You never know when you will diarrhea, just as you would expect it to last for a long time. This is the portrayal of me during the test.
Thanks to Xiaomi and Zhang Dama for providing this test opportunity, I hope that this article, which looks like it has only begun writing, can provide as much information as possible about the Xiaomi notebook Air 13.3 (hereinafter referred to as Xiaomi notebook).
As the first appearance in the PC field, Xiaomi also brought two products: one is a light, thin, portable 12.5-inch millet notebook; and the other is the protagonist of this test, on a relatively light basis On the other hand, a 13.3-inch millet notebook with a larger screen, a stronger processor, a faster hard disk, and a separate graphics card is provided.
Regardless of the package or the product itself, the "tribute" of Apple is very strong. The contents of the accessories are streamlined, with only manuals and power cords.
The plug and transformer are integrated to make the desktop clean when connected to the power supply.
The white power cord comes with a cable clip and is a small design that is well received.
However, the charging socket of the millet laptop has no obvious paragraph feel, and when the notebook is flat on the desktop, you will naturally pinch the narrow sides of the glossy plug with your fingers, so it is hard to use force, so this is charged with USB Type C. The interface is not very easy to use.
In addition, the interface has a large margin and lacks texture.
The metal cover does not have any LOGO, but has become the biggest characteristic of the appearance of the millet notebook.
Both sides of the fuselage are equipped with two USB ports, an HDMI port, and a headphone jack. The USB TYPE C responsible for charging can be used to expand an extra set of USB and HDMI through the converter. However, this is not standard and needs to be purchased separately.
Compared with the MacBook and MacBook Air, the Xiaomi notebook does not use the angle to reduce the visual thickness, and is actually more similar to the MacBook Pro.
Open the lid and expose the screen. The “Browse Screen Aesthetics†commonly used in the mobile phone industry also apply to the millet notebook. The plastic frame is replaced by a whole glass, especially with the original wallpaper, or directly on the black desktop like me. The effect is excellent. The 5.59mm ultra-narrow frame in the propaganda actually refers to the left and right sides. The upper and lower borders are about 12mm and 22mm, but fortunately, as long as your eyes are not raised by “extremists†such as the XPS13, 80% of screens are occupied. In fact, it is not low.
At the top of the screen is a 1 million-pixel camera that provides 1280 x 720 image quality. Digital array microphones are also standard.
A magnet is hidden in the corner of the screen. The point of resistance when the screen is opened is derived from this. At the same time, it is ensured that the top cover without the buckle will not easily loosen.
This 1920 x 1080 resolution screen has a brightness of 300nit and a viewing angle of 170°. The 7H protection glass hardness does not make much sense for non-touch applications. Even though the distance between the display panel and the protection glass is only 0.2mm, the mirror screen Reflective problems still exist.
The screen display effect is shown in the figure (on the original picture, the screen shot below, camera remake, for reference only).
In terms of its overall thickness, the keystroke distance of 1.9mm and the keyboard stroke of 1.3mm keystroke are good, but if you need to enter text for a long time, it is still an external keyboard.
3nit brightness keyboard backlight is a very practical feature, and is standard on both sizes of millet notebooks. You can control its switch, but you can't adjust the light and dark. It's a pity.
Glass touchpads are quite large in size, and multi-touch operations such as sliding, pinching, and tapping are also supported.
The back of the design is also simple, horizontal rows of cooling holes, the left and right sides are speakers.
Because the 12.5-inch millet notebook adopts a fanless design, the cooling holes become the biggest difference between the two in appearance.
The one-piece bottom shell is secured by eight screws, one of which is hidden in the footbed.
Remove the screws to easily pry the entire bottom case.
One third of the interior of the fuselage is covered by this 39Wh battery.
In order to match the shape of the body, the cooling fan is also very thin, the sound of the two fans is very light, but the outlet is always blocked by the screen shaft.
Double fan, single heat pipe, this is the part that the netizen doubts most, he has provided much help to the temperature control of the whole machine, will have concrete test afterwards.
13.3-inch millet notebook SSD adopts PCIe channel, which is different from 12.5-inch products. In addition, an M.2 interface slot of mSATA channel is reserved to provide upgrade.
The two built-in speakers are tuned by Austrian AKG and certified by Dolby. How about the specific sound quality, I compared it with a branded notebook.
Due to the impact of recording equipment and the environment, the recording effect must not completely restore the true sensory experience, so it is for reference only.
Background music: Best Song Ever - One Direction
Performance TestingThis millet notebook uses an Intel Core i5-6200U processor, dual-core, four-threaded, clocked at 2.7GHz.
The test result of this processor under CPUmark 2.1 is shown in the figure (the power supply will be adjusted to the high performance mode during the test, the same as the above unless otherwise specified).
Single 8G DDR4 memory.
AIDA 64 memory tool test results are as follows.
This Samsung 256G SSD is indeed much faster in read speed than the hard disk using the SATA interface, and the writing speed is not as bright as that, but the overall performance is still above the standard.
The Storage HDD performance test that comes with PCMark 8 also gives a high score of 4764.
How effective the GeForce 940MX is, this may be the biggest doubt of the holders who hold the money, and the biggest difference between the two computers is this.
Millet notebooks scored 49230, 7317, and 1897 in 3DMark.
I don't play games, but in order to test the performance of the GeForce 940MX in a real game environment, I downloaded a few games mentioned by Xiaomi.
The number of frames in League of Legends at 1920x1080 resolution and the highest quality is basically no less than 30. If we look at the definition of the fluency of games in general, Lei Jun said at the press conference that "you can play large-scale online games." It is true.
Also at the highest picture quality at 1920x1080 resolution, the average frame rate of Call of Duty OL is higher, but the frame rate under player-intensive scenes is significantly reduced. Although not less than 30 frames, it is also true for FPS games. Only satisfying the basic fluency may not give the player enough security. If you want to increase the number of frames, you must reduce the resolution and picture quality. How to choose depends on how you define “Chang Playâ€.
The overall performance test of the complete machine is based on PCMark 8.
Home accelerated mode simulates commonly used operations such as web browsing, video calling, word processing, and picture editing. Millet notebook scored 2486.
Creative accelerated is based on the Home mode, adding tests such as games, and finally scoring 2418.
At the end of the performance test, put a screenshot of Master Lu.
Temperature test
For laptops with emphasis on thinness, the internal space is inherently limited, and it is also encroached on by the battery. The heat source is concentrated in only a small space. Therefore, it is not unreasonable to question Xiaomi's use of dual fans and single heat pipes.
The actual test results were expected. The CPU temperature climbed directly from the initial 40°C to 80°C within one minute and continued to rise. Although the two small fans were running at full power, the CPU could only hang on the 90 most of the time. °C.
On this premise, body temperature becomes more important.
I run FurMark's CPU burner and GPU Stress Test at the same time in a 26°C environment and record the full temperature change after 10 minutes.
The measured temperature is not low, but the actual experience is better than I expected.
Both sides of C and D can be divided into three areas by the keyboard: the location below the keyboard corresponds to the location of the battery, so the load test has little effect on it; the temperature in the keyboard area is improved significantly, especially on the C side, but the keyboard is struck. The contact time is very short, you can feel the heat, but it will not be unbearable; and the area above the keyboard near the axis is absolutely not what you do not want to touch.
Of course, in terms of the positioning of millet notebooks, in the daily text editing, web browsing, video playback scene, the temperature is also at the beginning of 30 °C, so the test results in extreme conditions are for your reference only.
As for the 12.5-inch millet notebook with a fanless design, I also went to the Xiaomi House in Qingdao to simply touch it and play the same video (I'm not sure if there were other customers who had operated on these two computers before). The 12.5-inch temperature is significantly higher than 13.3 inches.
Life testThe official said that this 39Wh lithium battery powered by Xiaomi notebook will have 9.5 hours of battery life. When testing the battery, I will adjust the power to balance mode, turn on the WIFI and adjust the screen brightness to 50%, and use PCMark 8's Home accelerated mode to test. This mode will simulate the general user's use of the environment, test items cover web browsing, document processing, photo editing, video chat, etc., in order to define the strength of battery life.
After a long wait, the final test results are set at 3 hours and 36 minutes.
Xiaomi's business is getting bigger and bigger, but in the non-touch PC field, it is still a fledgling newcomer. When the original Xiaomi mobile phone went on the market, Lei Jun once said that "no design is the best design." I prefer to regard this as a test of the market, but also for the first generation of millet notebooks. With the passing of times, the PC homogenization phenomenon is even worse than that of the mobile phone industry. Xiaomi's past price advantage has not been able to open up the gap in its similarly configured branded products. In terms of appearance, I must say that whether it is packaging Or the product itself, even the line "Designed by Xiaomi in Beijing" on the bottom shell made him look like an apple. It is indeed a beautiful product, I do not care to love it, but I am not sure who is the object of praise, especially the shell without the LOGO, makes me more confused.
Finally, a word of purchase advice: This is a good computer with balanced performance, but if you have performance requirements, you may wish to wait and see if there will be a PRO version.
Finally, thanks to Xiaomi and Zhang Aunt for providing test opportunities.
Thank you also for seeing the end, see you again next time.
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