Asus, the corporate that introduced you the hinge with a elevate, stands that concept on its head — or actually its lid — for the ProArtwork StudioGuide One. It’s a high-ranking member of Asus’ creator-focused laptop computer line, designed for professionals who want workstation graphics. The StudioGuide One opens a spot behind the display if you elevate the lid, rising the quantity of cool air the followers can suck in from the underside and sides with out requiring huge, ugly vents.
LikeTerrific 120Hz 4K show for working in Adobe RGBFast workstation graphics for its sizeThree Thunderbolt 3 connectors plus bundled hub
Don’t LikeKeyboard has little journey and liable to repeated charactersHeavy for a 15-incherHas some design annoyances, like the placement of the hot-air air flow and portsLacks the breadth of shade administration instruments we anticipate for the cash
After I completed hyperventilating as a result of I assumed I’d damaged the $10,000 system, I discovered the design fairly intelligent. The pocket book’s parts sit behind the show somewhat than beneath the keyboard, very similar to in an all-in-one desktop such because the iMac. Sadly, I will not have it lengthy sufficient to determine if it would have issues with the airflow as a consequence of cat hair ingestion.Mind the air flow hole.
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It’s a great factor the laptop computer has that hole, as a result of it is armed with some grisly warmth mills. It incorporates the brand new Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000 work graphics processor, the workstation equal of a GeForce RTX 2080 Super, and a very good Pantone Validated, 120Hz Adobe RGB 4K display. Putting them within the show part means it will not burn your lap or your fingers.
The catch is the place the new air’s vented: Through a spot above the display, aimed proper at your face. It would not blow the air out forcefully, so it isn’t prefer it blasts you with a sirocco, however it’s noticeable. Heat must be dissipated in some way, so select your lesser evil.This is the place the new air comes out.
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Because the parts are within the lid, the connectors — three Thunderbolt 3 ports in addition to the facility — are there, too. On one hand, it is good, as a result of all of the cables sit towards the again of your workspace somewhat than protruding the edges. But connections actually should not be on the part that strikes lots the place they’ll get jiggled. When I first started utilizing the StudioGuide One, I had some minor disconnection points whereas adjusting the lean of the show and whereas pushing the laptop computer round on the desk. They stopped after some time however if you happen to’re an intensive person of exterior storage you do not need to run the danger of an unintended disconnection whereas writing to the drive.
Not that something feels flimsy. This factor is constructed like a tank and the hinge feels additional tight.The view from the facet.
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It’s not a very skinny laptop computer — just below an inch (24.2mm) at its widest level — so it is disappointing that the keyboard has so little journey. If you hate Apple’s keyboards (responsible!), you will hate this one. It feels just like a MacBook’s. More of an issue is an annoying tendency to repeat keystrokes. Asus ProArtwork StudioGuide One
Price as reviewed
$9,999.99
Display
15.6-inch 3,840×2,160 120Hz Adobe RGB matte show
PC CPU
2.4GHz Intel Core i9-9980HK
PC Memory
64GB 2,7GHz DDR4
Graphics
24GB Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000 Max-Q
Storage
1TB SSD
Ports
3 x USB-C/Thunderbolt; bundled hub with 2 x USB-A, 1 x USB-C, 1 x HDMI, 1 x Ethernet)
Networking
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac), Bluetooth 5
Operating system
Windows 10 Pro 2004
Weight
6.4 lbs/2.9 kg
Yes, it is costly, however most of that price goes towards the workstation graphics processor and the 64GB RAM. Asus solely provides the one configuration. The subsequent step down is the $4,000 StudioGuide Pro 15 (with a extra conventional design), the Quadro RTX 5000, 48GB RAM and a Core i7-9750H (however I feel the identical display) and a few 17-inch lower-power fashions.Screen checkThe show is a smaller variation of the 17-inch panel within the Razer Blade Pro 17, a 4K 120Hz mannequin, however they carry out in a different way as a result of Asus’ is matte and Razer’s is reflective and a touchscreen. (Touchscreen overlays change a display’s shade, distinction and brightness traits.) The system got here with some of the correct out-of-the-box Adobe RGB profiles I’ve seen in a laptop computer display. Because of the anti-glare therapy it isn’t as brilliant or high-contrast as most laptop computer shows — peak brightness is about 325 and distinction is round 900:1 — however that is partly what helps with accuracy for Adobe RGB. Grayscale monitoring, gamut primaries, shade patch exams, saturation and luminance sweeps: The peak shade error I obtained throughout all of them was 2.4 De on a single patch, and averages have been all lower than 1 De. (We check screens utilizing Portrait Displays’ Calman Ultimate and an X-Rite i1Display Pro Plus.) A keyboard for the Apple followers.
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Screen uniformity wasn’t excellent, no less than by the numbers, however was nonetheless good. I could not spot the reported luminance discrepancies within the backside proper and I noticed minimal backlight bleed, although what I did see was in the identical location).The charts have been so fairly that I simply stored throwing an increasing number of exams at it. (Don’t decide me.) So there are some caveats about this terrific show. It’s not shade correct for sRGB as a result of there is no profile for it and no solution to create one inside the instruments offered. On the upside, it does have persistently correct grey scale monitoring throughout sRGB and P3. Asus wins the prize for many beveled edges on a laptop computer.
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Your solely {hardware} decisions are Normal (Adobe RGB), Vivid, Eye Care (low blue-light emission) and Manual, which solely permits you to change the colour temperature, and solely on an imprecise integer scale of -50 to +50 somewhat Kelvin presets.All you are able to do with the fundamental calibration utility included is recalibrate the prevailing Adobe RGB profile. And if you try this, it disconnects your exterior shows with out warning and fails to reconnect them when it is carried out. Nor does that profile have a luminance worth hooked up to it, which is an issue because it’s characterised at most brightness and accuracy decreases as you decrease the system brightness. It solely covers 88% of the D65 P3 shade area, whereas most respectable screens are usually no less than 92%, which implies it isn’t optimum for cross-platform shade workflows with Apple screens.Clearly you may calibrate it for the opposite shade areas with software program like Calman, X-Rite’s i1Profiler, DisplayCal and so forth. But for the value and goal purchaser of this method, I anticipate one thing no less than on par with Dell’s PremiereShade or HP’s DreamColor for dealing with a number of profiles and guide controls.Graphics whizThe StudioGuide One has GPU solely, autoselect and Optimus graphics modes. You can swap between them within the Nvidia management panel with out having to reboot. During testing, although, if I had any exterior shows linked, it will put them on the Quadro and the laptop computer display reverted to Optimus (in different phrases, the built-in graphics). That has two essential implications: It means you may’t run the laptop computer display at 120Hz in case you have one other monitor linked as a result of the graphics within the ninth-gen i9-9980HK processor would not assist it. You additionally take a efficiency hit if you wish to run something intensive on the laptop computer display as a result of it is speedier on the GPU. The extent of that hit depends upon what you are doing.Graphics efficiency can take successful, although, as a result of it is obtained pace to spare. The RTX 6000 is considerably quicker than its shopper sibling, the RTX 2080 Super Max-Q, in addition to the RTX 5000, for each gaming {and professional} graphics apps. It was a champ for real-time preview in Premiere Pro, and was solely surpassed by desktop methods and the occasional fats 17-incher utilizing a full energy RTX 2080 Super (just like the Gigabyte Aorus 17X ($3,982 at Amazon)) on 3D manipulation as measured by Unigine’s Superposition and SpecViewPerf 13 benchmarks. Performance additionally degraded lower than the others on the 3D apps when rising from 1,920×1,080 pixels to 4K decision, seemingly due no less than partially to its 24GB of video reminiscence.I want it used a 10th-gen Intel CPU, although. The Core i9-10980HK outperforms the ninth-gen mannequin it changed. And it surprisingly has Wi-Fi 5 somewhat than Wi-Fi 6. Once once more, issues that would not matter a lot if it have been half the value.I beloved picture modifying on this method, at the same time as I complained to everybody on Slack about how a lot I hated the keyboard. I really like the show even whereas bemoaning the clumsy GPU dealing with and lack of color-matching instruments. I’m simply going to plant my flag of ambivalence proper above the show the place the new air is blowing out.Geekbench 5 (multicore)
Razer Blade 15 Studio Editon
Razer Blade Pro 17 (early 2020)
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Longer bars point out higher efficiency
Geekbench 5 (Vulkan)
Razer Blade 15 Studio Editon (2019)
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Razer Blade Pro 17 (early 2020)
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Longer bars point out higher efficiency
Cinebench R20 CPU (multicore)
Razer Blade Pro 17 (early 2020)
Razer Blade 15 Studio Editon (2019)
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Cinebench R20 CPU (single core)
Razer Blade 15 Studio Editon (2019)
Asus ProArtwork StudioGuide One
Razer Blade Pro 17 (early 2020)
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Longer bars point out higher efficiency
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra
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Razer Blade Pro 17 (early 2020)
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Longer bars point out higher efficiency
3DMark Port Royal (RTX)
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Razer Blade Pro 17 (early 2020)
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Longer bars point out higher efficiency
Video playback battery drain check (Streaming)
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SpecViewPerf 13 3DS Max (1080)
Razer Blade Advanced 15 Studio Edition (2019)
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SpecViewPerf 13 SolidWorks (1080)
Razer Blade Advanced 15 Studio Edition (2019)
Razer Blade Pro 17 (early 2020)
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SpecViewPerf 13 SolidWorks (4K)
Razer Blade Advanced 15 Studio Edition (2019)
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System configurations
Asus ProArtwork StudioGuide One
Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (1909); 2.6GHz Intel Core i9-9980HK; 64GB DDR4 SDRAM 2,666MHz; 24GB Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000 with Max-Q Design; 1TB SSD
HP ZBook 17 G6
Microsoft Windows 10 Pro for Workstations (1903); 2.4GHz Intel Xeon E-2286M; 64GB DDR4 SDRAM 2,666MHz; 16GB Nvidia Quadro RTX 5000 with Max-Q Design; 1TB SSD
Razer Blade 15 Studio Editon
Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (1909); 2.6GHz Intel Core i7-9750H; 32GB DDR4 SDRAM 2,666MHz; 16GB Nvidia Quadro RTX 5000 with Max-Q Design; 1TB SSD
Razer Blade Pro 17 (early 2020)
Microsoft Windows 10 Home (1909); 2.3GHz Intel Core i7-10875H; 16GB DDR4 SDRAM 3,233MHz; 8GB Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q; 1TB SSD