Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop runs on Intel i7 processor in AMD platform. Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop is one of high-end product in recent Sony VAIO series laptops. Now let’s have a review on Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop together.

What comes into our eyes first is the gold VAIO logo printed on the center casing of Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop and it adds a fashionable look on the whole laptop.

The casing of Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop made of metal in dull polish texture, but the upper edge made by plastic to receive the wireless network signal easily and add some decoration look on the laptop.

Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop applies 13.3in. LED backlit LCD screen in 1366×768 pixel.

To reduce the thickness, Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop adopts sink style at screen rotation shaft that can be opened up to 130°.

Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop comes with AV adapter, heat radiator vent, safety lock, HDMI interface, VGA interface, USB2.0 port and IEEE1394 interface to ensure Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop connect with digital product easily and conveniently in high speed.

You may confused where is the AC adapter, the above image reply your answer exactly. So you may fell amazed for the unique design on Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop’s AC adapter.

As for the right face, Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop comes with DVD driver, 2USB2.0 ports. And there is an express card slot beneath the USB2.0 port. In addition, Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop’s power switch locating the position where echoes the right balance with AC adapter on the left side of the laptop.

The power switch presenting green light when Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop power on and comes into orange light when in stay-by condition.

The frequent used indicator lights of Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop.

There is SD card reader, memory stick card reader, WiFi switch, two 3.5mm audio interfaces and disk egress key on the front of Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop.

Battery cabin of Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop.

Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop comes with Motion Eye.

Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop comes with VAIO key and ASSIST key above the speaker, and you can understand the laptop’s operation situation and help Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop to copy and recover data by Vaio care and Control center software insert it. Beside the ASSIST key, it is light sensor detector, so Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop can adjust its screen’s brightness according to different light condition.

The speaker of Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop.

Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop comes with classic chocolate keyboard with advisable margin among keys. In a word, Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop will offer you a convenient typing experience to you.

There is a LED backlit light around Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop’s every key, so you can use the keyboard easily even in the low light condition. And the LED will power off if you stop typing up to 10s.

Then we come to Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop’s touchpad.

And we will be impressed by the fingerprint identifier between the right button and left button to ensure the safety of Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop.

Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop comes with touchable rough texture palm rest.

Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop weighs about 1.977kg with its battery, and weighs 2.378kg with battery and AC adapter.

Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop: Configuration

Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop packed with quad-core Intel i7 620 processor, 4GB DDR3 RAM, Nvidia Geforce 310M discrete graphics, and Toshiba 640GB hardware.

In addition, Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop comes with Window 7 Professional operating system.

Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop powered by 10.8V，5000mAh Li-ion battery.

Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop: Performance.

Then let’s have a temperature test on Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop. In the condition of 28°C room temperature, we surf the internet, and after 40mins. The temperature test on Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop show as following.

The temperature of Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop’s surface.

The temperature of Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop’s back.

CPU-Z shows that Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop applies quad-core i7620M processor,2.67GHZ, and 4MB Level-3 Cache.

Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop applies NV Geforce 310M of 40nm technology, 512MB memory size. At the same time, ony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop supports DirectX10 and SM4.1.

HD Tune test shows that Toshiba 640GB hardware gets average transmission rate about 67.5MB/s, and 17.2ms data access time. And HD tune test have a wrong result on CPU usage ratio that is -1% for the powerful data processing performance of quad-core processor. And we got the similar wrong test result on quad-core processor before.

As for the 3D Mark test, Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop gets 4243 scores in 1024×768 pixel.

Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop gets 3708 scores in 1366×768 pixel.

Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop gets 6475 scores on PC Mark whole performance test.

Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop have test with CINEBENCH.

Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop gets 170 scores on SYS Mark2007 test.

Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop packed with 10.8V，5000mAh Li-ion battery, and battery lift is about 4h. It is a desirable mark for a laptop run by quad-core processor.

Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop equipped with powerful i7 processor,4GB RAM and Geforce 310M discrete graphic. So those ensure the good performance on data processing and image management.

During Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop playing HD movie, the CPU usage ratio is about 15%+-5%. We takes movie Resident Evil as an example. The result showing as above.

Summary

Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop comes with fashionable appearance and exquisite workmanship. And the most important is Sony VAIO i7 S129GC laptop’s powerful performance, which runs on Intel i7 processor. So I think it may be a good choice for you.