Starting from zero: Thor ZERO I7-11800H RTX3060 teardown evaluation
Foreword
After being hit by AMD for more than half a year, intel finally used TigerLakeLake The 10nm process has also performed well. The notebooks equipped with the standard U of intel 11 have finally begun to be sold in large quantities, so a large wave of new notebook products have been released recently.
Raytheon is one of the earliest professional game brands in China, and its multiple series of games have been well received. This time it also updated intel 11 with standard pressure U and brought a new ZERO series.
has been on the market for a few months, and there are many configuration versions. Recently, I also touched this Thor ZERO equipped with intel I7-11800H and RTX3060. The following is a teardown evaluation for everyone.
Thor ZERO I7-11800H RTX3060 teardown evaluation
Parameter configuration:
Take a look at the page parameter configuration:
CPU: I7-11800H 8-core 16-thread single-core turbo frequency 4.6GHz Tp 45W _p3
memory: 16G 3200Mhz dual channel
graphics card: RTX3060 Laptop 6GB 130W full blood
hard disk: 512GB PCIE4.0 NVME M.2 SSD
screen: 16-inch screen 16:10 2560×1600 165Hz,100% sRGB high color gamut screen 500nits supports DC dimming
Battery: 64Wh
Thickness: 29mm
Weight: 2.58kg
The parameters are quite good and very promising.
unboxing/design
Let’s take a look at unboxing and design first.
The A side out of the box has the visual sense of an American muscular sports car. If it is changed to yellow, I would definitely think of the Hornet, which has a strong competitive gaming style.
ZERO and the middle line use the same process. The parameter interface is called the diamond biting process. In fact, it feels like the non-slip texture of the delicate metal tool stamped on the shell. There is also a feeling of fabric. Under the unidirectional light source, the metallic luster can be reflected, and it is a concave texture formed by stamping. Here, it can be determined that the shell is directly processed, not paint, and there will be no paint drop problem. The appearance is good.
B side is a 16-inch screen, and the frame control is now at a satisfactory level. The main reason is the progress brought by the improvement of screen technology. The parameters seen by AIDA64 show that this screen comes from BOE ( BOE) CQ, model NE160QDM-NY1. Above the screen is the camera and dual microphone array, which slightly increases the thickness of the frame.
C side is a 16.8 million-color RGB keyboard, supports three-zone RGB lighting effects, is equipped with a standard small numeric keyboard, and has good space utilization. In the upper left corner is set a "one-button forced cooling" button with a fan rotation logo,The fan speed can be switched with one button, and the fan will run at full speed immediately after pressing it, increasing the heat dissipation effect.
The touchpad has the same gray stripes, echoing the A-side striped elements, with a bright style and a certain degree of visual recognition.
A border is added to the game core buttons such as WASD button, which has a larger light-emitting area and is more eye-catching in low light environments, which can reduce misoperations. Compare the game-oriented design.
There is a large area of metal mesh on the D surface, through the mesh you can see multiple heat pipes passing through, to suppress the performance of i7-11800H and full blood 130W RTX3060 Monsters do need strong heat dissipation capabilities.
interface is relatively rich, providing 3 x USB3.2 Gen1 Type-A, Thunder 4, 3.5mm two-in-one audio interface, MiniDP 1.4, HDMI 2.0, RJ45 network cable interface.
Among them, the Thunderbolt 4 interface is a high-profile interface. Through the Thunderbolt 4 interface, you can connect a docking station to expand multiple screens and multiple peripherals. It is very convenient, but this interface does not have a charging function. It is a pity.
There is a big "tail light" design at the rear, which has increased the heat sink fins and the size of the fan to improve performance.
The maximum opening angle is 360-232=128°, which is a more conventional configuration.
Packing configuration: power cord, user manual.
has no other accessories,Very streamlined configuration.
The power supply is 230W, the power is not large, and the volume is slightly smaller than the power adapter of the traditional game book.
The bare metal weight is 2.570kg, not too heavy.
The travel weight with the adapter is 3.463kg, which is acceptable.
However, it is not very friendly in size. Due to the design of a tail to enhance heat dissipation, the size is larger than a regular 16-inch notebook. Some vertical 16-inch notebooks can’t be put in the sandwich.
The style of the briefcase placed horizontally is okay, you can put it in. Pay attention to the size when buying a laptop bag.
teardown and performance evaluation
The following is the teardown evaluation part, through the teardown you can see the internal materials and various aspects of the design, so you can better understand this notebook.
It takes a little bit of effort to open the cover, and the back cover is tight. It is tightly closed, even if the screws are removed, it is difficult to buckle. The craftsmanship of the new mold is indeed good.
The radiator module has the largest area. The fan heat pipes and fins occupy almost half of the body.
dual PCIE4.0 NVME M.2 SSD slot,It supports direct CPU connection and has certain expansion capabilities. The pre-installed is a 512GB Samsung PM9A1, which can check parameters, read 6900MB/s and write 5000MB/s, flash memory type 3D V-NAND TCL particles, and master Phoenix.
TxBENCH score is close to the theoretical value, 4K performance is good, the 11th generation of intel U also emphasized this feature when it was released, which can maximize the performance of PCIE equipment in parallel with multiple channels, and the performance will be more eye-catching .
For individual users, such a solid state drive has completely exceeded daily needs, even if it is enough to edit 4K/8K video.
The memory is two 8GB ADATA DDR4 3200 high frequency memory, different batches of notebooks are equipped with different memory brands, but the problem is not big, and the current memory is not bad. As long as the frequencies are the same, there is no problem.
In terms of memory running scores, the memory read and write and copy rates using AIDA64 memory test scores are 49882MB/s, 46279MB/s, 44157MB/s, respectively.
In terms of network card , Raytheon ZERO is equipped with an intel AX201NGW Wi-Fi6 wireless network card, supporting 2.4GHz, 5GHz (160MHz) dual-band, maximum bandwidth 2.4Gbps, MU-MIMO, integrated Bluetooth 5.0 has been added.
tested the wireless transmission rate,Connected to the WIFI6 5GHz frequency band, and copied a video to NAS . The speed is above 92MB/s, which is sufficient. The main limitation is that the connection between the router/switch is only Gigabit.
battery, using Xinpu Technology 64.31Wh rated capacity 4129mAh lithium battery pack, this power is not enough for a game of about 200W, only for emergency use used.
Continue to remove the heat dissipation module. The radiator is not integrated with the fan. It can be removed separately for easy separation and cleaning. The front of the radiator uses 4 heat pipes plus one on the back for a total of 5, which can be regarded as a luxurious configuration. The coverage of the fins has been expanded to both sides. The air outlet has wind blowing from both sides of the back, which maximizes the heat dissipation area. It can be seen that heat dissipation is the key design of this game notebook. In order to provide higher performance, a special design has been carried out. The following will copy the machine to test the heat dissipation efficiency.
The core part, on the left is the NVIDIA RTX3060 Laptop core, equipped with 6 video memory, a single capacity of 1GB, the heat sink covers all the memory and power supply MOS location, which can provide auxiliary heat dissipation and avoid Temperature is too high.
GPU-Z The information display bit width is 192bit, and the video memory particle is Samsung GDDR6.
On the right is the intel i7-11800H processor, which is a relatively high-end model, TDP 45W, which has a relatively large heat output.
The radiator module also takes care of the power supply module above the CPU. The heat dissipation is done in detail, and the visual inspection is excessive.
CPU-Z You can see that the CPU technology is 10nm, TDP45W, and the core speed can reach 4.6GHz. The instruction set supports a lot, and the 11th generation of intel H45 has added a new one. The support of the AVX instruction set can improve the efficiency of nearly 20% in the execution of related calculations. It can be said that the performance is improved without increasing the power consumption.
single-core 610.1, multi-core 5707.7, good results, replaced by AVX-512 instruction set benchmark test, the score has increased significantly, single-core 880.5 multi-core 8037, the score is considerable, this aspect can be upgraded in the future software This is reflected in this, but at present, in addition to running sub-software, there are not many software that can efficiently call the latest instruction set calculations. It will be gradually improved in the next few years, which is equivalent to increasing computing power without increasing power consumption.
Let's copy the machine to test the heat dissipation efficiency.
FPU single roast, the CPU power consumption is fully stretched to 65.85W, the temperature is stable about 70℃, the temperature is not high, the radiator can be completely suppressed, and the performance is released.
Furmark single-baked GPU, power reached 132.61W, full blood RTX3060 is correct.
FPU+furmark double baking, CPU power consumption 60.99W, GPU power consumption 115.67W, total power consumption 176W,The temperature is stable, the performance is good, the efficiency of the radiator is not bad, and the summer temperature is high, which will have a certain impact on the performance.
However, the noise of the fan running at full speed is indeed very loud at this time, and such noise cannot be ignored in the normal sitting distance.
The heat dissipation port has reached 70dB.
The wind speed at the air outlet is no less than that of an ordinary electric fan.
In terms of full-load temperature distribution, the entire C surface is very friendly to heat. The average temperature of the keyboard position is 40 degrees at room temperature around 32 ℃, and there is only a sense of temperature. When using the notebook, the temperature at the palm touch is lower. It can be seen from the machine that this part is a battery. The battery will not heat up when powered by a power source. The temperature control is very good, and the heat dissipation capacity is indeed very strong.
screen test
The screen aspect mentioned above comes from the 16-inch screen of BOE 16:10 2560×1600 165Hz, 100% sRGB high color gamut screen 500nits supports DC dimming.
Here datacolor Spyder5 Elite is used for analysis.
The total score is shown in the figure. The color gamut and contrast score are good, and the hue response and color accuracy are relatively high. The disadvantages are the white point and brightness uniformity.
The low white point score indicates that the color temperature adjustment of this monitor has a certain color shift. In fact, the visual perception of our human eyes is yellowish. Manufacturers usually correct the white point to be more blueish according to the player's preference. , For the main game screen, the problem is not big.
The color gamut is shown in the figure,94% of sRGB 72% of AdobeRGB, the color gamut is not bad, here is not 100% sRGB, the difference may come from the color calibration instrument, the use time of different color calibration instrument is different, the results of sRGB will be slightly different, I have This one has been used for 4 years, and there is a certain deviation. Overall, the performance of the color gamut is still acceptable.
In terms of uniformity, the color uniformity is not bad. The main difference comes from the brightness uniformity. The uniformity difference is large at low brightness, but the maximum ΔE at 100% brightness is 5.6, the difference is not big, and the naked eye can feel it There is no difference.
Color accuracy ΔE=1.74, cyan deviation is large, many screens have this characteristic, the deviation may come from the manufacturer’s calibration, most consumers like the cool cyan style, which is regarded as the user’s preference Optimized, the overall ΔE≤2, which belongs to the range of high color accuracy screens.
In addition, there is also a high-brush blessing of 165Hz. Overall, the quality of this screen is good.
Productivity & Performance Test
Then look at the running score test.
Productivity CINBENCH R23 rendering test single-core 1501pts, multi-core 11823pts, single-core results are very good, 4.5GHz frequency performance is eye-catching.
PCMARK10 Extend with a total score of 8565, 9895 points for basic functions, 9519 points for productivity, 9715 points for digital content creation, 15900 points for games, good measurements, balanced performance, office, gaming, and productivity Have a good performance.
3DMARK Time Spy score 8814,The CPU graphics card scores are close, and the configuration is very balanced. The 3060 is also positioned as a mainstream game. There is no pressure to play 3A masterpieces.
game test
Let’s take a look at the actual game performance.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Shadow
The performance is good, and the average frame rate 81 at the preset high setting can run very smoothly. However, it can be seen that the display GPU is limited by 99%, indicating that the bottleneck of this configuration under the parameters is the GPU, and the CPU has far exceeded the configuration requirements.
Cyberpunk 2077
ray tracing medium preset
frame rate 40, CPU power load 45%, GPU power 45.4W, load 45.4W The position pressure is still relatively large. If you have no pressure to play, it is recommended to lower it by one gear.
Summary
In general, Raytheon’s ZERO series of new molds can effectively suppress high-performance configurations such as i7-11800H and RTX3060, and the performance is fully released, even RTX 3070 There is also no pressure. The main temperature pressure comes from the CPU. There will be a certain performance loss when the ambient temperature is high in summer. The performance of the RTX3060 is enough to play various games currently on the market with high special effects.
The most comfortable user experience is the Thunderbolt 4 interface.After joining Raiden 4, you can give full play to the role of the docking station, realize multi-screen expansion, multiple peripherals one-line connection, and further enhance the user experience.
However, it does not support direct graphics card connection. It is a pity. In addition, the noise of the cooling fan is too loud, and there will be additional noise disturbance during gaming. The full speed disturbance is relatively large and affects the user. It is recommended to wear headphones to play.
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