Asus ZenBook UX330 (13-Inch, 2016) Series

Excellent value. Bright, colorful screen. Long battery life.

Soft keyboard. No Thunderbolt 3 port. Micro, not full-size, HDMI port.

Bottom Line: We could wish for a few enhancements to the 13.3-inch Asus ZenBook UX330, but we know a good deal when we see one. Bonus: This ultraportable passes our productivity and battery tests with flying colors.

Bright, vibrant screen; Relatively affordable price; Speedy 8th Gen CPU ; Stiff touchpad; Shorter battery life than prior model ; The 13.3-inch Asus ZenBook UX330UA is a great value notebook with a bright, colorful screen, all-metal design and powerful...

Stiff touchpad; Shorter battery life than prior model ; The 13.3-inch Asus ZenBook UX330UA is a great value notebook with a bright, colorful screen, all-metal design and powerful performance.

The 13.3-inch Asus ZenBook UX330UA is a great value notebook with a bright, colorful screen, all-metal design and powerful performance.

many configurations available ; light and thin ; elegant and robust casing ; very good though not perfect build ; USB 3.1 Type-C Gen 1 ; ergonomically positioned ports ; very good WiFi performance ; very bright and enormously high-contrast screen ;...

limited connectivity ; sluggish SD card reader ; no Ethernet ; PWM ; no maintenance hatch, torx screws ; battery cannot be removed from the outside ; mediocre touchpad ; SSD could be faster

Although the new Asus Zenbook UX360UA-FC059T, that was priced at approximately 1100 Euros (~$1207) at test time, does not scrape the 90 percent mark, it is again a laptop that the writer would like to call his own. The superb casing is an eye-catcher,...

Wonderfully slim and light ; Comfortable to use keyboard ; Great display

Middling performance

Slim, lightweight, ultraportable design ; High-quality, high-resolution screen ; Core i7 processor delivers desktop-level performance

Average battery life ; Few build-to-order options

Thin, light chassis; Fast performance; High-resolution screen; Excellent value

Loaded with bloatware; Build quality and materials could be better; Trackpad is disappointing

If you can get past the slightly iffy materials and build quality, the Asus Zenbook UX330UA is one of the most cost-effective ultrabooks around. With an i7 processor, a QHD+ screen and a sub-£800 pricetag, it easily undercuts its competition.