It also has a sturdy glass-and-metal construction that's easy on the eyes,
with enough storage to keep multimedia programs and all of their files handy. If you really want a premium look and feel for your AIO, but want to stay firmly in the Windows camp, the Asus Zen AiO Pro is the all-in-one desktop to get.
The exterior of the Asus Zen AiO Pro is all metal and glass, with a curved back panel that tapers to a sharp edge all around. Instead of light, matte silver, the AiO Pro's design consists of visible horizontal brush lines over a silver body.
The slim system takes up very little space on your desk compared with a large desktop-replacement laptop or a minitower PC connected to a 24-inch monitor. A single tilting hinge connected to a metal arm supports the AiO Pro's display, and there is ample space underneath for storing the included wireless keyboard.
All the I/O ports on the Asus Zen AiO Pro are located at the back. Connectors include a Gigabit Ethernet port, a pair of HDMI-out ports for attaching multiple monitors, an SD card reader, a USB 2.0 port, four USB 3.0 ports, and a USB-C port. It would have been better if Asus had placed the ports on the side of the monitor than at the back.
At 1920-by-1080, this 23.8-inch touch screen offers good viewing angles and clarity. The display of the Asus Zen AiO Pro has a 100-percent sRGB color gamut, which ensures accurate colours that will make your photos or videos look more vibrant.
The AiO Pro's screen is great for amateur and prosumer-level photographers and videographers alike. The system's built-in speakers are loud enough to fill a midsize room, though there is a bit of fuzz in the low end at maximum volume levels.
There's a wireless keyboard and mouse bundled in, both of which use an included USB dongle that fills the single USB 2.0 port. The keyboard has scalloped keys that are comfortable to use, and it includes a numeric keypad.
The optical mouse will only wake from sleep if you click either mouse button. It's easy to get accustomed to, but an annoying feature. Other wireless mice wake if you move them.
The system has two drives: a 128GB solid-state drive (SSD) as the boot drive (C:), and a 1TB SATA hard drive for extra storage. The abundance of storage is good for photo and video hobbyists who tend to collect content they find on the Web or create themselves.
The 128GB capacity for the C: drive is good for all your apps, Internet cache files, and everyday documents, though we would have preferred if it were more like 512GB. There are a few pre-loaded applications on the SSD such as Flipboard, Fresh Paint, and so on.
There's 16GB of system memory to support apps like Adobe Creative Cloud, and help you keep dozens of windows open and responsive while multitasking your projects. You can't open the system yourself, which means you can't upgrade the drives or memory. The AiO Pro comes with a standard one-year warranty.
A quad-core Intel Core i7-6700T CPU and an Nvidia GeForce GTX 960M discrete graphics card give the Asus AiO Pro the power to breeze through our multimedia and gaming tests.
Its PCMark 7 score of 6157 points is good, though not the best among high-end all-in-one desktops. The AiO Pro also performed well in our gaming tests, thanks to its enthusiast-class Nvidia graphics.
This allowed the system to garner smoothly playable frame rates at Medium quality and 1,366-by-768 resolution (77 frames per second on Heaven; 94fps on Valley), and just under-playable levels at Ultra quality at 1,920-by-1,080 resolution (25fps on Heaven; 28fps on Valley).
Multimedia test scores are also excellent, indicating that the AiO Pro will be able to make short work of your 3D rendering, photo, and video projects. The Asus Zen AiO Pro Z240ICGT is an excellent all-in-one desktop with a very good screen, and heralds the move toward premium desktops.
Screen quality, storage space, and performance on our benchmark tests are strong as well. The Asus Zen AiO Pro Z240ICGT is a great choice if you're a visual artist or multimedia content creator, especially if you want to stick with using a Windows system.
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