ASUS ROG Flow X16 (GV601, 2023) review – the most powerful convertible on the market

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

Despite its 360° hinge mechanism, the ROG Flow X16 (GV601, 2023) runs cooler than its ROG Zephyrus M16 (GU604, 2023), equipped with the same CPU.

Real-life gaming

It might come as a surprise to many people, but the ASUS ROG Flow X16 (GV601, 2023) is the best-performing RTX 4070 in the bunch we tested. At least in terms of clock speeds. The temperatures are also pretty low (although they can’t match the chilly 61°C of the MSI Vector GP77).

Gaming comfort

However, you have to consider the fact that the laptop remained far from being too loud. Actually, it was one of the quietest gaming devices we’ve tested (especially considering the Turbo mode in Armoury Crate, which really lets the fans go crazy). Well, this tight chassis is not able to provide great insulation from the hardware inside, which is the reason for the slightly high temperatures in the middle of the keyboard. On the bright side, it is nowhere near 50°C.

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 90Wh battery pack lasts for 8 hours and 20 minutes of Web browsing, or 8 hours and 8 minutes of video playback.

Video playback

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

ASUS ROG Flow X16 90Wh, 4-cell

7h 43m

MSI Stealth 16 Studio (A13Vx) 99.9Wh, 4-cell

8h 20m+8%

Lenovo Legion Pro 5 / Pro 5i (16" Intel, 2023) 80Wh

3h 51m-50.1%

ASUS ProArt StudioBook 16 OLED 90Wh, 4-cell

5h 29m-28.9%

Dell XPS 9720 97Wh, 6-cell

13h 00m+68.5%

Acer Nitro 5 90Wh, 4-cell

6h 49m-11.7%

Web surfing

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

ASUS ROG Flow X16 90Wh, 4-cell

8h 20m

MSI Stealth 16 Studio (A13Vx) 99.9Wh, 4-cell

9h 05m+9%

Lenovo Legion Pro 5 / Pro 5i (16" Intel, 2023) 80Wh

5h 13m-37.4%

ASUS ProArt StudioBook 16 OLED 90Wh, 4-cell

6h 58m-16.4%

Dell XPS 9720 97Wh, 6-cell

11h 11m+34.2%

Acer Nitro 5 90Wh, 4-cell

8h 00m-4%

Author: Alex Iliev

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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