ASUS ExpertBook 16" B9403CVA-XVE76 Eclipse Gray 2024

A gorgeous 240Hz OLED screen bolted to a confusing, heavy laptop that can't game despite the RTX 4060 badge. Buy it for the display, not the GPU.

The i9-14900HX is a beast on paper, 24 cores and a 1.8GHz base clock, and with 32GB of DDR5 it'll chew through compile jobs, VMs, and heavy multitasking without breaking a sweat. But here's the kicker: the RTX 4060 is listed as integrated, which is not a thing for a discrete GPU. Either this is a typo and it's actually using Intel UMA graphics, or someone at ASUS had a stroke while writing the spec sheet. Either way, gaming performance lands at a sad 17.3 out of 100, which is one of the worst we've seen for a machine with a 4060 badge on it. The 2880x1800 OLED display is gorgeous and fast, but you won't be pushing 240Hz in any demanding game.

The Apple MacBook Pro M4 Max absolutely destroys this thing in GPU performance and battery life, though you'll pay more and lose the OLED 240Hz panel. The Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 6 is a better choice if you actually need an ExpertBook-style business laptop, with better reliability and a more sensible config. The HP OMEN Transcend 14 is lighter and actually games well, but its screen can't touch this OLED. If you want a big, beautiful display and don't care about gaming or portability, this ASUS is interesting. Otherwise, the MacBook Pro or ThinkPad are safer bets.

Pricing is all over the map. In the US you're looking at USD 1,743, while European buyers face EUR 2,009 to EUR 2,480 depending on the store, with the best EUR deal at EUR 2,009. That's a spread of EUR 471, which is ridiculous. For a machine with a 97th percentile screen and a 46th percentile CPU, the US price feels fair if you need a desktop replacement. But the European pricing pushes into MacBook Pro territory, and at that point you're paying a premium for a confusing spec sheet and a GPU that can't game.

The ASUS ExpertBook B9403CVA-XVE76 is a weird one. The name says ExpertBook, but the specs scream gaming laptop, and the description is a copy-paste mess that mentions a 14-inch Core 7 150U model while the actual config has a 24-core i9-14900HX and an RTX 4060. What you're really getting is a 16-inch OLED workhorse with a 240Hz panel and serious CPU muscle, wrapped in a chassis that weighs 2.50kg and won't win any portability awards. The screen is the star here, sitting in the 97th percentile, and the port selection is excellent. But the GPU is integrated, which kneecaps gaming, and the whole package feels like ASUS threw parts at a wall and hoped for the best.

If you want a laptop you can actually carry around, this isn't it. At 2.50kg it's a desktop replacement, not a travel companion. And if you're hoping to game on that 240Hz screen, forget it, the GPU situation is a mess. Go get an HP OMEN Transcend 14 for portable gaming or a MacBook Pro M4 Max if you need real GPU power and battery life.

This is a frustrating product. The display is genuinely one of the best on the market, and the CPU and RAM combo will handle serious work. But the GPU confusion, the heavy chassis, and the small battery make it hard to recommend without caveats. If you're a developer who wants a big OLED screen and doesn't care about gaming or carrying it around, and you can get it at the US price, it's worth a look. Everyone else should probably keep shopping.