The hero of this article review is the third generation of the N16 Pro model from the NinKear brand. The laptop is equipped with a high-quality screen, an Intel Core i7-13620H processor, 32 gigabytes of unsoldered RAM, a terabyte expandable SSD drive, a fingerprint scanner and USB-C charging.
Packaging & Picking
The laptop comes in a shipping box made of raw cardboard. Inside this box is a bag, as well as another, branded box made of the same raw cardboard, which contains a tightly packed laptop and a separate box with a power supply and a mouse.
Equipment
- Laptop.
- Power supply unit.
- Instruction.
- Mouse.
- Mouse pad.
- Bag.
The power supply is connected to the USB-C connector of the laptop. The weight of the power supply is 172 grams (including cable). The length of the cable is one and a half meters. The bundled mouse is simple, wired, three-knob, symmetrical, very light and compact. The mat is fabric with a rubberized base. The dimensions of the mat are 24x20 cm. The bag is made of thick and slightly rough gray fabric. Handles are provided for carrying the bag. And it also has loops on the side ends to which you can attach a belt to the shoulder (not included).
The bag has two compartments: the first is where the laptop device is placed and the second one is for the accessories. The compartments are locked with a zipper with ergonomic fittings. The laptop compartment is lined inside with a soft fabric that protects the laptop from scratches and wipes it lightly. In terms of width, the laptop fits just right in the bag, and there is quite a lot of free space in depth (we think this bag would be ideal for such conventionally "square" laptops as, for example, Lenovo Legion).
Appearance
The laptop looks laconic. The body is made mainly of light gray metal. To be more precise, its cover and bottom are aluminum, and the ends and keyboard panel are plastic. The laptop is 360 mm wide, 242 mm deep, and is from 10 mm (thinnest) to 23 mm (thickest). Weight 1.85 kg.
On the front of the laptop there is a large notch for easy opening of the lid. Almost the entire rear end is occupied by a large mono hinge of the lid, behind which ventilation holes are hidden to remove warm air.
On the left side of the laptop there are: an HDMI port, two USB-A 3.0 ports, as well as a USB-C port that supports data transfer, video output and charging. On the right side there are: a USB-C port (only for charging), an RJ45 port, a USB-A 2.0 port, as well as a 3.5 mm audio output.
The lid is easy to open with one hand. The maximum opening angle of the lid is 145 degrees. The width of the side frames is 7 mm. Above the screen there are: an HD camera peephole, infrared illumination for face recognition technology and a microphone.
Keyboard with full-size arrows and a slightly stripped-down numpad. There is a false grille on both sides of the keypad, and on top there are LED indicators for power and wireless communication. The touchpad is slightly offset to the left of the center.
N16 Pro Screen
The NinKear N16 Pro laptop has an excellent BOE0A40 NE160QDM-NY1 sensor:
Matrix Parameters
- Size: 16 inches
- Aspect ratio: 16x10
- Resolution: 2560x1600
- Surface: Matte
- Brightness 400 Nite (according to other sources 500 Nite)
- Contrast ratio: 1200:1
- - sRGB color gamut: 100%
- NTSC color gamut: 95%
- HDR: Supports HDR 400
- Refresh rate: 165Hz
The Opple Light Master 4 showed the following ratio of the brightness selected on the laptop as a percentage to the illumination in lux (the device was located at a distance of 5 mm from the screen): 100%/504lx, 75%/255lx, 50%/102lx, 25%/32lx, 10%/5lx. The device showed a color temperature of eight thousand kelvins, but this is most likely some kind of error of the measuring device, since the temperature does not seem cold to the eye at all.
The backlight is uniform. There are practically no light leaks. The first photo: black background, brightness 50% (we set the exposure on the camera in such a way that the final picture would turn out the way the eyes see, but everything came out a little darker). The second photo: color picture, brightness 10%. Third photo: color picture, 50% brightness. Fourth photo: color picture, 100% brightness. If you set the brightness to zero, the screen will be so dark that it is almost turned off.
When the screen is tilted, the brightness is slightly lost, but the colors are not distorted. If the angle is too large, then the picture may seem a little faded (perhaps this is a matte layer effect).
The screen of the NinKear N16 Pro is very comfortable. Even after many hours of working at it, the eyes do not get tired at all. There is no PWM at any brightness (we checked it with different devices). Some of the oscillations shown in the graph of the Opple Light Master (as well as the high frequency) are most likely the noise produced by the measuring device itself (this device is not designed for high-precision measurement).
In Intel's graphics settings, you can choose between 8-bit or 10-bit color depth. In the display settings, you can choose one of three screen refresh rates: 60Hz, 82Gz, 165Hz. Adaptive mode 83-165Hz is also available.
Sound
Stereo speakers are located at the junction of the bottom and front end. The sound quality is reasonable (but if you take into account the price of the laptop, it's pretty good), the volume is average (or slightly above average). The maximum recorded volume was 78 dB. But this is in some films in the loudest scenes.
Keyboard and touchpad
The laptop is equipped with a keyboard consisting of 94 keys (including the power button). The size of the keys is 17x17 mm. The stroke is short. A force of within 72 grams is required to press the key. In addition to Latin characters, there are also Cyrillic characters on the keyboard. The font is of high quality and easy to read. The backlight is white with a slightly bluish tint. There are two backlight brightness modes (you can turn it off completely if necessary). If you do not use the keyboard, then after a while the backlight turns off, and turns on when you press any of the keys. All symbols are highlighted, including the top row and Cyrillic letters.
The touchpad is large (125x81 mm), rough, with a moderately tight and distinct click. In the upper left corner of the touchpad is a protruding square fingerprint scanner. The scanner works perfectly (at least we have never had such a thing that it would not count a finger). To identify the user in NinKear N16 Pro, you can also use face recognition.
Nutrition
In AIDA64, HWMonitor, as well as in the Intel graphics settings, the battery capacity is 63Wh, but the battery itself is marked 11.55V/5000mAh 57.75Wh. The battery model is GLX253-3S1P. The laptop is charged with a voltage of 20V and a power of 26W.
When the laptop is turned off, it takes four hours to be recharged fully. In one hour of charging, it consumes 25Wh, in two hours 51.5Wh, in three hours 69.6Wh, and in four hours 74.7Wh.
You can charge the laptop through any of the USB-C (type-c) ports. And of course, you can charge it using a power bank (the power bank must support the Power Delivery protocol and produce a voltage of 18-20V).
The self-discharge in the NinKear N16 Pro is very low. We turned off the laptop when the charge level dropped to 96 percent, turned it on a day later, and the charge was still at 96 percent.
The laptop is powered on without load, consumes 37W from the mains. If you run the AIDA 64 stress test, the power consumption increases to 56.3W. From the battery, without a serious load, the power consumption is 10300mW (according to AIDA 64). The no-load power consumption of the processor is 2W.
In the PCMark 10 Modern Office battery life test, the laptop lasted six hours and 28 minutes. The brightness of the screens was 50%. Quite a good result, given the not the most energy-efficient processor and the average battery capacity.
When testing the laptop, We used a standard power supply, but in everyday life, its one-and-a-half-meter cable is not enough for me, so we use a Ugreen charger with a two-meter Essager cable, which we connected to the laptop via a magnetic adapter.
Disassembly and the possibility of upgrading
Disassembling the NinKear N16 Pro laptop is as simple as possible. To fix the lid, it does not use any complicating elements: latches, hidden screws or screws of different lengths. To remove the bottom cover, you just need to unscrew eleven screws with a PH 0 screwdriver.
Under the lid you can find: a motherboard that occupies half of the internal space of the laptop, a battery, a cooling system consisting of two fans, two heat pipes and two radiators, as well as two RAM dies, an SSD drive, space for a second drive, a BIOS battery, an Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX120 160Mhz wireless communication module and two speakers.
System
The NinKear N16 Pro laptop comes pre-installed with the licensed Windows 11 Pro operating system. An "advanced" mode is available in the BIOS, with various additional parameters.
Ports
All USB ports on the left of the laptop support 5Gbps data transfer. In addition to data transfer, the USB-C port (the one on the left) supports Power Delivery charging and audio-video output to an external monitor. The signal is output as 4K/60Hz/8bit. Through the HDMI port, the laptop can output a signal in the quality: 4K/60Hz/12bit/YCbCr422 or 4K/30Hz/12bit/RGB or 4K/60Hz/8bit/RGB. We could not check the output of a high frequency signal, since my external monitor does not support it.
Ram
The laptop has two Kinsotin DDR4 16GB 2666MHz RAM dies. The total amount of RAM is 32GB, but since the memory is not soldered on the board, it can be easily increased if desired. The memory works in dual-channel mode. RAM read speed: 39168 MB/s and write speed: 38114 MB/s.
Repository
The laptop has two slots for installing an M.2 2280 SSD drive. The additional slot is free, and the main one is equipped with a Derlar NVMe SSD with a capacity of 1TB. The drive is not fast: the maximum read speed is 2374 MB/s, and the write speed is 1990 MB/s. The maximum supported capacity is 2TB for one drive, and four terabytes of total storage.
Performance Tests
The NinKear N16 Pro laptop is powered by an Intel Core i7-13620H processor, which has 6 performance cores and 4 efficient cores. The performance cores support Hyper-Threading, so when combined with the efficient cores, the total number of threads is sixteen. The frequency of the performance cores is from 2.4GHz to 4.9GHz (with turbodust). The frequency of the effective cores is from 1.8GHz to 3.9GHz (with turbodust). The processor is made using 10 nanometer technology. The permanent TDP of this processor is 55W, and the short-term TDP is 115W. But in order to reduce heat, the NinKear N16 Pro laptop has reduced the constant TDP to 45W, and the short-term TDP to 55W.
Benchmark results
- Cinebench 2024 Multi Core: 620
- Cinebench 2024 Single Core: 106
- Cinebench R25 Multi Core: 10372
- Cinebench R25 Single Core: 1755
- Geekbench Multi Core: 8857
- Geekbench Single Core: 2507
- Geekbench OpenCL: 11811
- PCMARK 10: 5860
- PASSMARK Total: 4127
- PASSMARK CPU: 20552
- PASSMARK 3D: 2744
- PASSMARK Memory: 3217
- PASSMARK Disk: 18430
- Corona 10 Benchmark: 3316116
- 3DMark Fire Strike: 3762
- 3D Mark Time Spy: 1389
When powered from the mains, the choice of the power supply scheme: "balanced" or "maximum performance" does not affect the performance of the laptop. But if the "maximum performance" scheme is selected, then even in light tasks, the processor will significantly increase the frequency, and accordingly increase the noise level of the cooling system.
When powered by a battery, the choice of a power supply configuration scheme is of great importance. If the "maximum performance" scheme is active, then the performance of the laptop will be similar to that when connected to the mains. If the "balanced" scheme is active, then the turbo boot is disabled in the processor - single-core performance is greatly reduced, and slightly multi-core performance. The indicators in Cinebench R25 will be as follows: Multi Core - 9365, Single Core - 928. Nevertheless, I would recommend using this laptop with the "balanced" scheme. In this case, we do not lose anything when working from the mains, but at the same time we enjoy silence. And when working on battery, we significantly gain in autonomy, again we get silence, and 2495 MHz peak frequency is more than enough for most tasks. Well, if you need to perform some heavy task, then for a while you can just switch to the "maximum performance" scheme, or connect the laptop to the network.
Games
- World of Tanks: Low graphics settings, Full HD - 180 FPS. Medium settings, Full HD - 50 FPS. Low settings, 2.5K - 93 FPS.
- Grand Theft Auto 5: High Settings, Full HD – FPS within forty.
- Witcher 3: Low graphics settings, HD - 43 FPS
- Deus EX Human Revolution: Medium Settings, 2.5K – 63 FPS.
- Planet of Lana: High Settings, 2.5K – 41 FPS.
- BeamNG Drive: Minimum graphics settings, Full HD - 45 FPS. Low settings, HD - 55 FPS. Normal settings, HD - 31 FPS.
- Wreckfest: Low settings, 2.5K resolution - about 30 FPS. Low settings, Full HD - 46 FPS. Medium settings, Full HD - 30 FPS.
Stress tests and cooling system
In the AIDA 64 stress test, the CPU temperature stays within 82 degrees, and at the peak rises to 91 (with strong single-core loads, the temperature is higher). The CPU power consumption ranges from 40W to 45W (sometimes it can rise to 52W). The CPU frequency is about three GHz. There is no throttling.
At idle, the CPU temperature is 48-52 degrees. Coolers turn on only when the CPU temperature exceeds 55 degrees for a few seconds. With a slight load, the laptop mostly remains absolutely silent - the coolers are not active.
In total, the coolers have six speeds: the first is 35 dB noise, the second is 39 dB noise, the third is 41 dB noise, the fourth is 43 dB noise, the fifth is 45 dB noise, and the sixth is 47 dB noise. When measuring noise, the microphone was located a couple of centimeters from the front end of the laptop. The coolers are set for comfort: the revs rise with some delay and quickly decrease as soon as the CPU temperature drops below a certain mark.
Advantages and disadvantages
Dignity
- Great display.
- The laptop is easy to upgrade.
- Quite a lot of memory.
- There is a fingerprint scanner and the ability to identify by face.
- You can use either of the two USB-C ports to charge your laptop.
- Good equipment.
Disadvantages
- You can't make the keyboard backlight turn on all the time.
- Pretty slow charging.
Conclusion
This is the third N16 model. Compared to its predecessor, the hero of the review has acquired USB-C charging and IR illumination for face recognition.
We liked the laptop. We think the NinKear N16 Pro can be a good choice for students, office workers and those who need a laptop computer for business trips.