![]() Each is useful in its own right but here's a short list of applications you'll want to keep running. The Aorus X7 Pro comes with plenty of little system management tools, giving users easy access to laptop settings and firmware updates. Even the Alienware 18 held on by just a few more minutes for a total of 1 hour and 57 minutes of run time while unplugged. The MSI GT72 Dominator did marginally better lasting just 2 hours and 18 minutes. With regular use browsing between seven tabs in Chrome, writing in Microsoft Word, chatting in Skype and Hipchat, all while streaming tunes on Google Music, the Aorus X7 Pro only ran for 2 hours and 5 minutes. The slim gaming rig only lasted a short 1 hour 53 minutes while running our PCMark 8 battery life benchmark tests. ![]() Gaming machines have never been lauded for their long battery life, and going with a thin chassis has cut the run time of the X7 Pro even shorter. ![]() Worse yet, you can barely hear the speakers over the blaring fans, which makes a headset a necessity. For starters you'll be hard pressed to actually locate any actual speaker grills but it is outfitted with two speakers at the front and two additional subwoofers located on the laptop's underside.ĭespite all the tweeters, playing music on this machine sounds tinny and begins to distort even when just turning the system volume up to 20. Unfortunately the audio setup on the Aorus X7 Pro leaves much more to be desired. The MSI GT72 Dominator was able to achieve 37 fps in Metro: Last Light. Comparatively, the Alienware 18 was not able to break past 30 fps and only ran the game at 26.67 fps. We use Metro: Last Light as benchmark test, because it's a resource intensive game that brings most mobile gaming rigs to their knees, and yet Aorus thin gaming machine was able to play the game with every setting on Ultra at 43.67 frames per second. This dual-970 machine is also a smooth performer when playing games. By comparison, the MSI GT72 Dominator completed the same benchmark with 8,323 points using a single Nvidia 980M graphics card. While the Alienware 18 equipped with two Nvidia 880M in SLI was only able to rack up 8,323 points in Fire Strike, the Aorus X7 Pro has risen to the top with 10,451 points. Thanks to the laptop's dual GPU set up and speedy processor, we've finally recorded a Fire Strike that's over 9,000. The Aorus X7 Pro broke benchmark records left and right in our usual gauntlet of tests. PCMark 8 Battery Life: 1 hours and 53 minutes.Cinebench CPU: 639 points Graphics: 142 fps,.Here's how the Aorus X7 Pro fared in our benchmark tests:
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