Asus W7J 13.3 inch Portable Core Duo Notebook Review

CPU and Memory Performance

We will measure the performance of the CPU and memory using SiSoft Sandra 2005 SR3 and Everest Ultimate Edition 2006. These are low-level tests which do not replicate real-world results, but offer a good standard measurement to compare CPU and memory performance across platforms.

Asus W7J – Core Duo T2400 (1.83 GHz)
Dell XPS M1710 – Core Duo T2600 (2.16 GHz)

Asus W5F – Core Duo T2300 (1.6 GHz)
Asus W7J – Core Duo T2400 (1.83 GHz)
Asus A7J – Core Duo T2300 (1.6 GHz)
Dell XPS M1710 – Core Duo T2600 (2.16 GHz)

Asus W5F – Core Duo T2300 (1.6 GHz)
Asus W7J – Core Duo T2400 (1.83 GHz)
Asus A7J – Core Duo T2300 (1.6 GHz)
Dell XPS M1710 – Core Duo T2600 (2.16 GHz)

In these fabricated tests, the Asus W7J is a bit faster than the Asus A7J thanks to a slightly faster CPU. But compared to the Dell M1710 with the T2600 CPU, the T2400 in the A7J follows significantly behind.

The memory SODIMM on the Asus W7J is a 512MB Nanya stick that is capable of 4-4-4-12 memory timings at 266 MHz. The odd part about this is that the W7J actually has 1024MB of RAM, so there must be a second memory module onboard, but I don’t know where it is or what it is — none of the software tools I have tell me the make or specification.

The Asus W7J does well in memory benchmarks compared to the other Asus laptops, and the reason it comes out ahead is because of faster memory timings (4-4-4-12 vs. 5-5-5-15).