducts internal interface durability testing. For the ExpertBook B5 OLED, the hinge has a durability of up to 30,000 opening and closing operations. The two Type C connectors can also be opened and closed up to 15,000 times. It has a small place for plugging and unplugging , but it is one of the durable details for commercial use. The CPU part is equipped with the 13th generation Intel Core P series processor, which has a basic power consumption of 28W and is positioned as a high-end thin and light version. The one we have is equipped with the 13th generation Intel Core i7-1360P has 4 P-core + 8 E-core large and small core design to form a 12-core 16-thread architecture with an 18M cache. Overall, the architecture is roughly two generations closer to the previous generation i7-1260P. The main difference is that the core frequencies of the 13th generation have been increased again, and the graphics card is correct. As mentioned before, this machine has independent graphics. The motherboard is close to the heat dissipation module. This is another highlight of today's ExpertBook B5. OLED is equipped with Intel Arc A350M, the notebook-end entry-level graphics card launched by Intel. The Intel Arc notebook graphics card has roughly the same naming logic as Intel Core. The current Arc series all start with A with three digits + M, which means notebook-end, and the middle one The three digits start with 3 5 7 7, which is the highest level. 3 means the most entry- level . The larger the second digit is, the higher the positioning . For example, the frequency and memory size of A770M will be better than that of A730M , and this machine is equipped with Is it A350M? You will have seen it. 350 represents the entry-level positioning. M means that the notebook side is combined into the notebook side. It means entry-level independent graphics . What is special is that Intel Arc A350M uses TSMC N6 process to create a TGP of 25W. And it has 6 Xe-cores, 2 Render Slices and 6 ray tracing units. The frequency reaches 1150 MHz , paired with 4GB of GDDR6 memory . As a member of the Intel Arc series, the A350M also supports AV1, VP9 decoding and the exclusive Intel for my biological son. Deep Link Support After reading the basic specifications, I believe what everyone is most curious about is how the A350M performs, right? No problem, let’s go straight to 3DMark Time Spy. The Intel Arc A350M is positioned to replace the laptop’s internal display. Although the 96 EU version of Iris Xe currently used in the i7-1360P does not perform badly, the internal display can run smoothly in LoL. It is derived from Iris. The internal display of Xe is not bad at first , but after all, it has been used from the 11th generation to now. The overall performance is a little outdated . How about the performance of A350M? In Time Spy, the A350M scored 3114 points. Compared with the 96EU version of Iris Xe, the internal graphics has been improved by 47.5%, which is about 1.5 times. It is also 59.8% faster than AMD's Vega 8 internal graphics, and it is also 59.8% faster than the benchmark NVIDIA at the time. The MX450 is 41.2% faster and has about 1.4 to 1.5 times the performance advantage . If it is compared to the current Intel Arc A350M, it is about the same as AMD's Radeon A680M and NVIDIA's MX550 Time Spy. The performance is around 3100 to 3200. Let's take a look at the actual combat performance. Later, we tested the memory configuration of the ExpertBook B5 OLED we have. It adopts the design of DDR5 8GB on Board plus a single 16GB SO-DIMM. Because this machine is positioned as thin and light, it is understandable that it only provides a single slot. If you want, you can also replace it with a single 32GB plus 8GB on Board to form a total of 40GB of memory. The configuration on hand is 16GB Samsung DDR5 and has a metal shield design. The storage space part of the ExpertBook B5 OLED has a total of two M.2 slots , and these two slots can be set up as RAID 0 and RAID 1 arrays according to needs. To achieve higher speed or ensure data security, the one we have is pre-inserted with a Micron 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD and is covered with a mask. The measured sequential read and write speeds reached 6464MB/s and 4943MB/s respectively! Next here is the AX211 network card that supports Wi-Fi 6E. As for the heat dissipation design, the ExpertBook B5 OLED uses a dual heat pipe and side-by-side dual fan design. We also measured that the two sets of fans running at full speed in high-efficiency mode dropped to about 49dB overall. The noise control is very quiet. In addition , MyASUS also has three levels: quiet, standard, and high-efficiency. Select normal documents and select standard. The daily fan can achieve no sensation. You need to open Photoshop, simply edit pictures, and then select high-efficiency. Only in this mode will the volume be more obvious. But it’s not too noisy. After all, it’s not a high-performance model. Then we entered the actual testing session. First we saw the CPU performance. Let’s test the Cinebench R23 i7-1360P. It scored 1911 points in single-core and 11545 points in multi-core. The single-core performance of the previous generation i7-1260P increased by 10%, and the multi-core performance increased by 19.2%. Compared with the 11th generation i7-1165G7, the single-core performance increased by 36.1% , and the multi-core performance increased by 179%. You read that right 13 The generation has reached 2.7 times that of the 11th generation. To put it simply , although the i7-1360P is oriented towards thin and light paperwork , its performance is not bad at all! In terms of heat dissipation performance, we also directly ran 3DMark Time Spy for 20 rounds of testing. The stability reached 72.7%. The highest temperature of the GPU was around 76 degrees , while the CPU was controlled at 50 degrees . We also actually measured the body temperature. The overall temperature was very calm and the front was the highest. The temperature falls at about 33.5 degrees at the air outlet of the fuselage. The temperature of the entire operating area is controlled within 28 degrees. It can be seen that the overall temperature control of the fuselage is lower than body temperature. Therefore, unless it is continuously and efficiently processed in daily use , the overall GPU scheduling The settings are conservative . In fact, it should be difficult to feel the heat even when playing games. However, relatively speaking, this independent graphics card is geared towards accelerating daily needs rather than full performance. Let’s simply test a professional software and it will look good. Loading is relatively important. The output performance of Premiere Pro is measured here. The output of full 4K material with a length of 10 minutes only has a simple word card , so it meets the needs of ordinary people for cutting 4K. First of all, we can see that there is no independent graphics support and only i7-1360P. The output time took a total of 20 minutes and 57 seconds. The output is completed and if the output time of Intel Arc A350M is added, the output time can be accelerated to 8 minutes and 57 seconds, saving 134% of the output time, that is, more than half of the time is saved. The output is completed in 21 minutes compared to 9 minutes I + I The A350M is still very effective! However, this machine is still positioned for document performance , so it is suitable for editing Photoshop, Lightroom or simply pulling Ai . The current performance of the video editing is occasional cutting at work. 4K is OK, but if it is mainly video editing, please go straight to the ASUS Creator Series. Is the Way Next? Let’s move on to the game testing phase . Although this is a business laptop, playing games occasionally is good for your mental health. Let’s play LOL and CS:GO easily. The first thing we saw in LOL is A350M. It is definitely a GPU that can effectively improve entry-level laptops. The performance is stable at 80 frames under 4K high quality. There is no problem. In battles, the average is 70 frames. If the resolution is reduced to 2K, the average can reach 150 frames. It is OK for casual play. Then I saw CS:GO in FHD high graphics. Under the quality, the average frame rate just exceeded 100 and reached 100.08 . There is no problem with smooth gaming and this 4K screen with top performance is usually used for professional software such as Photoshop, Lightroom and other CPU performance-oriented software for image creation. In terms of software support, ExpertBook B5 OLED, as a member of the ASUS commercial series, not only has the familiar MyASUS, you can quickly adjust the battery charging limit here. For commercial users who usually plug in the battery at their seats, it is recommended to set it to It can be charged up to 80% to protect the battery . If you have to go out for a meeting the next day, switch to fully charged. You can also adjust the ExpertBook B5 OLED's fan settings, noise reduction, microphone mode, etc. , and the ExpertBook B5 OLED also supports the AiSense Camera system after it is turned on. It will automatically perform light correction or achieve background blur and eye correction for video conferences, etc. Motion tracking can automatically place your face in the middle of the screen , so you don’t have to spend time adjusting the camera angle during the meeting. By the way, this time There is also a new skin beautifying function to keep you looking good during meetings . However, please note that these video optimization functions can only be selected one at a time and cannot be used in combination. In addition, ExpertBook B5 OLED also supports ASUS ExpertWidget. In addition to the original transparent Use the row of shortcut keys above to quickly turn off the camera and microphone . In addition to taking screenshots, turning off the camera and microphone is really easy to use. You can also customize the keyboard. These four special light guide design keys can be selected in addition to the preset status light switch Wi-Fi. To change the power mode, etc., you can also click Add next to it and select the shortcut settings you want . For example, if you often go to your seat and open Excel, Word , or your company's commonly used software , set it directly in the shortcut. The key is very convenient. In addition, there is ASUS Business Manager, which is usually a software set by the company's network administrator for employees. For example, it can limit USB operation, DVD can only read locked date registration, etc. There is also System Backtrack, which can quickly restore to the last major operation. In addition, the ExpertBook B5 OLED has a status indicator light next to the LOGO on the top cover. It will automatically light up during the video call so that colleagues can immediately see you and recognize you during the video call. No, I mean just voluntarily close the door and leave. Finally , if you are an enterprise user, you must touch MyASUS in WinRE. Simply put, if there is something abnormal with your laptop, MyASUS in WinRE allows you to directly perform hardware operations without entering the system. The way to enter the physical test is also very simple . Press F12 immediately after booting to enter the advanced startup . Then select WinRE here . After entering, you can perform basic hardware testing . The advantage of testing here is that you can first rule out system problems or software incompatibility. Abnormalities in the content can be tested, including SSD fans , screen keyboards , touchpads, etc. If there is a problem, the system will directly pop up the QRCode when the test is completed. Scan it and you can quickly report for repair. On the enterprise side, if you use this QRCode ASUS engineers can directly see the problem on the repair form and take out the needed parts directly. The repair speed will be more accurate and faster , especially for small and medium-sized enterprises without IT departments. Finally, look at the battery life part. The ExpertBook B5 OLED uses an 84Wh battery. In Bonny's battery life test, it consumed 13% of the battery life when playing Full HD YouTube videos for an hour. In the PCMark 10 modern office screen setting of 200 nits , the 4K resolution finally won the battery life test. 7 hours and 5 minutes , and if it is used at FHD resolution, it can reach 7 hours and 40 minutes. We also tested that if the independent display is disabled and only the internal display is used , it can reach 8 hours and 6 minutes. In terms of battery life, it is comparable to a business notebook. It is said that it meets the standard. If it is used for foreign books, it is enough to use a small-size PD charger. For the charging part , Bonnie actually uses the 90W charger provided by the original factory to charge to 40% in 30 minutes and 74% in an hour, and finally enters a slow speed. Charging to keep the battery healthy and full takes about 2 hours and 20 minutes. At the end of the day, we also provide all the benchmark tests for your reference! OK! The program has also come to an end. I finally take this opportunity to take everyone to see the actual performance of Intel's entry-level graphics card for laptops. Don't forget that the A350M is actually the hardware released last year and Intel continues to drive the best. I am still relatively optimistic about the future development of Arc. After all, when major manufacturers compete with each other, consumers will be the biggest winners. Finally, let’s talk about the machine itself . The ExpertBook B5 OLED has three major highlights as we mentioned at the beginning. The first is thinness and lightness. The lightest 16-inch business machine starts at 1.4kg , while the independent graphics version starts at about 1.5kg, depending on the version. The top- level 4K OLED blessing and the 16:10 display ratio are comfortable for users who use documents to edit pictures. Finally , if For those who need a little more performance and are mainly used for photo editing, the version with independent graphics A350M is indeed a balanced choice. Finally , as a business series, this model also has a three-year international warranty and three-year after-sales support of Taiwanese repairs. If you are an enterprise user, In addition, the logistics support of ASUS's commercial team can be regarded as one of the greater advantages of local brands. Enterprises can also purchase suitable specifications according to internal needs and also provide customized solutions for enterprises . Okay, this episode will start here . I am Donkey’s Last Time also provides external testing for your reference.
