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3DMark Results:
For this test, we ran the Razer Blade 15 through Fire Strike, Fire Strike Ultra and Time Spy. In the graphs below you can see it compared against similar laptops. Even though they all have similar specifications, slight variations in boost clock speeds caused by fluctuations in temperature have an impact on performance.
The 3D Mark scores coming from this laptop are very impressive. It managed to overtake laptops featuring the full fat GTX 1060 even though the Blade 15 only features the Max Q model. The maximum boost clock of 1746MHz and good cooling mean the GPU can perform to its full potential and produce some great results.
The Physics and CPU scores are equally impressive and this looks overall a very capable machine that should have no issues playing demanding games and undertaking taxing productivity tasks.
Gaming performance:
We used the Razer Blade 15 to play 3 different popular and graphically demanding games. We tested the games at their highest graphical settings with DX12 turned on and AA disabled. We then compared our findings to similar laptops.
Rise of the Tomb Raider is an action adventure game with many different environments and immersive landscapes making it a useful way to test this laptop’s gaming performance.
Far Cry 5 is the most recent release we tested. The gigantic open world of Hope County has plenty of beautiful scenery to test how well this laptop performs with a newer game.
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands is a game with a superb open world environment. The beautiful scenery of mountains, forests and deserts requires a lot of GPU power to render, particularly on high settings. This demanding game is perfect for testing this PC’s gaming performance.
Results from the games testing are just as impressive as the results we saw from 3DMark. The Max-Q GTX 1060 in the Razer Blade 15 Base is putting in work to give some really great frame rates – despite being a MAX-Q chip, this 1060 was simply boosting well beyond MAX-Q specification, to the point where it matched or outperformed full-fat GTX 1060 laptops.
It's almost a shame there's no option for a 144Hz display with this laptop as it would likely take full advantage in less demanding titles.
