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Our first test is UL's PCMark 10, which simulates a variety of real-world productivity and office workflows to measure overall system performance and also includes a storage subtest for the primary drive. The Legion 7 Gen 7 finished in the upper end of the graph in the main test, though it didn’t catch the Legion 7i Gen 7. None of this hardware is bad, but it’s a generation behind the curve – the Legion’s competitors have DDR5 memory and PCI-E 4 SSDs alongside newer GPUs and CPUs. The “Rembrandt” Ryzen 6000 series is AMD’s first mobile CPU to support DDR5 RAM. The Legion 7 Gen 7 uses the most powerful H- or HX-class versions with a 45-watt (W) thermal design power (TDP) rating. On the graphics front, the Radeon RX 6850M XT is the flagship AMD mobile graphics card and goes head-to-head with Nvidia’s flagship GeForce RTX 3080 Ti.
The same is true of the CPU tests we performed, with the Legion 7’s 1,407 single core and 7,336 multi-core scores in Geekbench 5 being excellent too, and the trend continued in the Total War and Metro Exodus performance tests - with the Legion 7 outputting a buttery smooth framerate even at ultra settings. The Legion 7 Gen 7 produced middling scores with its AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX CPU, not really competing with the Legion 7i Gen 7 but matching up with the Gigabyte Aero 16 and easily surpassing the underperforming Razer. It did, however, generally outperform the Corsair’s HS-class chip.
th Generation Intel ® Core™ i5-10300H Processor (2.50 GHz, up to 4.50 GHz with Turbo Boost, 4 Cores, 8 Threads, 8 MB Cache) Aesthetically, Legion laptops hide their gaming light under a bushel. Turn the light show off and it could pass as just another powerful workstation laptop. It should appeal to those who want a notebook for serious work as well as serious play. Our final productivity test is Puget Systems' PugetBench for Photoshop, which uses the Creative Cloud Version 22 of Adobe's famous image editor to rate a PC's performance for content creation and multimedia applications. It's an automated extension that executes a variety of general and GPU-accelerated Photoshop tasks ranging from opening, rotating, resizing, and saving an image to applying masks, gradient fills, and filters. The gamut volume level of 101.6% is good, if a bit lower than the figures supplied by those rivals, so the Lenovo is more realistic and muted – for many people and in many games, that’s a good thing. I love that the touchpad is skewed a bit to the left, since the keyboard keys are shifted slightly due to the space bar. It felt more natural to have it under the keys I predominantly type on.
During the Grand Theft Auto V (Very High, 1080p) benchmark, the Lenovo Legion 7 hit an average of 121 fps, the Alienware x17 hit 129 fps, the Razer Blade reached 98 fps, and the Raider ran at 131 fps. The Legion 7 got 75 frames in its native resolution, ahead of the Razer Blade 15’s 62 fps at 1440p. The Alienware x17 pushed out 41 frames at its native 4K. For Windows PCs, we run both synthetic and real-world gaming tests. The former include two DirectX 12 gaming simulations from UL's 3DMark, Night Raid (more modest, suitable for systems with integrated graphics) and Time Spy (more demanding, suitable for gaming rigs with discrete GPUs). Also looped into that group is the cross-platform GPU benchmark GFXBench 5, which we use to gauge OpenGL performance.We also informally tested the Legion 7 Gen 7 at its native 2,560 by 1,600-pixel native screen resolution, where it produced 87 frames per second (fps) in F1 2021 (Ultra settings, AMD FSR enabled) and 78fps in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (Ultra settings), respective drops of 16% and 32% from the 1080p averages of 104fps and 115fps. FHD (1920 x 1080), IPS, anti-glare, 240Hz, < 1ms response time, 100% sRGB, 500 nits, VESA DisplayHDR 400-certified, Dolby Vision™-enabled. The Legion’s panel is not perfect. While its 165Hz refresh rate and Nvidia G-Sync compatibility are ideal for any single-player game and fine for mainstream eSports, the Alienware and Asus machines run at 240Hz and they’re even faster if you spend more. Performance
The Lenovo Legion 7 lasted for an hour and fifteen minutes during a gaming benchmark, which is an entirely ordinary result for a gaming notebook. The Legion 7 Gen 7 seamlessly switches to the Radeon graphics on its Ryzen CPU in power-saving scenarios, and it pays off: over nine hours of battery life for a hulking gaming laptop like this is noteworthy. The next-best time from the Gigabyte Aero 16 was 6 hours and 34 minutes. The Legion 7 Gen 7 also impressed with its peak screen brightness of 512.2 nits. It doesn’t have the most colorful display in this group, covering 75% of the popular DCI-P3 gamut versus the Razer’s 100%, but it still looks quite colorful. But can it deliver the goods with real-time performance? After spending over a week with the laptop, here re my thoughts. Design and Keyboard th Generation Intel ® Core™ i7-10750H Processor (2.60GHz, up to 5.00GHz with Turbo Boost, 6 Cores, 12 Threads, 12MB Cache) FHD (1920 x 1080), IPS, anti-glare, 144Hz, < 3ms response time, 100% Adobe RGB, 500 nits, VESA DisplayHDR 400-certified, Dolby Vision™-enabled.WQXGA (2560 x 1600) IPS, 500 nits, 16:10 aspect ratio, 165Hz (3ms response time), 100% sRGB, up to VESA DisplayHDR™ 400 Certified, Dolby Vision ® support, AMD FreeSync™ Premium, TÜV Rheinland ® certified Outside of the usual preinstalled apps like TikTok and Spotify, the handiest app is Lenovo Vantage Vantage has multiple settings to customize the laptop, including different performance modes depending on if you want silence or full-blown power. Limits:Limit 5 per customer. Offers valid from Lenovo in the US only. Lenovo may increase or decrease these limits, from time to time, for certain offerings.
Our final productivity test is Puget Systems' PugetBench for Photoshop, which uses the Creative Cloud version 22 of Adobe's famous image editor to rate a PC's performance for content creation and multimedia applications. It's an automated extension that executes a variety of general and GPU-accelerated Photoshop tasks ranging from opening, rotating, resizing, and saving an image to applying masks, gradient fills, and filters. The crosshair in the Legion logo on the lid also glows with RGB lightning too, creating a cohesive glow that will be the envy of your PC gaming rivals. For Windows PCs, we run both synthetic and real-world gaming tests. The former includes two DirectX 12 gaming simulations from UL's 3DMark, Night Raid (more modest, suitable for systems with integrated graphics) and Time Spy (more demanding, suitable for gaming rigs with discrete GPUs). Also looped into that group is the cross-platform GPU benchmark GFXBench 5, which we use to gauge OpenGL performance. Battery:These systems do not support batteries that are not genuine Lenovo-made or authorized. Systems will continue to boot, but may not charge unauthorized batteries. Attention: Lenovo has no responsibility for the performance or safety of unauthorized batteries, and provides no warranties for failures or damage arising out of their use. Battery life (and recharge times) will vary based on many factors, including system settings and usage.The wattage provided by the charger allows for peak gaming when powered on, but the battery life can be disappointing when unplugged, especially when gaming or doing other intensive tasks. But that's not to say unplugged longevity is bad for a gaming laptop. On our battery test, which involves streaming video, browsing the web, and running OpenGL tests over Wi-Fi, all with the display at 150 nits of brightness, the Legion 7 ran for 4 hours and 39 minutes. There’s little between the RTX 3080 and the Asus’ RTX 3070 Ti. Lenovo Legion 7’s 3D Mark Time Spy result of 10,436 rubbed shoulders with the RTX 3070 Ti’s score of 10,389. th Generation Intel ® Core™ i7-10875H Processorwith vPro™ (2.30 GHz, up to 5.10 GHz with Turbo Boost, 8 Cores, 16 Threads, 16 MB Cache)
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