At Intel's global conference in April 2018, Intel, together with Samsung, Hewlett Packard, Dell and other ODM manufacturers, jointly released the eighth generation of mobile high-performance Core processors. For CPU, it is just a small semiconductor chip, and its publicity and promotion need PC as the carrier, which is the reason why Intel always releases products together with ODM manufacturers.
Since the new product is a powerful mobile processor, the game itself is the best choice, and Samsung also announced a high-end game book of the Dark Dragon Knight series - Dark Dragon Knight Z at the conference. As the first game series of Samsung, the Dark Dragon Knight launched this product line as early as April 2017, but unfortunately, the Dark Dragon Knight only used GTX1050 as its graphics card at that time, which made its positioning slightly awkward. This Dark Dragon Knight Z is totally different. It has a very luxurious hardware configuration. It has a wide color gamut 120Hz screen, eight generation Core 6-core i7, 16GB memory, GTX1060 6GB, AeroFlow cooling system, and is truly a flagship game book of Samsung.
parameter
model: NP850XAC-X01CN
Dimensions: 37.56 x 25.5 x 1.79 cm
Bare weight: 2.4Kg
Screen: 15.6 "16:9 IPS
Resolution: 1920 * 1080
CPU: Intel Core i7-8750H (main frequency: 2.2GHz, maximum frequency: 4.1GHz)
GPU: GTX1060 6GB (Samsung officially calls it 1060 Max-P, which actually means Laptop)
Memory: 16GB
Hard disk: Samsung NVMe MZVLW256 (PM961 256GB)
System: Windows 10 64 bit
Battery: 54Wh
Power adapter power: 180W
Interfaces: USB 3.0 * 2, USB 2.0, USB Type-C, HDMI, 3.5mm headphone jack, power interface, RJ45 network cable interface.
Wireless: 802.11 ac Bluetooth 4.1
appearance
Dark Dragon Knight Z has only one color matching of interstellar silver, and the color of the whole machine is also very uniform. Its appearance adopts the design of "Dragon Scale Shield". The outer layer of A side is covered with a layer of metal brushed coating, and the middle is still the classic logo of the Dark Dragon Knight. The whole machine can be described in two words: pretend. The Dark Dragon Knight Z adopts the AeroFlow heat dissipation design. There are many heat dissipation openings for the whole machine, not only the dragon scale heat dissipation design on the D side, but also the heat dissipation openings on the bottom of the screen rotating shaft, left and right sides of the body and the C side.
AeroFlow cooling system is equipped with multiple cooling openings, which can realize multi-channel air convection and improve the cooling speed of the whole machine.
D side dragon scale heat dissipation design
It can be seen that there are cooling openings above the C surface and on the left and right sides
The C side design of the Dark Dragon Knight Z is special. It places the keyboard below the C side, while the touch pad moves to the right of the keyboard. The CPU and GPU of the Xuan Long Knight Z are located on the top of the C plane, so this "keyboard rear" design allows the CPU and GPU to heat up without affecting the user's keyboard experience, and also maximize heat dissipation.
Samsung is equipped with four game specific buttons on the top of the touchpad. From left to right, there are game screenshot button, game recording button, mute mode and Beast mode. In the game, users can record/screenshot directly with the game screenshot key and the game recording key. The material will be saved in the "Capture" folder of the computer. Users can also view the recording/screenshot material in the Xbox interface of the system.
The Beast key is an official overclock button. After clicking it, the black dragon knight logo on the C side will change from red to blue, indicating that Beast mode (Beast mode) has been enabled. Samsung official said that after the Beast mode is enabled, the Xuanlong Knight's CPU and GPU will overclock, which will increase the overall performance by 10%. (This mode can only be turned on when the power adapter is connected)
In addition, the F10 key of the Dark Dragon Knight Z is also the key to switch the display mode. The Dark Dragon Knight Z supports four different game display modes: FPS mode, RPG mode, AOS mode, and RTS mode. As the name implies, these four modes are suitable for four different types of games: FPS, RPG, AOS, and RTS. For example, in FPS mode, the game screen will become more "bright", making it easier to find enemies hidden in the corner; RPG mode will improve the contrast and clarity of the game screen;
If you first see the keyboard of the Dark Dragon Knight Z, you may mistakenly think it is a chocolate type square key cap, but it is not. The keyboard of the Dark Dragon Knight Z is a slightly concave crater type keycap, with the concave part of the center down 0.3mm, which fits the fingers to a certain extent.
In addition, as a game book, the backlight keyboard is also an indispensable function. The keyboard of the Dark Dragon Knight Z is still red backlight, echoing the red logo of the Dark Dragon Knight, which is quite powerful!
screen
Screen test data:
Contrast: 800:1 Default color temperature: 7100K
Manual maximum brightness: 250nits
RGB color gamut: 63.6%
RGB gamut 104 color average color level 4
The 15.6-inch IPS screen of the Dark Dragon Knight Z performs well. It is basically the same as the screen of the Dark Dragon Knight, but its color accuracy is higher than the screen of the Dark Dragon Knight.
Performance score
Xuanlong Knight Z has a Beast mode. After the Beast mode is enabled, its GPU core frequency will be increased from 1405MHz to 1455MHz, and the maximum GPU core frequency will be increased from 1671MHz to 1721MHz.
Judging from the score running of the CB R15 multi-core, the i7-8750H's 6-core/12 threads are indeed not covered. Although its main frequency is only 2.2GHz/4.1GHz, its score is still as high as 1055, basically equivalent to the desktop i7-6800K (6-core/12 threads 3.4GHz/3.6GHz).
3DMARK Fire Strike Extreme project scores
3DMARK Fire Strike Extreme CPU/GPU monitoring
3DMARK Fire Strike Ultra project scores
3DMARK Fire Strike Ultra CPU/GPU monitoring
PCMARK 8 Creative project scores
AS SSD BenchMark runs
From the point of view of results, whether PCMARK Creative scored 4966 points or Fire Strike Extreme scored 4605 points, the Dark Dragon Knight Z played its maximum performance without reservation. However, judging from the test results of Fire Strike Ultra, it is still difficult to make it deal with 4K games.
Under the multi-channel AeroFlow cooling system, the maximum full load temperature of the GTX1060 6GB during the 3DMark run is about 95 ℃. Although this is a somewhat scary figure, because the cooling control of the notebook is not comparable to that of the desktop, in fact, such data is very common in notebook products, and also belongs to the average level.
Game Test
Tomb Raider: Rise
[Special Effect] Preset: very high resolution: 1080P Anti aliasing: FXAA Vertical synchronization: double buffering
[Special Effect] Preset: very high resolution: 1080P Anti aliasing: SSAA 2x Vertical synchronization: double buffering
Batman: Akram Knight
According to the BenchMark test of Tomb Raider: Rise and Batman: Akham Knight, the Dark Dragon Knight Z can easily control these two games at 1080P resolution, and almost all of them run at full frame without turning anti aliasing too high.
Keyboard&Touch Pad
Although the Dark Dragon Knight Z is not a thin and light business book, for a notebook, touch+keyboard is also an aspect that greatly affects the user experience. After all, not all users will carry a mechanical keyboard and mouse with them. In actual use, the keyboard of the Dark Dragon Knight Z has very obvious press feedback. The key range is not short. Under normal press, it will not disturb your roommate/girlfriend sleeping near you, which is also called "silent keyboard".
As for the touchpad design of the Dark Dragon Knight Z, there are gains and losses. The disadvantage is that this design will reduce the touch area of the touch panel. The original horizontal touch panel has become a vertical touch panel. Since the screen is 16:9, we will use the horizontal operation of the touch panel more. At this time, users may feel that the touch panel area is not enough. Its advantage lies in that it maximizes the control of the body's heating. With the multi-channel AeroFlow cooling system, it can maintain a good cooling effect, and will not affect the use of the keyboard/touch panel because of high temperature.
summary
For a game book, especially a strong game, it must have a strong load attribute, which is also the just need of many users who buy the game book. The unique and cool design of the Samsung Xuanlong Knight Z ensures the attributes of the pack, provides good cooling effect and use experience for game users, and provides users with all-around services integrating pack, performance and brand. It is a game book with high comprehensive scores.
