ASUS TUF Gaming F15 FX507 review – there are too many versions


Temperatures and comfort, Battery Life

Max CPU load

In this test we use 100% on the CPU cores, monitoring their frequencies and chip temperature. The first column shows a computer’s reaction to a short load (2-10 seconds), the second column simulates a serious task (between 15 and 30 seconds), and the third column is a good indicator of how good the laptop is for long loads such as video rendering.

Average P-core frequency; Average E-core frequency; CPU temp.; Package Power

Intel Core i7-12700H (45W TDP)0:02 – 0:10 sec0:15 – 0:30 sec10:00 – 15:00 min
ASUS TUF Gaming F15 FX5073.28 GHz @ 2.64 GHz @ 69°C @ 99W3.48 GHz @ 2.67 GHz @ 82°C @ 98W2.28 GHz @ 1.82 GHz @ 61°C @ 45W
Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 53.13 GHz @ 2.52 GHz @ 89°C @ 82W2.92 GHz @ 2.40 GHz @ 89°C @ 69W2.72 GHz @ 2.30 GHz @ 89°C @ 60W
ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED (K6502)3.08 GHz @ 2.69 GHz @ 89°C @ 85W2.65 GHz @ 2.43 GHz @ 90°C @ 63W2.34 GHz @ 2.22 GHz @ 74°C @ 50W
ASUS Vivobook Pro 14X OLED (N7401)3.00 GHz @ 2.61 GHz @ 76°C @ 80W2.99 GHz @ 2.59 GHz @ 84°C @ 80W2.60 GHz @ 2.37 GHz @ 72°C @ 60W
HP Envy 16 (16-h0000)3.40 GHz @ 2.63 GHz @ 74°C @ 115W2.36 GHz @ 1.96 GHz @ 62°C @ 61W2.29 GHz @ 1.91 GHz @ 67°C @ 55W
Dell G15 55203.62 GHz @ 2.78 GHz @ 90°C @ 111W3.41 GHz @ 2.68 GHz @ 91°C @ 98W3.18 GHz @ 2.49 GHz @ 83°C @ 87W
Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Pro X (14″)2.26 GHz @ 2.05 GHz @ 68°C @ 60W0.97 GHz @ 1.29 GHz @ 60°C @ 21W1.48 GHz @ 1.33 GHz @ 66°C @ 34W
HP Victus 16 (16-d1000)3.72 GHz @ 2.85 GHz @ 76°C @ 115W3.33 GHz @ 2.58 GHz @ 78°C @ 96W2.37 GHz @ 1.89 GHz @ 65°C @ 45W
Dell Vostro 16 76202.83 GHz @ 2.38 GHz @ 64°C @ 71W2.73 GHz @ 2.24 GHz @ 70°C @ 66W2.42 GHz @ 1.80 GHz @ 72°C @ 52W
Dell XPS 15 95203.18 GHz @ 2.56 GHz @ 95°C @ 87W2.52 GHz @ 2.10 GHz @ 92°C @ 57W2.11 GHz @ 1.70 GHz @ 81°C @ 45W
Dell Precision 17 57703.34 GHz @ 2.69 GHz @ 78°C @ 95W3.30 GHz @ 2.66 GHz @ 87°C @ 92W2.54 GHz @ 2.10 GHz @ 75°C @ 55W
MSI Pulse GL76 (12Ux)3.29 GHz @ 2.76 GHz @ 77°C @ 97W3.27 GHz @ 2.75 GHz @ 83°C @ 95W3.14 GHz @ 2.68 GHz @ 86°C @ 85W
MSI Crosshair 15 (B12Ux)3.27 GHz @ 2.67 GHz @ 84°C @ 97W3.19 GHz @ 2.65 GHz @ 91°C @ 94W3.05 GHz @ 2.47 GHz @ 88°C @ 80W
Acer Predator Helios 300 (PH317-56)3.39 GHz @ 2.84 GHz @ 64°C @ 103W3.53 GHz @ 2.76 GHz @ 71°C @ 100W2.66 GHz @ 2.86 GHz @ 87°C @ 102W
MSI Stealth GS66 (12Ux)3.84 GHz @ 2.82 GHz @ 83°C @ 124W3.55 GHz @ 2.67 GHz @ 85°C @ 107W3.19 GHz @ 2.42 GHz @ 83°C @ 85W
MSI Vector GP66 (12Ux)3.81 GHz @ 2.91 GHz @ 81°C @ 116W3.54 GHz @ 2.72 GHz @ 83°C @ 98W3.30 GHz @ 2.57 GHz @ 79°C @ 86W
Acer Predator Triton 500 SE (PT516-52s)3.25 GHz @ 2.52 GHz @ 89°C @ 80W3.10 GHz @ 2.46 GHz @ 90°C @ 73W2.93 GHz @ 2.38 GHz @ 91°C @ 66W

Weirdly, the TUF Gaming F15 FX507 shows pretty poor performance in longer runs. We used all available performance enhancers from the Armoury Crate, but nothing really worked out. The CPU still wanted to fall down to 2.30 GHz on the P-cores after no more than 1 minute of constant stress. This might really be a driver issue and could be fixed in the future.

Real-life gaming

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050GPU frequency/ Core temp (after 2 min)GPU frequency/ Core temp (after 30 min)GPU frequency/ Core temp (Max Fan)
ASUS TUF Gaming F15 FX5071954 MHz @ 77°C @ 95W1935 MHz @ 81°C @ 95W
Acer Nitro 5 (AN515-47)2018 MHz @ 71°C @ 91W2003 MHz @ 75°C @ 91W
ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED (K6502)1755 MHz @ 70°C @ 62W1755 MHz @ 70°C @ 62W
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro (16″, 2022)1702 MHz @ 71°C @ 61W1695 MHz @ 73°C @ 62W
Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 (15″, 2022)2002 MHz @ 70°C @ 84W1985 MHz @ 72°C @ 85W
Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3i (15″, 2022)1910 MHz @ 73°C @ 82W1912 MHz @ 71°C @ 82W
Acer Nitro 5 (AN515-58)2021 MHz @ 70°C @ 94W2009 MHz @ 73°C @ 94W
Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 (15″, 2021)1885 MHz @ 76°C @ 85W1866 MHz @ 82°C @ 85W
Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3i (15″, 2021)2004 MHz @ 82°C @ 88W1991 MHz @ 86°C @ 88W
ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED (K3500)1605 MHz @ 69°C @ 49W1610 MHz @ 68°C @ 50W
Dell Vostro 15 75101729 MHz @ 74°C @ 64W1710 MHz @ 78°C @ 65W
ASUS VivoBook Pro 16X OLED (N7600)1576 MHz @ 68°C @ 50W1571 MHz @ 69°C @ 50W
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro (16″)1651 MHz @ 72°C @ 55W1636 MHz @ 75°C @ 55W
HP Victus 16 (16-e0000)1824 MHz @ 73°C @ 75W1814 MHz @ 73°C @ 75W1822 MHz @ 73°C @ 75W
MSI Katana GF661675 MHz @ 73°C @ 60W1660 MHz @ 78°C @ 60W1699 MHz @ 67°C @ 60W

Interestingly, the cooling solution can’t really handle the RTX 3050 and runs it at high temperatures. While it still gives you high clocks, the fan noise is a bit loud. In contrast to the RTX 3060 and RTX 3070 models, this one lacks a dedicated heat pipe and a heat sink, which apparently proves crucial.

Gaming comfort

As we already mentioned, the fan noise is a bit high, but the keyboard remains pretty cool even in long gaming sessions.

Battery

Now, we conduct the battery tests with the Windows Better performance setting turned on, screen brightness adjusted to 120 nits and all other programs turned off except for the one we are testing the notebook with. This device’s 56Wh battery pack lasts for 7 hours and 48 minutes of Web browsing, or 5 hours and 50 minutes of video playback.



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Jowi
Jowi
4 months ago

Why in the ‘CPU variants’ it shows a score of 13770 for the Intel Core i7-12700H while in the Cinebench R23 CPU test it shows a score of 15062 for the same test.
Is that a mistake in your article?
Thank you.