Hardware Overview and CPU Performance

The only CPU available for the Razer Blade Stealth an Intel Core i7-6500U. This ultra depression voltage i7 variant is based on 14nm Skylake silicon and is a dual-core with HT. When compared to Broadwell or fifty-fifty Haswell, performance improvements are slight at best so its best to focus on Skylake's significant contribution to ability efficiency and graphics.

The i7-6500U with its 15w TDP performs similarly to Haswell CPUs with well-nigh double its ability upkeep. This makes it perfect for ultrabooks like the Razer Stealth and offers enough of power to see the needs of almost users. the Core i7-6500U is sufficient for many games, but integrated Intel Hard disk 520 graphics quickly spoil the Blade Stealth's gaming potential without an external GPU solution. Yet, Intel's Hard disk 520 is a meaning comeback over previous generation GPUs similar the HD 4600

The Blade Stealth's storage subsystem is blazing fast. Equipped with a removeable PCIe based SSD, the Stealth shows some great numbers. For configuration options, this is what y'all tin expect:

  • $999 (QHD, Intel Core i7-6500U, 8GB, 128GB SSD)
  • $1199 (QHD, Intel Core i7-6500U, 8GB, 256GB SSD)
  • $1399 (4K UHD, Intel Core i7-6500U, 8GB, 256GB SSD)
  • $1599 (4K UHD, Intel Core i7-6500U, 8GB, 512GB SSD)

How does the Core i7-6500U and PCIe based SSD stack up in benchmarks? Allow'south take a look:

Keyboard and Trackpad

The Blade Stealth boasts a spacious clickpad. I've run into many poorly done clickpads over the years but this ane is a success, mostly. The size and smoothness of the surface produce a nice tactile experience. The Stealth'southward touchpad as well handled gestures and motion really well. Nevertheless, accidentally triggering the trackpad while typing was a periodic irritation. In that location'southward only the thinnest of gaps betwixt the trackpad and keyboard which makes brushing against it while typing inevitable. Unfortunately, aggressive palmcheck settings did little to solve the problem.

Chiclet fashion keyboards accept become prolific in recent years, especially on ultrabooks, and this is exactly what the Stealth Blade is packing. While island keyboards go loftier marks for aesthetics and depression noise, the trade off is often a diminished typing feel. The Stealth has a mediocre keyboard in this genre making it fine for surfing the web but makes a poor option for banging out your master thesis. WASD gaming comfort suffers a flake here as well, but it'due south doable.

By far, the standout keyboard feature is the Stealth's fully customizable RGB backlighting. Users tin customize lighting on a key-by-key basis with programmable effects similar breathing, ripple and wave courtesy of Razer Blush.

Configuration is performed through Synapse, the same practise-information technology-all config utility used past all Razer products. If yous've ever used Synapse earlier, you lot'll be correct at abode. The command you accept over lighting is both impressive and fun. If you aren't keen on all the lights though, you can just turn them all off through Synapse -- even the glowing Razer logo.

Additionally, Chroma apps promises devs a way to create lighting experiences fine-tuned for specific uses like immersive gaming. Synapse even provides keyboard macros.