The Aorus X7 is a powerful gaming laptop with some pretty nice specs, but how well does
it perform in different games?
I’ve benchmarked 16 different games at all setting levels to show you how well it runs
and help you decide if it’s worth it.
Just quickly before we jump into the benchmark results I’ll cover off the specs in my unit.
There’s an Intel i7-8850H CPU which can be overclocked, Nvidia GTX 1080 graphics,
and 16GB of memory running at DDR4-2666 in dual channel.
It’s also got a 144Hz screen, so hopefully with these powerful specs we should be able
to take advantage of the higher refresh rate panel.
The Aorus X7 by default is running with the normal fan speed profile, while running in
this the fan speeds are at normal speeds but the CPU is capped to a 40 watt TDP with the
default clock speeds.
I figure if you’re buying a laptop with these specs, you’ll probably run it in the
max fan profile instead, which boosts the max TDP to 55 watts and overclocks all 6 cores
to 4.3GHz, so this is how I’ve done my testing.
It is possible to further boost the power limit of the CPU and overclock higher, but
I’ll cover that in depth in the full review, as for now I think what I’ve selected is
a fair option that most people would end up using.
Other than that I was running Windows 10 with the and these Nvidia drivers, so let’s see
how well it runs!
Fortnite was tested with the replay feature, and even at epic settings the average frame
rate was close to the refresh rate of the screen, with even the 1% low result still
above 100 FPS with even higher results at lower settings, although it ran perfectly
smoothly at epic anyway.
Overwatch was tested playing in the practice range, and once again very high average frame
rates even at epic settings, although the 1% low results are quite low comparatively,
though still good overall with the 300 FPS cap could be hit at medium and low settings.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider was tested with the built in benchmark, I still haven’t
tested this out on too many laptops yet, but the average frame rates look pretty good here
compared to the others that I have tried it on, with 100 FPS and above at high settings
or below.
PUBG was tested using the replay feature, and although this is a less optimized game
we’re able to get some pretty good frame rates, with above 100 FPS averages possible
at high settings or below, and the lower settings are actually allowing us to put the 144Hz
display to use.
CS:GO was tested using the Ulletical benchmark, and the results are fairly high here for a
laptop, over 400 FPS at minimum settings on 1080p with the 1% low result not too far behind
the refresh rate of the display.
Rainbow Six Siege was tested with the built in benchmark, and was another that ran well
at basically all setting levels, with 1% lows at ultra setting levels not far behind the
refresh rate of the display, so even the dips in performance weren’t bad.
Far Cry 5 was also tested with the built in benchmark, and the results for this test are
pretty good, almost averaging 100 FPS at ultra settings with up to 120 seen at low settings.
Assassin’s Creed Origins is another game that I’ve tested using the built in benchmark,
and here we’re seeing pretty good results for this somewhat intensive test, even at
ultra high settings the frame rates are pretty decent, as I don’t personally think this
game needs a high frame rate to play.
Dota 2 was tested using an intensive replay as a worst case scenario, these results do
NOT represent real game play, which would perform higher, but are comparable to my previous
Dota 2 benchmarks.
Testing Battlefield 1 in the first campaign mission ran well at all setting levels, although
the 1% low results were a fair bit below the averages, however I didn’t personally really
notice any dips in performance while playing, and this doesn’t really change much as lower
the settings anyway.
Watch Dogs 2 is a demanding game, although it doesn’t really need a high frame rate
to play, but despite this even at ultra settings we’ve got pretty nice results and still
very playable, with not too much of a difference as we drop the setting levels down.
Ghost Recon is another demanding game and was tested using the built in benchmark, and
we’re just able to average 60 FPS in this test at ultra settings, so still playable
though a much better experience at pretty much any other setting level.
The Witcher 3 was playing great at all setting levels, though I did have Hairworks disabled
here.
Above 100 FPS averages at ultra settings in this game are pretty nice results for a laptop,
and these increase a fair bit as we step down in setting levels.
DOOM was tested using Vulkan, and as usual we’re getting high frame rates for this
game.
It ran perfectly smoothly for me while playing even on ultra settings, with 1% lows still
above 100 FPS and not too far below the refresh rate of the display.
Shadow of War was tested with the built in benchmark, and yet again pretty good results
for these specs, with very high settings or below getting us passed 100 FPS with quite
a big improvement seen at lower settings.
Ashes of the Singularity was tested using the built in benchmark with Direct X 12, and
was tested as a more CPU intensive game to try and show what to expect from these higher
end laptop specs.
All of the games tested are giving us pretty nice results, I think this is only the second
or third laptop I’ve ever had with Nvidia GTX 1080 graphics, and paired with an overclockable
CPU we’re seeing really good results, although performance does depend on the specific game
and settings in use.
I’ll cover overclocking further and undervolting in future videos, I’ve just tested with
the out of the box CPU overclock max fan profile as I think that’s a pretty typical way people
gaming with the X7 would actually use.
So how do you guys think the Aorus X7 gaming laptop did in these games?
As we’ve seen it’s performing extremely well for a laptop even with max settings in
most games, thanks to the powerful 8850H and GTX 1080 combination.
As we’ve got that 144Hz display too it’s providing an excellent gaming experience.
Let me know what you guys thought about the laptop’s performance down in the comments,
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