Test System and Benchmarks
All tests were performed on the following system:
| Test System | ASUS G75VW-DH72 |
| CPU | Intel Core i7 3630QM @ 2.4GHz |
| Chipset | Intel HM77 |
| Memory | 16GB(4x4GB) DDR3 1600 (Samsung M471B5273DH0-CK0) |
| Display | 17.3″ TN-film panel, 1920×1080@60Hz max resolution, LED backlight |
| GPU | NVidia GeForce GTX 670M, 3GB GDDR5 memory |
| Storage | SSD: LiteOn LAT-256M3S, 256GB, SATA 6.0Gb/s HDD: Hitachi 7K750, 750GB, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 7200RPM |
| Optical Drive | Blu-Ray/DVD-RW Combo |
| Network Interfaces | Wired: Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Wireless: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485WB-EG 802.11b/g/n |
| Audio | VIA VT1802P |
| Webcam | ASUS USB 2.0 webcam, 1280×720 maximum resolution |
| Card Reader | SD/Memory Stick/MMC 3-in-1 |
| Peripheral Interfaces | Intel USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Bluetooth 4.0 |
| Battery | 8 Cell, 5200 mAh, 74 Whrs |
| AC Adapter | Input:100-240 V AC, 50-60Hz universal Output: 19 V DC, 180 W |
| Operating System | Windows 8 |
Sandra
 CPU Arithmetic |
 CPU Multimedia |
 Cache & Memory Latency |
 Cache Bandwidth |
 CPU Cryptography |
 CPU Multi-Core Efficiency |
 CPU Power Management Efficiency |
 Memory Bandwidth |
 Memory Transaction Throughput |
The CPU and memory benchmark scores show that the i7 3630QM in the G75VW is a potent processor, well above what you’d normally expect from a mobile CPU. The only really anomalous results were in the memory transaction throughput, where a couple of processors claiming to be “Genuine Intel CPU 0000” and “Genuine Intel CPU” came out ahead. Given that these don’t correspond to any CPU Intel actually sells, they can safely be disregarded as Sisoft Sandra’s inability to interpret the name of the CPU.
 GP Bandwidth |
 GP Cryptography |
 GP Processing |
 Video Shader Compute |
 Video Memory Bandwidth |
On the GPU side, things are a bit more shaky. The GTX 670M in the G75VW is a capable video card–just not as capable as the name would lead you to believe. Contrary to what you might expect from the name, it is actually a GF114–in other words, a rebadged GTX 570M. Thus, I saw performance numbers more in line with a mid-range Fermi mobile GPU than the shrunk-down Kepler I was hoping for. Googling around a bit, I discovered that the 670MX was in fact the GK104-based GPU I would have liked to see in this laptop. That being said the 670M is still a very capable card, gaming performance will be more in line with a 570M and you may have to do some trade offs if you want to game at 1080. We will show you how it fares in some of the tougher games.
 Physical Disks |
 File System Bandwidth |
On the storage side, the LiteOn LAT-256M3S turned in some pretty respectable numbers, in line with what we’ve come to expect from some fairly high-end SSDs. LiteOn isn’t a name I typically associate with fast solid state performance, but as surprises go this is a rather pleasant one.
AIDA64
 CPU AES |
 CPU Hash |
 CPU Photoworxx |
 CPU Queen |
 CPU ZLib |
 FPU Julia |
 FPU Mandel |
 FPU SinJulia |
 FPU VP8 |
 Memory Read |
 Memory Write |
 Memory Copy |
 Memory Latency |
AIDA64’s benchmarks, which focus in on the CPU-RAM-Motherboard trinity of core performance, point out more clearly just how potent the i7 3630QM in the G75VW is. It’s not taking top honors, but it is comfortably in the realm of high end desktop and server systems when it comes to performance.
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