Lenovo Legion Y7000 Review: A Gaming Laptop with Good Battery

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Lenovo Legion Y7000: At First Glance

Lenovo released lots of gaming laptops in 2019, including the Legion Y545 and the Y7000P. Also, the Lenovo Legion Y7000 was launched in the same year.

Despite having only a slight difference in their model number, the Y7000 model looks quite different from the Y7000P but more like the Legion Y540. Looks aside, the Lenovo Legion Y7000 is packed with powerful specs.

Therefore, it is not surprising that the Lenovo Legion Y7000 is quite pricey. Speaking of its price, this laptop sells for $1,699.00 as of February 2022 when I wrote this review.

But then, considering the steep price of this laptop, how much performance can it deliver? Well, why not see for yourself in the remaining sections of this article.

Lenovo Legion Y7000: Design, Dimension, and Weight

The Lenovo Legion Y7000 comes with a clean and glossy exterior. However, its exterior is not as attractive as the Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3i or the ASUS ROG Strix SCAR II.

To give more details, the Lenovo Legion Y7000’s chassis is all-plastic. This plastic chassis comes in a raven black color with a highly glossy finish that reflects light.

Although the chassis is plastic, it still looks solid and should give the laptop a respectable level of durability.

Also, to give this laptop a gaming-centric look, Lenovo has adorned the center of the lid with a grey-colored “Y” logo. This logo glows a bright red light when the laptop is on.

Meanwhile, the Legion Y7000’s lid is attached to the base with two tiny hinges. These hinges give the laptop’s lid a smooth movement so that you can open the lid with just one hand.

Also, the hinges can turn up to 180 degrees, allowing you to adjust the screen flat on a surface if you wish.

On opening this laptop’s lid, one of the first things that will get your attention is the laptop’s impressive 15.6-inch display. However, there are three display options for the Lenovo Legion Y7000.

Meanwhile, before we get into the display options and what they do differently, let’s talk about what they have in common. The three display options all have an FHD (1920 x 1080) resolution, making screen contents crisp and sharp.

In addition to the resolution, all the display options also use an IPS panel. Thanks to the IPS panel, images will always look clear no matter the angle you’re viewing the display from.

Having talked about what the display options have in common, let us proceed to their differences. The first display option offers a 144 Hz refresh rate, 72% color gamut, and 300 nits of screen brightness.

For better understanding, a display’s refresh rate refers to how many times per second it can redraw a new image. Furthermore, the higher the refresh rate value, the smoother and more realistic your games will play.

Therefore, a 144 Hz refresh rate implies that your eyes won’t notice any motion blur in racing or fast-motion games.

Also, a color gamut means the range of colors a monitor can display from all the colors our eyes can see. With up to 72% color gamut coverage, the Lenovo Legion Y7000’s can produce most colors accurately.

For the display brightness, 300 nits is a decent value which implies that you will have no trouble with display legibility when using the laptop in a bright environment.

Having explained the unique features of the first display option, let me proceed to the second. The second display option of the Lenovo Legion Y7000 has a 60 Hz refresh rate.

Similar to the first option, this one also covers 72% of the color gamut and with 300 nits brightness. However, what makes this one different from the first option is its slower refresh rate of 60 Hz.

Lastly, the third option offers a 60 Hz refresh rate, 45% color gamut, and a brightness of 250 nits. Hence, the third option is capable of displaying fewer colors, and it has a poorer screen brightness than the first two options.

As expected, the Lenovo Legion Y7000 model with the first display option will be more expensive than the two other options. Meanwhile, the third option will be the cheapest of the three options.

However, all the display options are not touchscreen-enabled.

That’s by the way. Now, let us proceed to the bezels.

Once again, Lenovo meets gamers’ expectations with narrow bezels on the Legion Y7000. However, this laptop’s HD webcam was placed at the center of the bottom bezel alongside a dual array microphone.

Probably, this explains why the bottom bezel is wider than the other three bezels.

No matter the reason, this location isn’t ideal for the webcam. That’s because the webcam will mainly capture the lower jaw rather than the whole face during video calls.

On a brighter note, our center of attraction is this laptop’s full-size keyboard with red backlighting. This keyboard gives you the best control over your game characters’ movement.

More impressively, this keyboard delivers 100% anti-ghosting, which implies that you can press multiple keys simultaneously. Additionally, the keys also deliver a decent key travel of 1.7mm.

By key travel, we mean how deep the keys go down when fully press, which affects the key’s feedback. So, with 1.7 mm key travel of the keyboard, the laptop should deliver an enjoyable typing experience.

Before we move away from the keyboard area, you will find the power button at the top-center of the keyboard. Thankfully, its position is well thought of, and the chances of pressing it while playing games are minimal.

Also, below the keyboard is a touchpad that has the same width as the space key. This touchpad looks smooth and has two dedicated buttons that are hard to press in most cases.

Furthermore, with the touchpad, you’ll get Windows 10 gesture support in addition to regular mouse clicks and drag. As a result, you’ll be able to use two-finger scrolling and three-finger tabbing on it.

Moving on, the user-facing side of the bottom plate has two openings, one to the left and another to the right. These are where the laptop’s 2-Watts Harman stereo speakers are hidden.

As a means of improving the speakers’ sound performance, the Lenovo Legion Y7000 features Dolby Atmos sound technology which sweeps sounds all around you. This technology places each sound where it should be, so you know where specific game characters are coming from.

However, you’ll experience it better when you make use of headsets. Meanwhile, as a precaution, be careful with your volume settings to avoid damaging your eardrum.

Moving on, close to half of the bottom plate serves as a ventilation grill. These vents come from a plastic base with lots of perforations and a net-like covering.

As you know, heat is one of the significant challenges that every gaming laptop needs to handle. For this reason, Lenovo came up with what it calls the Legion Coldfront, which handles individual CPU and GPU cooling.

The Coldfront system comprises four thermal vents, dedicated heat syncs for a cooler keyboard, and 70 fan blades to reduce noise.

That said, let us now move to the back of the laptop, where we will see plenty of ports. There, you will see a charging port, one USB Type-C 3.1 port, and one USB Type-A 3.1 (Gen. 1) port.

Additionally, you will also find one HDMI 2.0 port, an Ethernet port, and a Mini Display port 1.4.

Impressively, you can connect up to three displays simultaneously with this laptop’s HDMI 2.0, Mini Display, and USB-C ports. Doing this will give you maximum immersion and control of your games.

Considering the number of ports I have mentioned, it is obvious to see that the Lenovo Legion Y7000 has plenty of ports. However, there are even still more ports on its sides.

Specifically, you will find one USB Type-A 3.1 (Gen. 1) port on each side of the laptop. On the left-hand side, you will also find an audio jack.

It still doesn’t end there, this laptop also has sufficient wireless connectivity. To be specific, it has Bluetooth 4.2 and WiFi 802.11 ac.

In terms of size and weight, the Lenovo Legion Y7000 measures 360 x 267 x 23.9-25.6 mm (W x D x H) and weighs 2300 g.

In comparison, the Lenovo Legion Y545 is slightly bigger than the Lenovo Legion Y7000 but has equal weight. Precisely, the Y545 measures 361.1 x 266.7 x 24.7 mm (W x D x H) and weighs 2300 g.

However, the Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3i is more portable and lighter than the two laptops above. The IdeaPad Gaming 3i measures 359 x 249.6 x 24.9 mm (W x D x H) and weighs 2200 g.

Considering its design features, I will conclude this section by rating the Lenovo Legion Y7000 an eight out of ten.

Lenovo Legion Y7000: Processor (CPU) Performance

The Lenovo Legion Y7000 runs on a six-core Intel Core i7-9750H processor. This 9th generation Intel CPU has 12 MB of cache memory.

Additionally, it has a base frequency of 2.60 GHz and a boost frequency of 4.50 GHz. These CPU specs show that the Lenovo Legion Y7000 is suitable for running demanding applications and games.

For a better assessment of this CPU, let’s consider its performance in a Cinebench R20 test performed by windowscentral.com. For clarity, a Cinebench R20 test measures performance of a computer’s CPU by evaluating its cores.

Thus, the Cinebench R20 benchmark offers two results – the single-core and multi-core results. The single-core result shows the computer’s performance when only one of its processor cores is in use.

Meanwhile, the multi-core result shows the computer’s performance when all its processor cores are used. You should be aware that a high score in these tests denotes better performance.

So, according to the Cinebench R20 test result, the Lenovo Legion Y7000 scored 22,540 points in the multi-core test. It also scored 5,134 points in the single-core test.

I will compare this result with the Lenovo Legion Y730 and the Dell G7 15 7588. However, before I get into that, it is worth noting that both competitors use the same core i7-8750H processor.

Thus, the Lenovo Legion Y730 scored 19,085 points in the multi-core test and 4,793 points in the single-core test. Also, the Dell G7 15 7588 scored 21,245 points in the multi-core test and 4,897 points in the single-core test.

In conclusion, the Lenovo Legion Y7000’s CPU is fast and powerful. It also outperformed two of its competitors in a benchmark test.

Therefore, I’ll conclude this CPU review section by rating the Lenovo Legion Y7000 a nine out of ten.

Lenovo Legion Y7000: Memory (RAM) Performance

The Lenovo Legion Y7000 has two slots for 2,666 MHz DDR4 RAM, yet, it ships with only 8 GB standard RAM capacity. For better performance, you can upgrade this laptop’s RAM to a maximum of 32 GB.

Nevertheless, with the standard 8 GB RAM on this laptop, it is a sufficient multitasking device. However, increasing the RAM capacity will increase the multitasking ability of the Legion Y7000.

Meanwhile, the Legion Y7000 model reviewed in this article ships with 16 GB RAM. With 16 GB of RAM, this laptop should open up to 30 Chrome tabs simultaneously.

In addition to that, the laptop can still stream an HD video on YouTube without lagging.

For more insight into the memory performance of this laptop, let me share its result on a PCMark 10 test performed by windowscentral.com. PCMark 10 is a benchmark test tool that evaluates the memory performance of a computer by simulating everyday tasks like word processing.

As expected, a high score in the PCMark 10 test translates to better performance.

Impressively, this laptop bagged a total of 4097 points in this test. This score is above that of the Lenovo Legion Y730 and Dell G7 15 7588, which scored 3,731 and 3,853 points respectively.

Considering all I have discussed in this section, I will rate the Lenovo Legion Y7000 a nine out of ten.

Lenovo Legion Y7000: Storage Options and Performance

The Lenovo Legion Y7000 comes in two storage options. Firstly, it can come with an HDD storage type that supports a maximum size of 2 TB.

Secondly, you can buy one with an SSD storage type which supports a maximum size of 512 GB.

As we all know, HDD storages are slower in speed but offer more storage space. Therefore, if you’re the type that keeps old games while installing new ones, the HDD storage will be good for you.

Contrarily, SSD storage types are the fastest so far but are more stingy in storage space. So, if you’re the type that deletes games immediately after playing, you can take advantage of the SSD’s speed.

Meanwhile, the model reviewed in this article ships with 256 GB of SSD storage.

At this point, let’s talk about this laptop’s performance in a CrystalDiskMark test performed by laptopmag.com. CrystalDiskMark is a benchmark that measures the read and writes speeds of a storage drive.

For better understanding, the read speed refers to the speed of opening the saved files on a computer’s storage. On the other hand, write speed refers to how fast files are saved on a storage drive.

Meanwhile, like every other benchmark test in this review, a high “MB/s” value from this test denotes better performance.

In the test, the Lenovo Legion Y7000 recorded a read speed of 3,493.5 MB/s and a write speed of 1,653.8 MB/s. Comparatively, the Lenovo Legion Y730 (also uses SSD) recorded a read speed of 3244.8 MB/s and a write speed of 1335.4 MB/s.

Therefore, the Lenovo Legion Y7000 has a faster read and write speed than the Lenovo Legion Y730. As a result, I will rate the laptop a nine out of ten in this storage review section.

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Lenovo Legion Y7000 Graphics Card Performance

The Lenovo Legion Y7000 offers three dedicated graphics options. Firstly, this laptop comes with an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 graphics card.

The GTX 1650 graphics card has a base frequency of 1410 MHz and a maximum frequency of 1590 MHz.

The second graphics option is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti graphics card. The GTX 1660 Ti graphics card has a base frequency of 1530 MHz and a boost frequency of 1785 MHz.

The third and most powerful GPU option for the Lenovo Legion Y7000 is an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 GPU. The RTX 2060 GPU has a base frequency of 1365 MHz and a boost frequency of 1680 MHz.

The first two graphics options have 4 GB of GDDR6 VRAM. Meanwhile, the third option has a 6 GB GDDR6 VRAM.

For performance evaluation, we will consider the least powerful GPU of the three options – the GTX 1660 Ti. When it comes to gaming, the GTX 1660 Ti GPU was able to play Far Cry 5 at 92 fps and in high settings, which is quite impressive.

At this point, let me share with you the Legion Y7000’s result in a 3DMark test.

For clarity, a 3DMark test is a benchmark that checks a computer’s GPU’s 3D graphics rendering ability. Please note that a high score in this test indicates better GPU performance.

So, according to the test result, the Legion Y7000 scored 13,290 points. However, the laptop’s score is below that of the two competitors I pitched it against.

Specifically, the Lenovo Legion Y540 got a total of 14,188 points. Also, the Acer Nitro 5 (AN515-54) leads them all with a total of 15,226 points.

From the test result, you can see that the GTX 1660 Ti isn’t the most powerful with respect to graphics rendering. Nevertheless, this doesn’t mean that it is a weak graphics card.

Moreover, you can rest assured that the other GPU options of the Legion Y7000 will deliver better graphics performance.

In conclusion, the Legion Y7000 offers multiple GPU options, and the performance of the least GPU option is decent. Therefore, I will end this section by rating this laptop an eight out of ten.

Lenovo Legion Y7000: Battery Life and Performance

Battery life is an important issue for gaming laptops, and the Lenovo Legion Y7000 has got two battery options.

Specifically, this laptop runs on either a 57 WHr or 52.5 WHr battery. However, Lenovo did not mention how long the batteries last per charge.

Therefore, to get the battery life of the laptop, we will consider a battery rundown test conducted by laptopmedia.com. Moreover, for this test, the Lenovo Legion Y7000 with a 57 WHr battery was used.

Furthermore, the battery test involved adjusting the display’s brightness to 120 nits and browsing the web continuously until the battery drains out. At the end of the battery rundown test, the Legion Y7000 lasted approximately 6 hours before shutting down.

Comparatively, the Legion Y7000 outperformed the Legion Y540 15, which lasted for 2 and half hours in the same test.

This test result shows that the Lenovo Legion Y7000’s battery life is quite decent. Therefore, I will conclude this section by rating the laptop an eight out of ten.

Frequently Asked Questions

Conclusion

Despite being a gaming laptop, the Lenovo Legion Y7000 can be useful in almost every other sector. Specifically, this laptop comes with a powerful processor that makes it suitable for handling most computing tasks.

Furthermore, the laptop features multiple storage options and numerous graphics card options. Impressively, even though most gaming laptops have poor battery life, this Lenovo gaming laptop has decent 6-hour battery life.

However, the position of the laptop’s webcam is somewhat awkward – it is at the center of the bottom bezel. Nevertheless, I don’t believe that this is a significant flaw for potential buyers to disregard the Lenovo Legion Y7000.

Therefore, if you need an adequate gaming laptop, the Lenovo Legion Y7000 is totally worth buying.

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