It’s not the best score we’ve seen, though – the MSI Summit E13 Flip Evo returned an overall score of 141 thanks to its meatier Core i7-1185G7 chip. The ThinkPad delivered an overall benchmark score of 93 in our performance tests, which is decent: better than the Asus, which suffered with throttling. Although these are respectable speeds, they’re significantly behind what you’d get from PCI-E 4 storage, which would deliver better boot and loading times, particularly for large databases or storage-heavy creative work. The specification is completed by 16GB of dual-channel LPDDR4 memory and a 512GB SSD that returned read and write speeds of 2,233MB/sec and 1,511MB/sec.
Rivals, though, are better in some regards: the Asus paired its higher resolution with better gamut coverage and brightness, and the MSI had better quality, albeit at a lower resolution.
Mainstream users won’t be affected by the lack of DCI-P3 and Adobe RGB ability, and the rest of the Lenovo’s great benchmark results mean this is a very capable everyday display. The panel only rendered 70% of the DCI-P3 and Adobe RGB gamuts, but this machine isn’t designed for photo-editing or design work, so that’s not a big deficiency. Colours are accurate on this display, and the screen is vibrant without becoming oversaturated. The colour temperature of 6544K is good, too, the Delta E of 2.18 is perfectly acceptable, and the Lenovo’s panel rendered 95.3% of the sRGB colour gamut at 99.9% volume. The contrast ratio of 1,715:1 is a top-notch result for an IPS panel, and means images, web pages and videos look bright and bold. Quality levels are terrific: the panel’s peak brightness level of 446cd/m2 easily enables indoor and outdoor use, and the black point of 0.26cd/m2 is decent. You’ll only get more pixels if you step up to the ZenBook’s 4K screen or the XPS 13 2-in-1’s optional 3,840 x 2,400 display. The resolution of 2,256 x 1,504 delivers a density level of 201ppi, which is excellent and means this display is sharp. That’s a solid idea on paper, but the pad isn’t very good: it’s not particularly big, the surface is a bit too rough, and you need to use a little too much force to register a button press. Lenovo has installed a haptic trackpad on the X1, however, presumably to avoid physical movement and contribute to the Yoga’s slim body. The keys have got 1.3mm of travel rather than the 1.5mm used on other ThinkPad X1 notebooks, so the keys don’t hammer down with the firmness of other Lenovo models.
The slim X1 does make some typing compromises, though. They’re crisper than those on both the ZenBook Flip S and MSI notebooks, and easily the equal of Apple and Dell’s machines. This is satisfying typing hardware: the buttons are fast and crisp, and they actuate so quickly that they practically bounce back when pressed. ThinkPads have historically boasted excellent keyboards, and that remains true on the X1. Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga review: Keyboard and trackpad The MSI Summit E13 Flip Evo and Asus ZenBook Flip S UX371 have sleek bronze-tinged bodies, and the Apple MacBook Air and Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 look better across the board. However, while it’s slim, light and has that familiar ThinkPad appeal, the X1 Titanium’s competitors look far more attractive.
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