The Asus ProArt Studiobook 16 is a sleek and powerful creator laptop with a gorgeous OLED display and some interesting design touches.

All product photography by DL Cade

The Asus Studiobook 16 OLED is one of the best creator laptops we've had the risk to review. Not because information technology has a next-generation CPU (information technology doesn't) or the most powerful GPU (wrong over again). It doesn't sport a super vivid miniLED display, it'south non HDR certified, and the AMD Ryzen version we're testing hither doesn't even have Thunderbolt.

So why do we beloved it then much?

Because it delivers a remainder of performance, build quality, portability, affordability, usability, and creative pattern that you only don't find in most 'creator' laptops on the market today. There is very lilliputian we didn't similar well-nigh this well-rounded laptop, earning it the first 5 star rating we've given a PC since we started reviewing computers final twelvemonth.

Design, build and usability | Screen quality | Performance benchmarks | Conclusion

Key specifications:

Speaking of the few things nosotros don't similar, shopping for an Asus laptop is one of them. Since there's no Asus store where you can customize your build (understandable, but inconvenient) information technology's actually difficult to figure out what model comes with what specs, or how much any given combination of specs is probable to cost.

The ProArt Studiobook sixteen comes in OLED and non-OLED versions, with either 11th gen Intel or AMD Ryzen 5000 CPUs, a variety of possible enterprise and non-enterprise NVIDIA GPUs, and can support upwardly to 4TB of PCIe three.0 NVMe storage and 64GB of DDR4-3200 MHz RAM. All of them qualify as "NVIDIA Studio" laptops – and so they all encounter a sure standard of performance and screen quality and come with NVIDIA's Studio drivers pre-installed – simply there'southward are nevertheless a lot of options to choose from.

If nosotros limit our search to the versions with an OLED display, there are 4 main model numbers – two with consumer GPUs and two with enterprise GPUs – with a variety of possible configurations available for each. In the tabular array beneath, any specs that say 'up to' tin exist downgraded for more affordable SKUs, while the residue of the specs are set in rock for each model:

Intel Version AMD Version Intel Enterprise Version AMD Enterprise Version
Model Number H7600 H5600 W7600 W5600
CPU Up to Intel Cadre i9-11900H AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX Up to Intel Xeon W-11955M AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
GPU

NVIDIA RTX 3060

6GB VRAM

Upwards to NVIDIA RTX 3070

8GB VRAM

Up to NVIDIA RTX A5000

16GB VRAM

NVIDIA RTX A2000

4GB VRAM
RAM Upwardly to 64GB DDR4-3200

Upwards to 64GB DDR4-3200

Upwardly to 64GB DDR4-3200

 Upwardly to 64GB DDR4-3200
Storage

Up to 4TB PCIe 3.0 M.2 NVMe SSD

(2 10 2TB)

Upward to 4TB PCIe 3.0 M.ii NVMe SSD

(two x 2TB)

Up to 4TB PCIe three.0 One thousand.2 NVMe SSD

(ii x 2TB)

Up to 4TB PCIe 3.0 1000.2 NVMe SSD

(2 x 2TB
Brandish

16-inch 4K OLED Brandish

100% DCI-P3

16-inch 4K OLED Display

100% DCI-P3

16-inch 4K OLED Display

100% DCI-P3

16-inch 4K OLED Brandish

100% DCI-P3

Pricing is a chip more than difficult to pin down, because there are several possible configurations for each model number.

In general, it appears that the not-enterprise versions range in cost from well-nigh $2,000 to $three,000 depending on the display blazon, the GPU, the amount of RAM, and the amount of storage that comes pre-installed. The version nosotros're testing sports an AMD Ryzen 5900HX, NVIDIA RTX 3070, 32GB of RAM and 2TB of NVMe storage (2x 1TB PCIe iii.0 M.two SSDs), and our contacts at NVIDIA – who provided this figurer for review – told us this configuration volition run you 'about $2,200.'

In general, the not-enterprise versions range in price from virtually $2,000 to $3,000 depending on the type of display, the GPU, the amount of RAM, and the amount of storage that comes pre-installed.

However, pricing for the various OLED and non-OLED versions tin range anywhere from $one,600 for an affordable 'Amazon-simply' version to $five,000 for a fully loaded enterprise model with an Intel Xeon processor, NVIDIA A5000, 64GB of RAM and 4TB of storage.

All in all, the consumer pricing is extremely competitive. It makes competitors like Razer's Blade 17, MSI's Creator 17, Dell's XPS 17 and, of class, Apple's new MacBook Pro 16 wait pretty steep by comparison. Each of these competitors is better than the Asus ProArt Studiobook 16 in some categories and worse in others, but I'd fence that none of them can match the Asus in one case y'all cistron in price.

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Blueprint, build and usability

Asus made some artistic choices in the blueprint of the ProArt StudioBook 16, including a three-button trackpad and a physical dial.

Given its affordability, we expected the ProArt Studiobook 16 to sit somewhere in the middle of the 'build quality' pile. A little deck flex, centre-of-the-road trackpad, and a thicker design is par for the course if you're selling these kinds of specs for so piddling coin. That is not what nosotros institute.

The Studiobook 16 is extremely well built, with practically no deck or screen flex and a surprisingly thin design given the number and variety of ports that Asus managed to include. On the left-hand side of the estimator is a USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A port, the barrel plug for power, an HDMI ii.1 port that can support up to 4K 120Hz output, and two USB 3.two Hen 2 Type-C ports with back up for brandish and power delivery. On the right is a gigabit ethernet port, an audio combo jack, some other USB iii.ii Gen two Type-A port, and an SD Express 7.0 card slot.

The only affair missing from our model is Thunderbolt, only that'southward a limitation of every AMD-based laptop currently on the market. If y'all go with ane of the Intel models, ane of the USB Type-C ports is Thunderbolt 4/USB-4.

On the left-hand side, y'all'll detect a Kensington lock, a USB Type-A port, an Ac power plug, an HDMI 2.1 port, and two USB Blazon-C ports with display and power delivery.
On the right-mitt side, you'll find an SD Express 7.0 carte slot, an sound-combo jack, another USB Blazon-A port, and a Gigabit ethernet port.

Design and usability simply gets improve from hither. Moving on to the keyboard deck, the Studiobook 16 has an fantabulous low-contour, total-sized keyboard with squeamish large key caps and a responsive drinking glass-topped trackpad that feels great to the touch. In addition to these must-haves, Asus has also added two interesting features that brand the Studiobook stand out: iii physical buttons below the trackpad, and a mechanical dial.

The Studiobook 16 is extremely well built, with practically no deck or screen flex, and a surprisingly thin design given the variety of ports that Asus managed to include.

The heart push on the trackpad is meant to control things like pan, rotate or orbit in 3D applications. That probably doesn't employ to our audience, merely it's prissy to have the option. The mechanical dial, on the other hand, is extremely useful for both photo and video editing. Press information technology, and a context menu volition pop up that shows you some of the controls available to you lot in whatever app you happen to be using.

The default desktop controls are simply Book and Brightness, merely in one case you're in an application like Photoshop, the card expands to offer everything from zoom and rotate, to navigating layers, to adjusting brush size, opacity, and catamenia. I establish it very handy inside Photoshop, especially when paired with a drawing tablet, and it has a very satisfying click and press mechanic.

The Studiobook 16 features a three-button trackpad for 3D applications and a physical dial that can be used to adjust everything from brightness to brush size in Photoshop.

Information technology'south rare that a company gets a 'gimmick' like this right. Apple tree notoriously missed with the Impact Bar, and Asus have made some mistakes of their ain in the past, simply this is a domicile run. A physical addition to the keyboard deck of a laptop that quickly feels 2nd-nature once you begin using information technology.

In Photoshop, the mechanical dial allows you to control everything from zoom and rotate, to navigating layers, to adjusting brush size, opacity, and flow.

Finally, it'due south worth mentioning the upgradability of the laptop. The underside is held on past 10 Phillips-head screws, with i screw sporting a discrete plastic add-on that notifies the factory if you've tinkered with your laptop (and voided your warranty). That's a little annoying, merely one time the back panel has been removed, y'all accept easy access to both RAM slots and both PCIe iii.0 One thousand.2 slots, making this laptop extremely upgradable.

This is a picayune better than the Dell XPS 17, which uses special Torx screws on the underside, and leaps amend than the MSI Creator 17, which hides the RAM slots underneath the motherboard, forcing y'all to have the whole thing apart if you want to upgrade afterwards.

Removing the rear console of the Studiobook xvi reveals easy access to both RAM slots and both M.2 slots.
The Studiobook 16 gives users easy access to both RAM slots and both PCIe 3.0 M.ii slots, making this laptop extremely upgradable.

Asus deserves credit for building something that checks all of the nearly of import boxes from the standpoint of a creator working with photos, videos, or 3D design. The laptop is sturdy without being heavy, features tons of I/O without existence thick, and it puts a heavy accent on the quality of those features that you collaborate with on a daily basis: the keyboard, the trackpad, the mechanical dial and, of course, the display.

Given the affordable toll and the ease with which you lot tin can upgrade the RAM and storage later, this should exist a pinnacle selection for upkeep-conscious creators who don't want to cede screen quality, screen size, or portability in exchange for operation.

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Screen quality

The Asus ProArt Studiobook 16 was extremely well-calibrated out of the box, with a white point pegged to D65 and an average Delta East of < 2.

Every time we review a laptop with an OLED display, nosotros're reminded why this technology is nigh certainly the time to come of broad gamut, color accurate monitors. There are definitely downsides, peculiarly where longevity and brightness are concerned, but the color and contrast is simply unmatched.

This is even more so the case with the Asus ProArt Studiobook xvi OLED, which (as the name suggests) features a glossy 16-inch Samsung RGB OLED display that has been factory calibrated and Pantone validated to offer approximately 100% coverage of DCI-P3 and an average Delta East of less than ii.

Based on our testing, this is i of the best factory calibrated displays we've ever used in a laptop. Out of the box, the white point of this display was already spot on to the D65 white point that you should probably be using if y'all're doing any kind of photograph or video editing for a digital medium. I don't think I've ever tested a laptop display that was this well calibrated out of the box:

The Asus ProArt Studiobook 16 factory calibration is spot on, with a white signal perfectly balanced to D65 right out of the box.

Afterwards checking the white bespeak, we ran a measurement report on the manufactory contour and establish that it lived up to Asus promises, with an average Delta East of 1.92, a maximum Delta Eastward 4.12, and a gamut that looks to be pegged to the DCI-P3 primaries. In the screenshot below, the multicolored line is the measured console gamut with the mill profile applied, and the dashed line is DCI-P3.

Based on our testing, the Asus ProArt Studiobook 16 OLED has one of the best factory calibrated displays we've ever used in a laptop.
The mill profile seems to have the panel's primaries (multi-colored line) pegged to DCI-P3 (dashed line), but the console'due south native gamut is really quite larger.
When tested, the manufacturing plant profile shows an boilerplate Delta Due east of one.92 and a maximum Delta E of four.12.

This is already pretty good, but that maximum Delta E is less than ideal and it seemed strange that the panel is perfectly aligned with DCI-P3. Then we used DisplayCAL to contour the display'due south native panel gamut, as measured, with no additional calibration any.

The result: the native panel gamut is actually quite a fleck larger than DCI-P3, and the maximum Delta E of this display once information technology's appropriately profiled is but 0.78, with an average Delta E of 0.19. Here'southward the measurement report, created after a basic profile with no additional calibration curves applied and no aligning made to the white point:

Every bit you tin can run across, the measured console gamut using our profile (right) is quite a bit larger than the manufacturing plant profile (left):

The factory scale (left) is pegged to the DCI-P3 primaries (dotted line), just the native panel gamut (correct) is actually quite a bit larger.

For whatever reason, the profile produced by Asus during factory calibration is set to emulate DCI-P3, with no pick to calibrate to the native panel gamut inside the 'ProArt Creator Hub.' The software will allow yous to re-calibrate the display if you take an XRite i1Display Pro colorimeter, but you can't specify the target gamut or target white point.

The good news: the built-in organization accordingly calibrates your white point so that it's spot on to D65, then all y'all take to do to take total advantage of this display is create a basic profile in an awarding like DisplayCAL. The bad news: if you lot don't have any manner to profile the display yourself, you're stuck with a manufacturing plant profile that clips your display primaries to DCI-P3 past default.

If you can profile the display at home, both the color gamut and color accuracy of this display are some of the best yous'll observe in a laptop.

If you can profile the brandish at abode, both the color gamut and color accuracy of this brandish are some of the best yous'll find in a laptop. Not only does the display encompass 99.9% of DCI-P3 with a perfect white point out of the box, the native console gamut wide enough to embrace 97% of AdobeRGB at the same time:

Beyond the scale limitations mentioned above, at that place are merely two other problems with the brandish, which are really limitations of current-gen OLED technology:

  1. The display can't get bright enough for true HDR performance. Based on our measurements, yous tin look between 300 and 400 nits max.
  2. Yous may somewhen experience color shifts or burn in depending on how and how much you use the screen on a day to twenty-four hours basis, although Asus includes some automated 'OLED Care' settings that should forestall this from happening for a very long time.

If you lot're okay with both of these problems, then we can't praise the screen in this laptop enough. It's one of the best, and best calibrated, brandish'southward we've e'er tested in a laptop.

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Performance benchmarks

The Studiobook xvi is amongst the fastest laptops nosotros've ever tested for photo editing.

The master reasons we've enjoyed using the Asus ProArt Studiobook xvi OLED have cypher to do with operation. Information technology's a well-built laptop with a dandy design and splendid brandish, and that's a trifecta that many high-performance laptops fail to reach because they merchandise a boatload of convenience for a cupful of raw functioning. Simply that's not to say that this laptop's performance is bad, or even sub-par.

In fact, despite using a more efficient CPU and GPU than some of its Intel-based competitors, it's nonetheless amongst the fastest laptops we've tested, especially for photo editing.

For today'southward comparisons, we tested the Studiobook 16 against the MSI Creator 17, the Dell XPS 17, and an Apple MacBook Pro 14 with an M1 Pro:

Asus Studiobook 16 MSI Creator 17 Dell XPS 17 Apple MacBook Pro
CPU AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX Intel Cadre i9-11900H Intel Core i7-11800H M1 Pro 10-core
GPU

NVIDIA RTX 3070

NVIDIA RTX 3080

16GB VRAM

NVIDIA RTX 3060

6GB VRAM

 M1 Pro 16-cadre
RAM 32GB DDR4-3200MHz 32GB DDR4-3200MHz 32GB DDR4-3200MHz 32GB Unified Memory
Storage 2TB PCIe 3.0 M.2 NVMe SSD 2TB PCIe 4.0 M.2 NVMe SSD 1TB PCIe 3.0 One thousand.2 NVMe SSD 1TB Integrated SSD
Display

16-inch 4K OLED Display

100% DCI-P3

17-inch 4K HDR miniLED Display

100% DCI-P3

17-inch 4K UHD+ LCD Display

100% Adobe RGB

14-inch 4K HDR miniLED Display

100% DCI-P3
Price $2,200 $3,800 $2,800 $2,900

Nosotros do still have an M1 Max MacBook Pro 16 on paw, but that's a $iv,300 configuration with 64GB of RAM and we don't wanna give Apple tree an unfair reward if we can help it. If you lot want to see how the fully-loaded M1 Max compares to the laptops reviewed hither, you tin can cheque out our full review of that laptop here.

Despite using a more efficient CPU and GPU than some of its Intel-based competitors, the Asus ProArt Studiobook sixteen is all the same among the fastest laptops we've tested, especially for photo editing.

Based on my experience testing a plethora of Apple Silicon devices over the past two years, the performance of the M1 Pro MacBook Pro 14 below should be well-nigh identical to a larger MacBook Pro 16 with identical specs, which would cost you $iii,100.

Adobe Lightroom Archetype

To test Lightroom Classic functioning, nosotros use 100 copies of the Raw studio scene photo from the 20MP Canon EOS R6, the 47MP Nikon Z7 Two, the 61MP Sony a7R IV, and 100MP Fujifilm GFX 100.

The 'import' benchmark tests how long information technology takes to import each ready of 100 raw photos and generate 1:ane previews; the 'consign' benchmarks tests how long it takes to consign those aforementioned photos as total-sized, 100% quality JPEGs subsequently applying a custom preset chock full of global edits. More often than not speaking, this is a good test of the pure CPU (import) and CPU+memory (export) performance, since Adobe Lightroom Classic doesn't apply the GPU to accelerate either of these two tasks.

At import, nosotros run into the AMD-powered Studiobook 16 fall a little behind the contest, which are all using newer 11th-gen Intel or Apple Silicon processors with overall faster performance:

Catechism EOS R6 Import Nikon Z7 II Import Sony a7R IV Import Fujifilm GFX 100 Import
Studiobook 16 1:27 2:31 ii:47 6:01
Dell XPS 17 one:29 2:23 2:39 five:28
MSI Creator 17 one:24 2:19 2:31 five:38
Apple MBP xiv i:24 2:16 2:24 6:00

Exports are a different story. While the MacBook Pro sweeps this category thank you to its faster Unified Memory Architecture, the Studiobook sixteen is equally fast or fifty-fifty faster than the other two PCs depending on the size of the files being exported. Since all three of these PCs use DDR4-3200MHz RAM, it's all downwards to optimization and how well the CPU manages the retention at its disposal:

Canon EOS R6 Export Nikon Z7 Ii Consign Sony a7R Iv Export Fujifilm GFX 100 Export
Studiobook 16 iii:23 7:24 10:10 21:38
Dell XPS 17 3:33 7:40 9:56 24:51
MSI Creator 17 iii:34 7:46 9:54 21:09
M1 Pro MBP 2:39 five:17 half-dozen:46 11:24

Capture One Pro 22

Our Capture One Pro benchmarks are pretty much identical to Lightroom Archetype. We apply the same 100 Raw files from the same iv cameras, and the only real difference is that nosotros generate the default 2560px previews since there's no 1:1 pick in Capture Ane.

The Asus Studiobook 16 fares significantly improve in this import exam, posting the fastest time for three of the four cameras tested. We can't know for certain, but this may be the case for 2 reasons:

  1. Capture Ane Pro 22 is better optimized to use multiple cores and take reward of the AMD Ryzen processor'due south excellent multi-threaded functioning.
  2. Capture One Pro 22 uses the GPU to accelerate both import and export, allowing the Studiobook 16 to use its NVIDIA RTX 3070 to make upward some ground on the Dell XPS 17 and outperform the Mac in every category.
Canon EOS R6 Import Nikon Z7 II Import Sony a7R IV Import Fujifilm GFX 100 Import
Studiobook 16 00:39 00:52 ane:03 i:37
Dell XPS 17 00:49 ane:14 1:32 2:10
MSI Creator 17 00:41 00:55 one:04 1:33
M1 Pro MBP 00:42 1:03 ane:17 2:03

Exports play out similarly. Considering of GPU acceleration, all the PCs make up some ground on the MacBook Pro 14, using the NVIDIA RTX 3060, 3070, and 3080 in the XPS 17, Studiobook sixteen, and Creator 17, respectively, to close the gap despite Apple'due south faster unified memory.

This is where having a discrete GPU begins to pay dividends, especially equally file sizes go larger. Once yous go to the 100MP Fujifilm GFX 100 raw files, the Studiobook 16 and MSI Creator 17 both outperform the Mac, with the Studiobook posting a meaning win over every other computer we tested:

Catechism EOS R6 Export Nikon Z7 II Export Sony a7R Iv Export Fujifilm GFX 100 Export
Studiobook 16 1:25 two:57 3:32 5:58
Dell XPS 17 1:48 3:49 four:28 seven:thirteen
MSI Creator 17 1:34 3:19 4:00 half-dozen:23
M1 Pro MBP 1:eleven ii:54 3:32 vi:43

Adobe Photoshop

To test Photoshop operation, we utilise Puget Systems well-known 'PugetBench' criterion, which you tin larn about hither. For our purposes, we actually use an older version of this benchmark (version 0.8) because it was the last version to include a Photograph Merge test and, since it's a script and not a plugin, information technology's fully compatible with Apple Silicon.

This puts all four of our computers on an equal footing, and the Studiobook 16 performs... well... as expected. It'south a bit faster than the Dell XPS 17 with its Cadre i7 CPU and NVIDIA RTX 3060 GPU, simply a chip slower than the MSI Creator 17 with its Core i9 CPU and NVIDIA RTX 3080 GPU. Nonetheless, as we've seen ever since the Apple Silicon M1 was released, the Mac is unbeatable in this benchmark. Information technology'due south ultra-fast CPU and RAM make up for any arrears in the GPU department, leaving the rest of the computers in the dust.

Overall General GPU Filter PhotoMerge
Studiobook sixteen 1022 108.seven 109.6 87.ii 119.1
Dell XPS 17 996.9 108.two 109.8 84.2 113.seven
MSI Creator 17 1033.8 111.5 116.5 87.1 119.8
M1 Pro MBP 1218.7 124.8 108.0 100.iii 159.1

Adobe Premiere Pro

Our fourth and final benchmark tests video editing performance in Adobe Premiere Pro, which is notoriously hard on your CPU, GPU, and RAM ... all at the same time.

For this test, we accept a 4K projection made upwardly of 8K Sony a1 footage (see below) and run it through four different tests: Render All, export Master File (using Previews), export H.264, and consign H.265. To wrap things up, we as well test how long it takes Premiere Pro to Warp Stabilize a 15-2d prune from this aforementioned shoot.

You can watch the video used in these benchmarks beneath:

In general, this is where the Studiobook 16 really struggled, falling well behind the Dell, MSI, and Apple tree laptops in three of our iv tests. It appears that the AMD CPU and NVIDIA GPU only don't play well together, giving the Intel-based laptops and the Apple tree Silicon Mac an advantage any time serious video encoding or transcoding is taking place.

In these tests, the Studiobook sixteen falls backside both the MSI Creator 17 and Apple MacBook Pro fourteen past over a minute. That translates into a 21% to 30% decrease in performance compared to the Intel-based MSI, and a whopping 31% to 38% decrease in performance compared to the Apple Silicon-based Mac.

This is one utilise example where having an AMD Ryzen CPU really seems to hurt performance when compared to like Intel-based PCs with NVIDIA GPUs. Hopefully Adobe and/or NVIDIA tin further optimize this combination of CPU/GPU, only for now, information technology's a tradeoff yous need to keep in listen.

Render All Consign Master File Consign H.264 Export HEVC/H.265 Warp Stabilize
Studiobook sixteen 4:56 00:10 four:25 four:24 2:21
Dell XPS 17 4:12 00:15 iii:57 3:41 2:32
MSI Creator 17 3:53 00:12 three:27 3:06 2:32
M1 Pro MBP three:04 00:12 two:57 three:01 ii:13

Functioning Takeaways

With the exception of Premiere Pro, where the functioning suffered in a large and measurable way, the Asus Studiobook 16 keeps stride with the latest and greatest hardware we've been able to test. In every other criterion, the difference in performance betwixt the $2,200 Studiobook 16 and the $iii,800 MSI Creator 17 is ofttimes minuscule, with the Asus claiming several central wins along the way despite its much lower price, more than efficient CPU, and slightly weaker GPU.

In my stance, this combination of an AMD Ryzen nine 5900HX and NVIDIA RTX 3070 is the sweet spot for photo editors who want loftier performance without sacrificing a ton of portability to go in that location. Nice as it is to have the height-of-the-line specs, just a few applications take full advantage of the extra CUDA cores and VRAM that comes with a much more expensive NVIDIA RTX 3080, and extra performance you get from an 11th-gen Intel CPU may non exist worth the extra heat and power draw unless yous spend a lot of time in Adobe Premiere Pro.

This combination of an AMD Ryzen ix 5900HX and NVIDIA RTX 3070 is the sweet spot for photo editors who desire high performance without sacrificing a ton of portability to get in that location.

In terms of creative functioning, just like design and build quality, the Studiobook 16 strikes the a great balance between raw power and usability, making it one of my favorite laptops I've tested to engagement.

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The ideal residue of operation, usability, and price

The Asus ProArt Studiobook 16 is ane of the best all-around creator PCs we've tested, pairing solid performance with an excellent design at a great toll.
What We Similar What Nosotros Don't Similar
  • Broad-gamut OLED display with first-class factory calibration
  • Top shelf photo and video editing operation
  • Congenital in dial and 3-button trackpad are actually useful
  • Bang-up build quality
  • Tons of ports
  • Easy to upgrade both RAM and storage
  • Mill profile maps to DCI-P3 instead of native panel gamut
  • No way to manually adjust the brandish'due south white point or prepare a target color gamut using built-in calibration
  • No Thunderbolt support on AMD version
  • Premiere Pro performance suffers on AMD version

Asus has been taking a lot of risks over the past few years: they were 1 of the first PC makers to use AMD Ryzen CPUs in their high-end laptops, and they've experimented with interesting design choices similar secondary displays, digital number pads, and mechanical dials. This creative, competitive attitude is paying off, and the ProArt Studiobook 16 OLED is just the latest example.

The things that brand 1 high-end creator laptop stand out from another often have little to do with raw performance. Like cameras, just about any laptop that costs $2,000 or more will tear through your photograph and video editing workflow similar moisture tissue newspaper, and the differences betwixt two similar options – as the performance benchmarks above clearly show – are typically measured in seconds, not minutes.

In every way that matters most, the Asus ProArt Studiobook 16 meets or exceeds what I've seen from competing 16- and 17-inch laptops on the market, while charging less.

When y'all're choosing between two or iii laptops in the same category and price range, the existent differentiators volition be things similar build quality, screen quality, and pattern touches that directly impact usability such as RAM and storage upgradability, port pick, and the quality of the keyboard and trackpad.

This is what makes the Asus ProArt Studiobook 16 OLED my new favorite creator PC, and the first Windows laptop to earn five out of five stars since I started reviewing computers at DPReview. In every manner that matters most, the Studiobook sixteen meets or exceeds what I've seen from competing xvi- and 17-inch laptops on the market place, while charging less.

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