Article index:

• 1 – Overview
• 2 – Gallery
• 3 – First Boot
• 4 – System Data: CPU + GPU
• 5 – Graphics Benchmarks
• 6 – Hard Drive Disk Benchmark
• 7 – Burn-in Test
• 8 – Battery Test
• 9 – Conclusion

1 – Overview

I had the opportunity to have in hands this notebook for two days and I must say it helped me a lot because I could fix some GPU monitoring issues I had with NVIDIA Optimus technology in my tools (GPU Caps Viewer, GPU Shark, FurMark or GLSL Hacker and GLSL Hacker-based products).

ASUS N550JK is an elegant notebook with its metallic finish (aluminum). Here are its main features:

• CPU: Intel Core i7 4710HQ (Haswell architecture) @ 2.5GHz (4 physical cores and 8 logical cores)
• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M (Maxwell architecture) with 4GB of DDR3 128-bit graphics memory and Intel Graphics HD 4600 integrated GPU
• CPU memory: 8GB DDR3 @ 1600MHz
• HDD: 1.5TB @ 5400 rpm
• Screen: 15.6-inch full HD (1920×1080) anti-glare IPS panel with 178-degree wide-view angles
• Sound: Bang & Olufsen speakers with an external SonicMaster subwoofer

The N550JK comes with NVIDIA Optimus technology: Optimus chooses the best graphics processor for running each application, automatically routing workloads to either discrete NVIDIA GPUs or Intel integrated graphics.

All specifications can be found here: N550JK specifications @ ASUS and N550JK features @ ASUS.

Article index:

• 1 – Overview
• 2 – Gallery
• 3 – First Boot
• 4 – System Data: CPU + GPU
• 5 – Graphics Benchmarks
• 6 – Hard Drive Disk Benchmark
• 7 – Burn-in Test
• 8 – Battery Test
• 9 – Conclusion