Finally, our Z270 test rig has a 960GB Kingston HyperX Savage. The Acer Helios features a 256GB Micron 1100. The Gigabyte Aero 15X is equipped with a 256GB SM961.
The Razer Blade Stealth contains a 512GB PM961. We've included the Razer Blade Stealth's standalone results to illustrate how a docked GPU may impact your laptop's common workday performance.Īll of the laptops in this comparison contain Samsung SSDs, except for the Acer Predator Helios 300. Conversely, the Adobe Creative test loads assets such as photo and video, so it requires a fine balance between fast storage speeds, a strong CPU, and a strong GPU. The Microsoft Office scores are primarily CPU-bound. To approximate a system’s common workday performance, we use PCMark 8’s Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative tests. Our results will illustrate the amount of performance lost between a standard gaming desktop and a GPU dock setup with and identical GPU. It contains an Intel Core i7-7700K desktop processor, a GTX 1070 Founders Edition, and 16GB of DDR4-2133 memory. The Helios received top marks for its outstanding performance given its price, but like the MSI Raider, it isn't as affordable as an ultrabook.įinally, we’ve added our Z270 test rig results to the mix. To compare how well a GTX 1070-equipped GPU dock performs against a lower-end mobile graphics card, we’ve included the venerable Acer Predator Helios 300, one of our favorite and most recommended laptops.
Max-Q offers an attractive balance between size and power, and gamers shopping for the a laptop + GPU dock combo may instead be pleased with the size and performance a Max-Q laptop such as the Aero 15X offers.
The Gigabyte Aero 15X represents our Max-Q contender, containing a GTX 1070 version of said technology, an i7-7700HQ, 16GB of DDR4-2400 memory, a 256GB M.2 SSD, a 15.5” FHD IPS display.
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