Trade laptops prioritize the supply of essential features at an attractive price. Compared to their sumptuous consumer counterparts, commercial laptops are designed for commercial requirements, seem practical at least and these (at least in India) become as naked as possible. So what happens when Asus builds a commercial laptop with Copilot + PC requirements of Microsoft? Can we really have a device that meets the needs of small and medium-sized businesses and businesses, but also offers good performance? The new ASUS P5 expert computer seems to be a worthy candidate.
Asus Expertbook P5 (P5405) Design
Asus’ p5 book expert challenges a large or heavy trade laptop. It has a slim overall profile which is significantly designed (even compared to the Asus Zenbook S14), made from quality materials, and according to the company, is built according to the American standard of military quality MIL-STD 810h. This means that it can occur on a sunny beach (for the WFH crowd) or at the icy temperatures of a headquarters.
The Asus Expertebook P5 is only available in a matte gray finish
The hinges of the laptop feel solid and it is possible to lift the display with a finger (without appearing clumsy) during a presentation. The hinge also allows the screen to open completely and rest flat the table. No, this is not designed to allow your colleagues to look in your display on the other side of your table, but to avoid excessive pressure on the hinge. Since the screen rests flat on the table, there is less chance that the hinge is destroyed if something heavy is or accidentally placed.
The hinge of the Asus Expertbook P5 allows its display to rest to the surface
Unlike its counterpart Snazzy, the ZenBook S14, the expertise has no CNC mashgage frame, which works like the chassis. The commercial laptop is more like with lids or aluminum panels finished mat which give it a look and a feeling of superior quality. They do not easily bring together fingerprints or spots, but even if they do, they can be wiped without too much problem. The panels also mean that there is a certain amount of flexion; It is quite obvious with the display cover when you open it, but not so much with the lower half, which is really difficult to bend given the components and panels in layers.
The camera has a practical privacy cover
I found the keyboard of the expert very comfortable for using a day. There is enough key trip to 1.5 mm, but I found that the keys were a little stiff if you type a lot like me. The press presses are silent, which is good for conference rooms and meetings. The keyboard is also resistant to spills if you are clumsy and comes with a backlight so that you can continue to work at night.
The rear ventilation means that you can place the expert P5 in the quay and use the laptop with its closed cover
There are simple design decisions taken with the expert who seem logical and practical, forcing me to make comparisons with her brother at high prices, the ZenBook S14. Since the expertise has an air inlet at the bottom (throwing hot air at the back), it can be easily placed in a quay stand and works perfectly with the closed cover. The Zenbook S14 must be opened because it breathes perforations above the keyboard inside.
Performance Asus Expertbook P5 (P5405)
There is a good selection of I / O ports with the exception of the missing Ethernet port due to its thin design. The P5 expert provides 2 x type A ports of 3.2 USB 3.2 Gen 2, 2 x Ports Thunderbolt 4, 1 HDMI 2.1 port and the usual 3.5 mm Combo audio plug.
The selection of the port on the expertise asus p5 is quite good but has no ethernet port
Coming to the bits that make this commercial laptop a Copilot + PC, it has an Intel Core Ultra 7 processor 258V (4.8 GHz), including the NPU Intel Ai Boost with up to 47 AI peaks, necessary to meet the requirements of Microsoft. There are 32 GB of RAM (LPDDR5X), 1 to M.2 2280 NVME PCIe 4.0 SSD and an Intel Arc 140V GPU for graphics. We have directed our usual landmarks, and the results are as follows:
| Reference | Asusexpertbook P5 | Asus Zenbook S 14 | Dell XPS 13 9345 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geekbench 6 single | 1,531 | 2,520 | 2,795 |
| Geekbench 6 Multi | 7,636 | 10,688 | 14,478 |
| Geekbench ai quantified score | 3,530 | 3,678 | 22,200 |
| PCMARK 10 | 4,694 | 6 836 | N / A |
| 3DMARK CPU profile | 5 161 | 5 161 | 8,459 |
| 3dmark night raid | 33 631 | 34 727 | 25,732 |
| Nomad light in 3dmark steel | 2,741 | 3 243 | 1 931 |
Since it is a business laptop, my use was limited to office work. And during this time, everything worked as well as expected with the laptop that was warmed barely. And since the P5 managed 33,631 decents in 3DMARK night raid, you can also consider occasional games on this machine … If your computer policy allows and your boss is not there. The fans, when they turned (especially when I was running benchmarks), were still quite silent.
The IPS display of the Asus Expertbook P5 is dynamic but not as good as the OLED panel of the ZenBook S14
Our examination unit was preloaded with Windows 11 Pro and the Microsoft office suite. Asus offers a lot of AI tools; Among these, I liked the Mettermeet AI included, which mainly provides summaries generated by AI for live and recorded meetings. He is also able to make a watermark of video calls with messages and business cards that can be practical for independent professionals or for SMEs.
Like the Asus Zenbook S14, the Asus Expertebook P5 also offers a high resolution IPS screen. However, the P5 display resolution is a little less than 2,560 x 1,600 pixels against 2,880 x 1,800 pixels on the S14 and also lack of touch input. The P5 display strangely offers a refresh rate of 144 Hz, which feels instead and does not work as expected (not unwanted). A standard 60 Hz panel or even a 90 Hz panel would have been enough, room for other additional additional material modules. On the positive side, the matt display of the P5 is better suited to productivity without gaze during work outside.
The trackpad of the expert incorporates Asus’ gestic actions (around the edges), which are useful but can become agitated with ghost touches
The Asus P5 expert offers a 3 -cell battery of 63Wh. Thanks to the latest Intel silicon, the battery life is quite solid and I easily succeeded 9 to 10 hours of desktop with the screen defined on a 144 Hz refreshment rate and the brightness fixed at 70% (because 50% was not bright enough). Asus provides a 65W type C power supply to the box, and it manages to provide a load of 70% in an hour.
Verdict Asus Expertbook P5 (P5405)
Of course, being a commercial laptop means that the average consumer cannot buy the expert P5 online or even in store. Interested companies or business owners will have to connect directly with Asus.
The Asus Expertbook P5 offers excellent value given its target audience. It goes beyond to offer practical AI features for professional users and offers more than enough power for the independent crowd at the right price. It is not as snazzy as its consumer counterpart, the Asus Zenbook S14 (Revue) (at the price of Rs. 1.42,990), but offers an elegant design that seems and always feels premium. The 144Hz display is surely exaggerated for a commercial laptop. An OLED screen with a standard refresh rate would have been more useful. But almost everything else seems to be for work.
