ASUS Zenbook 15 OLED (UM3504) review

The OLED ultrabook with surplus graphics

The ASUS Zenbook 15 OLED (UM3504) is a 2023 premium ultrabook: an AMD Ryzen 5 7535U with 32GB of memory at $954. The peer comparison records no weak axis. The sheet reads the integrated graphics placing at 32.85 — more than eight times the ultrabook-class median of 3.84 — with performance at 54.44 and reliability at 65, both top-quartile.

Integrated graphics, measured properly

The 7535U's Radeon silicon places at 32.85 — eight and a half times the class median — in a shelf where the typical machine has no graphics story at all, and the flags verify the placing: Overwatch clears recommended, Grand Theft Auto V clears recommended at a measured 140 frames per second, Far Cry 5 clears minimum at 30 measured, and Photoshop with Visual Studio Code clear minimums. This is the honest tier of strong integrated graphics — light-to-mid gaming and real photo work on a machine built for neither headline — and the absolute gaming level adds its calibration: 34, the upper edge of the low band, a placing that describes capability without ever promising a gaming machine.

The premium-shelf question

At $954 the ticket prices a premium consumer ultrabook, and the sheet supports the premium on three axes at once: the display-class chassis implied by the OLED line, the top-quartile performance placing, and the top-quartile reliability reading — a combination the ultrabook shelf rarely offers together. The 32GB ceiling is the class-standard complement. The buyer's alternative at this money is the gaming shelf's heavier machines; the differentiation here is the frame and the panel.

No depreciation anchor

No release-price anchor is recorded; the platform convention runs near eleven percent per year. The gentle tier band reflects the class's slow decay — the buyer's exposure is conventional.

Positioning against the aisle

No recorded analogs fall within the comparison band. Within the batch, the Zenbook Pro 17 at $840 offers a real RTX 3050 in an ultrabook shell with a mobility penalty; this seat's case is the balanced OLED package without the weight trade.

Bottom line

A fairly-priced, no-weakness premium ultrabook whose integrated graphics are measured, flag-verified and far above class norm. Buy it for the panel and the frame with light creative duty on the side; the gaming shelf serves the frame-rate buyer better.