Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED laptop review: Subnotebook impresses with fast AMD Ryzen 7 6800U

AS SSD Score Total

Average

Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR

 

(2577 – 9147, n=58)

6685

Points

∼100%

+20%

Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H

Phison Electronics PS5012

5668

Points

∼85%

+2%

Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED

Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR

5566

Points

∼83%

Average of class

Subnotebook

 

(545 – 8363, n=73, last 2 years)

3842

Points

∼57%

-31%

Dell XPS 13 9310 OLED

Toshiba XG6 KXG60ZNV512G

3692

Points

∼55%

-34%

Samsung Galaxy Book2 Pro 13 NP930XED-KA1DE

Samsung PM991a MZVLQ256HBJD

2470

Points

∼37%

-56%

Score Read

Average

Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR

 

(983 – 3469, n=58)

2357

Points

∼100%

+38%

Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H

Phison Electronics PS5012

2138

Points

∼91%

+25%

Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED

Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR

1705

Points

∼72%

Average of class

Subnotebook

 

(199 – 3512, n=73, last 2 years)

1445

Points

∼61%

-15%

Dell XPS 13 9310 OLED

Toshiba XG6 KXG60ZNV512G

1416

Points

∼60%

-17%

Samsung Galaxy Book2 Pro 13 NP930XED-KA1DE

Samsung PM991a MZVLQ256HBJD

1039

Points

∼44%

-39%

Score Write

Average

Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR

 

(921 – 4043, n=58)

3193

Points

∼100%

+3%

Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED

Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR

3101

Points

∼97%

Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H

Phison Electronics PS5012

2438

Points

∼76%

-21%

Average of class

Subnotebook

 

(251 – 3765, n=73, last 2 years)

1704

Points

∼53%

-45%

Dell XPS 13 9310 OLED

Toshiba XG6 KXG60ZNV512G

1606

Points

∼50%

-48%

Samsung Galaxy Book2 Pro 13 NP930XED-KA1DE

Samsung PM991a MZVLQ256HBJD

952

Points

∼30%

-69%

Seq Read

Average

Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR

 

(2638 – 5588, n=58)

4792

MB/s

∼100%

+3%

Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED

Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR

4664

MB/s

∼97%

Average of class

Subnotebook

 

(447 – 5546, n=73, last 2 years)

2990

MB/s

∼62%

-36%

Dell XPS 13 9310 OLED

Toshiba XG6 KXG60ZNV512G

2694

MB/s

∼56%

-42%

Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H

Phison Electronics PS5012

2501

MB/s

∼52%

-46%

Samsung Galaxy Book2 Pro 13 NP930XED-KA1DE

Samsung PM991a MZVLQ256HBJD

2304

MB/s

∼48%

-51%

Seq Write

Average

Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR

 

(1617 – 4477, n=58)

3181

MB/s

∼100%

+46%

Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H

Phison Electronics PS5012

2354

MB/s

∼74%

+8%

Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED

Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR

2179

MB/s

∼69%

Average of class

Subnotebook

 

(277 – 3955, n=73, last 2 years)

1826

MB/s

∼57%

-16%

Dell XPS 13 9310 OLED

Toshiba XG6 KXG60ZNV512G

1407

MB/s

∼44%

-35%

Samsung Galaxy Book2 Pro 13 NP930XED-KA1DE

Samsung PM991a MZVLQ256HBJD

1042

MB/s

∼33%

-52%

4K ReadAsus Zenbook S 13 OLED

Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR

63.64

MB/s

∼88%

Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H

Phison Electronics PS5012

61

MB/s

∼84%

-4%

Average of class

Subnotebook

 

(8.95 – 84.8, n=73, last 2 years)

56.3

MB/s

∼78%

-12%

Dell XPS 13 9310 OLED

Toshiba XG6 KXG60ZNV512G

54.4

MB/s

∼75%

-15%

Samsung Galaxy Book2 Pro 13 NP930XED-KA1DE

Samsung PM991a MZVLQ256HBJD

45.6

MB/s

∼63%

-28%

4K WriteDell XPS 13 9310 OLED

Toshiba XG6 KXG60ZNV512G

195.8

MB/s

∼100%

+30%

Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H

Phison Electronics PS5012

170.7

MB/s

∼87%

+13%

Average of class

Subnotebook

 

(48 – 294, n=73, last 2 years)

157.9

MB/s

∼81%

+4%

Samsung Galaxy Book2 Pro 13 NP930XED-KA1DE

Samsung PM991a MZVLQ256HBJD

152.4

MB/s

∼78%

+1%

Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED

Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR

151.15

MB/s

∼77%

4K-64 ReadHuawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H

Phison Electronics PS5012

1827

MB/s

∼100%

+56%

Average

Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR

 

(421 – 2854, n=58)

1806

MB/s

∼99%

+54%

Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED

Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR

1174.58

MB/s

∼64%

Dell XPS 13 9310 OLED

Toshiba XG6 KXG60ZNV512G

1092

MB/s

∼60%

-7%

Average of class

Subnotebook

 

(145 – 2938, n=73, last 2 years)

1090

MB/s

∼60%

-7%

Samsung Galaxy Book2 Pro 13 NP930XED-KA1DE

Samsung PM991a MZVLQ256HBJD

763.3

MB/s

∼42%

-35%

4K-64 WriteAsus Zenbook S 13 OLED

Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR

2732.34

MB/s

∼100%

Average

Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR

 

(367 – 3451, n=58)

2689

MB/s

∼98%

-2%

Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H

Phison Electronics PS5012

2032

MB/s

∼74%

-26%

Average of class

Subnotebook

 

(157.4 – 3196, n=73, last 2 years)

1364

MB/s

∼50%

-50%

Dell XPS 13 9310 OLED

Toshiba XG6 KXG60ZNV512G

1269

MB/s

∼46%

-54%

Samsung Galaxy Book2 Pro 13 NP930XED-KA1DE

Samsung PM991a MZVLQ256HBJD

695.1

MB/s

∼25%

-75%

Access Time ReadSamsung Galaxy Book2 Pro 13 NP930XED-KA1DE

Samsung PM991a MZVLQ256HBJD

0.18

ms *

∼100%

-683%

Average of class

Subnotebook

 

(0.021 – 0.5, n=72, last 2 years)

0.07115

ms *

∼40%

-209%

Dell XPS 13 9310 OLED

Toshiba XG6 KXG60ZNV512G

0.064

ms *

∼36%

-178%

Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H

Phison Electronics PS5012

0.051

ms *

∼28%

-122%

Average

Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR

 

(0.02 – 0.083, n=58)

0.03698

ms *

∼21%

-61%

Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED

Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR

0.023

ms *

∼13%

Access Time Write

Average of class

Subnotebook

 

(0.013 – 0.703, n=73, last 2 years)

0.06841

ms *

∼100%

-153%

Dell XPS 13 9310 OLED

Toshiba XG6 KXG60ZNV512G

0.062

ms *

∼91%

-130%

Average

Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR

 

(0.018 – 0.101, n=58)

0.03322

ms *

∼49%

-23%

Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED

Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR

0.027

ms *

∼39%

Samsung Galaxy Book2 Pro 13 NP930XED-KA1DE

Samsung PM991a MZVLQ256HBJD

0.025

ms *

∼37%

+7%

Huawei MateBook 13s i5 11300H

Phison Electronics PS5012

0.022

ms *

∼32%

+19%