See the previous 1.0 changelog.
What's Changed
This is a minor laptop test bench update to resolve some scoring issues caused by game compatibility on certain platforms. If a game that we benchmark wasn't supported on a laptop's operating system, it would bring down the score for the Graphics Performance usage, consequently bringing down the scores for the Gaming and Heavy Workload usages as well. We felt this wasn't a fair way to evaluate a laptop's graphical performance, since it's up to the game developer which platforms they support, and it isn't indicative of how a laptop performs.
To remedy this, we've changed how an N/A test result is handled in the GPU-Intensive Game Performance test box. Previously, if a game wasn't supported, we'd mark the test as N/A, which would be equivalent to 0 for that test. Now, an N/A result doesn't count towards the score, and its weight gets redistributed throughout the other tests in the box. We've also reduced the weight of ray tracing performance to better reflect how users game on laptops.
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Let Us Know What You Think!
Your feedback is instrumental in improving our testing. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions about this or future updates, let us know in the comments or email us at feedback@rtings.com!
We are retesting popular models first. So far, the test results for the following models have been converted to the new testing methodology. However, the text might be inconsistent with the new results.
16 Laptops Planned To Be Updated
We are also planning to retest the following products over the course of the next few weeks:
- Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 714 (2024)
- Apple MacBook Air 13 (M4, 2025)
- Apple MacBook Pro 16 (M4, 2024)
- ASUS Chromebook CX15 (2026)
- ASUS ROG Flow Z13 (2025) GZ302
- ASUS Zenbook A14 UX3407 (2025)
- Dell Alienware 18 Area-51 (2025)
- Dell Pro Max 16 (2025)
- Framework Laptop 12 (2025)
- Framework Laptop 13 (2025)
- Gigabyte AORUS MASTER 16 (2025)
- HP OMEN MAX 16 (2025)
- Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 Aura Edition (2026)
- LG gram Pro 2-in-1 16 (2026)
- Microsoft Surface Laptop 7th Edition 15 (2024)
- Microsoft Surface Pro 13 12th Edition (2026)