In the Browsermark test, which provides a score based on a number of browser actions - including loading pages, running JavaScript and resizing the screen - the R 11's score of 2,350 fell just short of the HP Chromebook 11 G4 (2,362) and lost out to the 100S (2,393). The Lenovo 100S Chromebook scored 8,117, and the HP Chromebook 11 G4 scored 8,523. The R 11 notched an 8,040 in Google's Octane 2.0, which measures JavaScript performance. The hottest spot was actually the display itself, at 88 degrees.Īcer's laptop returned reasonable but unimpressive scores on synthetic tests. The touchpad was 79 degrees Fahrenheit, the spot between the G and H keys was 82.5 degrees and the bottom of the case was 85 degrees - all of which are lower than our 95-degree comfort threshold. This is because the speakers are placed on the bottom of the notebook and are thus covered when used in those scenarios.Īfter 15 minutes of streaming HD video, the R 11 was still cool to the touch. The audio becomes muffled in two situations: if it's on your lap or folded into the tablet position. The R 11 also gets nice and loud I took it into one of our conference rooms and blasted The Weeknd's "Can't Feel My Face," and when I emerged, the people sitting outside told me they could hear the audio faintly. Music playback on the Chromebook R 11 was generally good, with clear vocals, mids and highs the bass was about average for a laptop this size. Viewing angles were clear until about 45 degrees, where colors started to wash out and the screen became dim. The R 11's Delta-E score of 0.6 (the closer to zero, the better) far outscored the 100S Chromebook (4.6 percent) and the Acer Aspire Cloudbook (3.9 percent). MORE: The Best Laptops for Business and Productivity Only the Toshiba Chromebook 2 (109.8 percent) scored higher.
The display covers 73.2 percent of the sRGB spectrum (100 percent is excellent) and beats the Asus Chromebook Flip, the Dell Chromebook 11 and the Lenovo 100S Chromebook. When I watched the trailer for Star Trek Beyond, the red, yellow and blue Starfleet uniforms really popped on the screen during crowd scenes, though planetary landscapes could have been a little sharper.