Testseek.com have collected 224 expert reviews of the Asus UX390UA Zenbook 3 and the average rating is 79%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Asus UX390UA Zenbook 3.
October 2016
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The editors liked
Strong Battery Life
Great Performance
Premium Materials
Good Looks
Windows Hello-Compatible Fingerprint Reader
Top-Notch Display
Gorgeous
Superthin design
Sharp
Vibrant screen
Excellent audio
Strong performance
One of the thinnest laptops on the market
Excellent performance and battery life
Strong speakers
Fingerprint reader
Windows 10 Pro
Fast
Smooth performance
Very compact and portable
Excellent battery life
Madly thin and light yet rigid. Fast! Great looking
Lovely IPS display
Good trackpad
Closer to normal keyboard than 12" MacBook
Gorgeous and sleek design
Stunning display
Powerful internals
Good sound output
Incredibly slim and light
Class-leading battery life
Surprisingly effective speakers for a thin laptop
Attractive Gorilla Glass-covered screen
The highend specs make up for the loss of touchability
And benchmarks in general showcase impressive but not earthshattering performance
At least on a poundforpound basis. It's particularly apt with graphics considering its size
Turning in better perfo
Powerful Core i7 processor in a slim
Portable package with an excellent touchpad. A helpful USB-C mini-dock is included
Excellent thin and light metal build. Packs all the performance of a fullpower 'Kaby Lake' processor. More affordable than the MacBook for better hardware.
Thin and light design comparable to the MacBook
As fast as other high-end ultraportables
Comes with a mini-dock for extra ports
Very light and thin
Compact dimensions
One-day runtime
Sturdy but not completely torsion-resistant
Performance without throttling
Firm key stroke
ClickPad enables fast workflow
Clear microphone recordings
Reliable login via fingerprint
Balanced
The editors didn't like
Lone USB Type-C Port
Minimal Key Travel
Somewhat Pricey
Short battery life
One port for data and charging
Poor webcam
Single integrated USB-C port
Internal fans run often
Display is limited to full HD panel
No Thunderbolt 3 support
Slippery touchpad
Just one port for both data transfer and charging
Unpleasant keyboard
Casualties of the size and weight
Only 1 USB-C port and headphone jack. No touch screen option
Lacks connectivity ports
Battery life could have been better
Steeply priced
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Pricey
Touch pad feels overly slick
Just one built-in port (a USB Type-C)
Flaws? Geez
Where to begin? I hate the touchpad
Which tracks decently but which has mushy
Floppy buttons in the bottom corners. If you're not a taptoclick type
This alone is so frustrating it makes the machine a nogo. Even worse though is the keyboard
The 12.5-inch display is locked at 1
920x1
080 resolution
And it isn't a touchscreen. Lots of extra bloatware. Battery life isn't as good as the MacBook. Other similarly configured systems cost less
Only one USBC port is bad. Average battery life and keyboard.
Published: 2016-11-29, Author: Christopher , review by: wired.com
The highend specs make up for the loss of touchability, and benchmarks in general showcase impressive but not earthshattering performance, at least on a poundforpound basis. It's particularly apt with graphics considering its size, turning in better perfo
Flaws? Geez, where to begin? I hate the touchpad, which tracks decently but which has mushy, floppy buttons in the bottom corners. If you're not a taptoclick type, this alone is so frustrating it makes the machine a nogo. Even worse though is the keyboard
Published: 2016-11-21, Author: Tim , review by: techspot.com
Excellent thin and light metal build. Packs all the performance of a fullpower 'Kaby Lake' processor. More affordable than the MacBook for better hardware.
Only one USBC port is bad. Average battery life and keyboard.
Thin and light design comparable to the MacBook, As fast as other high-end ultraportables, Vibrant screen, Comes with a mini-dock for extra ports
Keyboard and trackpad are difficult to use, Fingerprint sensor placement makes no sense, Build quality is suspect
The ZenBook 3 does a decent job of mimicking the MacBook's design while also cramming in faster hardware. But the combination of a hard-to-use keyboard and trackpad, along with build quality concerns, make it difficult to recommend. ASUS ZenBook...
Published: 2016-10-11, Author: Marco , review by: hothardware.com
Strong Battery Life, Great Performance, Premium Materials, Good Looks, Windows Hello-Compatible Fingerprint Reader, Top-Notch Display
Lone USB Type-C Port, Minimal Key Travel, Somewhat Pricey
The Kaby Lake Core i7-based ASUS ZenBook 3 UX390UA-XH74-BL we tested performed very well throughout our standard suite of benchmarks. In the all-encompassing PCMark 8 tests, the ZenBook 3 actually put up the best scores we've seen from an Ultrabook to dat...
Abstract: This 12-inch MacBook clone is a premium Windows ultraportable, but a few design choices keep it from rising above all its competition—MacOS and Windows alike...
Incredibly slim and light, Class-leading battery life, Surprisingly effective speakers for a thin laptop, Attractive Gorilla Glass-covered screen
Pricey, Touch pad feels overly slick, Just one built-in port (a USB Type-C)
With its rigid 2-pound frame, impressive "Kaby Lake" speed, stunning audio, and surprising battery life, the ZenBook 3 is the new Windows 10 hyperportable to beat. Read More…...
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Published: 2016-10-05, Author: Joel , review by: pcmag.com
One of the thinnest laptops on the market, Excellent performance and battery life, Strong speakers, Fingerprint reader, Windows 10 Pro
Single integrated USB-C port, Internal fans run often, Display is limited to full HD panel, No Thunderbolt 3 support, Slippery touchpad
Although it's one of the thinnest and lightest laptops we've seen, the slick Asus ZenBook 3 still manages to deliver outstanding battery life and performance with its Intel "Kaby Lake" Core i7 processor...
Powerful Core i7 processor in a slim, portable package with an excellent touchpad. A helpful USB-C mini-dock is included
The 12.5-inch display is locked at 1,920x1,080 resolution, and it isn't a touchscreen. Lots of extra bloatware. Battery life isn't as good as the MacBook. Other similarly configured systems cost less
The Asus ZenBook 3 mimics many of the best features of Apple's 12-inch MacBook, but in a Windows version with a more powerful processor...
Fast, smooth performance, Very compact and portable, Excellent battery life
Just one port for both data transfer and charging, Unpleasant keyboard
Asus touts the ZenBook 3 as a superior MacBook alternative, and I'd have to partially agree. In a lighter and almost equally compact package, you get a much faster processor—one that better matches up with the fast storage and RAM paired with it. The fan...
