Asus Vivobook S510 Review: A Decent-Performing 15-inches Laptop

Asus Vivobook S510 review with full specification details will benefit those who want the lightest 15-inches laptop. Though, there are many 15-inch laptops in the marketplace that considered almost full-sized laptops. But most of them are too weighty to hold regularly. Most rightly handy 15-inches laptops on the market, for example, the Dell XPS 15 and MacBook Pro, prices at above $1,000. On the other hand, the Asus VivoBook S510, a 15-inches laptop that weighs up only 3.57 pounds, begins at a sensible $699.

Though, the model we tested came at the rate of $799. Asus Vivobook S510 comes with fascinating specs like a 1080p screen, narrow display bezels, a striking aluminium cover. It also offers an optional double-storage drive. Though the Asus laptop offers so many decent and appealing specs, a few shortcomings exist. These downsides consist of meagre battery life, a tiny keyboard and a fuzzy webcam. If you can easily compromise with shortcomings, Asus VivoBook S510’s first-class design and captivating performance make it a top choice.

Asus Vivobook S510 is the most prevailing laptop with an Intel Core i7 processor, 8GB RAM and a couple of space drives. These drives are consist of a 1TB 5,400 RPM hard drive with a 128GB SSD.  Though, We opened above a dozen tabs in Chrome and a play a video in another window. We did not notice any lag and delay while opening Tabs and playing video playback. The Asus Vivobook S510 didn’t hang up for a single minute. On Geekbench 4 benchmark performance test, the Asus VivoBook S510 recorded a compact 7,593 score. This score is well beyond the Intel Core i5 motorized Inspiron 15 (6,742) and the Acer Aspire E15 (6,974).

However, this score is a tad behindhand the HP Envy x360 having a score of 8,322. We found it significantly faster and highly responsive while working on it as we do not see any pause while working with it. On the other side, it is wildly erratic to get a customer laptop with manifold storage drives. Thus, we were glad to see that the Asus laptop lands with a 128GB storage Solid State Drive to operate Windows and significant apps. In addition to this, a 1TB hard drive is also available to grip the remaining of your data. The Asus Vivobook S10 is also very commanding with its incorporated Intel HD 620 GPU. This powerful GPU is suitable to run off-the-cuff games and few regular video editing.

However, it is not appropriate for graphics designers and professional gamers. Thus, professional gamers and creative specialists should go for a system with a discrete Nvidia processor, as all of us know that the Nvidia GeForce GPU is best for high-end demanding games and high-level creative work. Though, for regular graphics, you can easily choose Asus Vivobook s510 to buy. Conclusively, in the Asus Vivobook S510 review, the performance is the best specs the Asus laptop offers.

In the United States, the Asus retails just two variants of the Asus VivoBook S510. The top-end model we appraised lands with 8GB of RAM, Intel Core i7 CPU, and a 1920 x 1080 screen. That model comes with a 1TB hard drive and a 128GB SSD. Though, this variant of high-end specs prices at $799 in unites states. At the same time, the base version offers the same specs with Intel Core i5 instead of Core i7. However, the storage of 128GB SSD is missing in this version. This base model of Asus Vivobook S510 prices at just $699. While looking at the specs in just a reasonable price tag, we can easily endorse it to anyone looking for the best laptops under $800.

The Asus VivoBook S510 has a delicate but gorgeous cava gold-coloured framework, with a fleecy aluminium cover and plastic edges. The narrow “NanoEdge” bezel measures only 0.3 inches in size on each side near the Display. However, the top bezel is somewhat thicker than the side bezels measures a 0.4-inch size. Conversely, this design maintains the space for the webcam to sit directly above the screen. This design also evades the “nose cam” issue we’ve found on Dell XPS 15 and XPS 13 setups.

Asus Vivobook S510 is the most lightweight 15-inches laptop with 3.56 pounds and 14.2 x 9.5 x 0.7inches dimensions. Coming at these dimensions, Asus Vivobook S510 very portable than Acer Aspire E15 (4.97 pounds) and HP Envy x360 (4.6 pounds). The Asus VivoBook S510 has a robust combination of ports that comprises the links many folks want. On the right verge, you’ll see a USB 3.1 port, a 3.5mm audio jack, HDMI port, clout connector and USB-C port. The USB Type-C port is upright for data transfer but cannot power up the laptop. At the same time, the left side comprises two more USB 2.0 ports and an SD card reader.

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The Asus VivoBook S510’s keyboard provides an average typing experience because the keys on the backlit keyboard are a little narrow and hard. Rendering to our extents, this keyboard offers just 1.17 millimetres of perpendicular travel, whereas 1.5 to 2mm is usual. Bearing in mind that it is a 15-inches laptop yet, Asus could get space for a devoted numeric keypad. For better analysis of typing experience of this Asus laptop, we used the ten fastfingers.com website.

Though, we recorded a reasonable 94 wpm rate, which lies within the usual range for us. However, that score came up with a massive 8 per cent error rate (2 to 3% is standard). Though, the 4.1 x 2.8-inches without buttons Touchpad delivered precise navigation everywhere on the desktop. At the same time, the most multi-touch signals, comprising a three-finger swipe, run perfectly. However, the Windows was frequently sluggish or failed to react to pinch-to-zoom. Moreover, Touchpad also keeps a solo-touch fingerprint reader on its top-right side that you can easily use to Log-in PC.

The Asus VivoBook S510’s 15.6-inches 1920 x 1080p does not offer a sharp glossy display, comprehensive pictures and True to life colours. We found the Full HD screen images full of naturally filled colours but not overly rich saturation. When we viewed a 1080p promo for the Spider-Man movie, the red and blue colour in the hero’s costume looked profound and genuine. While specifics like the bricks on a wall or the streaks in Michael Keaton’s forehead genuinely stick out. Colours remained true at up to 60 degrees to the right or left side or washed-out somewhat at extensive viewing angles.

Asus Vivobook S510 does not offer you a top-end quality webcam that you may expect from an Asus laptop. Even you’ll wish to place a slice of tape over Asus VivoBook S510’s webcam due to the embarrassment of low performance. The 640 x 480 webcam has the most inadequate picture quality we’ve viewed on a laptop snapper in years. The shots we took in the usual light in the banquet room were very piercing and pixilated. All the images appeared, taken in very blurry and dark area. We must say that in the whole Asus Vivobook S510 review, the webcam performance is very disappointing.

It’s an honourable thing that Asus VivoBook S510’s power charger is very-light, 3.7-ounce wall-wart. Thus, you can easily keep it with yourself anywhere you want. While considering its battery life, this Asus laptop is quite average here. In our specific battery life test, the Asus laptop went on for 5 hours and 4 minutes. These results appear at watching videos on YouTube and constantly browsing over Wi-Fi. This battery life is almost 2 hours lower than the typical laptop category average rate (6:58). It is also far less than the HP Envy x360 (6:15) and Acer Aspire E5 (9:43).