ASUS PB277Q vs BenQ ZOWIE XL2720

The monitor works well in bright rooms with lots of windows as its peak brightness of 350 nits enables it to fight glare.

While the monitor's speakers will not satisfy a serious audiophile, they are fine for occasional situations where you just can't be bothered to put on your headphones.

Out of the box, the ASUS PB277Q shows exceptional color accuracy with an average color error dE of only 1.58.

According to the test results from various sources, the ASUS PB277Q doesn’t suffer from any image retention related problems.

The ASUS PB277Q is an excellent tool for multitasking as its 27-inch 2560x1440 panel offers a generous amount of on-screen real-estate. With this monitor, you can comfortably edit two Word documents side by side.

Because of its small input lag and excellent motion handling capabilities, the ASUS PB277Q performs much better than the majority of general purpose monitors in its price range.

Gaming feels responsive because the monitor's input lag is only 7.1 ms, which is an amazingly good value. Only a handful of monitors in this range can outperform the ASUS PB277Q in this regard.

The motion looks smooth and blur-free because of the monitor's full pixel response time of 1 ms, which ensures that each panel's pixel needs only 1 ms to change its color. Such quick pixel transition eliminates traces of fast-moving objects.

Additionally, the dynamic content looks smooth and fluid because of the monitor's native refresh rate of 75 Hz, which is 40% higher than what the majority of competitors in this price range offer.

There are many ways you can adjust this monitor to suit your working environment because the ASUS PB277Q supports a wide range of height, tilt angle, and pivot angle adjustments.

Furthermore, you can use this monitor in either landscape or portrait orientation.

Thanks to its contrast ratio, peak brightness, color accuracy, and gamma, the ASUS PB277Q performs on par with the best monitors in its price range.

The monitor displays a vivid, yet somewhat flat image. The colors are bright and vibrant, with saturated mid-tones. However, the blacks aren’t particularly deep. Colors pop and look crisp because of the monitor's peak brightness of 350 nits. Mid-tones look deep and saturated because of the monitor's gamma response of 2.15. Dark scenes, though, look a bit flat as the monitor's native contrast ratio of 780:1 is too low to produce rich and realistic-looking blacks.

Additionally, colors look life-like because of the monitor's average color error dE of 1.58, which is low enough to make the color inaccuracies invisible to the human eye.

The ASUS PB277Q offers large workspace, high responsiveness, and a wide range of ergonomic adjustments, which combined with the monitor's good overall picture quality, makes it one of the most versatile monitors in its price range.

Additionally, the ASUS PB277Q is an excellent option for occasional, non-competitive gaming.

You can move between different display modes with a click of a button because using the configurable fast-access switch attached to the base of the monitor.

The ZOWIE XL2720 causes noticeably less eye strain than the majority of competitors in its price range because the monitor is flicker-free and has a mode that reduces the intensity of blue light.

Backlight flickering and high-intensity blue light emitted by LEDs are among the main factors related to eye fatigue that is caused by extensive use of computer monitors.

You can adjust the monitor’s tilt angle, swivel angle, and height so you won't have much trouble configuring it according to your setup.

The five capacitive OSD buttons are built very well and react quickly each time you press them.

The monitor's input lag stays at the fantastically low value of 3.2 ms making the ZOWIE XL2720 one of the most responsive gaming monitors in its price range.

A monitor’s input lag represents the delay between your GPU generating a frame and the frame starting to appear on your monitor.

The OSD is organized in a user-friendly way so all of the settings in the menu are only a couple of clicks away. Additionally, you can customize the OSD menu.

The monitor's excellent motion handling capabilities allow the BenQ ZOWIE XL2720 to display fast-paced content free from motion blur and ghosting because of its panel's high native refresh rate and fast pixel response time.

Motion blur and ghosting effects are eliminated by the panel's quick pixels that need only one millisecond to change their color because of the monitor's full pixel response time of 1 ms. Such fast color change prevents fast-moving objects from leaving artificial trails.

The monitor’s 144 Hz panel refreshes every seven milliseconds making motion appear smooth and fluid.

Regarding its picture quality, the ZOWIE XL2720 is on par with the majority of gaming monitors in this price range as it offers sufficient contrast ratio, peak brightness, color accuracy, and gamma response.

While the monitor's dark scene performance is mediocre, it can still display vivid and accurate colors and eye-catching intermediate tones. It can recreate average-looking dark scenes with blacks that are neither overly flat, nor profound as the monitor's native contrast ratio is limited to 915:1. The colors pop and appear relatively accurate since the ZOWIE XL2720 combines relatively high peak brightness of 315 nits with almost unnoticeable color accuracy error dE of 2.2. Mid-tones look good and saturated thanks to the monitor's gamma response of 2.06 which is only 6.3% away from the ideal value.

The BenQ ZOWIE XL2720 is one of the best gaming monitors in its price range because it offers low input lag, flawlessly-handled motion, and high native refresh rate combined with decent overall picture quality.

You can connect up to three peripheral USB devices to your computer using the monitor's inbuilt USB 2.0 hub. This would come in handy for those who use a laptop and have a lot of stationary USB devices.