Asus VivoBook 14 (X1404) 14"

The Asus VivoBook 14 (X1404) is categorized as a productivity laptop, designed with everyday work use in mind. It includes a backlit keyboard, which makes typing in low-light environments more comfortable. The laptop does not feature a fanless design, meaning it relies on active cooling, and it lacks both weather sealing and a rugged build, so it is intended for standard indoor use rather than demanding or outdoor conditions.

The laptop features a 14-inch screen with a 1920 x 1080 px resolution, delivering a standard Full HD image across a compact panel. It does not include a touch screen or an anti-reflection coating, so the display is suited primarily for stationary use in controlled lighting. The GPU supports up to 4 simultaneous displays, offering flexibility for multi-monitor setups when connected to external screens.

The system is equipped with 16GB of DDR4 RAM running at 3200 MHz, with a maximum supported capacity of 64GB, and the CPU operates across 10 cores — two at 1.3 GHz and eight at 0.9 GHz — with a turbo boost reaching 4.6 GHz across 12 threads, with multithreading enabled. Storage comes in the form of a 1024GB NVMe SSD connected over PCIe 4, built on a 10 nm semiconductor process and supporting 64-bit operation. The GPU runs at a base clock of 300 MHz and boosts up to 1250 MHz, with DirectX 12 support, though XeSS (XMX) is not available on this configuration.

In benchmark testing, the processor achieved a Geekbench 6 multi-core score of 7605 and a single-core score of 2183, reflecting its multi-threaded and per-core capabilities respectively. The PassMark results follow a similar pattern, with an overall score of 13420 and a single-thread PassMark score of 3347, providing a more granular view of single-core processing throughput.

The laptop's wired port selection includes one USB 3.2 Gen 1 USB-C port, two USB 3.2 Gen 1 USB-A ports, and one USB 2.0 port, while higher-speed options such as USB 3.2 Gen 2, USB 4, Thunderbolt 3, and Thunderbolt 4 are not present. Video output is handled by a single HDMI 1.4 port, with no DisplayPort, mini DisplayPort, or VGA connector available. For wireless connectivity, the laptop supports Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) and Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) alongside Bluetooth 5.1, and AirPlay is also supported. There is no RJ45 Ethernet port and no external memory card slot.

The laptop is rated for 8 hours of battery life, providing a reasonable amount of untethered use for daily tasks. It does not include sleep-and-charge USB ports, so connected devices will not charge while the laptop is powered off, and there is no MagSafe power adapter — charging relies on a standard connection instead.

The laptop includes stereo speakers, a 3.5 mm headset jack, and a single built-in microphone, covering the basics for audio input and output, while S/PDIF output and Dolby Atmos are not supported. A front-facing camera is present for video calls, though the device does not offer 3D facial recognition, a fingerprint scanner, or voice command functionality. On the graphics side, ray tracing and DLSS are not available. The laptop also lacks motion and location sensors — there is no gyroscope, accelerometer, compass, or GPS — and neither a stylus nor an optical disc drive is included.

The CPU is a laptop-type processor fitted in an LGA 1700 socket with a 15W TDP and a maximum operating temperature of 100°C, using big.LITTLE architecture and supporting instruction sets including SSE 4.1, SSE 4.2, AVX, AES, FMA3, F16C, and MMX. It includes NX bit support but does not have an unlocked multiplier, and the clock multiplier value is 0. The processor features 9.5 MB of L2 cache and 12 MB of L3 cache, operates across two memory channels with a maximum supported RAM speed of 5200 MHz, and does not support ECC memory. Graphics are handled by the integrated Iris Xe Graphics 80EU, which carries 80 execution units, 640 shading units, 40 TMUs, and 20 ROPs, with OpenCL 3.0 and OpenGL 4.6 support. The overclocked PassMark result is recorded at 13427.