Please note that any battery life figures are provided by the manufacturer and will vary depending on your usage. They have a good amount of bass extension for laptop speakers, but the treble drops off pretty early, and the dip in the high-mid frequencies makes vocals sound slightly distant. Added mention of the Acer Aspire 3 15 (2023) as an alternative with a better port selection in the Ports section. As expected for a budget productivity laptop, the ASUS X515 has a basic 60Hz refresh rate with no VRR support. Its matte anti-reflective coating works well in reducing the intensity of reflected lights, although you can still see some reflections even with the screen at maximum brightness.

My ASUS is the easy way to access handy ASUS apps that help you get more out of your laptop or desktop PC. ASUS X515 features E-A-R® HDD shock dampening to protect your data from every bump, while its reinforced chassis improves typing and allows you to open and close the lid in one smooth motion. The NVIDIA GeForce MX130 and MX 330 GPUs can complete the task faster than the CPU; we expect them to be within the same ballpark but a tad slower than the NVIDIA GeForce MX350 in the Acer Aspire 5 15 (2020). If you need to run multi-threaded applications or tend to have multiple programs running simultaneously, the Intel Core i5 and i7 will perform much better because they have double the number of cores and threads.The bezels are fairly thin on the sides and the top, although the bottom chin is much thicker, with an ASUS branding in the middle. It feels reasonably well-built despite an all-plastic chassis, and its thin and light design makes it easy to bring around. Arriving with a plastic chassis that features a roughened Slate Gray colourway, the VivoBook 15 X515 is a direct competitor to popular productivity-focused models out there like the Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320. ports, HDMI output, and an optional microSD card reader — so you can easily connect all your current peripherals, displays and projectors with zero hassle. kg, it's not the most consolidated or featherlight option out there, on the other hand, it brings USB 2.

The keyboard doesn't get uncomfortably hot under load, although the heat is centered around the Z and X keys, where most people rest their left hand. BNPL is an interest bearing option that allows you to delay payments on your purchases for up to 12 months depending on how much you spend. The speakers sound good but don't get very loud, and the battery only lasts long enough for one or two movies at most.However, our performance tests focus only on the Intel 10th Gen Ice Lake processors for conciseness. They perform slightly better than the Intel CPUs' integrated graphics, especially in VRAM-heavy applications, but they're still entry-level discrete GPUs that aren't powerful enough to provide a smooth experience in demanding games or hardware-accelerated applications like video editing software. Our ASUS X515 has an Intel Core i3-1005G1 CPU, a low-power processor designed for thin and light laptops.