Our web browsing
test loops through a handful of moderately taxing web pages, and gives a good idea of how long a machine's battery hold out in typical casual use.
Our local launch
test loop through the Byron Bay and Gold Coast hinterlands exposed the cars to everything from badly pockmarked and poorly repaired bitumen through to more well maintained A and B - roads.
Not exact matches
Now we'll go
through various
loops of continual
testing until we find the perfect setup.»
In our
testing, the Yoga 920 and ZenBook Flip 14 both burned the battery at close to the same clip when performing more CPU intensive tasks, coming within a few minutes of each other running our intensive Basemark
test and
looping through a series of web pages.
We saw the same results in a
test that runs a machine
through a
loop of popular web sites, where the Asus lasted for just over six hours.
On our web macro
test that
loops through some popular web sites, the Eve V was less impressive but still solid, lasting for seven hours and 21 minutes.
When we put these laptops
through their paces the XPS 13 managed a full 13.5 hours in our video
loop test, where the Spectre 13 didn't quite make 10 hours.
The first
test is conducted in a lab controlled environment and involves the latest versions of Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Firefox, and Opera opening websites, scrolling
through articles, and watching videos in an automated
loop.
Our official battery life
test showed that it burned
through 14 % of its battery running a
looped 90 minute HD video, leaving us with 86 % left.
The HP ZBook 14u also managed to run our web browsing
test, which
loops through a series of popular web pages, for almost seven and a half hours.
Our video
loop test, which replays a 1080p trailer of The Avengers until the battery gives out, saw the Surface Book 2
through over 20 hours.
All drug
tests can be fully integrated with background screening services
through a single interface, saving employers time and costs with a closed -
loop solution.