As one of the flagships of the Colorful Jiangxing series, Jiangxing X15 AT has been deeply loved by fans for its excellent performance configuration and unique Chinese style appearance at the same price since its launch. At the same time, it continues to innovate in design and configuration. The new product launched this time is equipped with Intel’s 12th generation Core i9-12900H, the most powerful CPU in Intel’s mobile H series. How does its strength perform? This in-depth review will take everyone to take a look.
Appearance
The A side is in the familiar amber blue color. The calligraphy of the word "general" on the right side is as graceful as a swimming dragon. The appearance still continues the attributes of national style and trend. At the end is the power jack, a Mini DP 1.4 interface, HDMI 2.1 interface and USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C interface. There are air outlets on the left and right sides, and the remaining two air outlets are arranged on the left and right sides of the fuselage. The design is 4 air outlets, and the internal heat dissipation fins can be seen through the exhaust outlets.
On the left side of the C side are the anti-theft lock hole, USB 3.2 socket, USB 2.0 socket, microphone socket and a two-in-one headset interface. On the right side of the C side, there is an RJ-45 network port, Thunderbolt 4 interface and Micro SD socket. The small and full interface configuration eliminates the need to add cumbersome adapter cables for daily use.
The display is a 15.6-inch 1080P 144Hz IPS gaming screen with 72 NTSC high color gamut. The picture is wide and gorgeous, and the color temperature is natural and comfortable. It can bring an immersive experience whether it is gaming or watching movies.
The C-side full-size 1.8mm key travel keyboard has a good pressing feel. In addition, of course, the RGB lighting effect that gamers love is indispensable. The 15-color 4-level backlight brightness is adjustable, and the backlight cannot be set with a single button. In the middle of the wrist rest is a large-sized integrated touchpad, which moves smoothly and clicks quickly, making the operation easy to use.
Configuration configuration
It can be seen that the overall configuration of the Jiangxing X15 AT is quite impressive. The 180W power supply, dual-channel 16GB DDR4 3200MHz memory, and 512GB PCIe 3.0 M.2 SSD ensure the performance of the graphics card and CPU in most scenarios. The current starting price on JD.com is only 7,299 yuan. The comprehensive configuration and more outstanding office and processing capabilities bring a higher cost performance.
Hardware performance test
In order to maximize the actual performance of the top version of the Jiangxing X15 AT, we turned on the performance mode in the Control Center (Control Center 3.0), and the fan speed defaulted to automatic speed. . The room temperature condition is 25℃.
Cinebench R23 running score
In the Cinebench R23 CPU stress test, the single-core score of the Star X15 AT was 1859pts, still dominating the single-core ranking of the mobile Intel 12th generation H series The king of performance. The multi-core score achieved a new breakthrough of 16,774 pts, ahead of the AMD Threadripper 1950X with a base frequency of 3.4GHz, 16 cores and 32 threads. This is due to Intel's new Alder Lake-H hybrid X86 architecture, which has a well-controlled power consumption ratio of the energy efficiency core.
CPU-Z running score
Check the parameters of this i9-12900H through CPU-Z: its base power is 45W, 10nm manufacturing process, L3 cache 24MB, using 6 performance cores and 8 energy efficiency cores form 14 cores and 20 hyper-threads. The highest core frequency is 5.0GHz. The built-in processor benchmark data of CPU-Z is 739.8 points for single-core and 8097.3 points for multi-core. Compared with the previous Extreme Edition processor - i9-7980XE (18 cores and 36 threads, maximum turbo frequency of 4.40GHz, cache 24.75MB), the i9-12900H surpassed 31 in single-core performance, while the multi-thread performance only had a gap of 9 .
GeekBench5 running scores
GeekBench5’s OpenCL benchmark table reflects the average performance of various GPUs, and data uploaded by users is refreshed every hour. As can be seen on the left, the average performance of the RTX 3060 currently has a maximum score of 96416 points. After testing, the X15 AT's OpenCL score is 103910 points, and its GPU performance is better than other users.
3DMark running score
In 3DMark TimeSpy, the Jiangxing X15 AT scored 9242 points. The CPU score is 11769 points and the GPU score is 8905 points. Comparing the historical running scores of Colorful's flagship benchmark X17 Pro (i9-12900H RTX 3070Ti version): CPU score 11696 points, GPU score 10135 points. It can be seen that the CPU score of Jiangxing X15 AT is slightly better, but there is still a gap in GPU strength, with X17 Pro leading by 1230 points.
Hard drive speed
Jianxing X15 AT provides two M.2 2280 protocol SSD slots, one of which uses a Western Digital SN530 512GB solid state drive, with an actual measured sequential read speed of 2490MB. /s, the writing speed is 1795MB/s, which is in line with factory speed expectations. Another slot is reserved for hard drive expansion.
Master Lu comprehensive running score
Finally, Master Lu was used for core hardware evaluation and obtained a high score of 1.409 million, beating 93% of users nationwide. With this performance, there is no problem running 3A masterpieces such as PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds/Assassin's Creed, and drawing software such as 3DMax/AE.
As can be seen from the above hardware running scores, the performance panel data of Jiangxing X15 AT is excellent and can easily handle 3A masterpieces and complex productivity programs. How does the game actually perform? Please see the actual game test below.
Measured game frame rate performance
For this game test, we selected four popular games currently on the market. In view of the performance of Jiangxing X15 AT in the above theoretical performance test, we directly Test its frame rate performance under medium and high image quality.
"Eternal Calamity"
In the actual test, the Jiangxing X15 AT achieved an average performance of 161FPS in medium image quality and 122FPS in high image quality. The screen display followed the opponent during the melee. Clear and easy to play in full picture quality.
"League of Legends"
As an old online game, the N card has already optimized "League of Legends" very well. Here we directly go to the highest image quality without limiting the frame rate. In one actual test, the average performance was 259FPS, and there was no pressure on the team in the lane.
"Forza Horizon 5"
This racing game is more demanding on hardware performance. Using the performance test tool that comes with the game, the frame rate at medium quality is 135FPS, with little fluctuation and running relatively smoothly. Under extremely high image quality, the frame rate is 58FPS and the GPU occupancy rate is around 96. It can be seen that extreme high image quality is still a test for the RTX 3060 with 6G video memory. For daily games, it is recommended to open the ultra-high image quality recommended for testing.
"Shadow of the Tomb Raider"
Through the in-game performance test, the average frame rate of Star X15 AT in the highest image quality is 88FPS, and the average frame rate in medium image quality is 88FPS. The rate is 141FPS. In high image quality, the lower limit of the frame rate is 63FPS; while in medium image quality, the lower limit of the frame rate can be increased to 102 frames. Smooth gaming at medium and high quality is not stressful.
After actual testing of the above four games, it can be found that although RTX 3060 will encounter some bottlenecks when dealing with extremely high image quality, for the sub-par image quality of most mainstream game masterpieces, Combining the performance of the Star X15 AT with the i9-12900H RTX 3060 can run smoothly and release strong performance.
Tested software performance
The powerful performance of the gaming laptop is not only suitable for playing games, but can also be fully utilized when faced with complex media creation work. Below, two productivity creation scenarios are used for specific tests.
Pr Export 4K video
Use Adobe Premiere Pro 2022 to export a 1-minute 4K 30-frame video material, which can be completed in 17.95 seconds with the Star X15 AT. Editing and real-time preview are also smooth, making it a worthy productivity tool.
C4D graphics rendering
Use C4D to render a 5400-sided polygon model and export it as a TIF image with a volume of 1920x1080px and 8MB. It takes about 11 seconds on average. It is basically the same as Jiangxing’s flagship X17 Pro. Using the same CPU, the X15 AT’s rendering capabilities are not inferior to those of its big brother, and its performance is very powerful.
Measured heat dissipation performance
Finally, we tested the heat dissipation of the X15 AT under double grilling. At room temperature of 25°C, with the CPU and GPU fully loaded for 20 minutes, the heat map of the keyboard area is as follows:
The maximum temperature is 52.8°C, the center point temperature is 48.3°C, and the minimum value is 29.8°C. The key heating position is located in the upper central area of ??the notebook, far away from the left WASD operation keys and bottom touchpad commonly used by gamers, so the body temperature is relatively comfortable.
The noise of the fan in the personal position is 54.3dB, which is acceptable. In daily use scenarios that are less fully loaded, the operation is still very quiet. It is very stable when running continuously at full load, without interruptions, blue screens and other problems. The internal heat dissipation module must also be very powerful. What is the heat dissipation structure of the X15 AT? Let’s find out together.
It is not difficult to disassemble the machine. You can remove the back cover by removing all the screws. As can be seen from the picture, the interior of the Jiangxing X15 AT is quite compact.
The core components CPU and GPU are equipped with independent large-size fans and 5 independent heat pipes for heat dissipation. The high thermal conductivity efficiency of the all-copper heat dissipation module ensures the stable release of performance. There is an M.2 SSD slot expansion port reserved on the lower left, supporting PCLE3.0*4. The dual-channel memory slot can be expanded to 64GB by itself, and there is plenty of room for subsequent DIY upgrades.
Evaluation summary
After detailed experience, the Colorful Star X15 ATi9 version is still in line with the author’s expectations. The mobile H-series Xeon core, which was previously only available on Jiangxing Pro series gaming notebooks, the X15 AT has also proven its driving ability through actual testing, with strong performance and outstanding performance. This configuration also provides an attractive gaming notebook equipment solution for players who pursue higher performance. Its characteristics are now summarized as follows:
1. Low-key appearance with Chinese style, moderate thickness and weight for portability;
2. Greatly improved the processing capabilities of various office design software, whether it is games It can still run smoothly in daily use;
3. The performance release and heat dissipation capabilities are good, large games or creative programs can run freely, and the first pre-sale price range is 7,000, which is very cost-effective.
For those who want to buy a gaming laptop in the near future, this comprehensive and cost-effective Jiangxing X15 ATi9 version is worth considering.