Mechanical Keyboard Testing and Results

Testing Methodology

As usual we will test some of the features that Tesoro claims are all standard in the Excalibur G7NL. Of course there is no tendency as how to one keyboard compares to another one in terms of user experience as this is very subjective, but things like N-Key rollover are usually marketed but not implemented. For this test we will be using Aqua’s key test to test for N-Key rollover on the Excalibur G7NL. What is interesting is the lack of a P/S 2 port, which is generally needed for N-Key rollover.  We would also like to test the reliability of Kailh switches however, even membrane keys only fail after millions of presses and therefore only time will tell Kailh’s reliability.

Test System

• Motherboard: Asus Gryphon Z87
• Keyboard: Tesoro Excalibur G7NL
• OS: Windows 7 Ultimate
• Software: Aqua’s Key Test

Results

Clearly the Tesoro G7NL passes our test with flying colors. We randomly selected 50 or more keys to press and tested the keyboard 10 times. The keyboard registered each key, each time, passing our N-Key rollover test over USB. One thing to notice is that when changing between 6 key to N key rollover there is a small delay for the system to recognize the keyboard.