Customer Ratings & Reviews

The ROG Zephyrus G16 feels fast, clean, and well-built. The OLED screen looks amazing, the keyboard is comfortable, and it runs games smoothly without feeling bulky. Fans can get loud when pushing it hard, but overall it’s a powerful laptop that still feels portable and premium.

I bought this G16 4090 for 2k when it originally retailed for 3.2k. I was blown away as I always wanted a g16 or a g14, and this was the perfect opportunity. It is slim, it is lightweight, you do sacrifice some performance and it gets pretty hot for a slim device, but those are good tradeoffs to have. A beautiful OLED screen and speakers that are loud and full. For how little this thing weighs, you will be surprised with the performance. A little over 4lbs makes this a no brainer to make as a portable gaming powerhouse.

I have got the laptop for a solid month now and coming from a MacBook Pro for 10+ years, this is everything I hoped for in a windows laptop. Insanely powerful plugged in, excellent battery life on Eco + Silent Mode using GHelper (7h to 9h), no fan noise and gorgeous display and build quality. Can't recommend it enough. As for gaming, getting 70+FPS on max settings for Alan Wake 2 in one of the most demanding areas (Coffe World) at QHD and Frame Gen says everything you need to know.

My stylish asus rog zephyrus 16 is a portable beast. I use it mainly for gpu intensive programming, media consumption and document processing. It performs flawlessly in these tasks. However only downside i felt is heat management and fan noise even in some moderate tasks. Other than that its fully recommended.

Decent buy. Was really confused between buying a powerful gaming laptop that I can use for school also. After comprehensive research, this laptop was my ultimate choice! Performance wise, it’s not disappointing at all. Laptop does get hot like lava while gaming( I guess investing in a cooling pad would be worth it). The display is spectacular. Sound quality also excellent. It is a beast. It does slow down on me sometimes, but I guess these are machines- so they’re bound to limited tasks. G14 would have been really small for me. This is the perfect size!

Pricy but an amazing machine. Hard to compare it to competitors by just numbers. Yeah, larger heavier laptops will perform better with the same specs, but you wont notice that in game. At the moment there seems to be a "glitch"? making the cpu perform better if set in optimus. Highest time spy score was a bit over 17000. Ridiculous numbers for a gaming ultrabook. For best results, until possible updates fix this strange interaction- -optimus display mode -gsync in full screen only -I use ghelper and disable asus background services (look in "extra" on ghelper, turn them back on if you want to check for updates through myasus) just having those services running seemed to drop cpu time spy score back into mid 11000s -cpu boost efficient aggressive -150/250 overclock on gpu (set in armory crate or ghelper) cpu score in time spy went from 11300-11600 to 12300-12800+ IMO having to have such specific settings to get the best performance is odd... considering they don't seem to have anything to do with each other. but that's the secret sauce for now until it gets addressed. 10/10 though. definitely recommend if you have the funds.

What a great laptop... Thin, Light, but Ppowerful. (Score run in turbo mode, might be higher if you manual, but noise gonna be too loud. )

I’ve been using the 2024 ROG Zephyrus G16 for a few weeks now, and I can confidently say it’s one of the best laptops I’ve ever owned. ASUS has truly nailed the balance between gaming performance and sleek portability

Excellent laptop, Beautiful design, truly adds a professional design to a real powerhouse laptop. With some minor tweaks I've passed 13 hours of battery and no noticable performance loss. Worth the price for what you get, design matters more than I thought

Monumental upgrade from my old laptop, a Acer Nitro V(10th gen Intel core i5, GTX 1650ti, 8GB RAM). The design is very sleek and much like a MacBook, perfect for both school and gaming since there’s no flashy, distracting RGB lighting. One downside is that the laptop gets very hot, to the point of thermal throttling, so a laptop cooling stand/pad is highly recommended for optimal performance.

Throughly impressed straight out of the box. The sleek look was something im not used to in a gaming laptop. This slim machine packs more hardware than my older gaming laptop. It was a very nice upgrade and this laptop has more than enough power and memory to run all of my games in my current gaming library. The storage was another reason I purchased this machine. I had to have all of my games on an external hard drive with my previous laptop so its nice not to worry about carrying around extra storage.

It exceeded my expectations and has the power to do both gaming and work assignments. The best feature has to be the amazing oled screen!

Really as I expected!! So cool, the Oled monitor really nice, thin and really ‘need to have’ item for gamers!!

This is the most powerful machine I've ever owned. Period. HOWEVER!!! If you want to take good care of this equipment you MUST adjust the total watts going to the CPU. I found around 25w brings temps way down and doesnt at all affect frame rate in games.

fire gaming laptop definitely recommend to other people you won’t regret it. Beast graphics card and internals

For computer enthusiasts, most will recognize that top end hardware will naturally come with a significant cost. Naturally, the absolute best computer will always disregard price in favor of cutting-edge performance. Without budget restrictions, the performance should be impressive. Thus, as a part of the ROG line of products, the recently released Asus Zephyrus GU605M aims to provide top end performance, while preserving a compact package. Furthermore, the GU605M features an Intel Ultra 9 185H processor, an Nvidia GeForce GTX 4090 GPU, 32GB of DDR5-7467 MHz, and a 2 TB PCIe 4.0 M2 SSD. Thus, with top end hardware, I was excited to see how the new GU605 performs in real world scenarios. For the physical aspects, the aluminum based GU605 is exquisite to look at and hold. The body is smooth to the touch and has impeccable craftsmanship. The GU605 clocks in around 4lbs in weight, which is quite shocking considering the hardware it houses. On the left side of the unit, the GU605 features a proprietary reversable connection for the included 240W AC adapter. In addition, the unit features an HDMI 2.1b, a Thunderbolt 4 port, two USB 3.2 Gen ports, a USB 3.2 Type-C port, and lastly a full speed UHS-II SD card reader. Another interesting aspect of the GU605 is the charging and hardware activity LEDs have been moved to the front. On the top of the display is the new slash design with customizable patterns; however, the LED is limited to only white. Moving on, the GU605 features an amazing OLED display that is capable of 240 Hz and has a response time of 0.2ms. The glossy finish looks exquisite with the all-aluminum body. Overall, I think most will be pleased the various connectivity options presented here. Before moving on to my performance benchmarks, I would like to mention that as with any piece of electronic equipment, you are going to have to configure a few settings on your own. In addition, my results listed here may be different from your own, though I tried to preserve as close to a stock experience as I could. As for my changes, I prevented the display and hard drive from clicking off and disabled all the startup executables except the Asus ones. All my tests were done plugged up with its AC adapter. In addition, the turbo profile found in the included Armoury Crate software was used; best performance was also selected in the Windows control panel. I also went ahead and let Window finish all of its updates before I began. Lastly, for monitoring I used a combination of CPU-Z 2.09, GPU-Z 2.57, HW Monitor 1.52, HW Info 7.68, CrystalMark 8.0.4c and Fraps 3.59. Starting of my benchmarks, I decided to focus on CPU performance and wanted to see how it compared to my other laptops. Using CPU 2.09, I noted the performances below: Ultra 9 185H - Single: 786.6/ Multi: 9,139.9 (16 Cores / 22 Threads) I7-12700H - Single: 731.0/ Multi: 7,844.7 (14 Cores / 20 Threads) I7-1360P - Single: 761.7/ Multi: 6,227.7 (12 Cores / 16 Threads) For my second CPU test, I went ahead and ran Cinebench R23 and compared it once again to my previous computers: Ultra 9 185H - Single: 1,826/ Multi: 19,717 (16 Cores / 22 Threads) I7-12700H - Single: 1,761/ Multi: 15,901 (14 Cores / 20 Threads) I7-1360P - Single: 1,875 / Multi: 11,102 (12 Cores / 16 Threads) Switching to my game test, I decided to test Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016). I ran the game using the very high preset and disabled the film grain and DLSS. The render was set to DX11 and anti-aliasing was set to SSAA 2x. The display was set to the maximum resolution of 2560x1600 and the refresh rate was set to 240Hz. V-Sync was disabled. As soon as the game begin, the 4090 kicked in high gear holding a resounding 75-80 fps. Once the mountain gave way, I dipped right around 60 fps. If you move your character around, naturally the FPS increases dramatically anywhere from the low 70s-130s. Once you get inside the cave, the fps holds more consistently around 80-90 fps. If you increase the SSAA to 4x, the FPS tanks quite a bit; in some instances, dropping into the low 40s. Considering how intense this portion is on the GPU, I was quite impressed. As for the GPU/CPU, both hovered around 80C and continued to fluctuated accordingly. On GPU-Z, average board power consumption was around 73 watts for the whole game duration. For the whole system, HW Info, reported around 130 watts. Lastly, I ran the in-game benchmark for you to compare with your system (see attached screenshot). Moving on, I wanted to benchmark the various storage aspects of the new GU605, first starting with the internal drive. According to HW Info, the GU605 includes a 2 TB SK Hynix PC801 SSD (Model: HFS002TEJ9X101N). Using CrystalMark 8.0.4c, the results are as follows: Sequential Read Q8T1: 7,098.69 MB/s / Sequential Write Q8T1: 6,461.79 MB/s Sequential Read 4K Q1T1: 67.17 MB/s / Sequential Write 4K Q1T: 147.98 MB/s In addition, I wanted to test this drive with my Crucial X10 Pro using the Thunderbolt 4 port to see how it would handle an intensive transfer. I sent a 34 GB music folder that houses 6,041 files and 1,276 folders. Once I sent the transfer to the Hynix drive, the transfer exploded up to around 700-800 MB/s. As expected, the transfer was so fast that it barely had time to stretch it legs, but eventually it cracked past the 1.08 GB/s towards the last 10-15 seconds. It was finished in less than a minute. The X10 results are as follows: Sequential Read Q8T1: 2,038.33 MB/s / Sequential Write Q8T1: 1,803.66 MB/s Sequential Read 4K Q1T1: 27.98 MB/s / Sequential Write 4K Q1T: 80.42 MB/s Lastly, I was extremely excited that the GU605 comes with a UHS-II SD card reader. I grabbed my Sony Tough G UHS-II 32 GB SD card and sent a mixture of RAW and JPG images to the Hynix drive. The total transfer consisted of 851 files and was 14 GB in size. The transfer was more consistent than expected, as it hovered anywhere from 165-187 MB/s. It spent most of its time around 175 MB/s and finished in a little over a minute. Lastly, I took CrystalMark and capture the SD card results below: Sequential Read Q8T1: 278.45 MB/s / Sequential Write Q8T1: 186.94 MB/s Sequential Read 4K Q1T1: 9.82 MB/s / Sequential Write 4K Q1T: 3.39 MB/s Next, I would like to highlight is the speakers. As somewhat of an audio enthusiast, I was completely shocked at how loud these speakers get. With four speakers and two tweeters, it certainly packs a punch. In a word, this thing destroys my Yoga 9i which has an amazing soundbar for its size. Listening to my FLAC collection, I was quite surprised at the level bass it was able to reproduce, yet still remaining clear. These are the loudest speaker I have personally heard on a laptop. Lastly, I would like to share a few of my observations I noticed while testing the new GU605. Overall, the performance is extremely good as expected with a top end model. However, one thing that I was a bit concerned with was the thermal levels as naturally top end hardware will generate lots of heat. Due to its slim profile, the GU605M idles extremely warm, especially when connected to the AC adapter. Once the Ultra 9 takes off, you are looking idle temperatures anywhere from the 60-70C range while it adjusts its frequencies. Furthermore, even after a cold and boot and on the windows preset within the Armoury Crate software, the CPU hits 60C frequently; occasionally it spikes well into the 70s-80s. Naturally, on battery it is a bit better as it cannot boost as much but, nonetheless, I advise you to pay attention to the temperatures. The good news is that you can manually adjust the PL1 and PL2 states within the Armoury Crate software by selecting manual mode accordingly (PL1 is 80w and PL2 is 100w by default for AC power). In addition, you can also disable some of the P-Cores/E-Cores to curve the excessive heat further. While the software itself feels a bit clunky, it was nevertheless nice to able to control these hardware aspects to customize your hardware. The second thing that I wanted to mention is that I wish the OS installation was less bloated. With just the software alone that was included, the GU605M boots at almost 20% of its 32 GB filled. There are tons of ASUS executables that can be disabled, but as you would expect they are all intertwined with the Armoury Crate software. With a model of this caliber, I wish they would have opted for 64 GB of RAM and that the software was only limited to a few startup executables. Granted, since this model is only targeting enthusiasts, chances are high that most will know how to customization/format the Windows installation. Connectively, I also wish this came with a professional copy of the OS as opposed to the home edition, but nonetheless that can be easily fixed. In conclusion, the GU605M performs exactly as a top model should. Out of the box, it is extremely fast and posts some impressive CPU and GPU scores. The top-notch display and excellent speakers are also a huge plus. Personally, I was extremely impressed with the storage scores, especially the UHS-II SD card reader. The audio was also well implemented; the speakers are loud and clear. However, despite the top end hardware, the GU605 is not without some mild concerns, most notably its excessive idle heat and bloated install. Overall, if you are looking for a top model, the GU605M will certainly check every performance metric box you are hoping to fulfill; just be aware of the concerns that I have listed above.

This is a smooth running machine! It’s very lightweight and is powerful. So far I’ve really enjoyed gaming on it. It has handled everything well so far. It does get warm but that is expected when I’m gaming on it.

I’m quite impressed with the performance of this beats

Expensive but well worth it. Everything about it is awesome. Well worth the money and $1000 cheaper than the Blade 16 oled with the same specs. Also, the 4090 has a TGP of 125 watts. I Set the world record in time spy for the time being. See attached pic.

Way way way more power than what's needed. If you wanna make moves, design doomsday viruses and nuke Narnia this is Your laptop.