Our opinion on the Asus VivoBook 17 S1704ZA-DRAU415W
Equipped with a large, fast 1 TB SSD storage enhancing its responsiveness, the portable PC Asus VivoBook 17 S1704ZA-DRAU415W relatively thin and light with a 17-inch anti-glare IPS Full HD screen offers a battery life of 7 hours under Windows 11. This laptop with an elegant silver design benefits from a webcam shutter and USB-C connectivity, but skips Wi-Fi 6. This Ultrabook relies on 16 GB of RAM as well as a hybrid Core i5-1235U Intel Alder Lake processor with an Iris Xe graphics module for good performance in everyday use and light gaming/multimedia processing.
Asus VivoBook 17 S1704ZA-DRAU415W Specifications
| Screen(s) | 17’’ Full HD LED IPS 45% NTSC 250cd/m² (1920×1080, antireflet) |
| Processor | Intel Core i5-1235U Intel Alder Lake (10 cœurs : 2P 1.3 GHz / 8E 0.9 GHz, 15W) |
| Installed RAM (max) | 16 GB (8 GB welded + 8 GB) DDR4 3200 MHz (32 GB), 1 slot (occupied) |
| Graphics card | Intel Iris Xe integrated into the processor |
| Storage | SSD M.2 de 1 To (NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4) |
| Connections | 2 USB 3.2 (Gen1) + 1 USB 2.0 + 1 USB 3.2 Type-C (Gen1), HDMI 1.4 |
| Network | Wi-Fi 5 ac (1×1), Bluetooth 5.1 |
| Backlit keyboard | Oui (course 1.4mm) |
| Numeric keypad | Oui |
| Windows Hello | – |
| Audio system | 2 SonicMaster speakers |
| Operating system | Windows 11 64 bits |
| Announced autonomy / Battery | 7 hours / Li-Ion 3 cells 50Whr |
| Poids / Dimensions (mm) | 2.1 Kg / 399.3 x 254.3 x 19.9 |
The Asus VivoBook 17 S1704ZA-DRAU415W faces the competition
The Asus VivoBook 17 S1704ZA-DRAU415W is currently showing in promotion at Fnac and at Darty. It offers an attractive configuration/price ratio for its category where it is one of the cheapest to offer in such a large format (17 inches), relatively thin and light, such high capacity SSD storage with a backlit keyboard.
If this laptop does not completely meet your needs, we invite you to consult our inexpensive laptop and student laptop guides, where you will find other similar laptops that can be good alternatives to the Asus VivoBook 17 S1704ZA -DRAU415W.
Chassis, connections, screen of the Asus VivoBook 17 S1704ZA-DRAU415W
Openable 180° completely flat, this portable PC is rechargeable to 60% in 49 minutes, certified to the American military robustness standard MIL-STD-810H, and has an elegant and discreet appearance with its relatively thin and light light silver design.
This Ultrabook has good wired connectivity with its USB-C, its practical HDMI video output to easily connect it to a TV or a monitor for example, its audio port or even its 3 USBs compatible with both USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 , USB 3.0 guarantees transfers up to 10 times faster than USB 2.0 if USB 3.0 devices are plugged into it.
It's a shame that the wireless connectivity is old, however – Wi-Fi 5 ac and Bluetooth 5.1 – and not Wi-Fi 6 ax and Bluetooth 5.2/.3, more recent and efficient modules.
We appreciate being able to hide the webcam behind a shutter when not using it to protect privacy.
The chiclet keyboard benefits from a backlighting solution that you simply activate whenever you need to better distinguish your keys.
The screen benefits from IPS technology providing significant viewing angles, both horizontally and vertically.
Full HD, the screen lends itself well to displaying videos due to its 16:9 format.
It has an anti-reflective coating ensuring better visibility in a bright environment (e.g. outdoors) than a shiny panel as well as less eye fatigue in the long run.
Performance, autonomy of the Asus VivoBook 17 S1704ZA-DRAU415W
The Asus VivoBook 17 S1704ZA-DRAU415W is a relatively thin and light 17-inch laptop intended for everyday nomadic use offering a large storage capacity.
It benefits from SSD storage with a capacity of 1000 GB, twice as high as the average.
We can therefore calmly install and store quantities of software and files on this elegant silver laptop.
The SSD provides great responsiveness and fluidity, which is manifested in particular on a daily basis by rapid starts/stops as well as the launches of applications and processing.
Because it offers great speed, in addition to being silent, robust and energy efficient.
The SSD SSD therefore accompanies very well the heart of this computer composed of 16 GB of RAM and a low-consumption Intel Core i5-1235U Alder Lake processor with 10 hybrid cores housing the Iris Xe graphics module.
This Ultrabook therefore performs well in everyday use, such as in office work and surfing the Internet, for viewing photos and videos but also for playing light games.
Lightweight multimedia processing taking advantage of RAM and multi-core can also be performed, such as small video conversions or photo editing.
With its finesse and its contained weight for a 17 inch, this Ultrabook may interest some wishing to equip themselves with a large format student laptop since its autonomy is around 7 hours on battery in light use.
