Page 6 : The Samsung Galaxy Note8 Work Performance, Battery Life & Recharging Speed

Work Performance – PCMark

We tested the Samsung Galaxy Note8’s performance using PCMark, which simulates work applications like web browing, playing video, writing text and editing photos.

Work 2.0	Samsung Galaxy Note8	Samsung Galaxy S8+	Samsung Galaxy S8	Huawei Mate 9
Performance Score	5617	5285	5303	6316
Web Browsing	5433	5041	5155	5624
Video Editing	4872	5219	4998	5370
Writing	5696	5122	5158	6326
Photo Editing	8563	7003	7082	9864
Data Manipulation	4329	4369	4458	5333

The Samsung Galaxy Note8 (Price Check) is powered by the Samsung Exynos 8895 SoC, which is really fast, albeit not as fast as the Kirin 960 SoC used in the Huawei Mate 9 (Price Check).

 

Battery Life – PCMark

We then tested the Galaxy S8’s battery performance using PCMark. It basically ran the PCMark work tests until its battery capacity dropped to 20%.

Work 2.0	Samsung Galaxy Note8	Samsung Galaxy S8+	Samsung Galaxy S8	Huawei Mate 9
Battery Life	8 hours 50 mins	9 hours 34 mins	10 hours 32 mins	11 hours 27 mins

Of the four smartphones, the Samsung Galaxy Note8 (Price Check) has the smallest battery at 3,300 mAh. The Huawei Mate 9 (Price Check), in comparison, has a 4,000 mAh battery. Even so, it managed to deliver almost 9 hours of non-stop operation.

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Battery Recharging Performance

The Samsung Galaxy Note8 comes with an adaptive fast charger with a power output of 15 W. Take a look at how fast it recharged the 3,300 mAh battery.

It took the Samsung Galaxy Note8 (Price Check) just under 83 minutes (1 hour 23 minutes) to recharge its battery from 20% to 100%. That is a battery life : recharging ratio of 6.4 : 1 – a very good performance.

The fastest recharging happened up to the 85% level. This took just 53 minutes. Then the recharging speed slowed down, and it took a further 30 minutes to top up the remaining 15%.

Next Page > Overall Performance, Our Verdict & Award

 

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