Toshiba Satellite P55 Evaluation

Toshiba launched a series of new notebooks this year, with the satellite p55t series positioned in the midrange home entertainment market, with the latest Intel Haswell processor, 8GB memory and a 1080P Full HD touch screen and Harman Kardon speakers. The price is 779 U.S. dollars (about 4782 yuan), with a high price, below to see the machine is actually hand experience.

Toshiba Satellite p55t (model A5202) main parameter information:

Screen: 15.6-inch 1920*1080 resolution capacitive touch screen

Processors and graphics cards: Intel Core I5-4200U Processor at 1.6 GHz, integrated Intel HD Graphics 4400

Memory and hard drive: 8GB RAM, 750GB 5400 to SATA hard drive

Operating system: Windows 8

Wireless network: 802.11b/g/n wireless network, Bluetooth 4.0

Interface: 4 USB ports, Ethernet, HDMI,VGA, headset/microphone interface, SD card reader, DVD+/-RW Optical drive

Fuselage size and Weight: 386*251*30.4 mm, weighing 2.35 kg

Price: USD 779 (about 4782 RMB)

Appearance design and details

Toshiba Satellite P55T has adopted a new design style, and the weight of the previous model has been reduced by 25% compared to its previous models. You can see that the fuselage of the top cover part of the use of metal wire drawing technology, the lower left corner of the brand logo low-key, the fuselage also uses the metal drawing deck, has a good solidity, wrist care is also very comfortable. In addition, the top of the keyboard also designed metal mesh Harman Kardon speakers, feeling very high-end. As a 15.6-inch model, the machine has a size of 386*251*30.4 mm, weighing 2.35 kg, relatively not very portable, more suitable for use in a fixed place.

Toshiba Satellite p55t Integral Design

Due to the size of the fuselage, Toshiba Satellite P55T uses a full-size keyboard with a digital keypad and has a backlight function. Overall typing feel more comfortable, in the actual test, we can get 80 letters per minute input speed, error rate is only 1%, higher than the usual 76 letters per minute average. In addition, the machine's touchpad area is also very generous, can achieve good Windows 8 gesture operation.

Toshiba Satellite P55T Keyboard Design

Fuselage interface, you can see the right side of the design of two USB 3.0 interface, an HDMI port, a VGA adapter and microphone/headphone jack, the left side of the two USB 2.0 ports, support sleep charge, meaning that even if the notebook sleep state can also charge the phone. In addition, the machine is equipped with a DVD+/-RW optical drive, the SD card reader is designed in front of the fuselage.

Toshiba Satellite p55t Fuselage Interface design

Toshiba Satellite P55T also built a 900,000-pixel front camera, the shooting effect is more general, there is a certain color bias, and the particle sense is more obvious. All in all, the overall design and workmanship of the Toshiba Satellite p55t are superior in the 15.6-inch model, especially when the machine is not expensive, and the exquisite appearance is worth the price.

Screen and audio effects

Toshiba Satellite P55T is equipped with a 15.6-inch 1080P Full HD screen, the display is extremely good, in the movie trailer, can show clear and delicate details, suitable for viewing high-definition movies. But the brightness of the screen is generally only 139 lux, slightly inferior to the competitive model.

Toshiba Satellite p55t Screen Display effect

In terms of audio effects, the built-in Harman Kardon loudspeakers bring clear and loud sound effects, along with the built-in DTS sound software, which adjusts the treble and bass performance and enables 3D surround stereo functionality.

Performance features

Toshiba Satellite P55T is equipped with the 1.6GHz Intel fourth Daicouri I5-4200U dual-core processor, built-in 8GB memory, and integrated with the Intel HD Graphics 4400. In the daily use, we in the antivirus software to perform system scan operation, opened 10 Chrome browser tags, did not find obvious cotton phenomenon. In the PCMark 7 processor performance test, the machine scored 3208 points, slightly above the average and Acer Aspire M5, but less than the Dell Inspiron 15Z, which uses the third Daicouri processor but has a higher frequency.

PCMark 7 processor Performance test scores

In addition, in the hard drive transmission speed, Toshiba Satellite p55t transmission rate is only 23mbps,windows 8 boot speed also need 18 seconds, this is due to the traditional mechanical hard disk speed is low, and the machine is not equipped with the popular cache to increase the system's operating speed. In the OpenOffice document processing test, Toshiba Satellite p55t need to spend 5分钟14秒 to complete 20,000 contact information matching, although the result is higher than the competitive model, but the overall performance does not appear to reach the Haswell processor level.

Notebook hard drive transmission speed test

In terms of graphics performance, the integrated new Intel HD 4400 graphics performance is naturally more powerful than the previous HD 4000, but basically it can only run some puzzle games. In the 3DMark 11 graphics performance test, the machine's score of 878 points, is a comparison of the mainstream performance, and in the actual operation of the World of Warcraft game, the automatic quality of 1080P resolution frame speed of 22fps, elevated to high quality only after 14fps, basically can not smooth running the game.

3DMark 11 Graphics Performance test scores

World of Warcraft (automatic picture) run frame rate

In general, as a main audio and video function of the home entertainment notebook, we are slightly disappointed with the overall performance of Toshiba Satellite p55t, but given the low pricing, it is understandable.

Heat dissipation and endurance capability

Toshiba Satellite p55t The overall cooling effect is good, after watching high-definition online video 15 minutes, the temperature around the touchpad is cool 25 degrees Celsius, the hottest part of the fuselage back, 31 degrees Celsius, basically comfortable level.

Thanks to the power-controlled Intel Haswell processor, with four-cell batteries and 40% screen brightness connected to WiFi, Toshiba Satellite P55T can achieve 5-hour 32-minute endurance and perform well in 15.6-inch notebooks.

Optional configuration

Our evaluation of Toshiba Satellite P55T (model A5202) Price of 779 U.S. dollars (about 4782 yuan), equipped with the 1.6GHz of the Intel fourth Daicouri I5-4200U dual-core processors, built-in 8GB memory, and integrated with the Intel HD graphics card 4400.

Alternatively, a higher configuration of satellite p50t-ast2gx1 is available, with four core Intel Core I7-4700MQ processors, 12GB of RAM, 1TB hard drives and Nvidia GeForce gt740m standalone graphics, priced at $1249 ( About 7667 yuan).

Evaluation Summary

In general, Toshiba Satellite P55T is an excellent screen with a balanced overall configuration of 15.6-inch notebook, you can get Haswell processor, comfortable keyboard and good endurance, low price is one of the attractive selling points. Of course, as a video notebook, not equipped with a stand-alone graphics card is a pity, and the screen brightness compared to the same model slightly dim some.

Advantages:

· Exquisite fuselage workmanship

· Full HD touch screen

· Keyboard Comfort

· Equipped with Haswell processor

Disadvantages:

· The screen is rather dim.

· Low video card performance