Take the "core" from the surface. Evaluation of new Dell XPS 13

IT 168 Evaluation Dell notebooks have always occupied a sky in the industry with their perfect design and exquisite workmanship. In particular, Dell XPS, as a representative product of its luxury notebook, was widely praised once it was launched, leaving a deep impression on users and friends. At last year's CES 20 15 exhibition in the United States, Dell introduced XPS 13 with micro-bezel design, which attracted users' attention. Recently, the performance configuration of Dell XPS 13 has been upgraded. If you have to describe it in one sentence, Bian Xiao wants to say: "As always, it is beautiful, but it has a stronger core."

In terms of configuration, the seventh-generation Intel Core i7-7500U equipped with the new Dell XPS 13 that participated in the evaluation can be said to be the biggest highlight of this upgrade of Dell XPS 13. In addition, the machine has 8G memory, 256GB SSD, 13.3 inch FHD HD display, and the resolution is 1920× 65433. Pre-installed Windows 10 operating system. Overall, it is still remarkable. Let's take a look at the performance of the new Dell XPS 13.

Overview of advantages:

1, micro-border, thin and fashionable;

2. The latest seventh-generation Core processor has better performance;

3, the heat dissipation effect is good.

The appearance of Dell XPS 13: thin and stylish, unparalleled.

It can be said that Dell notebook has always had its own style in appearance design, especially XPS, the representative product of luxury notebook, has its own unique charm. Dell XPS 13, which participated in the evaluation, made Bian Xiao feel a strong atmosphere from the beginning of packaging.

The water chestnut of the simple all-black packaging box is clearly matched with the classic Dell logo on the front, which impacts Bian Xiao's visual nerve and gives people a feeling that the contents are very advanced.

When we open the box, we can see the true face of Dell XPS. Only then can XPS be evaluated as a local gold color scheme. We have to say that this is a very fashionable color scheme. Owning local gold products can always give people a lofty atmosphere.

Under the local gold color scheme, we can feel that Dell XPS 13 has a strong metallic feeling. Here, the shell of the machine is made of anodized aluminum, and with the coating with metallic texture, the appearance of the whole notebook is instantly upgraded. In fact, we are no strangers to this color scheme of XPS 13, which can be regarded as a continuation of the classic color scheme. In addition, the redesigned notebook has a silver color scheme.

▲ The overall corners are smooth.

From the corner design of XPS 13, it can be determined that it is a circular design, but on the whole, it can still feel a fierce atmosphere, which is in line with its noble temperament.

▲ The LOGO in the center of side A is black.

Dell's classic logo is located in the middle of the front. There is nothing else on the A side of this notebook, but it simply reveals a spirit.

Looking at Dell XPS 13 from the side, we can see that the streamlined design of this machine is not like the design of a popular notebook computer.

▲ B side of ultra-narrow border

Open the top cover, and you can see an ultra-narrow screen, which is an FHD HD display with a resolution of 13.3 inches, with a resolution of 1920× 1080. It can be said that the ultra-narrow bezel can visually give people a wider screen feeling, and at the same time, it can effectively reduce the size of the notebook computer.

▲ In addition to the Dell LOGO camera at the bottom of the B side, it is also designed at the bottom of the screen.

Another interesting thing about B is that the camera is located in the lower left corner of the screen, because the ultra-narrow border design makes it impossible to design the camera on the right side of the screen. However, even if the camera is designed in this position, it will not affect the overall beauty of its B-side.

The overall design of surface C is clean and concise.

▲ Power switch in the upper right corner.

▲ Intel 7th Generation Core ? Processor Logo

In addition to the keyboard, there is only one power button in the upper right corner of C-plane, and the CPU label in the lower right corner. We can see that the latest XPS has been equipped with the latest seventh-generation i7.

As for the keyboard, there is no independent keypad area because of the size limitation, but what is commendable is that the touch and feedback speed of the keys are also good, which is a relatively labor-saving keyboard design.

The touchpad is an integrated design. It feels smooth and comfortable to use. We can see that there are some textures on the palm rest, and the material is a little soft, so it is very comfortable to put your hands on it. It is a skin-like material, which is one of XPS's favorite designs.

Next is the D-plane design. On the whole, there is a row of cooling window openings in addition to non-slip mats, and the opening area is not too large. Let's make a detailed evaluation of the heat dissipation capacity of the machine.

▲ The two long mats are very stable.

There is also an openable XPS nameplate in the middle of the D surface, where the information of the equipment is hidden, which also makes the whole back look very clean when the nameplate is closed.

▲ nameplate on the back

▲ Hidden device information

Careful friends may have noticed in our previous introduction, but they didn't see where the speaker was. Here, we found that the openings of the dual speakers of Dell XPS 13 are designed symmetrically on both sides, so that the sound will have a better propagation path. In the actual sound effect playback process, the sound spreads clearly and there is no feeling of being blocked.

▲ Speakers on both sides

In terms of interface, there are power interface, mini DP port, USB3.0, integrated earphone/microphone interface and battery lamp on the left. On the right is SD card reader and USB3.0 interface. Although it looks thin, it is not bad to have so many interfaces, which is much more practical than the interface of MacBook Pro recently released by Apple.

▲ Left interface

▲ Right interface

Generally speaking, although Dell XPS 13 continues the previous generation products in design, it has not changed much, but it is still amazing. The latest configuration and noble temperament make its face worth exploding, while various exquisite details also show its noble identity.

Heat dissipation performance test

In the last article, we showed the detailed design of Dell XPS 13. We found that the opening area of its cooling window is not large, and there is no design of cooling fan, so it is inevitable that people will be curious about the cooling performance of Dell XPS 13 as a notebook computer. Here, we will let the GPU and CPU of the fuselage work under high load for a period of time, and then use Fluke infrared thermal imager to test the overall temperature distribution of the machine, so that everyone can see the temperature rise of each position more intuitively, including the specific performance of the internal core temperature and the surface temperature of the machine.

▲ Front temperature

▲ Front temperature

Here we can see that the highest temperature on the front is around 52℃, mainly concentrated in the middle of the keyboard, which should be the position of CPU. The temperature near other heating elements is 42℃, and the temperature of the right part of the body and the touchpad area of the palm rest is about 22℃.

▲ Back temperature

The temperature on the back is similar to that on the front, and the highest temperature is 48 degrees near the cooling window. The rest are basically preserved at room temperature.

Performance test of Dell XPS 13

XPS 13, as a luxury product owned by Dell, is not enough if it only has a tall appearance. In the previous article, we mentioned the seventh-generation Intel Core i7-7500U equipped with Dell XPS 13, which can be said to be the biggest highlight of this upgrade of Dell XPS 13. In addition, the machine has 8G memory and 256G SSD. From the configuration point of view, I am still looking forward to it.

Let's look at the performance of several tests.

CPU test:

First of all, we know that Dell XPS 13 is equipped with the latest i7 processor-Intel Core i7-7500U, with 4M cache, clocked at 2.7GHz, and the highest turbo frequency can reach 3.5GHz.

CineBench R 15 can support up to 256 logic cores. In addition, the investigation of shader, antialiasing, shadow, illumination and reflection blur is strengthened, and the detection of CPU performance is more accurate. The processor used in the machine is tested by CINEBENCH R 15, with single core 145cb and multi-core 323CB, which is in a good level as a whole.

Graphic ability test:

Because it is the seventh generation i7 processor, the code name of the core graphics card has changed from 520 to 620. Here, Dell XPS 13 has no discrete graphics card design. Let's take a look at the graphics processing ability of this machine through 3Dmark.

In addition to the test results, 3DMark will also give real-time graphs of various scenes during the test, and record the frame rate, CPU temperature, GPU temperature and CPU power consumption in the whole process. The new version of 3Dmark is also the first choice for running points of graphics cards. Judging from the score, the graphics processing ability of the machine is good enough to run most mainstream games at present.

Hard disk test:

Dell XPS 13 adopts 256GB solid state drive, which not only improves the speed, but also has enough storage capacity for daily office use, and will be more powerful with the brand-new seventh-generation i7. Let's take a look at the performance of this SSD. Here we use HD tune software, which is a very useful hard disk tool software. Its main functions include hard disk transmission rate detection, health status detection, temperature detection and disk surface scanning.

In the hard disk test using HD tune, we can see that the lowest transmission speed of this hard disk is 156.5MB/ s, and the highest is 9 16.3MB/ s, and its average speed is 635.3 MB/s. The performance of the hard disk is outstanding, which can be regarded as the leader among SSD solid state drives.

Here, we also selected the ATTO disk benchmark to test the hard disk:

ATTO disk benchmark is a simple and easy-to-use software for detecting disk transfer rate, which can be used to detect the read-write rate of mobile disks such as hard disk, U disk and memory card. ATTO Disk Benchmarking This software uses data test packets of different sizes, and the data packets are read and written from 0.5K to 8 192.0KB respectively. After the test, the data is represented in the form of histogram. It can well explain the influence of different file size ratios on disk reading and writing speed.

According to the test results, Dell XPS 13' s hard disk really performs first-class.

To sum up, the performance of Dell XPS 13 is remarkable. As an ultra-thin notebook, this performance is enough to compare with most competitors at the same price, and it is generally satisfactory.

Evaluation summary:

Compared with the old XPS 13, this new XPS 13 continues the previous classics in appearance, fully explaining what is "fashionable, thin and tall". In terms of configuration, the latest seventh-generation Intel Core i7-7500U, combined with high-quality solid-state drives, can bring people an extremely fast experience, which is amazing enough. Dell XPS 13 is worth considering if some users and friends are interested in updating their personal laptops recently.