MySN XMG P502 (Clevo P150EM) Notebook Review

1. Introduction2. XMG P502: Packaging and Bundle3. XMG P502: Design4. XMG P502: Connectivity5. XMG P502: Hardware6. BIOS and Testing Methodology7. Synthetic: 3DMark 118. Synthetic: 3DMark Vantage9. Synthetic: PCMark 710. Synthetic: Unigine Heaven11. Synthetic: SiSoft Sandra 201212. Synthetic: Cinebench R11.513. Synthetic: Super Pi14. Synthetic: CrystalDiskMark15. Real World: Media Encoding16. Real World: MKV Playback17. Real World: Blu-Ray Playback18. Gaming: Battlefield 319. Gaming: DiRT Showdown20. Technical: Acoustics21. Technical: Thermal Dynamics22. Technical: Battery Life23. Technical: Power Consumption24. Closing Thoughts25. View All Pages

BIOS

There isn't anything interesting to speak of in the BIOS.  Obviously there are no overclocking options due to the tight thermal restraints in laptops.

The main page of the BIOS shows us some basic information about the system including the installed system drives.

Moving onto the next page, we find a few basic settings to play about with.

On the security page, the only thing we can do is set a Supervisor password.

The ‘Boot' tab lets us set the boot configuration.  As standard, the system is configured to boot from the optical drive as a priority.

The final tab lets us exit the BIOS.

Testing Methodology

Today we are going to use a combination of synthetic and real world benchmarks to showcase the performance of the XMG P502.

Specification

• Display: 15.6″ (39.6 cm) Full-HD 1920×1080 Matte Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M 4096MB GDDR5
• Processor: Intel Core i7-3610QM Quad Core – 2.30 – 3.30GHz 6MB 45W “Ivy Bridge”
• Memory: 8GB (2×4096) SO-DIMM DDR3 RAM 1600MHz CORSAIR Vengeance
• Hard Drive: 750GB SATA-II 7200rpm Seagate Momentus 7200.5 (ST9750420AS)
• mSATA Storage: 128GB mSATA-III SSD Crucial M4 (CT256M4SSD3)
• Optical Drive: Blu-ray Combo (Blu-ray reader / DVD RW) – without Software
• WIFI Card: Killer Wireless-N 1102 (without Bluetooth)
• Keyboard: Backlit Keyboard UK
• Warranty: Standard Warranty : 24 Month Collect & Return (inc parts, labour, support, shipping)
• Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit
• Office Software: Microsoft Office 2010 Starter (only available with Windows 7 purchase)

Software:

PCMark 7
3DMark 11
SiSoft Sandra 2012 SP3
Cinebench R11.5
CrystalDiskMark
Cyberlink MediaEspresso 6.5
VLC Media Player
Performance Monitor
Unigine Heaven Benchmark
Super Pi 1.5 Mod
CPUID Hardware Monitor
CPU-Z
DiRT 3
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City

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