Lenovo Lecoo Douzhanzhe Zhan 7000X Late Unboxing

Preface

I originally wanted to write a launch-day unboxing, but I kept putting it off and it turned into a late review 😂

I set an alarm and bought the Lecoo Douzhanzhe Zhan 7000X on its August 4 launch. At the time I thought I'd have to rush to grab one, but that was overthinking it—it went on sale at 10 AM and only sold out around 2 PM 😑

After the launch, though, it doesn't seem to have been put up for sale again. Probably just this one batch.

As for the price, it doesn't really count as good value. I bought the lower-spec 245HX white version for 8,067 yuan, about a hundred more than the black one.

I only found out later that the lower-spec Core 7 245HX is actually a rebadged Core 5 😅

ok, even though this laptop isn't cheap, looking at the current market, paying eight thousand for a 5060, 16GB of RAM, and 512GB of storage is honestly a bit grating. Compared with most gaming laptops back in August, it doesn't really count as good value either. Still, the Zhan 7000X's biggest trait is how thin and light it is—other gaming laptops start at 2.3kg, this one is 2kg.

Unboxing

This laptop is also a national-subsidy product. This year's subsidy process got more annoying: after it arrives you have to unbox it and take photos.

So I won't photograph the packaging.

Straight to the laptop itself.

The Laptop & Comparison

This time I'll compare it directly with the ThinkBook 16+ 2026 discrete GPU edition I bought earlier.

The one on top is the TB16+, the one below is the Zhan 7000X. The difference in build feel is still quite large, since the former has an all-metal chassis while the latter only has metal on the A and D covers.

Rear port comparison.

A-cover comparison.

Each ugly in its own way 😂. The TB16+ is ugly because of Lenovo, while the Zhan 7000X's logo is next-level 🤣

D-cover comparison. These look about the same.

B- and C-cover comparison.

TB16+ on the left, Zhan 7000X on the right. Gotta say, Lenovo really loves sticking stickers on a laptop's C deck—so ugly 💢

Standalone Shots

Photo editing is such a hassle. Make do with these.

Front

Charger

The included charger is the same 245W three-prong GaN brick as the Legion's (rightmost in the photo below), and they even thoughtfully matched a white version to the chassis color.

The leftmost one in the photo is the charger from my previous ThinkBook 16+, also a 245W GaN unit. I think the TB16+ one is a bit better—it doesn't bend the cable end when you plug it in.

On shopping platforms right now, the left one is 300 yuan, the right one a bit over 200.

Hardware Info

After unboxing and checking that the laptop's exterior is fine, the next thing to do is power it on and test.

As usual, let's look at the various component info first.

SSD Info

The Zhan 7000X's SSD is a KINGSTON OM8TAP4512K1-A00, a cheap OEM system drive with QLC NAND.

PS: Before launch there were a handful of review videos on Bilibili. I suspect those may have been media units; one uploader's review said the 251HX version came with a 1TB SSD using Yangtze Memory TLC NAND.

This isn't the worst no-name NAND. Kioxia BiCS6 itself is a relatively new 162-layer die, and the TC2201 is a Gen4 controller with decent performance. When the drive is empty and the SLC cache is plentiful, speeds are fine. That cache is around 100GB; once you go past it, speeds drop sharply.

Specs as follows

• Capacity: 512GB
• NAND: Kioxia BiCS6 QLC
• NAND architecture: 6th-gen BiCS, 162-layer 3D NAND
• Controller: TenaFe TC2201
• Cache scheme: No dedicated DRAM cache; uses HMB host memory buffer
• Interface: PCIe 4.0 ×4, NVMe
• Channels: 4-channel
• Rated sequential read: 5900MB/s
• Rated sequential write: 3700MB/s
• Rated random read/write: 550k/630k IOPS
• Endurance: 160TBW
• Max write power: 3.5W

SSD Benchmark

When the SLC cache is plentiful, the speed is still fine.

Display

Mine is a Tianma panel. Before launch, those few Bilibili review videos—possibly media units—had better screens; the BOE panels' color gamut coverage was quite a bit better than this Tianma one I have on hand.

But this lower-spec version has to cut costs, so I get it.

CPUZ

GPU-Z - iGPU

GPUZ

Stress Tests

Control Center

Let's look at the control center first.

This Douzhanzhe control center is pretty bare-bones.

There's also a place to view info

CPU-only Stress Test

Switched the control center to Douzhan mode, set Windows performance mode to Best as well, and started roasting!

Right at the start of the CPU-only test it jumped to 155W, temperature 92°C.

After 10 minutes of CPU-only stress, it settled at 100W, 82°C, with multiple thermal throttles in between.

GPU-only Stress Test

At the start, power draw 113W, temperature 64°C

After 20 minutes of GPU-only stress, power draw stabilized at 114W, temperature 77°C

Dual Stress Test

A little over a minute into the dual stress test, the CPU had already thermally throttled.

After 10 minutes of dual stress, the CPU was at 76°C drawing 54W, the GPU at 82°C drawing 114W, totaling 168W—didn't reach the officially claimed 180W power limit. Might be a bit of a miss, but it's close enough, and this performance is adequate.

Performance Tests

3D Mark

The 3D Mark scores are GPU 11675, CPU 11197. The GPU part is standard 5060 level, nothing much to say.

But the CPU part is a bit odd. Last time the TB16+'s Ultra 7 356H scored 14978—why does the supposedly stronger Core 7 245HX score a chunk lower instead? Don't tell me this unit really is a lemon?

Game Tests

On to game testing. Bringing out the old regular, Horizon Zero Dawn—it can run 107 fps at native resolution.

Switched to Balanced mode in the control center and tested again: 105 fps.

The 5060's gaming performance is fine. Horizon Zero Dawn is an older game after all, and the Douzhanzhe's GPU power delivery has no issues. What I find odd is the CPU power delivery—that might matter in some CPU-heavy online games, but I don't play those so I can't test it for now.

Wrap-up

Before buying, what I worried about most was poor build quality and a cheap feel. That didn't actually show up on this Zhan 7000X. In hand it was quite a bit better than I expected, probably because both the A and D covers are metal, so holding it doesn't feel strongly plasticky.

When using it, though, the C deck is pure plastic. Compared with the MacBook and ThinkBook 16+ I normally use, there is a definite gap, and even compared with Jige's Boundless 14X. But for normal use I'll definitely be using an external keyboard and mouse, so this isn't a big issue.

You get what you pay for, but the Zhan 7000X isn't cheap either. Even in August when laptops were all expensive, there were still plenty of 5060 gaming laptops to choose from at this price. As for being thin and light, you could also look at the TUF Air (H255 version), around 8,300 yuan on Pinduoduo, with a 32GB+1TB storage combo that's much better than the Zhan 7000X's 16GB+512GB. I discussed this with people in the community before; a lot of them pushed back that the TUF Air's H255 processor (which is actually a rebadged 7840H) is much weaker than the 245HX/251HX. But the key is the 32GB+1TB storage combo and the 5060 GPU. If you're just gaming, the two are similar enough—at this point if you can get the spec filled out, don't be picky 😅.

As of writing this it's already September 9, 2026. The Zhan 7000X is out of stock now, and the 8,300+ TUF Air is probably gone too, so just take this as a bit of fun. If you need a computer, go build a DDR4 desktop 😄. Gaming laptops are done for, and it's said this will last several years. Don't bother waiting for Double 11 or 618 either—if you need someone to blame, blame all the big capital going All in AI 😑