Asus ZenBook Pro is designed to provide faster and more powerful performance than its predecessor. Support for the 7th generation Intel Core i7 processor and a discrete NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 graphics card makes this laptop quite reliable for heavy work, ranging from graphic design, creating animations, and playing games. This laptop is also equipped with a Full HD Touch NanoEdge screen which makes the screen feel wider but the body remains compact.
Asus ZenBook Pro Price
Until this article was written, the Asus ZenBook Pro is only available in one series, the UX550VD. For this series, Asus is priced at Rp. 26,299,000. The price that is priced is quite commensurate with all the advantages that you will get when using ZenBook Pro. This super compact laptop is equipped with gaming laptop class specifications so it's only natural that the price is quite high. For the color variant itself, only one type is available, namely matte black.
Thin Design and Beautiful to Look at
Just like premium laptops in general, the Asus ZenBook Pro is also made of aluminum. The unibody design concept with cuts processed through Diamond Cut Edge makes it look more presentable. Its matte black color is suitable for describing a professional character. The thickness of this laptop is only 18.9 mm and weighs only 1.8 kg.
Keyboard with 1.5 mm travel key and silver backlit lights add comfort when typing. ZenBook Pro is also equipped with a touchpad with fairly good accuracy. The fingerprint sensor is embedded in the touchpad to make it easier for you to log into Windows. ZenBook Pro is equipped with a high-capacity 73 Wh lithium battery. Large battery capacity and battery management features make this laptop can last up to 10 hours. In addition, there is also fast-charge technology that can charge 60% of the battery in just 49 minutes.
FHD NanoEdge Touch Screen
The NanoEdge technology screen with touch function allows you to get a 15.6 screen laptop with a smaller body frame. NanoEdge reduces the screen bezel thickness to 7.3 mm so that it is able to provide a screen-to-body ratio of up to 83%. The screen resolution reaches Full HD and the 178-degree wide viewing angle panel maintains color and image consistency when viewed from various angles. Screen support with 100% sRGB and 72% NTSC color composition provides sharp images and accurate colors.
High Performance Intel Core i7 Processor
Asus ZenBook Pro is powered by a gaming-class processor, the Intel Core i7-7700HQ. The four cores have a clock speed of up to 3.8 GHz, or 8% higher than the previous generation. When tested with PCMark 08, the Intel Core i7-7700HQ performed 1.37 times faster than the Intel Core i7-6700HQ, and 1.05 times faster than the i7-6820HQ.
The Intel Core i7-7700HQ has a base clock speed of 2.8 GHz. Turbo Boost technology boosts the processor clock speed when needed to up to 3.8 GHz. The four cores in it can handle 8 threads or twice as much as a regular quad-core processor. In this way, the laptop's performance when handling complex multitasking jobs.
Memory and Storage Capacity
Asus ZenBook Pro is equipped with a PCIe 3.0 SSD with a capacity of 512 GB. This SSD read speed can reach 3 Gbps and can write data up to 1.7 Gbps. This PCIe 3.0 SSD is able to match the PCIe x2 and SATA 3 SSDs in other laptops. Plus, 16GB RAM support with DDR4 2400 MHz technology allows you to get super fast multitasking performance.
Cooling Technology Dual-Fan Cooling System
To dissipate heat from inside the laptop, Asus ZenBook Pro relies on two very efficient fans to dissipate heat. The two fans in the laptop are then connected to 3 copper pipes to circulate hot air more quickly out of the system. Compared to the previous generation of cooling technology, this latest cooling technology can reduce heat up to 2.35 degrees cooler.
Gaming grade GPU
Asus ZenBook Pro is also supported by NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 discrete graphics processor with 4GB GDDR5 video memory. When compared to its predecessor (GTX 960M), the graphics performance of the GTX 1050 has doubled the performance. In addition, this graphics card is also supported by DirectX 12 so that it can provide greater performance and the most intensive graphics tasks, such as 3D rendering and playing Full HD video. Reliable graphics make this laptop suitable for graphic design work and photo or video processing.
Thunderbolt 3 . ports
Connectivity is one of the advantages offered by Asus ZenBook Pro. This laptop is equipped with two USB Type C ports that support Thunderbolt 3 technology. With data transfer speeds of up to 40 Gbps, the data transfer performance can reach 2 times faster than Thunderbolt 2 and 8 times faster than USB 3.0. Besides being able to transfer data, the Thunderbolt 3 port can also be connected to two external displays up to Full HD resolution. Asus ZenBook Pro is the best choice for professional graphic design workers.
Asus ZenBook Pro Specifications
| Platforms | |
| Type | Laptops |
| OS | Windows 10 Home |
| Processor Type | Intel Core i7 |
| Onboard Processor | Intel® Core™ i7-7700HQ Processor (6M Cache, up to 3.80 GHz) |
| Graphic | Intel HD Graphics 630 |
| Memory | |
| RAM | 16GB |
| RAM type | DDR4 2400 MHz |
| HDD | – |
| SSD | 512GB |
| Graphic | |
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 |
| Screen Size | 15.6 inch |
| Screen Resolution | Full HD 1920 x 1080 pixels |
| body | |
| Size | 36.5 x 25.1 x 1.89 cm |
| Weight | 1.8 kg |
| Color Choice | Matte Black |
| Others | |
| Speaker | Harman Kardon Quad Speakers |
| WebCam | VGA webcam |
| Wi-Fi | Dual band 802.11ac Wi-Fi |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| Keyboard | Backlit Keyboard |
| Touchpad | Yes |
| Port | USB 3.1 Type-C, USB 3.1 Type-A, HDMI, MicroSD |
| Battery | 73Wh 8-cell lithium-polymer |