Battery wear - Is this normal?

Had my laptop just over a month. It is the one in my sig for reference. I am getting an issue with battery wear. Now not ever having owned a laptop, not sure if I should be concerned.

Basically my battery wear went up to 5%, so I did a full calibrate ( left in bios til it shut down ) I restarted and plugged in and my battery wear was at 0%. I then let it discharge and plugged in the AC and it showed 1.5% Feeling a bit miffed, I did another calibration. It went back to zero, and in fact my battery life went over the estimated of 47300 to 48840. I was able to do two charges and discharge and was fine. Today I played some games on battery and at 30% I plugged it in and battery wear was back to 1.5%!

So, is my battery faulty? Should I worry and why does it keep jumping up and down from 0%?

 

your wear level can go up and down every time you charge and discharge your battery, when i got my new notebook it was 10.5% , but after a few calibrate discharges i have got it down to 5.4%

So think yourself luck you have only 1.5%

 

So am I not to worry about it then? Thanks for the quick reply, rep added.

 

I like to do a calibrate every month or two , as it allows you to see if you battery is going bad and you can get a replacement while it is still in warranty.

 

Cheers, i just plugged it in again after dropping to 17% ( game a lot on battery lol ) and it is now back up to 0%.

 

Can I ask a stupid questions? How do you check for wear and do a calibrate? New(ish) laptop owner here.

 

Battery Bar or Everest.

 

Cheers. I'll look into them.

*edit* I'm not seeing where to do the calibration portion?

 

You do know that you are causing extra wear on the battery every time you completely discharge the battery?

One of two things is going to happen. Near the end of the warranty period you find that the battery couldn't last with all the full discharges and you were able to get a new battery. Or, it makes it past the warranty period, but then dies and you have to pay for a new battery yourself.

It's situations such as these which can lead to posts being made that claim that the battery must be inferior because it only lasted a month after the warranty ended.

Battery wear can be shown in HWiNFO32, click here for more information.

To perform a battery calibration, click here for more information.

 

Thanks Kalim. Wasn't even aware ASUS had this. May have to do it when I get back home. (Showing 97%, not charging).