Today we are going to use a combination of synthetic and real world benchmarks to showcase the performance of the Kobalt G150.
Testing Software
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
3DMark Vantage
3DMark 11
Unigine Heaven Benchmark
Cinebench R11.5
Adobe Photoshop CS5
SiSoft Sandra 2011
Super Pi Mod 1.5
Crystalmark
HDTach
Grand Theft Auto 4: EFLC
Crysis Warhead
F1 2010
Cyberlink MediaEspresso
Cyberlink PowerDVD
BIOS
The BIOS that Kobalt are using on this machine is a very basic affair with no options for overclocking the system, something that isn't wise with any laptop due to the tight thermal tolerances. The only configurable options worth mentioning (aside from setting the boot order and supervisor passwords) are for setting the SATA mode, bluetooth on/off and legacy USB support. There is also an option to turn off the battery low alarm, which can get a little annoying after a while.