Seven generations of APU Almighty good Lenovo IdeaPad 310 Reviews

The change of the IT168 evaluation time is always unprepared. What you thought was far from reachable or impossible is now commonplace. For example, a few years ago, 4K video was just a distant concept, and now it has become popular with the popularity of a large number of high-quality film sources and hardware updates; 3A can only be played on advanced desktops. The masterpiece can also be carried around in a notebook and opened to play. Whether it's a 4K video or a crysis, now you just want to experience these all-in-one notebooks that require only one performance—for example, today's protagonist, equipped with a seventh-generation APU and AMD's high-performance graphics IdeaPad 310.


Preface: About the configuration of the IdeaPad 310 and the seventh-generation APU

The IdeaPad 310 is equipped with the A12-9700P, the high-end model in AMD's seventh-generation APU. Before we officially start evaluating, let's look at the configuration of this high-performance all-rounder.


CPU

AMD A12-9700P , 10 Computing Cores ( 4C+6G ) up to 3.4GHz

RAM

8G DDR4 2133

hard disk

1TB SATA

Video card

AMD Radeon R8 M435DX (2GB GDDR3)

screen

15.6" 1366x768

operating system

Windows 10

The A12-9700P on the Lenovo IdeaPad 310 is a high-end model in the seventh generation APU of AMD. It uses a brand new excavator architecture CPU core, built-in Radeon R7 fusion single display, A12-9700P has a total of 10 computing cores (4 CPU core + 6 GPU cores, 3.4GHz clock speed, full support for DDR4 memory.

AMD's unique dual graphics crossfire technology, so that the APU's built-in R7 fusion single display and Lenovo IdeaPad 310 equipped with a separate graphics card for exchanges of fire, upgrade to R8 M435DX, graphics performance has been strengthened again. In the memory selection also chose the APU first full support of DDR4 memory, 8GB high capacity with 2133Mhz high frequency is also very dazzling.

Appearance: black streamlined interface configuration

Lenovo IdeaPad 310 uses a Lenovo family-style rounded design, the positive use of the black A surface + white Logo design, simple and generous, universal use is very powerful.

Open the C side, the front is a 15.6-inch screen with a resolution of 1,366,768. The large-size screen has advantages in gaming and watching the drama. At the same time, using AMD's unique VSR technology, the screen resolution can be upgraded to 1080P full HD, watching The vision is more clear and detailed.

At the bottom left of the C side, we can see the very obvious A12 7TH GEN labeling logo. This may be the first mass production of the A-series flagship A12 APU. The specific model is A12-9700P.

The style of the whole machine has found a good balance between fashion and business. The eternal black brings not only calmness but also coolness. In this "cool", there is hidden enough hardware strength to call it "gamebook" - this is the IdeaPad 310.

Interface: All-round output business games are OK

In terms of interface assignment, there are two USB ports on the right side of the Lenovo IdeaPad 310. The lower design also makes it easier to connect various devices.

The left side has a power connector, a VGA connector, an RJ45 cable connector, an HDMI connector and a USB 3.0 connector, a 3.5mm audio connector, and an SD card reader. The overall interface is very rich, and the dual video interface is also benefited from its R5 M430 discrete graphics card, which not only has excellent performance, but also has more than 50% performance improvement after the single-chip hybrid with the APU.


Performance test: APU performance is really a little bit running

In terms of configuration, the A12-9700P used by the Lenovo IdeaPad 310 has a total of 10 computing cores and the highest intelligence overclocked to 3.4GHz. The crossfire hybrid card R8 M435DX equipped with the performance of having 2GB of independent memory is also worth looking forward to, and now Xiaobian has come to test it.

PCMark 8 is the most popular test software that professionals like to trust. By simulating a large number of computer usage scenarios, PCMark 8 can infer the overall performance of the computer. In this test, the CPU, graphics card, memory and other hardware will be relatively large tests, only the all-rounder without a short board can get high scores from here. In terms of results, IdeaPad 310 is very good.

The graphics card has always been the traditional strength of the AMD platform. The Lenovo IdeaPad 310 is equipped with a discrete graphics card with the R5 M430. The performance is very prominent in the same price range. After upgrading to the higher-end R8 M435DX with AMD's unique dual-graphics crossfire technology and the APU's built-in fusion, the performance has improved by more than 50%, and the collaborative operations have become more powerful.

The R8 M435DX hybrid video card passed the test of 3DMark 11 with ease. The 2099 P points are much higher than many entry-level discrete graphics cards, and there are no major problems in dealing with various games.

Among the new 3D Mark testers, it also had a high score of 1089 in the Fire Strike test. Looking back at Lenovo's IdeaPad 310 at a price of less than four thousand yuan, it is really powerful to have such game theory performance.

Finally, let's take a look at the test results given by the “Quality Sensei” Master Lu of the public's book. The score of more than 100,000 points is enough to persuade many people to buy it. Passing so many test items in a row is nothing short of full. The strength of AMD's seventh-generation APU is reflected in the solid positioning of the Lenovo IdeaPad 310 game video and audio.


Game measurement: the screen is beautiful and smooth

In this section, Xiao Bian has used a number of popular games to test, and uses Fraps software to record the average number of frames. All games are tested at the default resolution (1366×768), medium picture quality. This part of the small series prepared more games to run screenshots, everyone watching the evaluation also appreciate the game's fine picture.

"Batman: Arkham Knight" this year's IP masterpiece, the average number of frames 43.7

The Crysis 3 in Chinese quality also has 36.5 smooth frames.

The Crysis 3, which has AMD's joint optimization technology and the Unreal three engine, was once called the video card crisis. Now it can also be conquered by the notebook.

The hot game “League of Legends” that has just finished the global S6 finals has exceeded 90 frames when running, even though the ten-man team fight is also very stable.

Full support for DX12's first masterpiece "Tomb Raider: Rising", in the test IdeaPad 310 not only excellent picture, the average number of frames also has 31.4 frames

As "watch pioneer" temporarily does not support external frame number test software such as Fraps, we can only use the number of frames in the game to judge the fluency. In medium picture quality, its frame number is shifted from 45 to 60 frames, and the average number of frames can be about 53 frames.


   4K test: Play smoothly and use low quality

As the seventh-generation APU also supports HEVC video hard decoding as its predecessor , it has unique advantages in 4K video playback. Therefore, Xiao Bian 's test for the Lenovo IdeaPad 310 also included a 4K test part. In this test we used a player that already supports 4K video encoding with H.265 , and the test results are excellent.

Hardware acceleration start

Even with a video bit rate of up to 120mbps, the IdeaPad 310 is able to stabilize 30-frame playback, with only 13.3% CPU utilization

When the playback rate and frame rate are not so exaggerated 4K video, the CPU usage is maintained at about 10% . AMD APU 's support for HEVC hard decoding technology can really make 4K videos popular quickly, making the public enjoy more clarity. Video enjoyment.


4K source playback real-time screenshots, clarity is really great


   VSR technology: one second opens the experience details

VSR super virtual resolution technology is designed to give the display a higher resolution image quality, allowing consumers to enjoy a clear view. We have seen the visual field and resolution enhancement brought by VSR from many aspects of application and 4K video playback. This technology also allows the Lenovo IdeaPad 310, which originally had a large screen, to achieve full HD resolution of 1080P, and the overall visual experience is more refreshing.

VSR settings, you just need to turn on the super virtual resolution in the video card settings.

One of the biggest features of VSR is that it can instantly upgrade the screen resolution without changing any hardware configuration and achieve a clearer and more detailed visual effect. At the same time, VSR technology can also expand the display area, present more screen content, and bring convenience to users.


Before VSR unopened Lenovo IdeaPad 310 can be set to a resolution of 1366 × 768, VSR after opening, the resolution can upgrade to 1080P.

The original resolution (left) is compared with the clear picture (right) after turning on VSR


The original resolution (above) contrasts with the clear picture (lower) after the VSR is turned on, and the details below are significantly more.


Life: Can watch three movies as a whole is very versatile

In the final battery life test, in order to simulate a real high-speed rail/tourism environment, we used the 1080P HD video loop to test the performance of the IdeaPad 310. (In the test, the screen brightness was 40%).

After four hours, the battery power was reduced from 100% to 35% and automatically entered the energy-saving mode of the Windows 10 system, and it was possible to continue playing video smoothly. As a result, Xiao Bian estimates that the Lenovo IdeaPad 310 has an actual battery life of more than 6 hours. In the case of additional PCMark 8 full-load life, it also achieved excellent results of 4 hours and 10 minutes, and the overall battery life is sufficient for one journey.

to sum up

   Let's take a look at the results summary form in this test.

Lenovo IdeaPad 310 Benchmark

Test items

test environment

Test score

PCMARK8

HOME

2010

PCMARK8

Creative

1667

3DMARK11

P points

P2099

New 3DMARK

FireStrike

1089

New 3DMARK

Sky Diver

4244

Master Lu

Full test

101426

Lenovo IdeaPad 310 game test

Test items

test environment

Test score

Result comment

  Batman: Arkham Knights

1366 X 768 medium quality

43.7

Easily deal with

Crysis 3

1366 X 768 medium quality

36.5

Fluency

Tomb Raider: Rise

1366 X 768 Medium Quality ( DX12 )

31.4

Fluency

Watch pioneer

1366 X 768 medium quality

53

No pressure

League of legends

1366 X 768 Extreme Image Quality

96

Easily deal with

Under the auspices of AMD's seventh-generation high-end APU A12-9700P, the Lenovo IdeaPad 310 boasts the best hardware performance in mainstream notebooks. It is a bright spot in 4K video playback, and video clarity and bandwidth utilization are stunning. . With the support of DDR4 memory and mixed crossfire graphics cards for the first time, the graphics card advantages of the AMD platform have always been improved, playing a variety of 3A masterpieces to smooth and refreshing; combined with the AMD unique technology such as VSR, can be said to be All-in-one, balanced performance, "impeccable" all-round entertainment.

In the recommended population, whether it is home users who prefer audio and video entertainment, student groups who like games, or business white-collar workers who want to be able to work and play, they can choose to hold it home and use it. No matter what the Lenovo IdeaPad 310 is not exposed may not really choose to try the crowd, but instead you, to be able to tap out how much it highlights it?


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