Customer Ratings & Reviews

I've been using the computer for a month, there are failures due to overheating of the computer, I think it's a malfunction and a defect

Good gaming laptop so far with the ability to upgrade memory and ram. I had an Alienware before this laptop and it was bulky and heavy and really didn't do much for gaming. After getting this laptop it is so much lighter and thinner. I tested Diablo 3 and The Master Chief Collection and they didn't seem to flutter at all while playing. I had the resolution set to top setting with a few adjustments for game options and both games played great. I also tried multi-tasking with multiple windows open and there was no slowdown at all. This pc seemed to handle everything I could think of to test reliability and did not disappoint at all. The construction is very well made which make it very durable. It's also thin and lightweight making it easy for travel. Reliable for gaming. Easy multi-tasking machine. The battery seemed to last a couple hours while playing and testing out multiple various apps simultaneously. It was also very easy to use and navigate. The 1 and only thing I'm disappointed in is the price for the amount of memory it comes with. With only 512 gigs of memory the price should have been a lot lower. My Alienware came with 1tb of memory and 8 ram and was $100 more. It's great that you can upgrade if you choose but for a starting prince it should have been listed a lot lower. That said, it's still a pretty decent gaming laptop for entry level to mid level gaming and would recommend it as such. Not a bad machine at all. I give it 4 stars instead of 5 just because of the value and the specs.

The asus rog zephyrus laptop is a powerful gaming machine that is worth considering if you're in the market for a high-end laptop. The design of this laptop is unique, with a slim and sleek look that's sure to impress. The keyboard is also impressive, with a good amount of travel and a comfortable layout. One of the standout features of this laptop is its performance. The zephyrus laptop is equipped with an ryzen 9 processor, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 graphics card, and 16GB of DDR5 RAM. This combination delivers smooth and reliable performance, especially when running demanding games and programs. Another excellent feature of the zephyrus is its display. The laptop features a 15.6-inch WQHD display with a 165Hz refresh rate. This ensures that the visuals are clear, smooth, and highly responsive. The color accuracy and contrast ratio are also top-notch, making this laptop a great choice for creative professionals too. Fans of virtual reality gaming will appreciate the zephyrus's VR-ready capabilities. The NVIDIA RTX graphics card is designed to meet the requirements of the most demanding VR games, providing an immersive experience. Of course, the zephyrus isn't perfect. The battery life is not the best, with users looking at around 3–5 hours under heavy use. Near 10 hours on average use. The laptop is also prone to getting hot, especially during extended use. Overall, the asus rog zephyrus laptop is a high-end machine that's ideal for gamers and creatives alike. If you're willing to pay a premium price, this laptop is definitely worth considering.

Overall I really like the laptop in it of itself, the process to get here was a bit of trouble however. Pulling it out of the box, I can’t say I was 100% happy with the laptop. Truth be told, if I purchased this unit I would of been back at the customer service counter on the second day returning it. It’s not that there’s anything particularly wrong with the hardware itself. And I’d like to believe it’s limited to early batch models. But something is inherently wrong with some of the Asus pre-loaded software as they always arrive to the same state. Setup to arrive here consists of setup through Windows Assistant, apply all Windows Updates, reboot, apply additional Windows Updates, reboot, start and allow Asus software to collect information and update, and finally reboot. Once it comes back the issues begin to propagate. Going through the Windows recovery, either reinstalling Windows and keeping your data or wiping and installing a new Windows. Once you go through all updates and use Asus software, you’re back to where you started. It’s my assumption that the Asus software that came preinstalled was of some kind of alpha build that wasn’t quite stable. Installing the Asus software from the Asus website works as intended. Even if you deviate from my outlined steps such as add your favorite browser, grab favorite Windows Store apps, or grab your favorite game launcher in between my mentioned steps. You’ll eventually have the Asus .exe errors (more details on this below). Before applying a fix to this machine I attempted to run a number of games, since this is referred to a gaming laptop, from various platforms-Steam, Epic, and Xbox. Steam Working Tales of Berseria Ghostrunner Tokyo Xanadu EX+ Apex Legends Tomb Raider Anniversary CS:GO Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Raise of the Tomb Raider The Witcher 3 Homeworld Remastered Collection Star Wars Empire at War Gold Pack Valkyria Chronicles Sakura MMO #3 Not Working Ashes of the Singularity Bright Memory Infinite Gundam Evolution Playtest Halo Infinite (Multiplayer) Yoku’s Island Express Bright Memory Xbox Gamepass Working Halo Infinite Edge of Eternity Gears Tactics Age of Empires IV Sea of Thieves Doom Eternal Destiny Epic Working Among Us Batman Arkham Knight Fortnite Others Working Genshin Impact Guild Wars 2 Most of these worked, others just spat out error messages or said launched and would immediately close. At no point did those actually show a window of any kind and just closed out the process before a window did come up. Everything listed here worked flawlessly after applying fix. Construction This thing is solid! Everything feels quite sturdy. The panel feels well made and the keyboard is quite spacious without feeling unnecessarily large. My only real concern in this area is the chiseled rear edge exposing the exhaust grill that blows all of its hot air directly onto the screen. The base panel gets very hot during gaming sessions so I’m a little concerned if this could cause premature failure of the display. Along the base of the laptop over on the left hand side you got your standard aud port, 2x USB Type-C, 1x 3.1 USB Type-A, LAN Jack, HDMI Port, and C Power Jack. On the right you got a 2nd 3.1 USB Type-A, Micro SD Slot, and your security latch. Then along left right and rear you have your intake/exhaust grills. Performance This is where it shines, although I’m not sure I like that it runs very hot. On boot, it idles around 62 degree Celsius. On boot, under load as it’s working its hardest, it can go to about 71 degrees Celsius. After testing out several games on it I gave some of the in-game bench marking tools a try, which I’ve attached to this. I also ran Cinebench, PassMark, and CrystalDisk. At its most intensive task I recorded 95 degrees Celsius and a 160w power draw on the outlet using a killawatt. At idle, I saw as low as 90w. During gaming session, depending on the intensity of the workload on the laptop, I seen a range of 80-96 degrees Celsius. With games running anywhere between 1440p to 2160p under normal/medium and ultra presets. Issues/Solution The best working fix I found for this thing was an entire wipe of the SSD drive and a reinstall of everything in segments. Trying to remove individual components nor skipping any previously mentioned steps never seemed to solve the issues. They would eventually surface or wouldn’t allow certain types of programs to run. In total, this little process had me dedicating about 3 additional hours of time. Conclusion I really like this machine! The aesthetics are great and the overall layout is nice. Having quick access to frequently used ports is great. I just can’t fully get behind the choice of angling the hot exhaust at the screen. But I guess only time will tell if this is as big of an issue as I believe it is.

The Asus Rog Zephyrus G15! Out of the box, you get the laptop, charging brick, and some manuals that could be tossed aside! Packaging was good, and the laptop arrived intact! There are two big differences from this year's model and last years. First off, we now have a MUX switch for better gaming performance and the second being that we now have a webcam, so no more need for an external webcam to do conference calls! Specs: -- Ryzen 9 6900hs -- RTX 3060 -- 165hz QHD panel -- 16GB of RAM ---- half soldered, upgraded mine to 40gb by replacing the 8GB stick with a 32gb 4800mhz DDR5 SODIMM -- 512GB NVME SSD ---- not soldered, upgraded mine to 4TB, two 2TB XPG Gammix S70 sticks since there are two M.2 slots -- Wi-Fi 6e ---- not soldered, so upgradeable at a later point should Wi-Fi standards change -- 90WH battery Right off the bat, I replaced the 512GB SSD and added an additional one. Was very happy to see that there were two PCIe 4.0 M.2 slots. I also maxed out the RAM to 40gb. Was a shame that half the RAM was soldered on, and only one slot was available to upgrade. I think that was a big miss from Asus, but it was to be expected since this model follows the previous year's build architecture. What this means is that the first 8GB of my 32GB stick will run in dual channel with the soldered 8GB and the remaining 24GB of my 32gb stick will run as single channel when it's being accessed. Ports: -- barrel connector (power) -- HDMI 2.0 -- RJ45 Ethernet (gigabit) -- 2x USB-A 3.2 Gen 2 (10GBs) -- 2x USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 (10GBps) -- 3.5mm audio/mic combo jack -- microSD card slot -- Kensington lock Another big miss that I noticed was that the two USB-C ports are only USB 3.2 Gen 2 which is limited to 10GBs. Would have loved to see These ports be Thunderbolt 4 / USB 4 since Ryzen 6000 series CPUs support it... Moving onto performance, this thing can and will game. It is an entry to mid-tier gaming laptop, but top tier work horse. Playing games at medium settings will yield very good frame rates and the panel is no slouch. Did not notice any ghosting when playing FPS games and the color accuracy is quite good as well for doing color grade work flows. As a gamer and software engineer, I was very happy with the performance this machine puts out! Battery life is also very good. If gaming, i get 2.5+ hours (depending on the game) and if just working (e.g, coding, design work, etc.) i get 7+ hours. Please note these numbers are based off of my workflows, so your mileage may vary based on your usage. Though there were a few misses in my mind, this still makes for a great laptop for anyone. Overall, I would highly recommend this laptop to anyone that is looking to game and get work done!

This laptop is truly a Gaming PC! I absolutely love it. Worth the time and investment. Wifi connection is outstanding. And wired connection is even better.

Overall good laptop. I got it for school and gaming.

For comparison, the other computers I’ve recently used for gaming include another laptop, with an RTX3070 card, an older laptop with a GTX1060 card, and a desktop with a RTX3080 card. After my experience with the RTX3080 and RTX3070 cards, I wasn’t sure how this ASUS laptop with an RTX3060 card would stand up to similar gaming tasks. Running a benchmark test, the results showed this laptop performing at ~90% of laptops with a similar graphics card and processor. While not off the charts, 90% felt within an acceptable margin to retain 5 stars based on the benchmark test alone. From real use cases, running League of Legends on max settings was handled without a problem. Running Ark on High settings surpassed my expectations and ran very smoothly as well. I did find running on Epic settings to be a little more than what the laptop could comfortably handle, which is different than a similar play through of Ark on my laptop with an RTX3070 card, which was able to handle epic settings, albeit with a very noisy fan. I appreciated the integrated webcam, which supports Windows Hello and makes it easy to quickly login to the computer, though variations in room light and appearance can sometimes offset the convenience and require a manual pin. Windows Hello can be trained somewhat, and has gotten somewhat better with recognizing me, but still has room for improvement. The hard drive size of 512GB is another point to consider when deciding if this is the best laptop for you. Downloading Elden Ring at over 50GB and Ark at over 100GB quickly made me realize I would need to be selective about the games I choose to load onto this computer. I feel much more comfortable with my laptop that has a 1TB drive, but if large downloads are not a major consideration, 512GB will be sufficient for a lot of content. Overall, if 512GB is sufficient storage, and you aren’t needing to fully max out the graphics in all of your games, I would definitely recommend this as a solid, slightly more than entry level gaming laptop. If you are looking to future proof a bit more, or have the freedom to turn up the graphics in a few more games, and can afford the price bump, I would definitely suggest the RTX3070 graphics card.

This new Asus ROG has it all: nice looks, real spread, decent sound fast refresh rate, plenty of ports and more. What's there to like: fast for gaming and multitasking, boots up in 20 seconds from complete off. It comes with phisical LAN jack unlike many new slim laptops, couple of USB C and older USB Port. It comes with an Asus software that allows easy adjustments up and down speeds... Normal, performance and turbo. Keyboard is lit with different color LEDS. What's there to not like: at performance and turbo modes the fans are really loud (see short video), it gets really hot whe running at full load it measure 119 degrees under the keyboard so this is NOT lap top pc. While it has excellent speakers, the sound quality is average, better with a nice head set. The keyboard is not marked or designed for gaming. The battery life leaves a lot to desire; does even last 2 hours under normal load. This is a major issue for me bevause I love performance so I really don't like a laptop that only lasts less than two hours. It deserves 5 star for performance but not for battery life and heat dissipation.

Something went wrong with the screen. I bought an open box laptop.a lot of horizontal lines. I sent it to vietnam, so I didn’t open it early enough to return. Dont buy open box. Scam!!!!

I have been needing a better laptop since i am a gamer and this laptop does not disappoint. If your looking for great graphics,fast processing speeds and plentiful storage then look no further this laptop has outdone itself. The only complaint i have is the battery could last longer but im a gamer so that being said i expected this. I get about an hour give or take off the charger playing COD. I prefer to just keep the charger plugged in. I didnt want a desktop pc because you cant just put that in a case and carry it around to friend's house. Dont mistake the size of the laptop as a lack of power. This thin lightweight powerhouse of a laptop is easy to carry around and i have had it for over a year and still runs like it did from day one. Amazing. I did purchase a laptop holder/cooler because it does get hot over time.

The ASUS ROG Zephyrus 15.6” is an excellent choice for anyone looking for a powerful yet portable gaming laptop. Its Ryzen 9 processor delivers strong performance for both gaming and demanding tasks like video editing or 3D rendering. While the RTX 3060 isn't the top-tier GPU, it handles modern games smoothly and efficiently. One of the standout features for me is the WQHD 165Hz display — the colors are vibrant, and the high refresh rate makes everything look incredibly smooth, especially in fast-paced games. I also appreciate the laptop’s sleek, understated design, which doesn’t scream “gamer” and works well in professional settings too. In short, this is a well-balanced machine with fast performance, a great screen, and solid build quality — perfect for gamers, creatives, or professionals who want power and portability in one device.

Laptop was bent out of box. Otherwkse functions normally and is a locely devjce to use

I really like this computer - I'm a fan of Asus. I did do some upgrades immediately - added another 1TB of storage, added another stick of RAM, and the BIOS needed to be updated so that it wouldn't run so hot. It was great value for the money - and with another $100 or so put into it, I've got it running the way I want. This computer replaces my older Asus that finally bit the dust. I miss the separate number keypad and the 2TB of storage that was standard in my last model. I do not use this for gaming but run 3 memory-heavy graphics programs (often simultaneaously). Motor is pretty quiet. Even though it vents out of the top (by the screen), it can get really hot (even with BIOS update) if you have it on a solid surface (like your lap). I use mine on a tilted grate which allows for ventilation. Graphics are excellent, Battery life is better than any other computers I've had. I recommend it! :)

The ASUS- ROG Zephyrus 15.6" WQHD 165Hz Gaming Laptop is an impressive machine. It comes very well packaged and arrived in excellent condition. Instructions for first time use recommended charging for 3 hours before using. Start up was simple and took about 30 minutes to get all the updates finished. This gaming laptop is one of my favorites so far. It has stereo speakers, so the sound is just awesome right out of the box. When it powers on and shows off the speakers, you just grin at the quality of sitting in front of you. The keys are satisfying to type on and they have a nice matte finish that let the fingers type away without slipping. I love the backlight on the keys as well. They are not overpowering and complete the gaming laptop look. The graphics quality is excellent. The lines are crisp and straight and the colors are vibrant. The antiglare screen has amazing quality. I was gaming in front of a large window with lots of light coming through, and the picture was still perfect. The high refresh monitor is very easy on your eyes and allows for long play time with no issues. Photo editing on this laptop will be great due to the high quality picture that it gives. I will add that the laptop has a very fast start up and loads pages very quickly. There are so many ports on this thing too. I don't see needing an adapter for it. (If you own a laptop with 1 port, you will appreciate the availability of multiple ports at the ready.) This laptop is thin and powerful. With that, there is one con. You need to make sure you have a flat surface underneath it so it can cool. I can't have it on my lap very long or else it will get noticeably warm. If it's on a flat surface, it can ventilate. That is my one complaint, but realistically you can't have it all when it's this thin and powerful. There are plenty of fan and vent areas all around the laptop. Just keep it on a flat surface, and you'll be fine. In summary, it's freaking awesome.

I got this laptop when it was $1199. It is fast, has a beautiful display, and excellent battery life. I can get about 7 hours of normal usage on battery life. Just make sure to plug the charger in when you play games, which it is more than capable of with the RTX 3060. It can get hot, but that's not surprising considering the specs it has. It also has this loud gameresque sound that overclocks you as it boots up! Note, although it is advertised with 16 GB RAM, only one RAM slot is upgradable since one of the 8 GB sticks is soldered onto the motherboard. It isn't a deal breaker for me but I know there are plenty of people who are nit-picky about that. Still a great laptop worthy of 5 stars.

Well, It is indeed powerful! Good graphics, upgradeable ram and storage. Good price for quality. HOWEVER, was very unhappy that my screen arrived with a scratch in it. It seems to only be noticeable when screen is all white, but for 1200$, should not be receiving any defects... Good battery life when not high performance mode. As an avid laptop user, was impressed all around, great screen, great touchpad/keyboard etc. One downside is, it can get very hot, (which I understand somewhat due to the performance parts in it), but definitely need a cooling pad if you plan on doing some serious gaming with it!

The ASUS ROG Zephyrus 15.6" WQHD 165Hz Gaming Laptop is a stellar choice for gamers and power users looking for high performance in a portable package. Its powerful hardware, impressive display, and sleek design make it a standout in its category. While the storage might be a bit limiting for some, the overall performance and features make it a worthwhile investment.

I have used several gaming laptops in the past and while they are nice looking and have good specs they always seem to underperform and are extremely loud. So I was extremely surprised when I started playing some games on this laptop and the performance I got out it. Let me backtrack a bit and talk about some negatives with the laptop. Heat this thing gets pretty hot especially on the bottom I would not recommend having this on your lap while you play shouldn’t be an issue if you have it on a table or flat surface. And while the laptop gets hot which lets be honest happens with pretty much all gaming laptops the top part stays relatively cool. I have used others that vent heat on the top or sides and it tends to make the keyboard hot. The keyboard stayed cool during my use with it. Now that out of the way let’s talk about the positives. Battery life is excellent even while gaming i was able to have good gaming sessions without having to plug in the laptop. This may sound odd but I’ve noticed that the battery life for gaming laptops even while not gaming is typically not that great. With this one when not gaming the battery life is extremely impressive. The performance is excellent and the design of the laptop looks great it doesn’t look to flashy or too big. If you want a laptop to game but also use for everyday this is the one to get.

This is the most professional looking gaming laptop I've ever seen and handled. I love the direction that the Asus ROG team has taken with the Zephyrus line. There are no flashy LED lighting elements or any over the top gaming design cues. Instead you get a very sleek and minimalist profile. The construction and finishing is a matte grey combination of aluminum and plastic that feels very high quality. The weight of this laptop also feels perfectly balanced with an even distribution throughout the body (weighs only around 4lbs). It feels very light but still very premium at the same time. It's the perfect laptop for a professional that is into serious gaming but also wants the versatility of taking this laptop to business meetings or public meetups without looking out of place. I also love how the laptop props up when the lid is opened to provide better thermal efficiency (it also makes typing on the keyboard much more comfortable!). In a market flooded with various RTX3060 laptop offerings, I think this G15 Zephyrus takes the top spot. In terms of performance, the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS crushed everything I threw at it. Not surpsingly, it loaded applications and programs lightning fast. As a test, I would put it up against an AMD Ryzen 7 5800H and the 6900HS on this Zephyrus always loaded applications at least 2 to 3 seconds faster (applications tested were CPU-Z and Adobe Photoshop).This is a serious notebook not just for gamers but for those power users that are also into content creation, emulating virtual environments (e.g. engineering students), and those that simply like to have a ton of tabs open on chrome while swapping between multiple workloads. I've noticed some confusion as to whether this laptop comes with 8GB of RAM or 16GB. This laptop comes with 8GB of onboard RAM that is soldered onto the motherboard as well as 8GB of DDR5-3200 RAM in a DIMM slot for a total of 16GB. I was able to confirm this on the CPU-Z application. You can expand upto a total of 40GB. Hopefully that helps clear up some confusion! The RTX 3060 performed flawlessly when playing Doom Eternal and Resident Evil Village. I typically averaged anywhere from 75 to 125 FPS on "Ultra" settings on Doom Eternal and anywhere between 80 to 130 FPS on mostly high settings on RE Village. One thing to note though, as most are already aware, the 3060 has 6GB of VRAM. This limited me on Doom Eternal from going anything above "Ultra" settings (i.e. Nightmare and Ultra nightmore modes) and I couldnt go above 2GB of texture quality (High) on RE Village due to a lot of the other settings also requiring a certain amount of VRAM. As you can see on my screenshot, the game itself will advise you when youre going over the VRAM capacity. This is of course just a limitation of the 3060's 6GB VRAM buffer. If you're the type of person that just needs to crank everything to maximum, the 3070 or 3080 offerings will serve you best. With that said, gaming on this ROG zephyrus with the 3060 provided an extremely high fidelity gameplay experience. Playing on a 15 inch screen on 1440p, I couldnt imagine that having the ability to turn up the graphics settings to the absolute highest tier would make that much of a visual fidelity difference. Gaming on this was an extremely fluid and smooth experience with some amazing performance. Benchmarking this laptop on 3D Mark's "TimeSpy", I achieved a 6870 on the standard Asus ROG "Performance" mode and a very impressive 8251 score when using the "Turbo" mode on this laptop. When using Turbo mode, I also noticed a noticeable improvement in games of around at least 10 additional FPS. I also love how easy Asus made it to turn on Turbo mode (simply hold down the Function key and press the F5 key with the fan logo). Do note that if not using headphones, the fans can get pretty loud on Turbo mode! My absolute favorite things about this gaming laptop is the touchpad, audio experience, and keyboard. Without a doubt, I think Asus makes the best touchpad on any Windows gaming laptop. I've always held Apple as the gold standard for touchpads and this feels just as good. It's extremely premium compared to the competition. I've handled much more expensive gaming laptops and the touchpad is something that is so often overlooked by many companies; yet it's one of the single most important components that you frequently interact with especially when youre on the go. It is buttery smooth with just the right amount of tacticle feedback without producing an overly annoying click. The audio blew my socks off! This thing has two upward firing speakers near the keyboard and two downfiring speakers on the bottom of the laptop. They're the best speakers I've heard on any laptop yet. The keyboard is a dream to type on. The layout is ergnomic with each key spaced out enough so that your hands never feel cramped. The key action feels squishy and comfy yet responsive. I also love the well thought out placement of some of the keyboard shortcuts like having the audio keys at the top of the keyboard as well as the ROG key. You can press the ROG key to launch the armoury crate software whenever you want to boost your clocks in Turbo mode, edit the lighting on your keyboard, adjust fan curves, or set the 3060 as the discrete GPU (as opposed to swapping back and forth with the integrated AMD graphics to save power) and a ton of other customization options. The QHD 165Hz IPS display on this laptop is gorgeous. While it is not HDR and it does not offer crazy levels of peak brightness, I found the 300 nits of peak brightness on this display more than plenty. It appears as though the display is also pantone validated and has a color space rating of 100% DCI-P3. It is no wonder that this display produces some great color accuracy, deep blacks, and wonderful skin tones. Skin tones look natural and colors appear bright and vivid while not looking overly saturated like they do on a lot of displays these days. Gaming on this display is incredibly fluid. There is no backlight bleed whatsoever on my display. Uniformity seems very good on an all white background as well. Whatever Asus is doing with the QA on their displays these days is certainly apparent. The last thing I'd like to touch on is the thermals on this laptop. We all know the difficult challenge gaming laptops have when it comes to dissipating heat produced by a high end GPU. While this laptop can get a bit warm due to the 3060, it's one of the most thermal efficient gaming laptops I've ever used. As seen in my GPU temperature screenshot, when benchmarking on 3D Mark, the RTX 3060 never exceeded 77 degrees Celcius when under full load for extended periods of time. On a lot of other gaming laptops I've noticed that the chassis around the keyboard can get quite hot. On this ROG Zephyrus, it always felt cool to the touch. The amount of cooling vents on this laptop is very impressive. The placement was also thoughtfully considered as they don't compromise the placement of the keyboard or input ports for peripherals. In the RTX3060 gaming laptop segment, this ROG Zephyrus G15 is my absolute favorite so far. Asus took a lot of tasteful and thoughtful considerations with the design of this gaming laptop. All the way from the sleek and low profile design cues to one of the most premium touchpads to ever grace a gaming laptop. The immersive audio experience and the beast thermal performance were also other aspects that Asus nailed. Asus didn't just deliver a couple of heavy hitting specs on paper, they delivered a fully thought out package for the serious gamer/power user. This is the reason I believe that this year's Zephyrus G15 deserves a full five stars rating. Well done Asus! If you're shopping in the RTX 3060 category of gaming laptops, this is the one to get.