ASUS X441BA-CBA6A: At First Glance
ASUS is one of the best laptop manufacturers that offers adequate laptops at an affordable price. Fortunately, the ASUS X441BA-CBA6A, which is the subject of this review, is one of ASUS’ laptops that provides adequate performance at a reasonable price.
Speaking of price, when I wrote this review in January 2022, this laptop had a starting price tag of $206.09.
Impressively, despite being inexpensive, this laptop features a rather smooth and attractive design. However, laptops this cheap are bound to feature some major flaws.
Now the main question is this: will this laptop’s flaws overcome its strengths? To find out, kindly read on!
ASUS X441BA-CBA6A: Design, Dimensions, and Weight
To be honest, for an inexpensive laptop, the ASUS X441BA-CBA6A comes with a cool design. Although the laptop is generally made of plastic, it features an elegant glossy finish that makes it attractive and shiny.
Impressively, this laptop is available in various colors, which makes it appear more stylish. To give more details, you can purchase this laptop with a color such as silver gradient, aqua blue, white, red, and chocolate brown.
In truth, any of these colors makes the ASUS X441BA-CBA6A stand out. Not just that, the laptop’s lid features stripes and a brushed metal finish that give it a sharp look.
In addition to that, an “ASUS” emblem is beautifully inscribed at the center of the lid which gives the laptop a more appealing look. However, due to the laptop’s stiff hinges, opening this lid with just one hand is almost impossible.
Nevertheless, upon opening this lid, you will be welcomed by a beautiful 14-inch display that features HD (1366 x 768) resolution. This display should be capable of offering you a decent picture quality for watching movies and web browsing.
However, the picture quality of this laptop’s display cannot be compared with an FHD display or a 4K resolution display.
Moving on, the ASUS X441BA-CBA6A comes with somewhat bulky bezels that surround its display. At the middle of the top bezel is a VGA webcam and at the lower bezel is the “ASUS” logo.
This webcam might not be good for taking pictures, but it will definitely give maximum satisfaction for video calls.
Moving on to the keyboard, the ASUS X441BA-CBA6A comes with a very beautiful chiclet keyboard. This keyboard offers a comfortable typing experience thanks to its 2.3 mm key travel.
Just so you know, key travel is the total distance between when you press a key to the point it registers a keystroke. Impressively, this laptop’s chiclet keyboard makes no noticeable noise when typing.
Moreover, just below this keyboard, the ASUS X441BA-CBA6A features a large touchpad with a dimension of 106 x 74 mm. This touchpad is not just big for nothing, it will interest you to know that it also has a palm rejection feature.
Briefly, the palm rejection feature helps to differentiate between actual fingertip and palm contact. This will prevent unintentional cursor movement when mistakenly touched by the palm or other parts of your hand.
On the downside, the ASUS X441BA-CBA6A comes with few ports. Precisely, the laptop features only a USB 2.0, USB Type-A, USB Type-C, HDMI, and Ethernet ports.
These ports are divided between the left and right sides of the laptop.
Moving on, the ASUS X441BA-CBA6A comes with a dimension of 348 x 242.8 x 27.6 mm (W x D x H) and weighs 1750 g. With this amount of weight, this laptop is obviously not an on-a-go laptop.
Nevertheless, this laptop weighs less than the Acer Aspire E15 E5-576-392H which weighs a massive 2390.4 g. Likewise, it is lighter than the ASUS VivoBook 15 that has a weight of 1900 g.
However, when compared to the Lenovo IdeaPad 720S, the ASUS X441BA-CBA6A weighs more. To give more details, the Lenovo IdeaPad 720S weighs only 1100 g.
In conclusion, the ASUS X441BA-CBA6A is a well-designed laptop that is available in numerous beautiful colors. Therefore, I will be rating the ASUS X441BA-CBA6A an eight out of ten in this design review section.
ASUS X441BA-CBA6A: Processor (CPU) Performance
For processing power, the ASUS X441BA-CBA6A comes with an AMD A6-9225 processor. This processor is a 2-core processor with a 2.60 GHz base frequency and a 3.10 GHz maximum frequency.
Unfortunately, this processor comes with just 1 MB of cache memory. As a result, the processor has limited space to store temporary information.
Therefore, with this processor, the ASUS X441BA-CBA6A will tend to slow down when handling multiple tasks simultaneously. Hence, to get optimal performance, it is best you perform a limited number of concurrent tasks.
That said, to further verify this laptop’s processing performance, I will now offer its score on a Cinebench R15 test. Briefly, the Cinebench R15 is an application-based benchmark test for Windows OS to evaluate the processor performance of a computer.
On the Cinebench R15 benchmark test, the ASUS X441BA-CBA6A scored 73 points. Unfortunately, this laptop’s score is lower than the category average of 100 points.
Moreover, the ASUS VivoBook Flip 14 TP412UA-EC969T scored 138 points on the same test. Likewise, the Acer Aspire 3 A315-51-30YA scored 140 points.
Therefore, these laptops have a better processor performance than the ASUS X441BA-CBA6A. Obviously, the higher points on the Cinebench R15, the better the processor performance of a computer.
Hence, I will rate this ASUS X441BA-CBA6A a seven out of ten in this CPU performance review section.
ASUS X441BA-CBA6A: Memory (RAM) Performance
For the RAM, the ASUS X441BA-CBA6A comes with a standard memory of 4 GB DDR4. Furthermore, this laptop supports a maximum memory size of 12 GB.
Unfortunately, this laptop comes with just one memory slot. Therefore, in case you need a higher RAM size, you have to remove the standard 4GB RAM stick from the single slot and insert a higher RAM stick.
Nevertheless, the 4 GB standard memory on this laptop should be sufficient for limited multitasking. Talking about multitasking, this laptop with 4 GB RAM should be able to run 10 Chrome tabs simultaneously without lagging.
To further confirm the performance of the ASUS X441BA-CBA6A with 4 GB, I will be offering its results on the PCMark 10 test. PCMark 10 is a test that measures the overall performance of a computer under office-related tasks like word processing.
Moreover, on this benchmark, the higher the score, the better the performance of the computer. Thus, the ASUS X441BA-CBA6A was able to score 1616 points according to the benchmark test result.
This score is very low compared to other laptops in its category. For instance, HP Pavilion 15z was able to score 4915 points on the same benchmark test.
To end this memory review section, I will be rating ASUS X441BA-CBA6A a seven out of ten. This is due to its disappointing performance on the PCMark 10 benchmark test.
ASUS X441BA-CBA6A: Storage Options and Performance
The ASUS X441BA-CBA6A comes with an HDD storage type. In terms of capacity, this laptop supports a maximum storage capacity of 500 GB HDD.
In my opinion, 500 GB of storage space is good enough for most users to store a lot of files. However, if you feel you need more storage space, this laptop comes with an SD card reader for storage expansion.
That said, to measure the performance of the ASUS X441BA-CBA6A’s HDD, we will now discuss the laptop’s result on a CrystalDiskMark test. CrystalDiskMark is a benchmark test used to measure a computer’s storage capability by measuring its read and write speed.
In case you are wondering, read speed means how long it takes a file to open on a storage drive. On the other hand, write speed means how long it takes to save a file on the storage drive.
According to the CrystalDiskMark test, the ASUS X441BA-CBA6A has a read speed of 196 MBps and a write speed of 162 MBps. These speeds are, however, slower than the Acer Aspire E15 E5-576-392H‘s 490 MBps read speed and 470 MBps write speed.
In conclusion, the ASUS X441BA-CBA6A offers decent storage space and an SD card reader for storage expansion. However, the performance of the laptop on a CrystalDiskMark test falls short of one of its competitors.
Therefore, I will rate the ASUS X441BA-CBA6A laptop seven out of ten in this storage performance review section.
ASUS X441BA-CBA6A: Graphics Card Performance
Just like most inexpensive laptops, the ASUS X441BA-CBA6A features an integrated graphics card. To be more specific, this laptop comes with an AMD Radeon R4 graphics card.
Moreover, this graphics card has a 200 MHz base GPU frequency and 655 MHz boost GPU frequency. As an integrated GPU, the AMD Radeon R4 shares memory with the CPU to perform graphics-related tasks.
Thus, unlike a dedicated graphics card, this GPU lacks a dedicated VRAM. Therefore, with the AMD Radeon R4 GPU, the ASUS X441BA-CBA6A won’t be able to smoothly run graphics-intensive apps or games.
Speaking of games, this laptop can only achieve a frame rate of 11.9 fps even when playing Rise of the Tomb Raider at a low graphics setting. Nevertheless, basic games like Rocket League should run smoothly on this laptop.
To further prove this laptop’s graphics performance, we will now discuss its performance on a 3DMark test. For clarity, 3DMark is a benchmark test tool used to evaluate a computer’s 3D graphic rendering capabilities.
Moreover, on this 3DMark benchmark, the higher the points, the better the graphics performance. So, based on the test results, the ASUS X441BA-CBA6A delivered a score of 29,548 points.
In comparison, the HP 15z-ba000 delivered a slightly higher score than the ASUS X441BA-CBA6A. To be more specific, the HP 15z-ba000 scored 29,936 points on the 3DMark benchmark test.
Therefore, I will be rating the ASUS X441BA-CBA6A a seven out of ten in this GPU review section.
ASUS X441BA-CBA6A: Battery Life and Performance
The ASUS X441BA-CBA6A comes with a 3-cell 36 Whrs battery. According to ASUS, this laptop should offer a minimum of 8 hours of battery life.
However, to confirm this claim, we will now talk about the laptop’s performance on a battery rundown test. This battery rundown test involves continuously browsing on the laptop using a WIFI connection until the laptop dies.
So, according to this battery rundown test, the ASUS X441BA-CBA6A offers a battery life of 5 hours. This battery life is 3 hours less than ASUS’ 8 hours claim.
In fact, this laptop’s battery life is an hour less than the Lenovo Flex 6‘s 6 hours battery life, according to the battery rundown test.
Based on the facts above, I will be rating ASUS X441BA-CBA6A a seven out of ten in this battery review section.
Frequently Asked Questions
No, the ASUS X441BA-CBA6A comes with an integrated graphics card called the AMD Radeon R4.
As of the time I wrote this review in January 2022, the ASUS X441BA-CBA6A had a starting price of $206.09.
No, the ASUS X441BA-CBA6A isn’t a touchscreen laptop.
Unfortunately, the answer is no. The ASUS X441BA-CBA6A features an integrated that isn’t ideal for gaming.
However, with the graphics card, this laptop will be able to smoothly run basic games like Rocket League.
Yes, it does. The ASUS X441BA-CBA6A offers an HDMI port.
Conclusion
In my opinion, the ASUS X441BA-CBA6A delivers adequate but not exceptional performance. Notwithstanding, this laptop comes with some interesting features such as multiple color options and a sleek design.
Also, this laptop comes with a comfortable keyboard and a decent-performing AMD processor. However, this laptop features somewhat thick bezels that somehow want to ruin its beautiful look.
Moreover, this laptop is quite heavy compared to various laptops in its category. Nevertheless, I believe this laptop offers more than its cheap price tag.
Therefore, if you require a cheap attractive laptop, the ASUS X441BA-CBA6A should be on your list of options.
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