Custom PC - UK (2019-12)

Ontheplusside,thespeakersaresurprisinglygood.

They’reloud,withgoodhigh-endclarityanda surprising

amountofbass.Themid-rangeis muddy,buttheaudiokit

hereis perfectlyusable.

Wehadnomajorthermalissueseither.Fannoiseis

presentduringgaming,anditsvolumeis slightlylouderthan

we’dexpectgiventhemodestcomponents,butwe’ve

heardmuchworse.TheCPUdeltaT of66°Cis justabout

acceptable,andtheGPUwas10°Ccooler.Theexterior

panelsremainrelativelycool,andmostoftheheatis vented

fromtherear,withonlya littleheatbeingejectedfromthe

right-handside– it won’tinconveniencepeopleusing

USBmice.

Asever,though,don’texpectgreatbatterylife.Withthe

screenatfullbrightness,theAsuslastedfor 90 minutesina

gamingtest.Youmaybeabletoekethatouttotwohours

withthebrightnessreduced,butyou’llneedtoplugintothe

mainsfora propergamingsession.

Conclusion

TheZephyrusG doeshavecompromises,butthereare

plentyofpositivestobefoundinthis£999laptop.TheGTX

1660 Tihandlesmainstream1080pgamingfine,andthat’s

enough for most people at this price. The AMD processor is

fine for everyday use, and the Asus has a smart design that’s

relatively slim and light.

There are inevitable issues though; the CPU performance

isn’t blazing, the keyboard is shallow and the screen is poor.

The GTX 1660 Ti has no ray-tracing hardware either, giving it

less futureproofing headroom than RTX GPUs. You can’t

expect everything at this price, though, and if you want a

solid laptop for 1080p gaming without spending the earth,

the Zephyrus G is a solid contender.

MIKE JENNINGS

VERDICT

It’s far from perfect, but this laptop delivers solid

1080p gaming for an affordable price.

OVERALLSCORE

80 %

PERFORMANCE

19 / 25

DESIGN

21 / 25

HARDWARE

17 / 25

VALUE

23 / 25

RYZEN

+ Good1080p

gamingpower

+ Slick,smartdesign

+ Farcheaperthan

mostgaming

laptops

FALLIN’

• CPUperformance
  couldbebetter


• Light,shallow
  keyboard


• Mediocre screen
  quality

BENCHMARK RESULTS

GIMPIMAGE

EDITING

38,161

HANDBRAKEH.264

VIDEO ENCODING

216,644

LUXMARK

OPENCL

27,850

HEAVYMULTI-

TASKING

100,953

SYSTEM

SCORE

90,332

The AMD processor has limits too. It’s fast enough for
mostpeople’sneeds,butit can’tcompetewithchipssuch
asIntel’s popular Core i7-8750H. It was more than 10,000
points behind the Intel chip in our single-threaded image
editing benchmark, and it was significantly behind in our
heavilymulti-threadedHandbrakebenchmarktoo.You
can’texpect top-end CPU performance for under a grand
though. The AMD chip isn’t super-fast but it does the job.
Meanwhile, the screen’s 1080p resolution is well
matched with the GPU, and its contrast ratio of 1,074:1
enables bright, punchy colours and plenty of depth at the
bottom end of the scale – an important aspect of any
gaming screen. However, its colour reproduction is poor. Its
delta E of 4.65 is mediocre, and the panel only rendered 57.5
per cent of the sRGB colour gamut, giving it a limited range
of shades. Games won’t look their best on this screen – but
this 1080p panel is still usable.

SHADOWOFTHETOMBRAIDER

1,920x1,080,HighestDetail, TAA

0 25 50 75 100

25 50 75 100

25 50 75 100

Asus ROG Zephyrus G 54fps 68fps

BATTLEFIELDV

1,920x1,080,Ultrasettings, DX11

0

Asus ROG Zephyrus G 49fps 70fps

TOTALWAR:WARHAMMER II

1,920x1,080,UltraDetail,DX11

0

Asus ROG Zephyrus G 38fps 48fps

Minimum Average