Powerful in everyday use, the Asus R515FA-BQ055T Ultrabook with its elegant silver design is based on a Quad Core i5 Intel Comet Lake processor coupled with 8 GB of memory. Featuring a 15-inch IPS Full HD anti-glare display, this thin and light laptop also benefits from enhanced responsiveness with its fast 512GB SSD storage and USB-C connectivity.
Asus R515FA-BQ055T Features
| Screen(s) | 15.6″ Full HD IPS 45% NTSC 200cd/m² (1920×1080, anti-glare) |
| Processor | Intel Core i5-10210U Comet Lake (1.6 GHz, 4 cores) |
| Installed RAM | 8GB (4GB soldered 4GB) DDR4 2400MHz, 1 slot (busy) |
| Video card | Intel UHD 620 integrated into the processor |
| Storage | 512GB M.2 SSD (PCIe NVMe) |
| Connection | 2 USB 2.0 1 USB 3.0 1 USB 3.1 Type-C (Gen1), HDMI 1.4, microSD |
| Network | Wi-Fi ac (Wi-Fi 5), Bluetooth 4.1 |
| Backlit keyboard | No, 1.4mm stroke |
| Keypad | Yes |
| Windows Hello | – |
| Audio system | 2 Speakers SonicMaster, ICEPower |
| Operating system | Windows 10 Home 64-bit |
| Announced battery life / Battery | 5 hours / Li-ion 2 cells 37Whr |
| Weight / Dimensions (mm) | 1.7 Kg (without battery) 1.8 Kg (with battery) / 360.2 x 234.9 x 19.9 |
Chassis, connectors, screen of the Asus R515FA-BQ055T
With its thin and light light silver design, this laptop sports an elegant and discreet look.
It is equipped with good connectivity with its USB-C, its Wi-Fi ac and Bluetooth 4.1 wireless modules for remote connections and communications, its convenient HDMI video output to easily connect it to a TV or monitor for example, its audio port or its 3 USB compatible with both USB 2.0 and USB 3.0, USB 3.0 guarantees transfers made up to 10 times faster than USB 2.0 if you plug in a USB 3.0 device.
Fans of videos and more broadly of High Definition content will appreciate that the screen adopts a 16/9th format coupled with a precise Full HD definition higher than the 1366×768 standard. As a bonus, it has significant vertical and horizontal viewing angles thanks to its IPS technology. However, the colorimetry here is average, below that of more high-end IPS panels, logically with regard to the price charged. In any case as it is treated anti-reflective, the screen also offers better visibility in bright environments (eg outdoors) than a shiny slab.
Performance, battery life of the Asus R515FA-BQ055T
The Asus R515FA-BQ055T is a thin and light 15-inch High Definition laptop for everyday use.
As it integrates 8 GB of RAM appreciable in multitasking as well as a low-power Intel Comet Lake Quad Core i5-10210U processor, this Ultrabook with an elegant silver design delivers good overall performance able to satisfy many users.
Admittedly, it is not suitable for heavy graphics work such as games since it is devoid of a dedicated graphics card, logically again in view of the price charged. However, thanks to the Intel UHD 620 graphics solution integrated into the Core i5, you can watch photos and videos.
As for storage, Asus chooses an SSD that clearly enhances responsiveness and fluidity on a daily basis compared to a simple hard drive. Compared to the latter, remember that an SSD is silent, more robust, less energy-consuming and much faster.
In practice thanks to the SSD, starts/stops are much faster than with a hard drive just like application launches.
Here we find an SSD of 512 GB, a capacity corresponding to what hard drives offer as standard. However, in the event that we need more space, we can obviously rely on an external storage unit. Favoring a USB-C/USB 3.0 device is then an interesting option to enjoy fast transfers.
As for the autonomy, bet on about 5 hours of operation on battery in light use for this Ultrabook whose transport is facilitated by the weight contained and the finesse.