Asus ZenPad S 8.0 Review

The 2014 range of ZenFones made use of the Intel Atom Z2xx-series processors. This range has now been updated and it is the new Moorefield CPUs that are used in the new range of ZenPads. This particular ZenPad S 8.0 uses the mid-range Z3560 CPU at 1.8GHz, with 2GB RAM.

To start with real world usage, then. It is hard to overemphasise just how fast the ZenPad S 8.0 is for everyday usage. Apps open very rapidly, and home page animations are buttery smooth. You will not notice any keyboard lag – the overall experience of using this tablet is exceptionally pleasing.

The benchmark scores do not reflect the everyday performance quite as well as they should, but they are a still impressive. In Geekbench 3, the ZenPad S 8.0 scored 764 for single-core performance and 2293 for its multi-core performance. This is far superior to the Vodafone Tab Prime 6, powered by a Snapdragon 410, which scored 473 and 1425 respectively.

In Ice Storm Unlimited, however, it delivered a huge score of 19631. This is miles ahead of the 4308 scored by the Smart Prime 6. As the ZenPad S 8.0 is not LTE-enabled I cannot post a data speed result.

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