Storage Performance and Battery Life

CrystalDiskMark gives us a quick look at a drive's read and write performance, both sequentially and at 4k. We set the queue depths to 32.

Finally, battery life is tested in a few ways. First, I test by running a DVD version of Ted looped via VLC until the battery dies. Next, I test by running Unigine Valley. Since NVIDIA's forced use of GeForce Experience tends to limit FPS to 30-60 frames, I test with a frame rate limited to 30 or 60 FPS if necessary, depending on the strength of the graphics processing unit. For the gaming battery tests, Unigine Valley is set to run at 1920x1080 with High Settings and no anti-aliasing. The final test is PCMark 8 Home Conventional, which measures battery life with the benchmark in a loop.

CrystalDiskMark

Battery Life