Page 7 : Gaming & Overall Performance, Our Verdict & Award

Gaming Performance – 3DMark

We tested the ZenFone 3 Zoom’s gaming performance using 3DMark, using the Ice Storm Unlimited test.

	ASUS ZenFone 3 Zoom	ASUS ZenFone 3	Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017)	OPPO F1s
Gaming Score	13844	13956	13540	7666
Graphics	13372	13484	13548	7511
Physics	15797	15903	13510	8265
Graphics Test 1	80.3 fps	80.5 fps	81.1 fps	49.4 fps
Graphics Test 2	45.6 fps	46.1 fps	46.2 fps	24.4 fps
Physics Test	50.1 fps	50.5 fps	42.9 fps	26.2 fps

Like the ZenFone 3, the ASUS ZenFone 3 Zoom (Amazon | Lazada) did well in this test, matching the Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017), and coming in twice as fast as the OPPO F1s.

 

Overall Performance

AnTuTu is a nice benchmark for testing various performance aspects of Android devices.

	ASUS ZenFone 3 Zoom	ASUS ZenFone 3	Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017)	OPPO F1s
TOTAL SCORE	63218	62761	56431	41486
3D SCORE	12966	18816	15458	4868
– 3D (Marooned)	7878	10861	10511	3188
– 3D (Garden)	5088	7952	4947	1679
UX SCORE	24089	26794	18496	17640
– UX Data Secure	5713	5077	5295	4885
– UX Data Process	2991	4198	2612	2542
– UX Strategy Games	4193	7503	3671	2829
– UX Image Process	7893	6879	3373	3885
– UX I/O Performance	3299	3137	3545	3499
CPU SCORE	20683	23689	16459	14336
– CPU Mathematics	4264	6950	3132	3142
– CPU Common Use	6673	6311	5199	4805
– CPU Multi-Core	9746	10428	8128	6389
RAM	5480	6797	6018	4643

The ASUS ZenFone 3 Zoom (Amazon | Lazada) did well in this test, beating the Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) by 12%, and the OPPO F1s by 52%.

 

Our Verdict & Award

While ASUS may not make a point about it, it is obvious that they are targeting the ASUS ZenFone 3 Zoom (Amazon | Lazada) squarely at the Apple iPhone 7 Plus (Amazon | Lazada). They even eschewed the innovative zoom camera in the original ASUS ZenFone Zoom for the same dual camera system used in the iPhone 7 Plus. However, they were not aiming to copy, as much as beat, the iPhone 7 Plus on as many aspects as possible.

The iPhone 7 Plus has a 7 MP front camera with f/2.2 lens? ASUS gives the ZenFone 3 Zoom a 13 MP front camera with f/2.0 lens!

The iPhone 7 Plus has a 12 MP Sony Exmor RS main camera with f/1.8 lens? ASUS tops that with the latest 12 MP Sony IMX362 sensor with Dual Pixel PDAF technology and a f/1.7 lens!

The iPhone 7 Plus has a 12 MP zoom camera with 2X optical zoom and f/2.8 lens? The ASUS ZenFone 3 Zoom gives you a 12 MP zoom camera with 2.3X optical zoom and f/2.6 lens!

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This isn’t just about beating the iPhone 7 Plus (Amazon | Lazada) on specifications. The ASUS PixelMaster 3.0 camera on the ZenFone 3 Zoom (Amazon | Lazada) is amazing. It produces some of the best pictures and videos we have ever seen. Its 4K video recording and audio recording quality was especially good.

ASUS didn’t just stop at the ZenFone 3 Zoom’s photographic capability. To make sure the photos and videos look great on the device itself, they opted for an AMOLED display, instead of a regular IPS display. They even packed in a large 5,000 mAh battery, in a form factor that is smaller and lighter than the iPhone 7 Plus (Amazon | Lazada) with its puny 2,900 mAh battery.

But arguably, what’s most impressive about the ASUS ZenFone 3 Zoom (Amazon | Lazada) is the fact that it delivers its superior capabilities at half the price of the Apple iPhone 7 Plus (Amazon | Lazada)! We don’t know how ASUS managed to do that, but we think their efforts deserves no less than our Editor’s Choice Award! Congratulations, ASUS!

 

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