ASUS ROG Ally (2023) review – well-built powerful gaming console with fast display

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 core frequency (base frequency + X); CPU temp.

In short and medium loads, the CPU can maintain frequencies that are above the official base clock of 3.30 GHz. The processor gets toasty after 30 seconds of max load, and that way the clock settles at ~3.20 GHz in longer usage. This time around, the temperature is okay for such a small machine – 80°C.

Comfort during full load

In idle, the two fans are rotating with ~2800-3000 RPM and it’s even hard to hear them. The cooling dissipates well the heat so the chassis doesn’t feel too hot in prolonged periods of gaming.

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 40Wh battery lasts for 10 hours of either Web browsing or video playback.

Video playback

Brightness: 180 nits; Display Mode: SDR
Time to Full Discharge: Higher is Better

ASUS ROG Ally (2023) 40Wh, 4-cell

9h 30m

Acer Swift Edge 54Wh, 3-cell

5h 35m-41.2%

Lenovo Yoga 9i 14 75Wh

6h 35m-30.7%

Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Carbon 13 50Wh

7h 14m-23.9%

Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Gen 3 54.7Wh

7h 09m-24.7%

Lenovo Yoga 7 14 71Wh

12h 04m+27%

Lenovo Yoga Book 9 80Wh

13h 34m+42.8%

ASUS Zenbook S 13 63Wh, 4-cell

10h 48m+13.7%

Web surfing

In order to simulate real-life conditions, we used our own script for automatic web browsing through over 70 websites.

ASUS ROG Ally (2023) 40Wh, 4-cell

10h 00m

Acer Swift Edge 54Wh, 3-cell

6h 40m-33.3%

Lenovo Yoga 9i 14 75Wh

7h 13m-27.8%

Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Carbon 13 50Wh

9h 22m-6.3%

Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Gen 3 54.7Wh

10h 20m+3.3%

Lenovo Yoga 7 14 71Wh

12h 10m+21.7%

Lenovo Yoga Book 9 80Wh

16h 40m+66.7%

ASUS Zenbook S 13 63Wh, 4-cell

15h 17m+52.8%

Author: Nikolay Palaozov

Author: eng. Kroum NikolovHead of Engineering at LaptopMedia.com, inventor and innovator with 40+ years of experience in electronics and high technology.

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