Battery life is a very important parameter for thin and light notebooks, and there are many factors that affect battery life, such as hardware performance and power consumption release , battery capacity, task load type, and even external factors such as ambient temperature and altitude will affect the final battery life performance of the laptop.
Continuously improving the battery life of laptops is an important development direction for the PC industry. Compared with battery capacity and external factors, the underlying hardware power consumption control is the most basic element to enhance the battery life of PCs. Intel emphasizes "power consumption control" when releasing each generation of mobile hardware platforms. Whether it is process technology advancement or architecture optimization, whether it is through the introduction of AI technology to intelligently control performance and power consumption distribution, or PC manufacturers using software to optimize power consumption and fan strategies, most of these so-called methods are for extending the battery life of laptops.
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In the Intel Evo certification system, battery life is also a very important key experience indicator. Intel Evo certification is the most widely covered and most stringent certification standard for thin and light notebooks. It requires laptops to provide users with more than 9 hours of battery life on a full HD screen. Only laptops that meet this standard can pass Intel Evo certification.
Battery life is a very important part of Intel's Evo certification system
In addition, when we talk about long battery life today, in addition to the battery life that the battery can provide when unplugged, we will also include fast charging technology to determine whether the laptop can obtain long-term battery life with short-term charging. This is also an area of widespread concern for Intel Evo-certified laptops.
So do Intel Evo certified products really have a battery life of more than 9 hours? Do they support fast charging technology to enhance overall battery life?
The author recently randomly experienced an Intel Evo-certified notebook and conducted two real-time test records of its battery life and fast charging time when unplugged. Let's take a look at the test results.
Experiment 1: Daily office work
The first test is daily office work. The main scenes are internal office scenes such as workstations and conference rooms. Because I need to work overtime until late at night on the test day, the test starts at around 13:10.
Let me first introduce what I do in my daily office and the software I need to use.
My daily work mainly involves writing articles, which involve PC product reviews, topic selection, etc. In addition, there are some company content projects that I need to participate in, and it also involves image processing and other work.
The software involved in daily office work is mainly browsers, because ZOL requires the use of browsers to log in to the backend to write articles. In addition, browsers are also used to browse websites and watch some video content; DingTalk, WeChat, and QQ are three communication tools that are always available; and image processing within articles is performed.
The following is the real-time battery life record of the author's practical Intel Evo certified laptop for unplugged office work:
The product I chose is Honor V14, which is also a popular new product that has just been released and is equipped with 11 operating system and has passed Intel Evo certification. Compared with ordinary thin and light notebooks, this product is actually equipped with a more powerful and power-efficient Intel Core i5-processor, and it is also equipped with a 60Wh lithium battery. If the configuration of standard voltage processor + 60Wh battery can meet the needs of more than 9 hours of unplugged office work, then other Intel Evo certified notebooks equipped with low-power processors will naturally be able to meet such user needs more easily.
I started using the Honor V14 unplugged from 1:10 pm to 6:10 pm when I got off work. In 5 hours, the remaining battery power was 64% and the power consumption was 36%. During this period, I mainly did lightweight work such as text entry, WPS spreadsheets, and presentations (PPT), so the overall power consumption was not large. If you mainly use such office applications, you don’t need to worry about not plugging it in all day.
From 6:10 pm to 7:43 pm, because I went to dinner, I put the laptop into sleep mode, during which time the power consumption was 2%.
When the work is completed, the remaining power is 17%.
After that, I started working again until 24:00. During this time, I watched Douyu live broadcast and Bilibili videos, so the power consumption was relatively higher than in the afternoon. The remaining power was 17%. Originally, I wanted to see how long it would take to completely consume the power, but the laptop battery was too durable, so I only recorded the final remaining power.
Watching online live video still consumes more power
11 The battery status of the hourly time period recorded by the system's built-in battery monitoring
It can be seen that Intel Evo-certified notebooks do have strict standards for battery life. Even if they are equipped with an H35 standard voltage processor, excluding the 1 hour and 33 minutes of rest in the middle, after about 9 hours and 17 minutes of use, there is still 17% battery left, which shows that it is more than enough to meet the user's unplugged office needs for a day.
Intel Evo-certified notebooks with long-lasting battery life make meetings and office work easier
Experiment 2: Mobile Office
The second test is mobile office. The main scenarios are coffee shops and going out to attend meetings. Because during this test, I happened to attend an Intel press conference, so I took this Intel Evo-certified Honor V14 directly to the press conference.
Remaining power before charging: 12%
The meeting started at 2 p.m. that day, but I didn't charge the machine after it was 17% charged the day before. I used it intermittently for a while in the morning. When I was ready to leave at 12:52, I found that the battery was only 12%. In order to ensure that the afternoon meeting would not be delayed, I charged the laptop half an hour before leaving. Because the Honor V14 supports fast charging technology, the remaining power after charging was 51%. According to the test the day before, it should be no problem to withstand the needs of the afternoon meeting report.
Charge to 51% in half an hour
Let’s take a look at the test results first:
In fact, not everyone's work involves attending press conferences, but there are many meetings of all sizes in the company, and it is inevitable that sometimes you forget to bring a power bank, or the laptop you have for a meeting is not fully charged. At this time, it is very important to have a product that supports fast charging and has a long enough battery life.
Just like the author had only 12% battery left before going to the meeting today, a normal laptop would not be able to last for 3 or 4 hours. Intel Evo certified laptops support fast charging, charging to 51% in 30 minutes, which is enough for this afternoon meeting.
Writing at the conference, no need to bring power bank
Another important point is that devices with reliable enough battery life will give people a sense of security, which I think everyone has a deep understanding of. Intel Evo certified notebooks generally have a battery life of more than 9 hours, and they can easily cope with the need for long-term unplugged use. Just like this time, whether I was writing at the venue or finishing the manuscript in the cafe, I didn’t worry about the battery at all.
I finished the rest of the manuscript in the cafe, and the long battery life experience is really reassuring
When the manuscript was finally completed, this Honor V14 still had 33% battery left, which is really durable!
When the press release was completed, the remaining battery power was 33%.
10 theoretical battery life tests
As for the battery life of laptops, we usually use 10 benchmark tests to evaluate them. In energy-saving mode and full connection to WiFi, 10 modern office mode measured a battery life of 9 hours and 34 minutes, which is not much different from the battery life performance in actual use.
10 Modern Office Mode Battery Life Test
This test result once again proves that Intel Evo-certified notebooks can meet the official battery life requirement of more than 9 hours even when equipped with a standard voltage processor (H35).
Conclusion
To be honest, before the test, I didn't believe that the Honor V14's battery life could exceed 9 hours. After all, it is equipped with a standard voltage H35 processor, and compared with the low-power U series processor, the standard TDP is 20W higher. And although the 60Wh lithium battery has a relatively large capacity, it is also a question whether it can withstand the power consumption of the standard voltage processor.
Intel Evo certification requires that laptops must have a battery life of more than 9 hours. This "battery life" does not only refer to the battery life in a static state, but also needs to provide such a long-term battery life during the actual use of users, which poses a very strict challenge to the product. After two consecutive days of actual testing, the Intel Evo-certified Honor V14 can achieve a battery life of more than 10 hours for daily office work, and it also supports fast charging technology, which further enhances its battery life.
In addition, it must be said that among Intel Evo-certified products, there are many products with lower power consumption and equipped with 11th-generation Core U-series processors. For the Honor V14, which has relatively higher overall power consumption, these products can undoubtedly provide more impressive battery life performance.
It can be said that if you look for the Intel Evo certification, it means that a product has a battery life of more than 9 hours, and most of them support fast charging technology. Therefore, if you want to buy a long-lasting notebook, you only need to look for the "Intel Evo certification". You don't need to search hard for the battery life test results of this notebook. This is the convenience that Intel Evo certification brings to users.
Honor V 14 (i5 /16GB/512GB/integrated graphics) 11th generation Intel Core i5, integrated graphics, 2.5K touch screen, backlit keyboard
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