Full load power consumption 18W Shenzhou XS-5Y10S1 usage experience

IT168 Review On July 9, 2015, Shenzhou released the thinnest and lightest elegant XS series notebooks in its product line at the 2015 summer new product launch conference with the theme "My laptop is thin and light". As the editor, I got the low-end version XS-5Y10S1 as soon as possible. Shenzhou, which has been promoting cost-effective gaming for many years, suddenly launched such a small and exquisite product. After all, this product is to test the market. Is it a stepping stone or a big move that Shenzhou has been honing for many years? The editor started playing with this Shenzhou's first batch of ultrabooks with doubts. Hot pre-sale on Jingdong Mall: Click to view details

Advantages: The self-made mold is exquisite and beautiful, thin and light enough without losing battery life, fanless cooling provides a quiet experience, SSD with two USB3.0 interfaces allows for overall access The speed is very fast, and the 1080P screen is quite conscientious.

Disadvantages: Part of the performance is sacrificed for the sake of thin and light design, so it may no longer be the first choice for performance enthusiasts who “run scores first”.

When I got the machine, the packaging of the machine left a very good impression on me. Different from the environmentally friendly corrugated packaging of general brand models, the packaging of Shenzhou XS-5Y10S1 is in the form of a gift box. The black background and the packaging design of the front photo of the machine are simple and elegant. It can be seen that Shenzhou has put a lot of thought into this product. .

The thickness of 16mm and the weight of 1.39Kg are the biggest highlights. An all-metal body is not uncommon in ultrabooks, but this is the first time that Shenzhou has adopted a similar design on its own computers. Judging from the side view of the machine, such a thin and light body does have a certain visual impact.

Side A of the machine is clean and concise. Shenzhou’s Hasee logo is simply placed in the middle and upper position. It is not as obtrusive as the previous series with white characters on a black background. Due to the advancement of technology, it is not that easy. It was erased, and to be fair, it looks much better than the previous Shenzhou A-side design.

Although the screen frame on the B side of the machine is not narrow, it is still made of metal, and the design of a large number of cushion pads gives people a sense of security. There is still Hasee’s logo at the bottom of the screen, using the same process as the A side.

The screen supplier of the machine is AUO, which is very popular among mobile phone manufacturers recently. The specific model is AUO113D. Using AHVA technology, the viewing angle is 89/89/89/89 degrees, and the actual performance is also good.

The integrated all-metal touch panel is not standard on other ultrabook products. Although this is the first time Shenzhou has carried out a similar design, it has included this piece that most affects the operating experience. The area is made simple and elegant. The large touch area combined with the matte metal feel gave me a very novel experience.

The chic keyboard that is thin and light yet feels comfortable has now become the absolute mainstream of notebook keyboards. The keyboard area of ??Shenzhou XS adopts a sunken design and takes advantage of the all-metal material shell to make a beautiful chamfer. The keyboard adopts a frosted and silk screen design, and even though it is very thin, it does not affect its typing feel.

In terms of interfaces, there is only a small power jack on the left side of the machine, and two USB3.0 interfaces, an HDMI interface, a microphone/headphone two-in-one interface and an SD card are concentrated on the right side of the machine. slot, it can be said that although the sparrow is small, it has all the essentials. During several days of trial, the editor did not find that the interface was not enough.

Benchmarking is not a strong point, it is just enough for home office use

The machine model identified by Master Lu is M412, which may be Shenzhou’s internal development model code. We can see that the screen supplier is AUO, which is very popular among mobile phone manufacturers recently. The specific model is AUO113D. The supplier of SSD is Phison. As an old Taiwanese company established in 1989, although the SSD particles it produces may not be as good as those of first-tier Japanese and Korean manufacturers, they still have certain quality assurance.

You can see through CPU-Z that 5Y10c belongs to the Core M series. The TDP is Intel's officially recommended 4.5W, 14nm process, the core voltage is only 0.631V, and the bus speed is about 100Mhz. When idle, it runs at 8 times the frequency by default, reaching the official default frequency of 0.8Ghz. The level 3 cache has reached 4M, which is a small surprise. Comparing the data on Intel's official website, Shenzhou has not done too many Mod operations on this CPU.

In the memory interface, we used a variety of software and still could not read the SPD information. This may be because Shenzhou directly welded the memory particles to the motherboard in order to control the thickness of the whole machine.

In GPU-Z, we see that it uses the latest HD5300 core display, with a base frequency of 300Mhz and an acceleration frequency of 800Mhz.

Although it is destined to be out of reach for large-scale 3D games, in order to test the performance of this integrated HD5300, we still ran the new 3DMark Cloud Gate test. The test result of 2771 points is as expected, and it is enough for running some retro games.

PCMark8's Storage test is a test that tests disk access speed. Combined with the professional AS SSD BENCHMARK results, although the SSD equipped with XS-5Y10S1 is not a product of a first-tier manufacturer, its actual access speed is It is also significantly faster than ordinary mechanical hard drives, and can provide users with a refreshing experience that is significantly different from mechanical hard drives, adding points to the overall smooth running of the computer.

Master Lu’s running score is 69,900 points, which is enough to meet general audio-visual and office needs.

In the PCMark7 test, which reflects the overall performance of the whole machine, the XS-5Y10S1 scored 3968 points, which is no less than some ordinary notebooks using low-voltage I3. This also shows that the performance of the 5Y10c is sufficient. For daily use.

PCMark8 is a new generation test platform launched by FutureMark, which can more specifically test the performance of computers in a variety of specific usage environments. We conducted tests in two situations: Home and Work respectively. The results are shown in the figure. They are still stress-free in such a usage environment.

Generally speaking, this benchmark result determines that it can only be an audio-visual/office ultrabook. Combined with the fact that the price is lower than that of most ultrabooks, the Shenzhou is still as good as ever. conscience.

The battery life is good, the heat is not high, and the full load power is only 18W

As for its ultrabook positioning, the editor used PCMark8 to conduct a battery life simulation test on it, and the test results showed that the Shenzhou XS The battery life can be about 6 hours in daily audio and video use. If you use it for video playback for a long time, the battery life may be reduced. Although this result is a little worse than that of MacBook Air, it is very qualified as a notebook running Windos.

During the oven test using AIDA64, we obviously found that after the CPU temperature reached 69 degrees, Shenzhou lowered the frequency multiplier in order to control the temperature, but it was still able to ensure that it could operate at a frequency of 1.3Ghz. It runs stably at low speed. For daily applications, this frequency is enough to make people feel "not stuck".

After baking the machine for half an hour, the editor took thermal imaging pictures of several main parts. It can be seen that the heat is mainly concentrated on the upper right side of surface C. The average temperature of neither surface C nor surface D exceeds 41 degrees. This result shows that Shenzhou's Wufengshan design is relatively successful. Even if you put the notebook directly on your lap and use it, you will not feel obvious heat.

▲The nominal maximum power of the power supply is 12*3=36W

Since it uses the 5Y10c with a TDP design of only 4.5W, the editor is very much looking forward to plugging it into the power analysis above the instrument. In standby mode, the overall power consumption of the machine is only 12W. When baking the machine, it only surges to close to 30W in the first few seconds, and then runs stably at 18W. This result proves that the overall power consumption control of XS-5Y10S1 is indeed very good, and it is also the secret of its thin and light body but strong battery life.

In the application test, the editor did not run games to embarrass it, but chose the PS that can maximize the advantages of its screen. PS CC can be installed and used normally on XS-5Y10S1. After multiple program startup operations, the average startup time is 5.3S. When performing text operations, cropping and scaling images on pictures with a resolution of 6000×4000 and a resolution of 300ppi, the editor basically did not feel any lag. Only when using filters with multiple layers, I read about 5 Seconds, since it is an ultrabook with a thickness of only 16mm, we should not be too harsh on it.

Evaluation summary: Shenzhou Elegant XS-5Y10S1 is Shenzhou’s ultrabook. Its design concept and actual performance are in line with everyone’s needs for ultrabooks. The price of 3,999 yuan is also very “Shenzhou”. . For 4,000 yuan, you can buy an ultrabook with a 128G SSD and Core M. The appearance is not low and the performance is sufficient. The editor can't think of any other better words besides "value". . However, it is up to you to weigh whether this machine is suitable for your needs~