Customer Ratings & Reviews

I got this laptop during the techtober sale and it was so worth it. This laptop is a beast and can do it all. I wanted a portable gaming PC and that's what I got! It runs every game I've tried so far really well. I got it mainly for gaming but also for drawing. Its been working super smoothly for that as well, I have genuinely noticed no issues. I also picked it up in store at my nearest location and the workers were very nice and helpful the whole time. Definitely worth your money!!

The ASUS TUF series offers great hardware performance at a competitive price point, but unfortunately, the build quality leaves much to be desired. Out of the box, the screen was slightly bent/curved on the right side. Also either the board or the cooling system may have been pushing the keyboard upward. On the positive side, the 1080p display is excellent for FPS gaming, delivering smooth visuals that make fast-paced titles enjoyable. The system runs games reliably and has the specs needed for demanding titles. That said, the fit and finish issues—like the warped screen and raised keyboard—take away from what could have been a near-perfect budget gaming laptop. Overall: If you don’t mind some minor flaws here and there, this is still a solid machine with strong gaming performance for the price.

It took me 8 hours to transfer over from 2019 specced Acer Nitro 5, with 8GB RAM, a laptop GTX 1650Ti, and an Intel i5-10300H, but after getting everything off my HDD onto a 2nd SSD and popping that 2nd SSD in I was off to the races. The first week was bliss. Sure, the fans can sound like a jet engine taking off, but thats actually what I want to hear when I make this thing run BoneWorks (and it runs the game extremely well... why dont more people try to do PCVR with one of these?). After my first BIOS update though, things started going south. Now, when I go to open a game, it feels like Windows rolls an invisible D20, and if I fail the save the entire system just reboots.... for no apparent reason AT ALL. It did this twice when I went to launch Megabonk a few days ago, and it did it to me again tonight when I went to launch Prey 2017. I'm actually glad it didnt decide to do it while I was in VR, or I'd of probably been BIG MAD after I got done getting my stomach to stop doing blackflips. Don't get me wrong, computer will rip thru EVERYTHING I throw at it, but the restart issue? PLEASE FIX IT, ASUS!! P.S: Battery life need not apply due to the nature of the loads this baby will carry... it stays plugged in and on a cooling pad unless being transported. As for that recommendation... the restart issue is the only caveat I have against it, I hope you arent planning a game marathon!!

I purchased this laptop for myself and it has unfortunately been a pretty poor experience. I purchased this laptop and within the first day, I started to experience fan issues. I originally thought it was a software issue so I tried updating the BIOS, Armory Crate, Windows OS and nothing fixed the issue. I eventually reached out and contacted ASUS technical support who instructed me to run the myASUS diagnostics scan, and the results of the scan said (essentially) "fan error, contact manufacturer." (See pictured below for *actual* error msg) ASUS technical support then informed me that I had to ship the laptop to their technology center for repair; they provided me with a shipping label but I was charged ~25 USD from FedEx for packaging because (according to ASUS) "you can NOT ship in the original box". I was a little irritated about this, but at this point I'm still trying to maintain a level of grace/patience. I ship the laptop on a Tuesday, tracking shows on Thursday it's been delivered that morning. In my head, figured this should be an easy repair (maybe 1-2 business days). Estimate updates on Friday and it says repair will take a week. They proceed to sit on it for a week and when the repair ETA is due, they push the repair window back. As soon as the second repair ETA is up, they email me that the laptop can NOT be fixed and ASUS is going to exchange for a replacement. It's been a week since I got that email (with no follow up), so I called ASUS technical support. The representative couldn't provide me with any tangible information and told me it will likely be another 3-5 business days before they can find a replacement. I really liked this laptop when I was using it (keyboard was a little off center/wonky, but nothing problematic), but I probably wouldn't recommend an ASUS product after this repair experience.

So far so good. The battery drains pretty quickly when gaming. It lasts only a couple of hours and then I have to plug it in. If you are doing regular computer stuff it lasts about 8 hours. It’s a big upgrade from desktop gaming PC and I’m pretty happy with the performance. My games are heavily modded and I have had no problems with performance. I don’t really do online gaming so I’m not sure how it would handle it.

Beautiful design, great performance, and amazing battery life. Great value for the price! I use it for AI development, and it runs perfectly.

Beast laptop! Does very good on CS and Elden ring on max settings. Battery life is very good ~ 8 hours of screen time.

The ASUS TUF A16 with Ryzen 9 270, 32GB RAM, and RTX 5070 (8GB) delivers excellent performance for gaming and productivity. It handles AAA titles at high/ultra settings in 1200p with stable FPS and runs cool under load. While there are better high-end options, this model offers outstanding value — especially if you get it on sale. Great choice for users who want strong specs at a reasonable price.

This laptop is a real beast for gaming. Runs smoothly on high settings with almost no heating issues. The fans are not too loud and it stays stable even during long gaming sessions. The display refresh rate and colors are excellent. It delivers both in performance and design. Highly recommend it for anyone looking for a gaming laptop.

I’ve been using this laptop for both gaming and work, and it has easily become one of my best purchases. I play DUNE, GTA, and Cyberpunk – not all on full ultra settings, but still at very high quality, smooth, and enjoyable. The system handles demanding titles really well. Since the laptop comes with an NPU AI and ML tasks run much faster and more efficiently. I’m planning to dive deeper into AI/ML projects, and this machine feels like it’s built for that future. Everyday tasks and multitasking also benefit from the extra processing power. I genuinely love how it looks and feels. Considering the performance this laptop offers excellent value for money.

This laptop it’s incredible because all graphics it’s amazing and i can play all games with the best’s quality

I purchased this Laptop for myself a few weeks ago and I haven’t regretted it! It’s only a laptop and yet it runs modern games like a dream. For anyone who needs a strong laptop that’s up to date, this one is for you

Great gaming laptop! This PC has an extremely powerful GPU and the CPU is perfect for a laptop. 10/10 would definitely recommend!

Bought this a while ago, best purchases I had yet!

I like this laptop but it is very heavy and hurts my wrist as it sits up too high on the edge.

The ASUS TUF A16 is a decent budget friendly gaming laptop. I've used other brands like Alienware, MSI, and Omen, but I gotta say I am a big fan of ASUS and have had many of their products over the years, whether its their line of Ultrabooks, ROG Towers, Zephyrus, and STRIX, so I was expecting excellent results from the TUF A16 and I'm happy to say I was impressed. Aesthetically, it looks great in its Jaeger Grey shell and RGB lighting, which is like a matte gunmetal grey. The bottom vents are nice and allow for pretty good airflow, it didn't get hot or quickly build up heat when it was used on flat surfaces and the fans were not insanely noisey or loud, you hear them but its more like a soft hum. Battery life is average for a gaming laptop, on Performance mode I was getting about 2-2.5hrs, which I saw was roughly normal when doing the same on my STRIX G18. Under the hood its got a FHD (1920x1080) 165hz screen which is nice snappy. The Nvidia RTX 5070 is a solid performer GPU, ideal for 1440p gaming, however based on specs its only a small upgrade overall from its previous 40series but will be a big improvement if upgrading from a 30 or 20series. It has 32gb of RAM, which is excellent for processing that 165hz refresh rate and getting games to load up very quickly. Internal storage is 1TB SSD which is nice but kinda the norm these days so yeah. Overall, I like the ASUS TUF A16, I was able to play some games without issue and it is capable of being used for work so I can game on down time.

Hands down the best laptop I've had. In the past, I had the idea that the TUF line from Asus was a cheap one with a lot a cut corners for pricing. Not anymore, I recently have had the chance to use their other PC parts (like motherboard and video card) and I was greatly surprised by the quality for the price, they really are "TUF". Having that in mind, this laptop did not disappoint me. It came nicely tucked in a briefcase style cardboard box. Inside was the laptop and a large AC brick adapter and power cable. Upon turning the laptop on, I went through the steps of signing on my Windows account and there were some OS updates. After that I was on the desktop screen. I first browsed around to see if there were some bloatware installed around. I saw their Armory crate and MyAsus software (this one lets you update drivers, bios, register etc). I was worried, as in the past I loathed their Armory Crate one for being resource heavy, however I was pleasantly surprised to see they have worked on it since I last saw it long time ago. It felt quick and not bloated. I was just "to the point". It let me monitor temps, fan speeds and change them. Also control their RGB. On this last point, the RGB backlit keyboard is gorgeous. It feels super nice and responsive, it appears their are using some type of gasket or something akin to it like desktop mechanical keyboards (granted they keycaps themselves are still the clichet type, just fyi). The WASD keys are more transparent, kind of making clear their intent (aka, gaming!). The screen is great and the refresh rate is fast and also supports variable refresh rate, in the form of G-sysnc, this is great as being a laptop style GPU not all games are going to run at the full 165hz, so if there are any dips in the framerate, they would not be as harsh as a fixed refresh rate display. The CPU is a laptop style AMD Ryzen one, although it has the "9" suffix, its not like the desktop counterparts (9 series on desktops are either 12 or 16 cores, with a wimpy integrated GPU). This one is a 8 core 16 threads one and has good integrated GPU (780M), thus being more like an APU plus it has a NPU too for Ai tasks. This integrated GPU runs the desktop and you can make it run also low power games (like indie games, or games that not require that much power). However, the laptop has a discrete laptop version of the nVidia RTX 5070 GPU with 8GB of video ram. With nVidia optimus and the OS being aware of it, it should switch automatically to it when you are running demanding games (you can choose this manually too). The nVidia GPU is great and ran most single player games at maxed out settings, however with the help of upscaling (Nvidia's DLSS 4 is like black magic). I was running Doom the Dark Ages, Alan wake 2 and Silent hill 2 remake all maxed out even with ray tracing on (but with DLSS) and frame rates were around 60fps and above. The laptop stayed cool on my plugged on AC power gaming sessions and you can definitely tell when the fans ramp up, but they were not annoying or anything. I did not test the sound on games because I use a headphones, but it supports Dolby atmos just fine and the speakers sounded good when watching some youtube videos. Battery life was great and I used it through the day with just some light gaming, but definitely if you want to game at max performance, plug it in. It also has plenty of USB ports and more importantly for me an HDMI port so I can take it to my room and game on my big screen TV. It worked good this way too. I also liked you can upgrade the storage and ram in the future since it has an extra nvme slot and the RAM is replaceable. If you are looking for a laptop with amazing performance and very well built, this is the one. I can play any modern game out there at full settings no problem (with DLSS)!!!!

The Asus TUF Gaming A16 is a solid mid-range gaming laptop. The Asus ROG series are the top of the line for Asus, but this TUF series is a good gaming machine at a lower price point. This one comes with a 1920x1200 16:10 monitor. For adding onto the laptop, you have HDMI, USB-C, USB-A , 1GB LAN, and a power adapter. All of the connections you need for accessories. It has Wi-Fi 6E, 32GB RAM, an 8 core/16 thread CPU, 1080p camera, and a 1TB M.2 (Gen 4 slot) installed. The unit has a plastic bottom that is easily removable for upgrades or changes. The laptop looks good in a nice gray. The screen is hinged before the end of the laptop so there is a small lip in the back. This is where they placed the power and use indicator lights, so if the screen is up, you can’t see them. The unit is powered by a 240w power supply for full power. On full power the laptop does well, games are smooth with decent settings on them. Coming with 32GB or RAM, you won’t need to upgrade it. For more storage space, there is another M.2 slot available under the machine. Taking off the bottom cover provides easy access to the slot. The Nvidia RTX5070 does a good job even at the higher refresh rates. For testing with the 3Dmark program it did well for what it has. In Speed way it got 3383, Steel Nomad 2966 and Steel Nomad light 13809. With only running on battery the Steel Nomad score fell to 1934. The battery life seems decent. Once unplugged, the laptop reported 6 hours of use in normal mode. Switching to gaming and turning off or down some functions it went to 1.5 hours or less. 10 hours is claimed and seem possible if you turn off functions or use eco modes. The keyboard is backlit, and the WASD keys can be emphasized. You can go through Armory Crate to make adjustments to the colors as you like. With a 16” screen the laptop is little smaller than some other gaming laptops, but that also means less weight. It is heavier than a non-gaming laptop, at 4.85 pounds. But it’ll fit in more bags and can be easy to carry around. The laptop came with no bloatware, just Asus Armory Crate. I found Armory Crate to have gotten better and a good center to control and monitor Asus products. The monitor is good and displays colors nicely with great refresh rates. Using a secondary screen via the HDMI port and the RTX5070 also rendered nicely. The laptop can get loud under sustained loads as the fans kick in to keep it cool. The laptop has a full sized keyboard with a numpad. With only a 16” screen this means the spacing is cramped. A lot of keys are crammed in the space. The touchpad completes the bottom of the keyboard area. It reacted well and worked as expected. This is a solid mid-range gaming laptop. The advantages are you don’t need to add anything to it like RAM, and the CPU and GPU provide enough power to play games with decent graphic settings when plugged in. You won’t get every bell and whistle, but if you’re on the go, it’s more than enough to pass the time. The cramped keyboard and numpad are the only concessions on the laptop, if you have larger hands. Everything else is good for the price point.

Got this as I wanted to check out the new RTX 50 series cards. While it's not going to have the performance of a desktop version of the 5070, it still carries over all the new features like Multi-Frame Generation, DLSS4 and it's new Transformer model. I'm going to use Cyberpunk 2077 solely as this is one of the few games (that I own) that supports the newer features on the 50 series. In terms of generational gains, in my review of the 2024 TUF Dash I was seeing around 45 fps on the Ray Tracing Ultra preset. Running at the same resolution and settings with the old CNN model, I saw an average of 60 FPS. The only thing I changed was setting DLSS to Quality. I don't know if there's an issue with Transformer Model DLSS, but it seems there's about 5% decrease in performance. Now given this is only a 16" display and 1200p, it's harder to pick out the really fine details. On a larger display this will be easier to distinguish. I did notice in the benchmark in the part where it goes into the alley with the puddle, there wasn't any artifacting or shimmering. With 2x Multi-Frame Gen, I was seeing FPS at 103 for an average. Enabling Ray Reconstruction and Path Tracing, I saw an average of around 40. Some spots I saw as much as 75 FPS and the lowest was a reported 30. It did look and feel a lot smoother than 40 FPS though. I think the result is skewed though. I don't recall it being below 55 fps but for a few seconds throughout the benchmark, it was mostly around 60 for the duration. One thing that is an issue, foliage behaves odd, there's shimmering and artifacting. Without RT enabled, namely Path Tracing or Ray Reconstruction, there's a lot of flickering with the Transformer Model, but CNN is not affected by this. Once you turn on RT and PT with Ray Reconstruction, the flickering goes away and both models look identical. Noise level's seem more subdued this go. It does get loud, it doesn't seem near as loud as the 2024 model. This is good of course given if you're not using headphones, you'll actually be able to hear things from the speakers. As for the speakers themselves, they get loud, but again, they're laptop speakers, they'll never be able to match the definition and clarity you'd get from a pair of headphones. Storage is a WD SN5000S Gen 4 drive. Speeds are good, 6345 Read and 5300 Write. I'm disappointed as it's a QLC drive. Even with just installing one game and some running some benchmarks, plus whatever was done at the factory, the drive already shows there being just under 1TB written and the drive is only good for 300TB. This is concerning to me. I would highly suggest either replacing the drive, or purchase a secondary and load all your games to that drive. There really should be at least a TLC based drive in here, even an older model like an SN770 or SN850/SN850X which is equally as fast but with at least double the longevity. Temperatures here are about what you'd expect in a laptop. While running Cyberpunk and using the built in monitoring through Armory crate, the CPU and GPU were both averaging in the mid 70's. I think there was a brief moment it did get to the 80's but it didn't remain there for long. Even my older TUF Dash ran warmer than this and got quite a bit louder. Something I noticed that's a welcome addition over the earlier models, under the bottom panel towards the rear, there copper plate that runs the width of the panel that makes contact with the Heatpipes. I don't know how much of a difference this makes, but the more surface area for cooling the better. I think coupled with a cooling pad you might be able to shed a few degrees given that this plate is attached to the bottom cover since there would be closer contact and faster heat dissipation. Without testing this firsthand it's hard to say though. I don't know what they're doing in terms of heat transfer here, whether this is vapor chambers or if this is just your standard fare heatpipes, but compared with my other TUF and some of my other gaming based laptops, this has to be the coolest running system I've ever used. The Keyboard is good. It gets quite bright so it's ideal for those night time gaming sessions. I also appreciate it having a 10-key as well. It seems more and more smaller systems are getting 10 Keys again after them being absent for so long. Typing on it is fine, but I will always defer to an external keyboard. The Touchpad is responsive and accurate, again though, external ones are my preference. The display is nice. 1900x1200, so it's slightly higher resolution that my older TUF Dash. It's a 165HZ display as well. It gets plenty bright so I don't forsee any issues with using it during the daytime to overcome any direct or indirect sunlight. I am a bit surprised to not see any HDR support here. I think that would have been a pleasant addition especially when a lot of games are now taking advantage of it. Battery life is about average. I didn't test it extensively, but I would say you can expect 60-90 minutes in a demanding game otherwise for media, you can probably expect to make it through a 2-2.5 hour movie. It's got a 240W Adapter so it definitely will eat up some power when it's running full tilt. It's a bit portly though with it's weight. I want to say the majority of that is due to the cooling. This is a trade off I'm more than happy to make. I don't mind a heavier laptop, especially if it's not being moved frequently if it keeps it much cooler as that also in turn leads to longer life. Overall, it's a good option for those that don't have the room for a desktop and want something that's going to be able to push most current games out there. Aside from benefitting from better storage and maybe a cooling pad, you really can't go wrong here.

The Asus TUF A16 Gaming laptop is a beast of a machine. There is a lot packed into this 16" laptop's frame. The AMD Ryzen 9 270 CPU is a phenomenal CPU for gaming. It can easily power the most demanding games. It has a built in GPU as well that allows you to maximize your battery power. It does this by deactivating the dedicated GPU while handling non GPU intensive tasks like browsing, or watching videos. The Nvidia RTX 5070 mobile GPU is what really makes the TUF A16 shine. Running at the built in screen's 1920x1200 (Full HD+) resolution, you can run every game at max settings and they will run flawlessly. The DLSS x4 does a great job at boosting the frame rates to make gaming buttery smooth, and look amazing while doing it. The Crew Motorfest runs flawlessly at max settings running a constant 60FPS(game capped), and with Monster Hunter Wilds using ultra settings and the high resolution texture pack DLC, I was getting 120 DLSS or higher. The Gameplay was flawless. The 32GB of DDR5 RAM is more than enough for everything you could throw at this machine, and it makes multitasking easy. The built in screen is fantastic. There is no backlight bleed through on my example, and the 165Hz display with NVIDIA G-SYNC looks stunning while gaming and watching videos. It comes with a 1TB SSD drive, which is an excellent starting point, and if you remove the back, you will be pleasantly surprised to find another spot available for an additional drive. The A16 has a full keyboard, which is becoming a rare option. The RGB lighting is pretty basic. it's either all or nothing type of thing. You can not customize individual keys. You can have Windows control the keyboard RGB color, or use Aura Sync. There are definitely more options available in Aura Sync. As far a cooling and fan noise goes, this is the quietest laptop I have used recently. Yes, it does get loud, but all gaming laptops with this level of performance are going to be making fan noises. It's very quiet while browsing the internet or watching videos. But once you get a game going the fans do spin up and make noise. It also has a 100W USB-C charge port for your personal devices. I use it to rapid charge my phone.