On the market is gradually coming out more and more on the basis of models of notebook platform Intel Kaby Lake-S and the new generation of graphics cards NVIDIA GTX 10xx. Moreover, such devices exist not only in the higher price segment but gradually accustom to average. One such example is Lenovo Legion Y520, combining a high level of performance, as well as good design.
LENOVO LEGION Y520 REVIEW AND TEST
APPEARANCE: LENOVO LEGION Y520
Although the positioning of the Lenovo Y520 as a game model, in its exterior that gives a little orientation. The notebook looks strict, but not boring. The essence of the game represent only a rather massive air ducts on the rear face and red border of the touchpad buttons.
The body is made of black matte plastic with soft touch coating. This option is not the most practical: on such surfaces fingerprints, although they are easily removed and are not very visible. When looking at the laptop becomes clearly visible that the designers tried to make the Y520 compact than it actually is.
HOUSING MATERIAL AND WEIGHT AND OVERALL DIMENSIONS
We are dealing with a common form factor of 15.6-inch and quite trivial dimensions. The shell thickness of 25.8 mm, which in combination with the tapered faces creates the effect of a compact design. the laptop weighs 2.4 kg.
INTERFACE LAYOUT: LENOVO LEGION Y520
By the number of the laptop of Lenovo Legion Y520 interfaces are not breaking records, but all you need in it, and even a little more. Let’s start with the left side. On it are Kensington lock, a connector for the charger, Gigabit LAN-port, USB 2.0, combined 3.5 audio jack and slot to restart the device.
The right side contains the USB mode Type-C, card reader SD format, a pair of USB 3.0 and HDMI. The front and rear faces are blank.
KEYBOARD AND TOUCHPAD: LENOVO LEGION Y520
Lenovo Legion Y520 is equipped with an island keyboard with numeric keypad. last dimensions were sacrificed size arrows unit and the main part – a very competent solution for the gaming models. Key scissor design and have minimal progress and necessary force to press. Using the keyboard is very pleasant both in games and in the recruitment of large volumes of text. The keyboard has backlit red color, the brightness of which is regulated within two gradations.
Pro touchpad especially nothing to say. It is of medium size and no claims against him. It is worth mentioning except that the slope of the sensor surface towards the user and the keys hard enough.
DISPLAY: LENOVO LEGION Y520
As the display uses a 15.6-inch IPS-matrix LG production. The resolution is 1920×1080 pixels. According to the measurements, the minimum brightness level is 2 cd / m2, maximum – 201. This range is almost always enough, especially like to mention the minimum – with a level of use of a laptop in the dark, extremely comfortable. The measured contrast ratio is 1: 700.
The image is characterized predominantly warm colors of the image. Gamma can not be called a reference, there is also a shift towards green and red colors. Subjectively, the picture is pleasing to the eye. The same can be said about the viewing angles, traditionally for the IPS is the maximum. The only drawback, which can be noted – yellow glare illumination that can be seen only in the dark on a black background.
LENOVO LEGION Y520: SPECIFICATIONS
HARDWARE PLATFORM AND PERFORMANCE: LENOVO LEGION Y520
Filling laptop deserves attention – because it is based on the latest at the moment the platform Kaby Lake-S, and one of the top-end of its representatives – Intel Core-i7 7700HQ. This quad-core processor with Hyper Threading support. From its predecessor, the model Core-i7 6700HQ, it is distinguished by several characteristics. Firstly, the increased nominal frequency of 2.8 GHz, and model Turbo Boost – 3,8 GHz. Recall from the previous model, the frequency was 2.6 and 3.5 GHz, respectively. CPU TDP not increased and not decreased, and remains at 45 watts, which is a lot for a mobile device. Process technology – 14 nm. Secondly, we are dealing with a new graphics core – Intel HD Graphics 630. The main difference from the model 530 – a slightly increased frequency.
Processor performance is high, as in the games, and the synthetic benchmark. Hyper-Threading technology advantage, of course, users will notice the multi-threaded applications. A good addition to the powerful processor is 16 GB DDR4 memory standard with a clock speed of 2133 MHz.
GAMING PERFORMANCE: LENOVO LEGION Y520
As a graphics adapter is installed mid-range GTX Ti 1050 with 4 GB of graphics memory. His performance is enough for any modern games in resolution Full HD, as we have seen well during testing. Thus, the Ti 1050 allows almost always show a stable 60 frames per second with a combination of high-quality graphics settings. Heavy anti-aliasing modes like MSAA and ultra settings instantly put the card on his knees, so do not forget that we are talking about the decision of the initial medium level.
Configuration Intel Core-i7 7700HQ and GTX 1050 Ti, which is equipped with a Legion Y520, allows without any problems to play any games on highest graphics quality settings. On the other hand, this example is not ligament balance between CPU and GPU. In most cases, the processor was rarely above 60-70% load, but card virtually always 100%.
MEMORY: LENOVO LEGION Y520
The disk subsystem is represented by 512 GB SSD with a PCI interface, for storing multimedia files is hard disk 1 TB. Very fast SSD makes a significant contribution to the overall performance that is clearly seen in all the daily tasks associated with the processing of the files on the system drive. Hard disk speed of Records does not set, but it does its job. It is quiet enough, and the movement of its magnetic heads can be heard only in silence.
COOLING: LENOVO LEGION Y520
In order to maintain the correct temperature rather powerful components, a pair of fans. The level of noise can not be called a laptop silent in idle mode, and even more so in games. However, in both cases, the sound emitted by the cooling system is within acceptable limits. The output of hot air is carried back, which is also a plus, because it does not burn your hands and additionally leads away from the noise of the notebook user.
Worth noting and efficient cooler. The synthetic test AIDA64 CPU temperature was fixed at 75-80 degrees with the short-term increase to 90. In this case, the processor is in Turbo Boost mode at a frequency of 3.4 GHz. Very good for a notebook with a Core-i7 and body thickness of less than 26 mm. In games, the temperature hovered near 75 degrees and rarely exceed this threshold. Video and all was quite cold, the temperature in almost all gaming applications at maximum load was at 70 degrees.
MULTIMEDIA: LENOVO LEGION Y520
As a speaker system uses a pair of speakers from Harman with a capacity of 2 watts each. They sound clear and loud enough. Also, the laptop is equipped with HD-webcam.
AUTONOMY: LENOVO LEGION Y520
Lenovo Legion Y520 is equipped with a standard for this form factor batteries 45 W / h.
A full charge will be sufficient for about 1.5 hours of battery life at a level lower than the average brightness and use office applications and web surfing. Games Launch plant a battery in about 15-20 minutes.
PROS of Lenovo Legion Y520: design; performance; good cooling system;
CONS of Lenovo Legion Y520: there are not practically.
CONCLUSION: LENOVO LEGION Y520 RELEASE DATE AND PRICE
LENOVO LEGION Y520 we liked. It combines very high performance, low-key but stylish design, good display and general equipment. The notebook offers gamers an excellent gaming performance, good cooling in a suitable size. Y520 price for the European market depending on the equipment will be in the range of 1290 to 1470 USD, taking into account the equipment is very good. Taking into account all of the above, we can safely recommend buying a laptop to anyone who wants to play your favorite games everywhere and not particularly willing to donate the amount of fps. Moreover, the laptop is no specific compromises that sometimes you have to go when buying gaming models.
Source: Lenovo
Title: His name is Legion: Review of gaming notebook Lenovo Legion Y520
Updated: 2017-02-06
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