Customer Ratings & Reviews

Excellent for gaming graphics are phenomenal smooth even with the rtx 3070 ti enough of everything for anything....

I love my laptop. It gets warm no doubt. Battery doesn't last when its turned up. But so so worth it

I think this laptop deserves better reviews. Love the design. Very sleek and thin for a gaming laptop. Also the fan noise isn't too bad. My previous gaming laptop had much louder fan noises. Screen is absolutely gorgeous and keyboard feels really good. The only downside is the battery life but with this spec,it's acceptable.

Very good product, delivery was on time and quick. The product is brand new and in a very good shape, no issues so far. That said, I couldn't register my laptop under my name/account and whenever I am trying to an error message shows the product is already registered !!! But no way to know when, how or who registered it and under which account.

Love this product! Can handle most of the games I play from steam or epic games on high settings!

Echoing businessminded's review. I purchased this laptop with the expectation that 16G would be soldered / on-board RAM, and I could expand with another 16G in the future. Just opened it up and found that Otherwise, laptop performance is great. Typing experience has been smooth for me, display looks fantastic on my end, everything run so far has been pretty fast, etc. I just really didn't expect to see 8GB on-board DDR5 when the ASUS answers on here had previously confirmed we would receive 16B on-board DDR5.

My unit ran well with no dead pixels and no keyboard/trackpad problems. Silent mode is silent, but on performance mode the fans are quite loud. It’s even louder in turbo mode. Yes I was mislead also by Asus’ responses of them saying it had 16GB of soldered ram with a free ram slot, which they were wrong about. But my main issue is the horrible screen uniformity and backlight bleed. The picture makes it look way blown out, but you can still see where the light areas are from the bleeds. I will be returning for this reason. The display otherwise is gorgeous, color and resolution wise.

Fast and smooth. Runs all of my games flawlessly. Love it!

Great device, so powerfully to hard rendering and engineering process. I got $450 discount so I’m very happy.

very capable laptop, I use it for photo/video editing and gaming, no problem!!!

Excellent Gaming/Workload Machine! I have not had it too long now, but so far it is outstanding. I got it on sale for only $1350 and what an actual steal this was for a 3070 TI and a 12900h. I really hate the one soddim slot but Upgraded to a crucial 4800 mhz 32 gig stick to get 40 gigs. Also added a samsung 980 pro 1TB m.2 without issue. Overall wait for a sale and its fantastic offering even into 2023!

Runs everything without issue. Smooth, fast, and responsive.

Literally my first review ever.. currently playing D4 full blast. Loving it.

It works great and runs very smooth. It runs programs great as well.

This is a highly powerful, elegant, and light laptop. It serves me well for working and for gaming. The core i9 processor makes this computer highly responsive and fast.

I bought this laptop cause my other laptop broke, and I really had to sit and consider the price over the tech. I'm gonna be honest, I was considering going with something cheaper. But I decided to go with this laptop, and haven't been disappointed. The smoothness of the graphics, the power of the processor, and the sleek and clean look of the laptop really make it worth it's value. It even has a camera, which my old one didn't. Only downside that I have found so far is that it only has 2 USB slots, which my old laptop had 3. But that is something that can be worked around. Otherwise, I have nothing but love for this laptop and I'm glad that I made the purchase!

I personally travel alot for work and this laptop has become a life saver, from doing all of my worked related items to gaming in my free time i couldn’t expect anything better, its sleak and slim design not only makes it look beautiful but it fits easily in just about any carring bag or backpack i own.

Beautiful laptop with great specifications for an awesome price. The only thing is the laptop is very prone to fingerprint smudges, so you'll have to clean it very very often

As a college student studying architecture and computer science, this laptop can handle everything I throw at it. GPU and CPU speeds are extremely fast when I want to relax and play games, 1600p 16:10 display gets to 500 bits of brightness which is plenty even for outdoor use, display is also extremely color accurate especially for the work i do, battery is okay but it opens the option for a lighter-weight 100w usbc charger, software integration of extended display and optimized battery health is wonderfully forged, only slight problem that i notice is the display started to wrinkle a little bit but i'm sure i can just replace it

INTRO: On paper, this ASUS ROG Zephyrus M16 (GU603Z) is packed with top-tier specs that should get many mobile PC gamers excited, but does ASUS’ execution deliver on the promises? UNBOXING: The unboxing experience of the M16 is pretty cool. You have a briefcase-esque box with an ROG design on the box. And once you lift up the lid of the briefcase, the rear-side of the M16 tilts upward so that you can just grab the laptop without having to shimmy the laptop out. This design is a reference to the ErgoLift hinge on the M16 to help with airflow. Aside from that, you’ll find a 240W wall charger (6.5in x 1in x 3in) that connects to the M16 via DC barrel plug. BUILD QUALITY: The M16 has a design that’s mostly plastic. On the outside of the laptop, the top and the bottom panel are both plastic, but the top has a diffused texture rather than a cheap glossy or smooth feel. On the bottom, you’ve got 10 screws along the perimeter and another 3 screws hidden under some removable rubber caps. The keyboard deck area uses a soft touch rubbery kind of texture which is much more susceptible to collecting oils and grease—something I’m not particularly a fan of from an aesthetic perspective. Additionally, on my unit, the USB-A ports have far too tight of tolerances. They will loosen up over time, but at first it was honestly difficult to plug anything into the USB-A ports without feeling like I was going to break something. I will be very unhappy if this issue eventually causes damage. EXPANSION/UPGRADES: In terms of expansion, the M16 supports adding an extra m.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD in the 2280 form factor. Additionally, you have access to a single DDR5 SODIMM, with 8GB being soldered to the system. If you were to swap the removable SO-DIMM to a 32GB module, you could reach a theoretical maximum of 40GB of RAM. The removable SO-DIMM in my unit is the Samsung M425R1GB4BB0-CQKOL which runs at DDR5-4800 with latencies of 40-39-39-76 according to CPU-Z. DISPLAY: The display on the M16 is the AUO B160QAN02.Q which comes in at 2560x1600@165Hz and reaches 500 nits brightness. The display also covers 100% of the DCI-P3 color gamut, is Pantone validated for color accuracy, supports Dolby Vision and also supports VESA Adaptive Sync technology—AKA variable refresh rate. I personally think this is a fantastic display. It’s plenty bright, viewing angles are decent but not quite IPS-level, but has fast response times for gaming and excellent color reproduction. Additionally, the display supports the VESA Adaptive Sync standard—which is similar to FreeSync or G-Sync in that it synchronizes your game’s framerate with the display’s framerate. This can help smooth out games that operate below the refresh rate of the display. This display seems to operate best between 48Hz - 165Hz. Under the Intel Graphics Command Center app, I recommend leaving Adaptive Sync & Adaptive Sync Plus enabled, but disabling Unlock FPS because there is no benefit in rendering beyond the refresh rate of the display. You can read more about Adaptive Sync at the links below: https://www.reddit.com/r/XMG_gg/comments/q3jcqd/lets_talk_about_adaptive_sync_on_xmg_neo_with/ https://www.pcworld.com/article/617097/usb-c-and-adaptive-sync-do-g-sync-and-freesync-work-over-usb-c.html WEBCAM & MICROPHONE: The integrated webcam is not great. It comes in at 1280x720 at up to 30fps and it’s pretty choppy unless you have excellent lighting conditions. Otherwise, it’s a very smeary and grainy image. However, one benefit is that you have Windows Hello facial recognition using the IR cameras, and it has worked very well for me, overall. Logging in is seamless, and many applications that support biometric login can leverage Windows Hello. The microphone array is not great—especially when the fans are going. At medium-high gain levels, the microphone is clear, but it also introduces a ton of unwanted noise. However, I found that I could open the ASUS Armoury Crate and go to Device > System > Audio and set the Two-Way AI Noise Cancelation ON for the microphone array. While this makes your voice sound more compressed and digital, it eliminates a vast majority of noise. In that same app, there are other microphone modes such as Cardioid/Stereo/Omnidirectional, but in my testing, they sound terribly tinny & compressed. SPEAKER & HEADPHONE: The integrated speakers are decent for what they are. I did not have any issues with heavy vibrating distortion from the mylar drivers like I did with the 2021 TUF Dash F15—which is fantastic. I have enjoyed music from the M16 and chose the “Dynamic” mode under the Dolby Access app. The speakers get plenty loud and deliver an overall pleasant sound.They don’t come close to the speakers on the MacBook Pro 16”, but I didn’t mind listening to music on them. From my findings, the onboard headphone amplifier can get loud, but it does impact the frequency response—especially for headphones that pull a lot of power. I think this headphone is suitable for more sensitive headphones and headsets, but will lose detail on more power-hungry headphones like planar magnetic headphones. My Sennheiser HD 560S sounded good through the M16, but my Hifiman Sundara sounded less energetic and muffled in the treble—especially at lower volumes. Maxing out the volume on the Sundara could get it to comfortable levels whereas max volume on the HD 560S could definitely damage your ears. KEYBOARD: I like the keyboard on the M16. The keys are quiet, have good key-travel and are spaced out in such a way that is natural for me to type on without issue. It also features RGB lighting, but it is single zone (being 1 color for the entire board). You also have access to 4 macro keys at the top of the keyboard deck which can be changed via the Armoury Crate software. By default, they are your volume up & down, microphone mute and hotkey for opening Armoury Crate. I would have liked to see these Macro buttons work with the Fn key as well to give the user a total of 8 macro options, but holding the Fn key doesn’t do anything for the Macro keys. TOUCHPAD: The touchpad is reasonably sized on the M16. For me, it isn’t positioned obtrusively and I don’t find myself causing phantom mouse movements while typing on the keyboard. Multi-touch gestures work well, and it’s just an overall responsive trackpad. However, I’m not personally a fan of the amount of pressure it takes to register a click on the touchpad. I’m probably just spoiled with the likes of the Apple Force Touch trackpad, but the touchpad on the M16 just feels rather stiff/rigid, even compared to other gaming laptops I’ve tested. I consider this a nit-pick, but it’s also worth giving the feedback to ASUS. PERFORMANCE: *All performance testing was performed using the stock Turbo performance profile under Armoury Crate and using a stand that lifted the laptop off the desk. This system is using an Intel Core i9 12900H, 16GB of RAM, and an RTX 3070 Ti that can hit 100W and boost to 120W. From my testing against another system with a mobile RTX 3070 that can reach 140W, this 3070 Ti is limited mostly due thermal/power constraints and more or less matches a 140W RTX 3070. In some cases, the 3070 Ti beats it, while in other situations it actually loses. In my testing, the RTX 3070 Ti generally topped out around 75C under the Turbo performance profile in Armoury Crate, but in the most demanding scenarios, the CPU would reach over 90C, which is not the most desirable. Even so, I was able to run a game like Control maxed out with DLSS (default render res) + RT and still achieve around 60fps depending on the area. Dropping the render resolution to 720p would give me closer to 80fps average. A game like Call of Duty: Warzone would be more advantageous to shoot for high framerates. In my testing, I was able to achieve maximum settings and DLSS Balanced + RT while yielding over 120fps. Dialing back some settings and using a performance mode of DLSS should yield even higher framerates. Unigine Superposition 1080p Extreme DirectX benchmark: 6889 3DMark TimeSpy: 10470 (https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/72998418) Cinebench R23:16956 (multicore) over 10 minutes. Additionally, you have 1TB of PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD storage via the Micro 2450 MTFDKBA1T0TFK—which is great, but it’s barely reaching into PCIe 4.0 speeds at roughly 3600R/3500W sequential speeds in CrystalDiskMark. Even so, I’ve seen much slower drives in such expensive laptops, so I’m still happy to see this. Overall, performance is great, but the fan noise is quite loud because this is such a thin and light chassis at ~4.5lbs. BATTERY: In terms of battery life, I am getting somewhere around 6 hours on battery (silent performance profile) with mixed, non-gaming performance. This includes web browsing, listening to music, YouTube videos, etc. This was with Bluetooth turned on, although with no BT devices in use. While not bad, I’ve certainly seen better battery performance out of other laptops. That being said, I do think with some tweaking (maybe some undervolting?) I could get longer battery performance out of the system. CONCLUSION: Overall, the Zephyrus M16 is a good laptop, but it’s somewhat hard to justify the price tag unless you seriously want a thinner, lighter gaming notebook. On one hand, it has an incredibly fast processor, but it’s also much more susceptible to thermal throttling because the chassis is constrained for airflow. And with the RTX 3070 Ti only reaching a peak 120W, its performance is underwhelming when a 140W RTX 3070 can basically match it in a laptop that costs significantly less. From a performance perspective, what you’re getting in a chassis this size is awesome. But you are paying a premium to get it in this smaller notebook chassis. And unfortunately, I just don’t think that the price premium & size is quite worth it when you have to consider heat, fan noise and longevity.