Large customers exclusive! ThinkPad L470 Business Office Notebook Reviews

When selecting business PCs, enterprise customers usually formulate differentiated inspection standards and procurement strategies. They hope to select and meet their own needs, professional and reliable productivity tools to maintain or promote the healthy development of the enterprise. ThinkPad, as a world-renowned business brand, has been Since its deep dedication to the business PC market, it has enjoyed a high reputation in the industry for its solid and reliable product quality. The newly launched ThinkPad L470 business notebook is a customizable commercial PC solution tailored for corporate customers. What kind of experience this L470 can bring to corporate customers, Next we do a detailed analysis.

First, product appearance and design style

In terms of appearance, ThinkPad L470 inherits the classic appearance of the ThinkPad Classic family. The professional and rigorous business image is highly recognizable.

ThinkPad family classic appearance

ThinkPad family classic appearance

The surface of the fuselage uses a skin-like matte touch paint to ensure smooth texture while also preventing the appearance of fingerprints and scratches.

Skin matte spray paint

On the screen, the evaluation prototype used a 14-inch FHD IPS display with a resolution of 1920×1080, and also provided an HD IPS display as an option.

FHD IPS display

ThinkPad L470 uses a splash-proof keyboard. Deck holes on the D surface of the camera can be seen. The feel is excellent. It is consistent with the ThinkPad T series keyboard. At the same time, this business also has optional biometric fingerprint recognition technology. Type equipped with fingerprint recognition module.

Splash-proof keyboard

Fingerprint identification module

The ThinkPad L470 also inherits the iconic TrackPoint® red dot and classic trackpad design of the ThinkPad, which allows users to replace traditional mice without displacing their fingers, resulting in a precise and quick control experience.

TrackPoint Red Dot Design

In terms of interfaces, ThinkPad L470 is equipped with 3×USB3.0 interface, 1×Smart Card slot (optional), Mini DP interface, VGA output interface, RJ45 network port, and card reader card slot. Look, the interface is very rich, can meet the various expansion needs of business users.

Rich body interface

It is worth mentioning that the L470 Business Book also passed the 12 rigorous military standard tests in the United States, which can protect the property and data security in daily use to the greatest extent.

Uncompromising design and quality

summary: The ThinkPad L470 continues the design of the ThinkPad family's traditional designs. TrackPoint® Red Dot, Classic Trackpad Other classic elements make this business book easier to use. Splash-proof keyboard (with spout), metal shaft (180° opening and closing, 30,000 opening and closing as new), 12 military standard tests It also highlights the strong and reliable product quality of ThinkPad. Of course, Rich body interface, fingerprint identification module Designs are equally impressive, and are more beneficial to enterprise users.

Second, hardware configuration and performance

In terms of hardware, this evaluation model uses Intel® CoreTM i7-7500U processor, AMD RadeonTM R5 M430 alone, 8GB DDR4 memory, and 256GB SSD. Compared with the previous generation L460 business notebook, the processor , Graphics, Memory and Hard Disk have been significantly improved.

● Intel® CoreTM i7-7500U processor

Evaluation prototype equipped with Intel® CoreTM i7-7500U processor (basic frequency: 2.70GHz, Turbo frequency: 3.50GHz, cache: 6MB), dual-core four-threaded, TDP is 15W.

From the theoretical performance point of view, i7-7500U processor and the new eight-generation Core processor has a certain gap, but in terms of daily business office, the i7-7500U used by the L470 can still meet the basic needs. At the same time, this business This also provides a different processor as an alternative, corporate customers can choose according to the needs of the purchase process.

Processor Theory Performance Test

● AMD RadeonTM R5 M430 alone

Compared with the previous generation L460 (AMD RadeonTM R5 M330 discrete graphics card), the new ThinkPad L470 uses the AMD RadeonTM R5 M430 alone and has a certain improvement in image performance.

GPU-Z

3DMark Sky Diver

● 8GB DDR4 memory + 256GB SATA3 SSD

For storage devices, the evaluation prototype uses a storage combination of 8GB DDR4 memory (up to 32GB of memory) and 256GB SATA3 SSD (supports dual hard disks, 512G SSD, and 1T hard disk), and is the mainstream configuration in the current business market. During the test (CrystalDiskMark), this 256GB SATA3 SSD has a sustained read speed of 541.2MB/s and sustained write speed of 518.2MB/s. The overall performance is good.

At the same time, the SSD hard disk interface supports up to PCIe. Compared with the previous SATA interface, PCIe's transmission speed and bandwidth are further improved, and the speed of the bulk data transmission is faster.

CrystalDiskMark

● Comprehensive performance theory test

In terms of overall performance, the ThinkPad L470 scored 3,346 points in the PCMark 10 benchmark, including 6429 in common basic functions (application launch scores, video conference scores, pageview scores), and productivity 5995 points (spreadsheet scores, writing scores) ), Digital content production 2640 points (photo editing scores, rendering and visualization scores, video editing).

PCMark 10 Benchmark

Although not using the latest eight-generation Core processors, the comprehensive performance test results of the evaluation model (ThinkPad L470) were surprising. The test score of 3,346 points was the same as the high-level configuration.

Comprehensive performance theory test

summary: Compared with the previous generation L460, the ThinkPad L470 has been upgraded in terms of hardware, and the overall configuration and overall performance can also meet the needs of corporate users for efficient work. At the same time, Flexible configuration/service Is still a highlight of this series of products, users can customize according to their own needs.

Third, endurance and cooling performance

● Endurance

The ThinkPad L470 features a detachable battery design and offers a large capacity battery for selection. For a more intuitive understanding of the notebook's battery life, we tested the battery life in the PCMark 8 Home mode.

During the test, the software will cycle through the test items until the battery is exhausted, which can give a relatively real life record. However, it should be noted that in our daily use, the long cycle of high load scenarios is not Common, so the actual use of time is much higher than the following battery life test results.

In the battery life test, the ThinkPad L470 has a test score of 4 hours and 55 minutes. The battery life is very good. With the large-capacity removable battery design, the ThinkPad L470 has obvious advantages in travel, mobile office and other scenarios.

PCMark 8 battery life test results

● Thermal performance

In the heat dissipation test, we performed a full load test on the evaluation prototype. The initial conditions for the test were as follows:

Test Tools: AIDA64, FurMark, Room Temperature: 24°C, CPU Load: 100%, Test Time: >1 Hour

AIDA64 and FurMark are two commonly used copying tools. AIDA64 can test the heat dissipation ability of the product through the system stability test and provide real-time update voltage. The temperature can monitor the thermal performance of the product. FurMark It is through the fur rendering algorithm to measure the performance of the graphics card, and at the same time, it can test the stability of the graphics card. We will perform dual-bake testing on this device through the two softwares.

The test sample was continuously operated for 1 hour, 46 minutes and 26 seconds under full CPU load. The CPU temperature was relatively stable and the heat dissipation was good.

AIDA64 System Stability Test

It can be seen from the image generated by the infrared thermometer that, at a room temperature of 24°C, the high-temperature zone is mainly concentrated in the middle of the keyboard, and the maximum temperature is 42.6°C. During the actual use, no obvious temperature can be felt. Up to 38°C The average temperature around also shows that this product has good heat dissipation.

Body surface temperature distribution

On the D side of the fuselage, the high temperature zone is mainly concentrated in the middle of the fuselage, and the maximum temperature reaches 50.1°C, with an average of 43.2°C. Although the overall temperature distribution is relatively concentrated, it has no direct impact on the actual use experience. It is worth mentioning that In actual use, the use of long-term high-load is relatively rare, so it usually does not reach the temperature in the test results.

D surface temperature distribution

summary: ThinkPad L470 has good performance in terms of endurance and heat dissipation, and is also a good level in mainstream business notebooks. Removable large capacity battery Is one of the highlights. At the same time, taking into account the test model for the engineering prototype, so you can expect the production version of the L470 to bring even more excellent battery life and cooling performance.

Fourth, internal structure design

In the internal structure design, ThinkPad L470 also inherited the ThinkPad series of professional and reliable quality, joined the APS hard drive protection, Eagle wing fan, diversion hole and other classic design elements. At the same time, dual hard drive design, 180 degree opening and closing of the metal shaft, And Dolby certified audio system makes this product more in line with the actual needs of business users.

● APS hard disk protection, eagle wing fan, diversion design

The rugged and reliable product image of the ThinkPad series of business products largely derives from the iconic classic design of this series of products. APS hard disk protection technology allows the hard disk to stop reading and writing before the notebook falls. The bionic design of the Eagle wing fan can provide more Good heat dissipation effect, keyboard with diversion hole design is anti-spilling function to ensure the stability and safety of the user during use.

ThinkPad classic design elements

Dual hard disk design, metal shaft, and Dolby certification

On the other hand, the L470 businessbook is a specially optimized body design for business users. It also makes this product more flexible and easy to use. The dual hard disk design allows speed and capacity to coexist, and the metal shaft supporting 180° opening and closing is more durable. Built-in Dolby audio with array dual microphones, can form a perfect conference call system, suitable for various scenarios in the daily work of the enterprise.

Meet the needs of corporate customers

summary: ThinkPad L470 inherits the classic design elements of ThinkPad while at the same time making more optimizations for large enterprise customers. The flexible customized configuration can meet the needs of different users.

V. PConline evaluation room summary

● Product information and test results

● Evaluation summary

ThinkPad L470 is an upgraded product of the classic business L460. It has been improved in terms of body details and hardware configuration. Better performance can meet various office needs of enterprise users. In addition, this business is based on the ThinkPad series. At the same time as the classic design elements, fingerprint recognition, metal hinges (180° opening and closing, 30,000 opening and closing as new), and new technological elements such as built-in Dolby sound are added to make the ThinkPad L470 Mainstream price, classic quality Bringing better experience to large corporate customers.

For enterprise customers, besides the basic factors such as quality, safety and price, the brand reputation, after-sales service, and customizability are also important aspects of the procurement strategy. ThinkPad L470 The reliable quality, flexible customized configuration and service, and mainstream price are in line with the company's large customers' diversified product requirements for commercial PCs. They solve various problems faced by the company's procurement process from the perspective of products.

ThinkPad L470