Gigabyte Aero 15X-CF2 (W/ Pantone screen & GTX 1070 Max-Q)

For this test, we ran the Gigabyte Aero 15X-CF2 through Time Spy, Fire Strike and Fire Strike Extreme. We have listed results for the overall score, the CPU only score, the GPU only score and physics.

The GTX 1070 Max-Q might not have the pure speed of the full-fat version, but it still demonstrated its ability in 3D Mark’s theoretical tests.

Its Time Spy result also proved that this low-power GTX 1070 can still outpace the GTX 1060 – the mid-range GPU that’s found inside the Razer laptop. In this test the Gigabyte scored 4,619 points, which was more than 1,000 points ahead of the Blade.

The Gigabyte’s comfortable lead remained in the mainstream Fire Strike test, where the Aero scored 12,324 points – a huge gap over the 9,311 points scored by the Blade and its weaker GPU.

Indeed, the Gigabyte maintained and extended its lead in tougher 3D Mark tests: in the Fire Strike Extreme benchmark its result of 6,468 points was almost 2,000 points beyond the Razer, and it was almost a third quicker in the Ultra benchmark.

Those figures don’t do much for gaming on the Gigabyte’s 1080p screen, as any variant of the GTX 1070 or GTX 1060 will handle those demands – but they do mean that the GTX 1070 will have more headroom for future games and more ability to output to bigger panels and to VR headsets.

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