Hi, welcome back ROG Zephyrus M16 gaming laptop. Since its facelift in 2021, it’s already the third generation . Zephyrus M16 has always been my favorite machine. The reason is very simple. If you want to weigh around 2kg Find a laptop with a very powerful performance in a thin, low-key and neat design. Looking at the entire ROG product line , this machine must be the Zephyrus M16 . Can you believe it in terms of the 2022 model last year? Can you believe that the Strix SCAR 17 on the left and the Zephyrus M16 on the right are so different in size and scale, the peak performance of the CPU and graphics card is only more than 3% different, and you know how much the performance of the Zephyrus M16 was released at that time It is powerful , so this kind of product with a cool positioning , we will launch the first generation in 2021, and we will also launch it in 2022. This year is the 2023 version . Of course, we can’t miss it. So we borrowed from Intel the Zephyrus M16 (2023), which has been redesigned again this year. We must complete the goal of connecting three generations. Let’s take a look at the fact that this machine adopts a new cooling system . It is equipped with the 13th generation Intel® Core™ i9-13900H and NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4080. The screen is replaced with a ROG Nebula gaming screen . Let’s take a look at how the ROG Zephyrus M16 (2023) with Mini LED backlight technology actually performs after replacing it with the ROG Nebula gaming screen. Let’s take a look at the appearance first. The entire ID design of this year ’s Zephyrus M16 is still the same as in the past. It’s relatively close , so I won’t waste everyone’s time , just talk about the main points of change. This year’s ROG Zephyrus M16 still uses a dot-matrix design on the metal cover in the A-side design. Look carefully , this year’s matte surface is very delicate and smooth , and it’s paired with A The surface has been brightly treated with a full circle of borders, and the texture has also improved a whole circle. The point is that this year 's Zephyrus M16 also added AniMe Matrix for the first time , which is the dot matrix LED design that appeared on Zephyrus G14. ROG is called dynamic programming LED. The display will be called a display because you can customize it to display various patterns or system status through the LED light group on the A side , and like the new Zephyrus G14 , it uses a more delicate LED module with a total of 1711 LEDs And if you want to be low-key , AniMe Matirx can be turned off at any time to return to the low-key Zephyrus M16. Are you curious about the total number of these CNC openings on the surface ? Yes, I am also curious, so I will directly go to the ROG official website to see one by one. There are a total of 18,710 openings . From a distance, these lattices will also form ROG’s signature beveled design . In the lower left corner , ROG also retains the classic bright nameplate. Overall , the design of this year’s Zephyrus M16 is also simple and neat. Wennengwu can be easily integrated into various usage scenarios . Most of the I/O jacks are on the left side , including the power jack, a USB 4 standard C hole , and this one uses an Intel processor, so this C The hole is unavoidable, and it is also compatible with Thunderbolt 4, which can reach a transmission speed of 40Gbps . It also supports dual 4K@60Hz or single 8K@60 Hz video output and PD3.0 C-hole charging . Then there is an HDMI 2.1. It is very sincere, and the actual measurement can reach 4K 120Hz or 8K60Hz video output is really full of blood. HDMI 2.1 is followed by a USB A and 3.5mm audio jack. On the right side is a UHS-II MicroSD card reader . The speed is fast , but I still think that the Zephyrus M16 can be fully loaded. Size card reader Because I believe that many creators will start with the Zephyrus M16 . The full-size card reader is more convenient. Then there is another USB C interface that also supports DP image output and PD charging. The actual measurement of the two holes can be charged at 65W and 100W. It can reach a maximum of about 95W. Looking at the weight , I think this is a bit of a pity this year. The GeForce RTX 4080 version in our hands has reached 2.3 kg for a single machine , although it is still lighter than most gaming laptops . Compared with the previous 2 kg The performance in the early days is about 2 hundred grams more this year . The weight of a flagship mobile phone is still not good in the hand , but it is understandable. After all, AniMe Matrix dot-matrix display was added to the A side this year, and the screen was replaced . A Mini LED screen is used, and a better heat dissipation module is used inside . Each of them is a monster that increases the weight. It is inevitable . If the original 280W charger is added, the measured weight is about 3.1 kg, which is quite good because If we compare it with the real extreme performance laptop, it is about 3.7, 3.8 is close to 4 kg , and the Zephyrus M16, which weighs just over 3 kg, is considered to be a relatively light model, and it can still be taken away . But to be honest, if you want to take it out I would recommend that you bring this small size 65W, 100W PD charger for a meeting. The overall weight can also be greatly reduced . It is entirely possible to control it at about 2.5 kg. In addition, the upper cover can be opened and closed with one hand, and it can also be laid flat at 180 degrees, and the hinge is the same. It is ErgoLift's design. When it is opened , the upper cover will lift up the fuselage , which can leave enough space for heat dissipation, and the typing feel will be more comfortable when it is lifted up. By the way, the bottom of the Zephyrus M16 also has a thicker rubber strip at the bottom this time , and it is true. It’s very thick and solid. Then we saw the Zephyrus M16 on the B side. What everyone remembers the most is that it’s very beautiful and has a very narrow bezel . It’s almost full-screen when viewed horizontally . It ’s not just the Zephyrus M16’s high screen-to-body ratio. These generations are actually very good. The best part of this year is that ROG has not stopped . The screen of Zephyrus M16 has ushered in a major facelift upgrade. ROG is not long-winded. It is directly replaced with a 2K 240Hz ROG Nebula gaming screen and uses What’s more, the Mini LED backlight technology also brings the contrast ratio to 20,000:1. The screen update rate reaches 240Hz. 2K 240Hz is still a pretty balanced choice. The resolution is sufficient and the update rate is sufficient. The daily experience is very smooth, even in games. All in all, when buying ROG laptops this year, you can directly look at those ROG Nebula models with 100% DCI-P3 color gamut. The general performance of the screen will be above the standard . But then again, this year’s 2023 Zephyrus The most special place of M16 It uses Mini LED backlight technology. Here is a brief review for those who are not familiar with it. What is a Mini LED backlight screen ? To put it simply, as long as the LCD screen in the past is turned on , the backlight behind it must be kept on , so when the light is turned off , just It can be seen that the black of a general laptop display is not completely black , but a little bit of blue light . The biggest reason why the Mini LED is so powerful is that there are thousands of dense Mini LED lamp beads hidden behind the screen. For the Zephyrus M16, it is 16 inches. Next, it is divided into 1024 light control partitions . The Mini LEDs in each partition can be independently controlled to switch and adjust the brightness. Therefore , when we display a black screen , the system will automatically close the partition to make the screen display completely black . When the sun shines over The divisions that display the position of the sun will instantly increase the brightness. Visually, it feels like there is real sunlight shining on your face. This is the current advantage of Mini LED , that is, the brightness performance. In terms of the current laptop screen, we said The traditional LCD is better about 5-600 nits, OLED is about 600 nits , and the Zephyrus M16 is the same as the Strix SCAR 16 we unpacked a few weeks ago . The ROG standard is 1100 nits of peak brightness and passed VESA DisplayHDR 1000 certification , so of course we have to test whether it has reached the official mark . After our actual measurement, the Zephyrus M16 Mini LED can reach 662 nits in a full white screen, and the peak brightness can reach 1290 nits. The performance is still very good. The performance of Halo on the top side and the front is also provided for your reference . So far, the brightness display effect is up to the standard , and the next step is to measure the color gamut. Of course, Zephyrus M16 also has four levels of color gamut in the Armory Crate. The mode setting can be switched. First test the default native mode. The color gamut coverage reaches 100% of sRGB, 89% Adobe RGB and 100% DCI-P3. The performance color standard of 1.25<2 is up to standard. We also tested several built-in color profiles here . It can be seen that sRGB and DCI-P3 will perform corresponding color gamut reduction. The average Delta E in the other three modes has reached <2 The performance is up to standard. In terms of HDR support, I also help you to test Zephyrus M16. This screen can successfully turn on dual Dolby on Netflix , including Dolby Vision Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos Dolby Atmos. After all, such a good screen It’s a pity to only use it for work, and it’s fun to watch dramas . In the end, the Zephyrus M16’s screen also maintains a 16:10 ratio. It’s more comfortable to use it for creative work . The Windows Hello face recognition module is still on the top. Actual measurement The Zephyrus M16 can be successfully identified and unlocked even in low light. There is another problem that everyone is concerned about, that is, the problem of the screen being blown by the air outlet . This year, in order to solve this problem, ROG not only made the air duct as close as possible to the bottom of the screen , but also opened it directly at the bottom this year. The physical heat dissipation holes allow the wind to pass directly through the bottom of the screen through the holes to avoid heat accumulation . However , we will actually test the actual performance later. By the way, I also want to ask friends who have bought Zephyrus M16 . It has been more than two years. Do you have any problems with the bottom of the screen? Then I saw that the ROG on the C side finally removed the matte skin-feeling coating that was comfortable to the touch. Why did you say finally? The reason is that the coating is very comfortable . At that time, we said that the coating felt like it would fall off. Not surprisingly, everyone’s feedback the next year was that the coating is really easy to fall off . Call me a big prophet . To solve this problem , ROG directly replaced it with a hard plastic material with matte surface treatment this year. Now it does not fall off. It’s possible , and it’s easier to clean. The tactile feel is not bad . I think it’s okay. The power button is also placed on the upper right side . The upper row is also my favorite independent volume button and microphone switch design . Finally, there is the ROG button that can quickly launch the Armory Crate. This year on the keyboard Still using the RGB backlight of the whole area , you can switch the RGB mode in the Armory Crate , but I feel that ROG can consider helping the Zephyrus M16 with PerKey RGB . After all, they are sold at this price. With PerKey, it’s still cool , but everything needs to be added. The weight is not guaranteed . We have never worried about the performance of the Zephyrus M16 in the keyboard experience part. The same Stealth Type silent keyboard is used , and the feel is also ROG. The classic thin-film partial Q key stroke reaches 1.7mm, which feels good , and the Stealth Type is really quiet on the percussion. It will be uncomfortable. The following is also a radio for your reference. Finally, the touchpad of the Zephyrus M16 is really praised. The enlarged design is comfortable to use , and the surface treatment is delicate and smooth. It is definitely the first echelon . The trigger is neat enough. There are also some The silent processing experience is very good. Now let’s not talk nonsense, let ’s go directly to the Zephyrus M16 performance test. The performance of this year ’s ROG Zephyrus M16 must be exciting , including the 13th generation Intel Core processing and RTX 40 series graphics cards . This year is It is a year suitable for changing computers, and the performance has been pulled up again . The CPU is equipped with the 13th generation Intel® Core™ i9-13900H, which is still strong this year . It also uses the P-core performance core and the size of the E-core efficiency core. With core design and Intel® Thread Director technology , the system will automatically mobilize performance and efficiency cores so that each core can be used in the right place . For example, the scene that everyone is most familiar with is the live broadcast while playing the game. The game will be handed over to P- Core execution and small things such as live broadcasting are done by E-core . Putting the right people in the right position is the biggest improvement of Intel in recent generations. The concept is the same for anyone who edits a film while watching a script, animation and watching a movie. Let the P-core bear the load and the E-core process the background program , so that it can also take advantage of energy consumption and achieve lower power consumption. In terms of Intel Core i9-13900H , the core scale has reached 6P + 8E, a total of 14 cores 20 The thread architecture is still a very powerful configuration. By the way, ROG also added CPU Core adjustment options to the Armory Crate of Zephyrus M16 this year. You can quickly adjust the number of enabled P-cores and E-cores . Intel Core i9-13900H The internal display uses 96EU Iris® Xe internal display. Even when the independent display is turned off to save power , the performance of the internal display is still at a certain level. As for the graphics card , the Zephyrus M16 (2023) is equipped with a new generation of GeForce RTX 4080 and I I would like to mention that the scale of the Zephyrus M16 is really increasing year by year , and the wattage is also pulled again and again. If you still have the impression that the Zephyrus M16 in 2021, the highest is the 100W RTX 3070. Last year, it was pulled to the 120W RTX 3070 Ti this year . It’s really ridiculous. With Dynamic Boost , it can be directly pulled up to 145W. Manually, it can be pulled up to 150W. To measure the performance and the recommended settings, please refer to the memory part. The memory part uses DDR5 4800MHz , two Samsung 16 + 16 to form a 32GB configuration. It is worth mentioning that this year ROG has solved another historical problem. This year there is no on board to directly give Two SO-DIMM slots are well received , which means that if you want, you can also replace them with two 32GB slots to directly form a 64GB configuration. For the storage space, this time it is paired with Samsung’s 1TB m.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD. The performance of 7044 MB/s and 5217 MB/s is a very good level of PCIe 4.0 . In terms of communication, Intel’s AX211 hardware is used to support up to Wi-Fi 6E. In terms of heat dissipation, Zephyrus M16 also ushered in a major facelift this year . Use it A full-size radiator with 319 fins is installed. Compared with last year’s Zephyrus M16 , the ratio of the fins. The entire row of fins is still very spectacular . And Zephyrus M16 also added a three-fan cooling system, placed in this position It can just improve the air duct design of GPU and VRAM to conduct heat to the fins faster . By the way, the air intake of each fan is also equipped with a dust filter . The CPU also uses liquid gold to further enhance the heat conduction effect . Finally, it is equipped with 7 A set of heat pipes, the entire heat dissipation pile is very fierce , but it is worth mentioning that the fan volume of this generation of Zephyrus M16 is still obviously noticeable when the performance is fully turned on, so here is the key point . Zephyrus M16 has mute in Armory Crate. There are three speed gears for performance , and it ’s the same as this year . If you are using it daily , I suggest you choose the performance mode . If you need to turn on the speed mode , why do I say that? The answer is the fan noise. Let’s talk about the performance gear first . In this mode, we actually tested it. The maximum noise is controlled at about 50dB , which is acceptable for general performance laptops. If you turn on the extreme speed mode , the overall fan will reach about 61dB. This volume is really obvious , so I only recommend the extreme speed mode. Turn on the heavy game or the output scene again , because in the extreme speed mode, the system will fully squeeze out the performance potential of the entire Zephyrus M16 . In normal use of the performance mode, the overall volume will enter a range that is easy to ignore . The point is that in this performance gear. The performance release is still very strong. In the CPU part, the multi-core is only about 3.8%. This is already more than 15% better than most of the Intel Core i9-13900H with a distance of 2 kg on the market. The GPU is about 5-6% worse. Left and right , but the user experience is really much better . Anyway, the current three generations of Zephyrus M16 have the same tuning. If you want to be wild, then he will give you the speed mode. If you want to use it comfortably, then you can choose the performance mode . However, I feel that ROG can think about it later. Reduce the noise from the fan , or clearly mark the description of the mode gear , introduce the function of automatic switching, etc. Otherwise, even if you don’t need performance, you will definitely choose the extreme speed directly and then feel that it is very noisy. Okay, let’s look at the CPU. Performance First of all, I saw Cinebench R23 . This year’s Zephyrus M16 is still relatively strong in terms of performance release. The single- core score reached 2047. Compared with the previous generation, it has increased by 6.5%. The multi-core score has reached 19193 points, which has increased by 5.4 %. The scale is almost the same and the performance is within expectations , but the release of ROG is still very aggressive. Compared with other Intel Core i9-13900H with a 2KG class distance , the performance is about 15,000 points. The peak performance of Zephyrus M16 is also 27% stronger. If it is Friends who have upgraded from generation to generation, it is 55% higher than the 11th generation of Intel Core, and 16% stronger than the 10th generation desktop platform i9-10900K. To help everyone measure the output performance of Zephyrus M16 in Premiere Pro. The 4K original film with a total length of 10 minutes is used . After simple color correction and mixing, the final output is the preset YouTube 4K option. This project mainly uses GPU acceleration. The Zephyrus M16 equipped with RTX 4080 is in In this project, it took only 172 seconds to complete the 10-minute 4K output , which is 29% faster than the RTX 4070. This is why we always say that if you buy it mainly for creative needs , then use the RTX 4080. Comprehensive Down to 29%, nearly 30% efficiency improvement is still very impressive . If you think about the time saved by going back and forth, you can watch a few more episodes of Netflix. Let’s look at the performance of the game. First, see 3DMark Time Spy . This year’s Zephyrus M16 is equipped with 145W The GeForce RTX 4080 scored 15,057 points, which is about 19% different from the full-blooded version of the 175W GeForce RTX 4080. Even so , it is still 10.9 points faster than the previous generation of 175W full-blooded version of the notebook card emperor GeForce RTX 3080 Ti. % is 22% faster than the same 150W GeForce RTX 3080. The energy consumption performance of the RTX 40 series is really good , but the Zephyrus M16 has such a performance output under this volume . 20 rounds of Time Spy tests, the stability reached 99.8% , the whole GPU temperature fell at about 74 degrees, and the CPU was controlled at about 77 degrees. The actual temperature of the fuselage was measured , and the highest temperature was still at the air outlet, reaching 51.9 degrees . The pressing area of the keyboard is controlled by the left and right sides Below 30 degrees, the middle temperature is too high , and everyone is concerned about the temperature of the screen blowing directly from the air outlet The highest temperature is actually on the frame, and the highest temperature falls at about 50.9 degrees . At this time, the fan will reach about 61dB under the extreme speed operation. As mentioned above, the noise of the extreme speed is really too loud. Usually , it is recommended to choose the performance mode. It is stable in the performance mode. The performance reaches 98.2% and the whole GPU temperature is about 71 degrees. The CPU is 69 degrees. The highest temperature is a little higher than the maximum speed and reaches 53.8 degrees . The key point is still the noise. At this time, the volume will drop to about 50dB . After the key point, let’s look at the actual game measurement This year 's Zephyrus M16 also has the function of MUX independent display direct connection , so we first test the delay-sensitive CS: GO mainly to see the difference before and after MUX is turned on. Before it is turned on, the performance is very strong , and it reaches an average of 494 frames. After MUX is turned on, the performance is very strong. It broke through the 600 frame mark , and then there is no pressure under Forza 5 FHD. The extreme image quality of FHD’s highest gear and ray tracing settings easily reached 121 frames . With DLSS turned on, it came to close to 200 frames. We directly measured 2K super high Picture quality with high light tracking . Without DLSS , the Zephyrus M16 has easily run an average of 124 frames. Even if the picture quality is set to the fullest 2K extreme picture quality , the light pursuit is also set to high , and there is an average of 112 frames without DLSS. Performance After turning it on , the GeForce RTX 4080 with 163 frames and 145W can play Forza 5 under 2K, and it is still completely stress-free . Then, when running God of War FHD, it is turned on to the highest quality, with an average of 97.4 frames. The pressure is so directly open to 2K high-definition without DLSS, and the performance can easily break 100 frames. After enabling DLSS, it can reach an average of 125 frames . Then push the image quality to full . Select 2K very high quality without DLSS, and it reaches an average of 79 frames Still running smoothly. After turning on DLSS, it is easy to break 100 frames . Next, let’s look at GhostWire: Tokyo, which is heavy on ray chasing. Under Tokyo FHD, there is no pressure at all. Directly drive to full movie quality and movie ray chasing . At this time, the average reaches 96 frames without pressure. With DLSS enabled , it can reach 135.6 frames. So we directly tested 2K with the highest quality setting . Under the movie quality plus movie ray chasing, without DLSS , there is an average of 59.1 frames. Frame The last is the performance testing software Cyberpunk 2077. Let’s look at FHD first and go directly to the highest setting. Under FHD’s extremely high optical tracking , without DLSS, there is an average of 85 frames. After DLSS is turned on , it can reach an average of 132 frames. It is completely controlled , so we directly measure 2K. The heaviest The image quality is set to 2K with extremely high ray chasing, and the average 66 frames is actually running smoothly . After DLSS is turned on, it can be further liberated to break 100 frames. Think about it , the 145W GeForce RTX 4080 can already fully control Cyberpunk 2077 2K highlight chasing . It was something that I didn’t even dare to think about two years ago. Let’s also test it here. The super-heavy light-chasing acceleration under 2K averages 37.8 frames. After turning on DLSS, the average performance of 63 frames in parallel running . This light-chasing acceleration looks like it. Next up is the new challenge mode of the performance test. Finally, to summarize , benefiting from the performance output provided by the Intel Core i9-13900H, paired with a 145W GeForce RTX 4080 Zephyrus M16, it is now almost able to fully control the performance requirements of FHD under 2K with full image quality. There is no pressure to download. Friends who pursue high frame rate of more than 100 frames can also choose the option of full FHD image quality. For battery life, Zephyrus M16 is still equipped with a large 90Wh battery this year. In Bonnie’s battery life test , it can play Full HD movies continuously for an hour. Consumed 25% and PCMark 10 modern office battery life test also fixed the screen brightness at 200 nits , and finally scored 6 hours and 23 minutes of battery life . In terms of charging speed , Bonnie used the original 280W charger. It can be fully charged to 90% in an hour. It takes 1 hour and 36 minutes to fully charge. It is very fast . However, if you go out with documents, it is also recommended to bring a PD charger . It is much lighter . Finally, Bonnie also provides all the benchmark tests for your reference. Overall , although this year ’s Zephyrus M16 also wears a low-key design , it still does not reduce the wild nature of the performance notebook . The overall performance release is very impressive , and the combination of the 13th generation Intel Core i9-13900H and GeForce RTX 4080 is just as powerful. Wen Nengwu is capable of professional productivity and can also fully release performance in games . And I would like to mention that ROG’s screens this year are really sincere and predictable . For example, this year’s Zephyrus M16 and Strix SCAR 16 are directly on the screen. 2K 240Hz ROG Nebula gaming screen with Mini LED backlight technology. By the way, if you want to buy ROG this year , you must remember to pay attention to the introduction page . Is there a word Nebula ? The display performance of this laptop is generally above the standard . Regarding the Zephyrus M16, the only suggestion is that it is recommended that you choose the performance mode for daily use to get a better user experience . If you want to output video output with full performance When working in 3/4D, switch to the extreme speed mode to realize the full performance potential. But overall , this year’s Zephyrus M16 is still a machine with a very powerful performance release in the 2 kg class. It is not only versatile but also really wild. Alright, that ’s it for this episode. If there’s anything Bonnie didn’t mention or you want to know , please leave a comment below and discuss it together. In the last time , I will inevitably provide a performance test of the external speaker for your reference. The Zephyrus M16 is still at the same level in the loudspeaker effect. It adopts a 6-speaker design and has 2 subwoofers . The maximum volume is about 88dB . Bonnie also provides a test for your reference.
