ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED (N6506) review – Killer Display, Lasting Battery, Minor Compromises

Name: ASUS Vivobook Pro 15
Brand: ASUS

LaptopMedia.com Reviews and Analysis ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED (N6506) review - Killer Display, Lasting Battery, Minor Compromises Page 9

From: Nikolay Palaozov, eng. Kroum Nikolov 01 March 2024 / 10:10 13

9. Storage performance

8. Disassembly, Upgrade options, and Maintenance Previous page Next page 10. Verdict

Storage performance

Our machine has a 1TB WD PC SN560 SDDPNQE-1T00-1102. The benchmark results of this Gen 4 NVMe are decent but it’s getting toasty (80°C) during long linear write and read loads.

9. Storage performance

8. Disassembly, Upgrade options, and Maintenance Previous page Next page 10. Verdict

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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Simone

2 years ago

Does the laptop support the installing of a 32GB stick of memory in the sodimm slot or intalling it results in the system not booting up, not recognize the memory or behave strangely? On the zephyrus g14 2022 Asus claims a maximum memory of 32GB but I knew of people reaching 48GB with no problem changing the 16GB stick with a 32GB one.
Thank you in advance.

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Simeon Nikolov

2 years ago

Reply to Simone

According to ASUS, the maximum amount of RAM supported is 24GB. However, since the CPU can support up to 96GB, the Vivobook Pro 15 OLED likely wouldn’t have issues running with up to 56GB of DDR5-5600MHz RAM (8GB soldered + 48GB in the SODIMM slot).

Nick

1 year ago

Reply to Simone

Yes. But 32GB is a 2 rank memory, so the frequency will be lowered to 4800 and the total speed will be around 40GB/s.

Andreas Abrahamsson

2 years ago

Thank you for such a comprehensive review. I would really appreciate if you could incorporate the fan noise for a normal workload – web browsing, movies, etc. This is often left out in favor of fan noise at full load, which is seldom relevant.

How would you categorize the fan noise under normal office work, please?

Jiaxiang

1 year ago

Reply to Andreas Abrahamsson

It’s basically silent, occasionally there is some fan noise but it’s very quiet. Does get very loud sometimes during intensive workloads, but silent mode should do the trick in most cases.

Sammy Saeed

2 years ago

Is the GPU eco mode disabled when the laptop is connected via the power brick? 🙁

With my current asus laptop I usually always have eco mode on even when connected to power to keep my laptop cool (often have it my lap or chest)

Oridini

2 years ago

For the display what is the max brightness in HDR (small window and full screen)? Also what is the colour accuracy like in HDR?

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Simeon Nikolov

2 years ago

Reply to Oridini

Measuring color accuracy in HDR mode is more complex and influenced by various external and internal factors, which is why our current measurements are limited to SDR mode. Additionally, manufacturers typically prioritize more attractive picture over color accuracy in HDR. If you aim for the most realistic colors, working in SDR mode is the better option.

Regarding the size of the white window when measuring screen brightness, we’ve conducted tests with both 10% fill and fullscreen fill. In both cases, the max brightness was similar, just below 400 nits.

Nick

1 year ago

Did you really get 25 hours of browser time or is that a mistake?
I have this laptop at idle on minimum brightness consumes about 9 watts, that is about 8 hours of idle time with no applications running.
Any activity increases the consumption and the actual browser time is about 6 hours.
But I have a second module 32 GB, maybe the reason is this, or the drivers are not installed correctly. Installed different Windows builds several times, different drivers – nothing helps.

Jiaxiang

1 year ago

Reply to Nick

Hi,
I have this laptop, and with browsing on chrome, I only get 2-3 hours. Could you tell me what settings you are using?
Even though they said 25 hours, 6 hours is still better than the 3 hours that I’m getting.
I’m on silent mode, and it’s fairly new. I usually just use google docs and some other websites like amazon, makerworld, but nothing super power intensive.
Thank you!!

Nick

1 year ago

Reply to Jiaxiang

Just use Optimal Operation mode to disconnect Nvidia from the battery (this is crucial) and Standard or Quiet cooler mode.
If only 2-3 hours in this case as well,
1. Look in Task Manager to see which applications are loading the CPU and/or graphics card
2. Install drivers for your laptop from the official Asus website, because other, even newer drivers not from Asus may not work correctly.

Jiaxiang

1 year ago

Reply to Nick

Thank you so much for your helpful response! I looked in the Task Manager and found that a few background apps like steam were using a lot of resources, so I just closed out of them, and with a few chrome tabs, I also let MyASUS auto install some drivers, and I’m getting much better battery life! (Nvidia was already disconnected and quiet mode was on before.)

Thanks for your help! I’m getting around an estimate of around 5 hours, seeing that I lost around 50 percent after 3 hours.

Jiaxiang

1 year ago

Hi,
Please tell me how you got it to 25 hours of battery life!!! I can’t even get 3 hours on this thing and I’m just doing basic web browsing with google docs!
Anything helps!!
Thank you so much!