ASUS ROG Strix RTX SCAR II GL704GW Review (i7-8750H & RTX 2070)

1. Introduction2. Packaging and Bundle3. A Closer Look4. Testing Methodology5. Tests: CPU and Storage6. Tests: Gaming7. Tests: Battery Life8. Tests: Acoustic, Thermal and Power9. Closing Thoughts10. View All Pages

Cinebench R15

Cinebench is an application which renders a photorealistic 3D scene to benchmark a computer’s rendering performance, on one CPU core, all CPU cores or using the GPU. We run the test using the all core and single core CPU modes.

ASUS deploys the very popular i7-8750H CPU with the GL704GW which has six physical cores, twelve threads and has a peak turbo frequency of 4.1GHz with a base frequency of 2.2GHz. With the ASUS implementation the multi-core performance is slightly higher than similarly equipped laptops, probably due to ASUS running the laptop with more power consumption which enables the CPU to operate faster. Single core performance is the same.

CrystalDiskMark

We tested both the primary and secondary storage devices using CrystalDiskMark; a commonly used disk benchmark software.

The NVMe drive that ASUS uses in the ROG Strix RTX SCAR II GL704GW (Intel 660P Series 512GB NVMe) is fairly entry-level in terms of performance for an NVMe SSD with about 1.5GB/s read and 1GB/s write. The Razer Blade 15, for example, uses the higher-end Samsung PM981 NVMe drive which has almost double the read performance and about 50 per cent more writing speed.

The integrated hard drive, providing another 1TB of storage using Solid State Hybrid Drive technology, has good read and write speeds for a hard drive but pales in comparison to even the entry-level NVMe SSD ASUS has deployed.

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