For storage, our unit came with a fast Samsung PM981 drive and an extra slot ready for upgrades. Both M.2 slots are 2280 PCIe x4 gen3. Unlike on the Legion 5 tested recently, the CPU is aggressively limited in most tests and workloads on this Quiet mode here. It runs at up to 30W in sustained CPU-only loads, but only at around 7-8W of power when the GPU is active as well, which can lead to stuttering and hiccups in some cases. As for the GPU, this mode limits it at around 80W of power, which translates to roughly 80% of its capabilities on the Performance mode. Now, based on my past experience with other recent Ryzen configurations, I was expecting this laptop to be efficient and run for a fair while on a charge, but it did not. Not sure exactly what’s going on, because Optimus seems to work fine and the CPU scales down in frequency and power as expected, yet somehow the efficiency with light use left plenty to be desired. And no, I don’t have the iCUE software installed on this unit. As far as I can tell there’s some sort of an issue with the AMD Radeon iGPU driver, as the panel is shown as a 10-bit 165 Hz model in the Advanced Display Settings tab. That aside, there’s also no option to manually switch to a 60 Hz refresh rate. This series allows full control over the RAM, storage slots, and WiFi module. There are 2x RAM slots and 2x SSD slots on the Legion 5, both on the 60 and 80 Wh configurations. Our review unit comes with 16 GB of RAM in dual-channel; the included memory is SR, but the kind with faster latencies, as shown above.

Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6H 15.6 Inch FHD 120 Hz Gaming Laptop Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6H 15.6 Inch FHD 120 Hz Gaming Laptop

Only thing is i might have the bad panel though you guys talked about, its the 120hz LEN156FHD-LEN9059 from 2019. Based on my experience with this laptop, older titles should run well on this Quiet profile, but demanding recent titles will struggle. Overall, the Quiet profile seems a but OFF on this unit compared to what we tested in the Legion 5. That allowed for constant 25W on the CPU and 80W on the GPU, with noisier fans, but more consistent performance. This here can run quieter, but the potential stuttering is a downside that most won’t find acceptable. Once more, it pays to have a full-power and unlimited Ryzen processor and a full-power RTX 3060. In theory, this RTX 3060 should go up to 130W of power, but in our tests, it only averaged up to 125W and rarely surpassed that level. These are similar findings to the RTX 3060 Legion 5 model tested at the same time. Update2: Here’s our coverage of what looks like the 2023 successor of the Legion 5i series, the new Lenovo LOQ 15/16 lineup. Design and constructionSo all in all there’s little to complain about here, but I’ll still remind you of the brighter and sharper WQHD panel available for the Legion 5 series in a few regions, as well as the WQHD+ 16:10 option on the Legion 5 Pro. I’d recommend opting for one of those if you can squeeze them within budget. Now, if 50 dB fans are too loud for you, and I can see how that can be the case in many situations, the Quiet profile is also very competitive on this laptop with the current BIOS settings. The fans average between sub 30 dBA noise levels with light use and up to 44 dB with combined taxing loads on this Quiet profile, and the performance takes a slight toll, but not a significant one, as you can tell based on these results down below.

Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6H 15.6 Inch FHD 165 Hz Gaming Laptop Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6H 15.6 Inch FHD 165 Hz Gaming Laptop

Finally, I’ll mention that camera at the top of the screen. It’s HD-only and washed-out quality even in good light, but at least it’s there and can do that job when needed. This comes with an electronic shutter on the left side of the laptop, which electronically kills both the camera and the microphones, and not just covers the lens with a piece of plastic. Battery lifeOver here, this tested Ryzen 5 + RTX 3060 configuration is available in stores for around 1000-1100 EUR, which is very competitive for what you’re getting. The same goes for under 1000 GBP in the UK, but with a 60Wh battery. Upgrading to a Ryzen 7 is a 50 EUR extra, while upgrading to an RTX 3070 dGPU would cost around 200 EUR on top. Enjoy crisp visuals on a 39.6cms (15) FHD display, featuring amazing color accuracy and Dolby Vision™, while Nahimic 3D audio and the Legion Truestrike keyboard help you strike with pinpoint precision. All in all, the Legion 5 is one of the best-value mid-tier laptops of this generation, and a potential recommendation in this 3060 configuration over here in Europe where it’s very aggressively priced. That’s not the case everywhere, though, as the same configuration is expensive in other regions. Andrei after a couple of months i can say the maximum i achieved in GPU was 127 watts, it was CUDA rendering in FStorm demo render engine. So it almost fits the 130w.In Blender CyclesX render engine Nvidia Optix it do not surpass 125w. For our test deviice, the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 mobile GPU serves as the graphics card. Due to the configurable power limit of 80 to 130 watts, the performance of different models can vary widely. Here, the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 mobile GPU can consume up to 130 watts when set to performance mode via the Lenovo Vantage tool. As a result, it achieves excellent results in synthetic benchmarks. The Lenovo Legion 5 17 is only behind by a few percentage points compared to the much more powerful Schenker XMG Apex 17 M21.