Customer Ratings & Reviews

I love this laptop. It runs everything well enough for me. Obviously it runs better when it's plugged in and it can get pretty hot but it hasn't overheated for me yet. The fans can get pretty loud too but I just turn up the game volume or wear headphones if it's annoying. One example for fps: I've been playing Crimson Desert on it and I lowered the resolution slightly because it's barely noticeable on this screen size and it helps a lot with fps, with ultra settings I've been getting 65 - 75fps. The OLED screen is beautiful as well and completely worth any extra cost there might be. The battery life is great for light gaming and watching videos. I probably missed a lot of talking points but overall I love this laptop and I don't regret my decision to buy this one at all.

Finally found the perfect hybrid! I needed something light enough for my daily commute but powerful enough to run Cyberpunk on high settings, and this hits the spot. It weighs next to nothing in my backpack, yet the build quality feels premium and sturdy. The OLED screen is stunning for both design work and gaming. It does get a bit warm under heavy load, but considering the insane performance-to-size ratio, it’s a beast. Best tech investment I've made this year!

This laptop is a all in one!!! Movie theater check, gaming rig check, work on the go check, music on the go check! Anything you can think of this laptop has it all! Any use scenario this is it! Ive used all types of programs revit, photoshop, lightroom, after effects, it runs them all. I can run max settings on most games. Its light weight. Premium design. Speakers and screen are insanely good. Some cons would be its bayter life but its normal as its a powerful screen. And the terabyte memory fills fast if you are a gamer. But all you need is a portable drive and you are set.

The laptop is good overall. I'll start with the positives before getting into the downsides. The biggest strengths are the components. The RTX 5070 Laptop GPU and Intel Core Ultra 9 are very powerful and can handle virtually any modern game at normal settings. You may have to make some compromises at max settings and 1600p in the most demanding titles, but gaming performance is still outstanding. I've primarily used this laptop for gaming so far, and it has exceeded my expectations. I also plan to try 3D art in the future, although I can't yet speak on how it performs under heavy professional workloads. The 16-inch 1600p 240Hz OLED display is phenomenal. The perfect blacks, vibrant colors, and smooth refresh rate make everything look fantastic. It's genuinely one of the highlights of the laptop. Another major advantage is portability. Despite its powerful hardware and larger screen, it's surprisingly lightweight and easy to carry around. Throughout high school, I used a school laptop that weighed around four pounds and simply got the job done. This laptop weighs about the same while being significantly larger and better in virtually every aspect. I also really like the design and build quality. The rear LED lighting, color scheme, and materials give it a premium feel. It hits a nice middle ground in the lineup—more powerful than the lower-end models without reaching the extremely high prices of the 5080 or 5090 versions. As for the negatives, I've seen complaints about heat, fan noise, the lack of a numeric keypad, and the RAM configuration. Personally, I don't miss having a numeric keypad, but whether that's a drawback depends entirely on your needs. The lack of upgradeable RAM is definitely disappointing. In an era where 32GB is increasingly becoming the ideal amount for many users, being limited to soldered memory feels like a poor design choice. While 16GB is still sufficient for gaming and everyday use, future applications and games will only become more demanding, so the inability to upgrade hurts the laptop's long-term value. Regarding thermals and fan noise, I don't think the heat is nearly as bad as some people claim. The laptop does develop noticeable hot spots under heavy loads, but the palm rest area remains comfortable during use, at least in my experience. If you're particularly sensitive to heat, though, this may not be the laptop for you. Thin, lightweight, premium laptops inevitably involve trade-offs, and one of those trade-offs is increased heat and fan noise compared to thicker machines. The fans are noticeable, but I don't find them excessively loud, especially when using Performance mode. Turbo mode is noticeably louder, however. One issue I did experience is that after about six to seven months, the left speaker developed problems. It hasn't completely failed, but it cuts out or distorts at higher volumes. I'm not sure how common this issue is among these laptops, but it's worth mentioning. It's definitely disappointing considering the price and premium positioning of the device. Overall, this laptop isn't perfect, but it's very good. I really like it, and it has been one of the better purchases I've made. It has also raised my standards for what I expect from a laptop. If you're considering buying one, I'd absolutely recommend it, as long as you're willing to accept the compromises that come with a thin, lightweight gaming laptop. Ultimately, if you've found competing models that appeal to you more, it's up to you to weigh the pros and cons and decide which trade-offs matter most.

Looks amazing even playing high end games like Icarus on high settings, Would be 5 stars if it did not have some random loading lag that I cant figure out how to get rid of. 16GB of RAM should of been enough but I would recommend people wanting a high end gaming experience go for the 32GB upgrade. Windows 11 is a super pain to deal with and I actually had to reinstall the OS because it removed admin from the default account when I was trying to disable the Microsoft account dependency.

Purchase this laptop as an open box purchase, it looked and felt brand new. Has a nice bright OLED screen at 2.5k resolution. Fast to to ogle across apps. Very nice speakers, boost up fast and overall feels very pretty premium. Minor thing, it lacks a number pad.

I have the 16gb 5070 model. I personally haven’t found a single issue with the amount of ram playing games like bf6, valorant, and fallout 76. The screen is amazing probably the best I’ve seen on anything in this price range. I suggest installing g helper and not using the stock asus software.

Overall great computer It has very advanced specs and I honestly think that it has great tweaking for performance and balanced and productivity but really hoped for a chance to get the right display which is 4k and talso touch screen aslo but as of now nothing on the table :/ but for multi prodcutivity it helps a lot for exmaple you can be discord streaming, while on a google voice call and also have a virtual mchine running and it wouldnt sweat a bit even i wish it had a pen but overall for its performance it really dismisses other cons

Definitely a good gaming laptop. Doesn’t get as hot as others but still needs good ventilation if actually using it on your lap. Kind of overpriced- will shut down and leave your work unsaved if it gets too hot or has to work too hard. NVIDIA GPU performance options are helpful for when CPU is in overload. I wish got the 32G instead of the 16G to save the trouble of changing settings to save memory.

Smooth 240hz refresh rate True black OLED quality Slim and very portable Decent battery life for a gaming laptop

Best laptop you could get, thin, light. it has everything you need or want in a laptop

The best i really like it that was all i needed for my video game

Such an amazing computer. It perfect for work but also everyday use. The sound system is great as well!!

This laptop has great graphics and is good for schoolwork.

[Employee of bestbuy] Really nice screen, good performance, and works great out of the box. Really disappointed that it only has 16GB of ram with no expandability.

This has to be one of my other best purchases I’ve made and honestly this laptop hasn’t disappointed at all. Its performance and the way it handles games it’s just perfect and I’m happy with this purchase.

This is an all-around great laptop. Not just saying that as a lighthearted description for a normal laptop, I mean, most of everything about this laptop is GREAT. First, I love the design. It’s a thin, aluminum chassis with a modern, almost gunmetal, design. The lid has a strip going diagonal, corner-to-corner that you can customize, but it is limited to just the one color. You can easily take this laptop into a meeting room or throw it on a coffee table at your local shop, and it creates just enough design noise to stand out but not enough to be distracting. The hinge is perfect with the right amount of resistance and the whole thing feels sturdy. It does have some heft to it, but I have no issues toting it around. I/O is great. You have a thunderbolt four port which couples as a USB -C charging port for “normal” charging when not gaming. The left side also has a USB type A, headphone jack, HDMI and the charge port. For the right you get a second USB-C port (non-thunderbolt, sad face) and another USB type A. A full-size SD card reader is also on the right. I don’t think it would have been impossible to squeeze in a ethernet port, but it would have been one of those “expandable” ports, but honestly, the Wi-Fi 7 on this is so fast, you’re getting gigabit ethernet through the air, depending on if your router supports it. I do not usually end up writing much about peripherals, but I have had a pretty great experience with nearly all the things. The camera is fairly decent in good lighting. I actually like the pictures it takes, and I can easily see this as a Teams conferencing laptop when the need calls for it. Low light does okay, it’s acceptable, but not nearly as good as using in a well lit room. I did not use any of the AI features for noise cancellation, so using it outside, I got some of the wind noise. But honestly, I thought the microphones picked up great, audio in my short video was very clear, and I can see anyone using this as a talking head vlog or just conference calling. I would say this is one of the best sounding windows laptops I have used, ever. I understand that is a bold statement and it’s very subjective to the user, but I’m typically not impressed with laptop speakers because it seems like a choice not to have great sound with today’s technology. ASUS was like, “Alright, let’s do great sound.” You’re not going to get any groundbreaking bass or surround sound, but what you will get is clear, loud speakers, that have some depth and color. It’s not revolutionary, but to have a great sounding windows laptop, it’s so refreshing because you know it can be done if it’s engineered that way. This is a thin mobile gaming laptop, it will be limited by thermal capability, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t a firecracker for it’s size. You’re getting the 285H which comes in just below a Ryzen 5900 desktop CPU on performance, but will turbo up to 5.4ghz using 45W of TDP maxing out at 115W. This CPU scores well in Speedometer 3.1 and 3Dmark. It’s not going to compete with the chunky desktop replacement laptops with beefy cooling, but I think for it’s size and portability, it falls in that sweet spot for a laptop you actually want to take with you. When it comes to gaming, the 5070 is putting in some work, even on battery, in some games. I mostly gamed with New World Aeternum, Battlefield 2042, Stray and Tribes Ascend. Using Armory Crate software, I put the laptop into performance mode, and had no issues playing battle field or new world at native resolution. Most of the game settings are set at high, and although the fans are audibly putting in some work, you get a great gaming experience. I wanted to test what gaming was like on battery so I fired up each game listed. New World and Battle Field struggled on battery and I wouldn’t really recommend it. Lower demanding games such as tribes didn’t suffer too much. I’d say even a more casual game would be perfectly fine on battery, even Stray didn’t do too bad, but the full power experience is great. I’m letting Nvidia GeForce app take the wheel with optimizing game settings and everything on this smooth OLED screen just blows me away. In a game like New World Aeternum, where you have a wide open world with all kinds of colors, it’s easy to get immersed in the experience. Battery life on windows is getting better. A beautiful screen such as the 3k OLED on this laptop, you would think would drain the battery after only a few hours, but I get plenty of time when doing productivity tasks or watching a video, say 4 or 5 hours. Gaming is a bit of a different story, looking at only maybe an hour at best on battery, but I tested more demanding games, you’re milage may vary. I wouldn’t be hesitant to leave the house with nothing but a charging brick. The display is Amazing. Not sure how else to describe it other than the 3K OLED looks fantastic. OLED gives you those perfect black pixels providing amazing contrast that makes colors pop in videos. It’s a display that you’ll love to consume content or game on. I find that OLED just ends up being more immersive and keeps you focused on the content. The 240hz refresh rate keeps games silky smooth, even at lower resolutions, being a fluid experience makes up for it Some random thoughts. I don’t mind typing on the keyboard. For me it isn’t anything special, but works well. I love the full RGB control and the RGB lighting is plenty bright, with customization options. The trackpad has a nice feel to it and it’s large, while I prefer a mouse, I don’t think anyone will mind it too much. The area around the exhaust of the laptop gets very warm. I mainly game on a perforated cooling pad (powered off) just for the airflow and I could feel the exhaust blowing down onto my legs as I’m gaming. I’d say a more solid surface would solve this problem such as a table or book, but nevertheless, it does get warm just below the screen. Armory crate is still just “meh”. If they could streamline the UI and cut down on the design noise, I think it could be better. I just find it a bit busy. I would have liked replaceable RAM. I know there are benefits to soldering ram to get thinner design and faster ram speeds, but I just like as many replaceable parts as possible. WiFi 7 is amazing. It’s fast, it has low latency. I game almost exclusively on WiFi and a big part of the experience is the fast speeds and low latency of WiFi 7, having dedicated 6ghz spectrum to work off of. I’d say if I could summarize who this laptop is for, it’s for gamers, casual or more dedicated, who value the productivity side of things, while also enjoying a very sleek design and portability. You don’t need the most frames in a game to have fun, but you appreciate a beautiful display and smooth refresh rate.

I couldn't wait to test the new 2025 version of the Asus Rog Zephyrus G16. I’ve built and owned several gaming desktops, so of course I wanted to experience the portability of a gaming laptop. First off, I was impressed with the presentation of the box design. It really led to a bit of excitement before unboxing. It’s sleek and minimal but not over the top with the packaging design. Second thing I noticed is the Zephyrus is a beautifully crafted and lightweight device. It's hard to believe how lightweight and thin the gaming laptop is. After powering on the device, the OLED display is beautiful. The 2.5k OLED display has rich and vibrant colors that is capable of HDR and Dolby Vision. I would recommend hiding the taskbar and lowering the brightness to reduce the risk of burn-in though. This may extend the lifespan of the display panel over time. Features The Zephyrus comes packed with: A full sized 2.1 HDMI port 2 type-C- 2.1 DisplayPort with Power delivery USB 3.2 type A SD Card Reader Wi-Fi 7 Audio Jack 240Hz 16-inch 2.K OLED screen Nvidia RTX 5070 Slash lighting Real world usage The laptop handled everyday tasks with ease after downloading the necessary updates for Windows. All the normal programs I used worked as designed without any hiccups. Apps like Word, Excel, Copilot, and some other programs gave me no issues. The keyboard layout is solid with large keys that is spaced and allows for comfortable typing. The keys are also backlit to add flair while typing and gaming at night. The trackpad is spacious and oversized. The responsiveness of the trackpad is a plus. The speakers were a pleasant surprise. They sound much better than most laptop speakers I’ve heard before. This version of the Zephyrus G16 only comes with 16gb of ram that is not upgradeable. This is sufficient, but it would have been ideal to be able to add additional ram for demanding workload and games. Battery Life I was impressed with the overall battery life on the laptop. Asus claims the Zephyrus G16 is capable of being charged at 50% in a little over 30 mins. I wanted to test this claim, and it did pass the test. I allowed the battery to drain while gaming without the charger and to my surprise, the charging speeds performed well. The only concerns I have is the heat this laptop creates. While gaming and performing intensive tasks, the laptop does get warm/hot. I'm not sure how that will hold up over time, but it’s something I would keep a look out for. Gaming Performance I downloaded a few games from the Windows store to check out the gaming performance on a few popular games. First thing I noticed, was while gaming the fan noise gets pretty loud when the system is stressed. This wasn’t as noticeable at first listen, but can be bothersome for some. Gaming performance was solid and comparable to my older gaming desktop. The only potential issues were the heat of the laptop and fan noise which is probably due to the Zephyrus’s compact design and size. Overall, I was impressed at the Asus Rog Zephyrus G16. It has great features and gaming performance that handled everything I threw at it. Although it’s not perfect, I still think it’s one of the best gaming laptops released so far.

So first impression I have to share about this laptop is about the display….WOW! I’m no stranger to OLED monitors as my Desktop monitor is a 32” OLED and have been using it for about a year now, but this ASUS display is gorgeous and blows my desktop monitor away, even with out-of-the box settings. The colors are rich, with high contrast, and deep blacks without any blooming. The brightness is amazing. I compared it by watching OLED demos and playing games on both displays, and it’s a pretty noticeable difference with the ASUS laptop taking the lead. A few other thoughts… Design Aside from fantastic display, I am really impressed with the portability of this laptop. Most gaming laptops end up being bulky and heavy, taking up lots of space and requiring more effort to commute with, however this one surprisingly has a great form factor while still holding a power performance punch. I would never guess from looking at the outside this was a gaming rig. On top of it, it has 2 USB C and 2 USB A ports, evenly split between both sides of the computer making accessibility a convenience. I do wish it had an ethernet port since that is my preferred method for connecting to the internet. The backlit (color changing light) keyboard is bonus, and the layout is very modern and not overcrowded. Its simple look, with upward speakers on both side of the keyboard while maintaining a clean look, but at the sacrifice of a NUM pad. The power cable is proprietary, so don’t lose it or it may not be so easy to replace. The back of the display has a “Slash” lighting effect. I’ll say its pretty unique and a nice touch for those that like to stand out. It has customizable patterns within the ASUS Armoury Crate application. This ASUS-designed app also lets you setup other custom preferences, check for device and ASUS updates, along with performance monitoring and metrics. Gaming I’ve played 3 different games so far on this laptop…Expedition 33, Doom: The Dark Ages, and Call of Duty Black Ops 6. I picked these games initially since I believe they would take advantage of an OLED screen and are more on the resource demanding side. I know Doom Eternal looked phenomenal on an OLED with the dark background and vibrant colors, and the new version of Doom did not disappoint! Playing these games was an enjoyable experience powered by the RTX 5070, playing in 2k resolution and was still managing to get ‘high’-quality graphics in the settings while holding 50-70 fps in these games. Don’t forget about the smoothness of 240Hz, its really a lot to take in especially if you are used to an older monitor. Performance-wise, this system did pretty well with the games I spent hours playing. Another perk about this setup is cooling or, the lack of heat. I have a friend with a high-end gaming laptop (the bulky bigger kind) that generates so much heat while playing games that his whole room gets hot, and he has to take breaks to let his room cool. While this computer pushes out heat from the back, it has much less heat than some of these other gaming units. It could be the intelligent cooling ASUS designed or a more efficient RTX 5070 GPU, either way the heat emission is much better than other gaming laptops I’ve experienced. Performance So far as CPU and GPU, I’ve had a generally good experience with the performance of this laptop. There have been a couple of lagging moments, but nothing that’s not expected with a Windows computer. I will say I am disappointed that this laptop only came with 16GB of memory, especially for one in this price range. Memory is cheap, and resources needed for applications, Windows OS, and especially games are much more demanding these days. I strongly believe 32GB should be the minimum RAM included in any gaming laptop of this caliber, but RAM is one of the easiest upgrades you can do on a laptop usually so its not a deal breaker for me. I do notice some lag when loading bigger games, and that’s probably due to the the RAM size. Updates, installs, general usage has been a good experience and snappy for the most part. When I start loading up a game, I get a notification that the GPU is being switched between onboard video and the Nvidia GPU which can get annoying at times as it pops up a few times when loading and exiting a game. Conclusion I can’t say enough about the display, and the portability for this new generation gaming rig was designed with lots of thought, especially weighing at only 4lbs. I’m pretty bummed that my desktop monitor is lagging behind in quality compared to this ASUS monitor but glad to know my standards need to be raised. While it could use more RAM pre-installed and maybe an ethernet port, there isn’t too much bad I can say about this computer. The speakers play at a good volume, but if you like to game, always use a headset, at least in FPS games. If you are someone who values image quality for work, gaming, or just personal preference, I don’t think you’ll regret getting this laptop. Using ASUS over the years, I still continue to buy their products without hesitation. FYI, the quality of the attached images don’t do the screen proper justice, but gives you an idea of the color depth.

Unboxing this, the first thing I noticed was how thin and light it was. For a gaming laptop, I was immediately skeptical about its ability to maintain temperatures. I've consistently maintained that a good laptop, let alone a gaming laptop, needs good cooling. So, I presumed this would throttle rather quickly under prolonged heavy load. But, this laptop has proven me wrong, so very wrong. This thin, light, premium laptop somehow manages to keep itself cool enough to run a top performance even when sitting on a wood desk. I ran the steel nomad stress test in 3d mark for 20 cycles and it ran the 20th cycle just as good as the first. I did note that performance seemed underwhelming at first, before noticing that the performance default was set to "performance" as opposed to "turbo" in Armoury Crate. (Yes, this still uses AC, but more on that later.) It does get rather loud, and the case itself gets rather warm when run in Turbo mode while stressing it like that, but it still does not stumble. When done, it cools down and the fans also ramp down quickly as well. If you don't have anything graphically demanding (e.g. a game), the nVidia card shuts off, further reducing unnecessary power use and heat. When in a lower power state, the laptop actually generates very little heat and stays near silent. I was quite impressed with how it was able to throttle down without actually affecting performance when doing light tasks such as web browsing. It becomes easy to forget this is actually a powerful gaming laptop! Unplugged it seems to manage power even better, and I get quite impressive battery life for a gaming laptop; especially if you make sure the nVidia card is disabled. I could probably get 6-8 hours of casual use. I didn't test the battery when gaming, but I'm sure it's considerably shorter. The OLED screen is BEAUTIFUL! It's bright, vibrant, colorful, and buttery smooth. I usually deride OLED screens because of their potential for burn-in, and limited brightness. I'm surprised at how bright this can get, and that Asus did not seem to include any obvious burn-in protection tricks (e.g. inactive screen dimming, image shifting, etc...). I wonder if it's doing something not very noticeable. If it is or isn't, it may be prudent to take measures to protect the screen of burn-in yourself. E.g. don't set it to a higher brightness that absolutely necessary, especially if there are going to be prolonged static images on the screen. Now onto what I didn't like, which is mostly nit-picky stuff. It does have all the usual Asus bloatware (Armoury Crate, MyAsus, ScreenXpert, GlideX, Aura Creator), though AC and MyAsus are ostensibly required for managing the core laptop settings. This includes things like battery protect mode, keyboard lighting, firmware and driver updates, etc... The "Slash" on the screen lid is oddly not included with the Asus Aura lighting, and must be independently configured in Armoury Crate under its own settings tab. It lets you change a number of settings about when/how it lights, and different light patterns. Oddly, the patterns are grouped into "themes", but it's just groups of lighting patterns. Given it's 2025, and web applications, and Asus bloat, 16gb of RAM is really just barely enough to get by in a modern laptop. It's serviceable and fine, but was quite disappointed to find there is no possibility to add more ram to this laptop. If you want more RAM, you need the upgraded model of this laptop. But, none-the-less it still performs quite admirably and you definitely won't be disappointed.