Customer Ratings & Reviews

Love the screen and build quality. Doesn’t sound like a jet engine, and runs frames perfectly. Battery life is far better than most, likely thanks to the Intel Core Ultra chip. Windows sleep states remain broken, resulting in TONS of battery drain with the lid shut; that’s more of a Microsoft issue than an ASUS one though. BUT, support in linux is really botched. Get one with an AMD GPU instead if you plan on running linux.

This computer is really great I love the laptop it's super fast it's got amazing capabilities I'm able to use very intensive games on the laptop without any problems the only thing I noticed is that I had to end up getting a cooling pad for it because it gets really really hot and I wanna extend the life of the laptop but overall it's a great laptop I'm so happy with it it's very lightweight it's very beautiful I love the fact that it has those really nice colors for the keyboard and for the back of the laptop - it's absolutely gorgeous the keyboard itself is so nice to type on it's very smooth and easy for my arthritis. I'm very happy with this computer purchase I use it every single day now and I use it solely for video games and it's able to handle so many things without any problems or any slowness or any lagging. It's my dream Computer and I'm so glad that I purchased it. I would definitely recommend this laptop to anybody who's looking for a hard-core gaming laptop because this will be able to handle everything that you needed to and it's honestly perfect just keep an eye out for how hot it gets and maybe get a cooling pad but that's super normal with laptops specifically gaming ones so yeah I would give this five stars absolutely. Also keep in mind the battery life is not very much it only lasts me like an hour unplugged if I'm playing a video game or something tops but regardless that's not a problem because I'm just using it in my room in my bed when I play games so I have the charger nearby but the battery life itself isn't the best but I didn't buy it for the battery life I bought it for the capabilities for gaming and stuff.

Bought this for both gaming, work, and business. I needed a slim laptop that could do everything I wanted to do. The all metal design and build quality are great. The 4090 graphics card is amazing, although not fully powered like other laptops, but regardless powerful enough to play games as you see fit. The only negative I have is when playing games or performing other high demanding tasks, the laptop does get scorching hot on the bottom rear and above the keyboard in the center. If playing games, this must be on a table or laptop cooling pad or ensure you have enough ventilation to allow the laptop's fans to do their job. The other thing that is great is the battery life if using the internal graphics. Once you switch over to the dedicated graphics (4090) the battery is like every other Windows PC. Upgrade the NVME SSD as well. I installed 1 4TB in the other available SSD slot. Loving the laptop!

Man this laptop is a BEAST! To give context, i am a senior in college majoring in graphic design. I do alot of my work with things like Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects. I am also a big gamer and basically getting all around performance was the main reason i wanted this laptop. The laptop surpassed all my expectations, it runs games really smoothly and the Amoled screen is gorgeous (i havent had any issues with the screen even though i know some people have). Its such a lightweight laptop and its honestly insane how far gaming laptops have come because this literally looks and feels like a typical laptop that wouldnt be meant for games. I got the 4090 version of this laptop so it lasts me a long time and can continue to be fast when i start working and for leisure activites and let me tell you it does not dissapoint. Although, i will admit when i first got it i was kind of dissapointed with FPS and temps but uninstalling armoury crate and installing g helper fixed this issue. Overall if your a student or someone who works and plays a decent chunk of games and loves portability in a light package this is definitely the laptop for you. Ive had it for around a week now and i seriously couldnt be happier. OH! I also forgot to mention, the battery life is pretty decent, i had class all day and was able to get around 6-7 hours of use which is insane for an intel machine.

From a creators perspective, 3d and video work was smooth and fantastic,... when plugged in, the fans do spin up and become audible when exporting video or when manipulating 3d objects in real time in Blender and ESPECIALLY when rendering a quick animation (or the occasional gaming), but was not as loud as the the 4070 or the 4080 model. But when on the go, doing the same workloads I could get ~2 hours max before the gpu is disabled by the system, then the igpu as the downclocked cpu is not up to the task as well when under battery. Heavy workloads start to get choppy and unreliable especially in 3d applications like Blender, and when editing 2k footage. The laptop got audible on the train and warm to my lap when exporting or working on 3d applications but was able to get 1.5 hours of work in before the battery hit the 25% mark from a 100% charge. In conclusion, I would recommend this laptop for SHORT mobile workloads (1-2 hours tops), and its power, weight and size are its highest positives. As a desktop replacement, when plugged in and attached to an monitor, its a beast for its size, but it does get audible and the heat I felt above the keyboard, it made me worry about damage to the fantastic oled screen when running in turbo mode WHILE the screen is closed. WOuld only recommend as desktop replacement, for medium workloads.

Performance: The fan was surprisingly quiet, and the speakers really impressed me with their clarity, great mids, and bass, rivaling MacBook Pro 16, sometimes even surpassing it. The Core Ultra chip didn't quite deliver the power I expected, especially for gaming, leaving me wanting more in terms of performance during intense gameplay sessions or when tackling demanding tasks like coding, web design, or running simple machine-learning tasks. General web browsing performance was smooth when plugged in, but I noticed occasional stuttering and overall sluggishness when running on battery saver mode. This detracted from my overall user experience and highlighted the need for optimization in power management settings. Gaming and Battery Life: Gaming performance was so-so, with the GPU and CPU delivering decent but not outstanding results. While the laptop managed to handle most games, it struggled with more demanding titles, leading to occasional frame drops and lag. You're looking at roughly equivalent performance to a higher wattage (150w) 4080 laptop. Additionally, battery life lasted around 5 1/2 hours with battery saver on and light use without tinkering with TDP settings, which was okay for casual browsing and productivity tasks but fell short of providing all-day usage without the need for a recharge. Plugged-In vs. Battery: When plugged in, the laptop performed wonderfully, with a beautiful display and delivering solid performance without any noticeable slowdowns or compromises. But, swap to battery power had me managing expectations for both performance and battery life, since the system scaled back to conserve energy. Unplugging led to performance reductions and shorter battery life beyond what I would've expected with a generation leap, even on battery saver. I'll also point out that it seems like ASUS is finally allowing passthrough charging with the USB C ports so thank you for that!! User Experience Examples: Example 1 - When I leave my laptop idle for extended periods, I just want instant responsiveness with minimal battery drain, much like my MacBook (you can leave those unplugged for a week and jump right back in). I to resume work without any delays or interruptions. But every time I left this sleeping for more than an hour or two, I had to wait 10-15 seconds before I could log in because the laptop was placed into hibernate automatically. And if I disable that feature, then Modern Standby would eat up 2-3% of the battery every hour. Example 2 - When I'm out and about. I don't want to worry about battery life or making constant adjustments to optimize performance. These challenges aren't ASUS' fault (they're using the best available off-the-shelf parts), but even the best parts available now lead to an experience that gets me worried about leaving my charger behind and highlight areas for improvement in future iterations. Comparison and Future Prospects: Compared to other options, this laptop falls short in some areas, such as the maximum RAM limit and overall performance on battery. Looking ahead, I'm excited for future iterations and how they could shine with improvements like a next-gen Core Ultra chip. If you need gaming on the go with thin-and-light being a must, want a beautiful screen+great speakers, there is nothing better available today. This is the best option bar none. But since ASUS is marketing this as part-creator device, this is not the best laptop for that use case, even compared to some other Windows laptops, and definitely not compared to Macs. Overall, temper those expectations a bit and you'll probably love what ASUS have managed to achieve in this year's Zephyrus G16.

The Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 gaming laptop is the absolute definition of luxury computing. For a laptop of this size with an amazing clear OLED screen with an Intel Core Ultra 9 processor, 32 gigs of RAM and crazy NVIDIA 4090 GeForce RTX video card, it is super thin and quiet. Most computers with this configuration would be thick and loud because of all the cooling necessary to prevent you from cooking your dinner on it. The metal body of the laptop just feels solid and sturdy but the intelligent fan system that ASUS puts on this thing just whispers during heavy gaming sessions. This laptop also includes an IR camera that allows you to use Windows Hello’s facial recognition system. This is super handy to help with Password Managers. Surprisingly, the top facing speakers provide great sound. The great speakers come at the sacrifice of a Number pad on the keyboard. So, if you absolutely need to have the right hand numpad to do work, then you would need to buy an external numpad. Another annoying part of this laptop is the power plug. It is a proprietary square plug and sticks out perpendicular to the laptop. This might be a problem because if you use this laptop at the edge of a table, a lot of downward stress is placed on the plug. However, given those two annoyances, this is a masterclass of what a powerful gaming laptop that has luxury feel and is razor thin without sacrificing thermal properties. You can tell that this laptop is going to be used for many years to come and if you are a gamer that values portability, this is definitely a laptop you should look at.

*Display* 10/10 Oled and 240 HZ with G-sync and for those who don’t know what g-sync does, it makes games the run at lower FPS feel smooth. As for OLED, you must experience this yourself, it’s the most beautiful screen you will come across with vibrant colors and pure blacks while being super responsive. *Speakers* 10/10 So this is the best speakers on a windows laptop I have ever heard, you will not be disappointed with the crisp sound paired with the Dolby atmos license(sold on Microsoft store). It makes you feel like there are others legit speakers to your right and left. Only downside I have for this is that I had to return my first order because the left speaker started popping. I do think this was a coincidence and I was unlucky. *Build quality* 7/10 So it’s feels great to use and is very light, most people will be satisfied with it. The screen does wobble too much for me. You can test this by just pushing the display back a little bit. I want to note that I don’t notice it during gaming. Also putting some pressure on certain parts of the keyboard resulted in a disappointing creaking noise from the chassis. *Performance* 8/10 To keep it honest, you’re not getting the best performance for gaming that you could get out of this 4090 laptop. This is more of a hybrid. You can game at maxed out settings if you want however, you will be somewhere around 30-40 fps behind a full powered 4090 laptop gpu. This laptop maxes out at 125w vs the standard of around 175w+ on other laptops. When you are unplugged this has a great Intel chip that allows you to get roughly 6-10 hours of battery life which I see as really cool. I do want to note though, this laptop feels sluggish while running on eco mode. Definitely nowhere near as fast as I would like it to feel while on battery. I’m talking specifically while web browsing and doing non-gaming related tasks while on battery such as movies, navigation of windows ect. *summary* I would buy this again, what makes this really awesome for me is that it is light and packs a lot of power in such a slim form factor. This isn’t the best gaming performance you can get but it’s more than good enough to run at max settings. If you are on the fence with this one, I would try it out.

After comparing this laptop with Dell XPS 16 and Galaxy Book 4 Ultra decided to buy this Zephyrus G16 instead. Bought version with maximum possible configuration. Really good laptop. Build quality and design are superb. Screen is great and so are the speakers. Performance is great. To remove bloatware and get clean system reinstalled Windows. If you are a heavy gamer this laptop isn't for you as it will overheat like crazy. But for everyday usage and light gaming this laptop is superb.

It's a great gaming laptop and plays games great. Had to put the fans on tubor for gaming. It's very lightweight and love the OLED screen. The speakers are amazing and have very good sound. It's a very nice looking laptop too

Upgrading from previous zephryus that had a 3070. Love the oled screen, threw in a 4tb samsung 990 pro in the second slot. I use for work and play. I like it because it’s s light and I can easily throw it in my backpack and go anywhere with it. 32 gb of ram runs way better than my old 16 gb. I just mainly play call of duty on extreme settings and runs it just fine.

Great screen, portability, and build quality. Does get hot while gaming like most thin laptops. Does not reach gaming power of some others but I’ll take the incognito appearance any day

Pros: OLED display with VRR looks incredible, GPU is top notch, chassis is nice. Vapor chamber, 2TB of storage, and 32GB of ram are all nice upgrades over the lower-tier models. Cons: The CPU on this thing runs way too hot. I have had my laptop shutdown while gaming multiple times in the first week of owning it. Could just be bad luck with ASUS applying the liquid metal incorrectly at the factory, but if you look it up online, plenty of other people say the G16 specifically runs super hot. Also, Armoury Crate is not great, but removing it and replacing it with G-Helper takes 10 minutes.

I’m giving this laptop five stars because it has a better screen, better performance and is 3 lbs lighter than the laptop it is replacing. Gaming on the laptop is great, battery performance is good…but out of the box was another story. Out of the box, I was unable to play games on the device and the performance was less than stelar. I factory reset it, installed Windows 11 Pro, updated the ASUS and Nvidia drivers first, then started loading Windows patches and other software (e.g. browsers, security, anti-virus, etc.). While it did take a little work, I am very happy with this laptop. Anyone would be hard pressed to find a Windows based laptop, with the performance specs of this one, and less than 4 pounds.

Got this machine because it had the specs I need, thundrebolt 4 port, great video card. Runs super fast, windows 11 sucks though, you cannot defeat windows update and they wrecked a lot of features recently regarding power management and sleep states. This thing won't sleep correctly, just screen turns off. Also this things gets warm and loud, not good for audio. DPC latency out the wazoo from WDF01000.sys (Windows Driver Framework), toskrnl.exe (Windows Kernel)ACPI.sys (Power management), all basic funditons that shouldn't blast huge latency spikes but do, The way this laptop manages internal storage is a cause of this and so is the high power draw from the video card. You cannont undervolt this and you cannot customize much in the bios. IF this had more flexibility it and didn't have the latency issues with windows, it would be solid for almost anything. Battery life is trash. Trying to work on music away from the house less than 1.5 hours and it goes down. ASUS should have just tried a little harder and made this thing compete.

This is one of the best laptops I have ever owned. I could really just compare it to a MacBook. RTX 4090 is a bit underpowered with 125 W TGP but I did a Vbios swap and managed to tweak it so that it can use up to 175 W. I only use up to 150 though to make sure it doesn’t burn down. Literally the only downside compared to MacBook is the battery life. With my best optimization settings, I can increase its battery life to about 8 to 9 hours but without it, it can only last about 5 to 6 hours. It does charge relatively fast so I can work around this. The design is also superb. The keyboard is amazing to type on the 240 Hz OLED screen looks absolutely stunning. The Zephyrus G16 is an extremely high-quality device. The price was OK with $600 off. Otherwise I would’ve bought the 4080 edition.

Although the laptop does get hot (expected while gaming) the oled screen is amazing. I travel frequently with this from hotel to hotel so having the slim body made sense for me. Also the built in speakers are great for streaming shows.

OLED display is simply gorgeous. I can't go back to IPS after experiencing OLED. This laptop is impressively slim and the build quality is at par with Macbooks. Caveats- 4090 performance is lower by almost 25% as compared to other full power 4090 laptops. 32GB RAM is non-upgradeable, which can be a problem for memory intensive apps. To improve performance on battery, make the following changes- 1. Disable Hyperthreading via BIOS 2. Remove ASUS Armory crate and install Ghelper. Remove all ASUS background services. Use the silent profile and disable the nvidia gpu 3. Remove junk Windows services with Chris Titus' tool. This reduces power consumption to ~17W on battery. Still 5 W higher than a Macbook, but that's the tradeoff for using x86 laptops.

A very powerful laptop with a bright and very pleasant looking screen. However, can get quite noisy and hot in performance mode. Also, no LAN port - that was a deal breaker for me.

This laptop si super powerful and handles pretty much everything i throw at it. Eventhough its a gaming laptop I use it mainly for 3D modeling and design. It handles renderings pretty well for a laptop even at 4k. Also, it is very compact and thin. Im impressed how they have been able to fit every part in this. The downside It is pretty loud when its at full power.