Standing screen display size | 15.6 Inches |
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Screen Resolution | 1920 x 1080 pixels |
Max Screen Resolution | 1920 x 1080 Pixels |
Processor | 2.6 GHz corei7_10750h |
RAM | 16 GB DDR5 |
Memory Speed | 2.6 GHz |
Hard Drive | 512 GB SSD |
Graphics Coprocessor | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 |
Chipset Brand | NVIDIA |
Card Description | Dedicated |
Graphics Card Ram Size | 8 GB |
Wireless Type | 802.11ac |
Number of USB 3.0 Ports | 3 |
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Brand | MSI |
Model Name | GL65 Leopard 10SFKV-062 |
Screen Size | 15.6 Inches |
Color | Black |
Hard Disk Size | 512 GB |
CPU Model | Corei7-10750H |
Ram Memory Installed Size | 32 GB |
Operating System | Windows 10 Home |
Special Feature | Thin Bezel |
Graphics Card Description | Dedicated |
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- 512GB NVMe SSD 16GB (8G*2) DDR4 2666MHz 2 Sockets Max Memory 64GB
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Series | GL65 Leopard 10SFKV-062 |
Item model number | GL65 Leopard 10SFKV-062 |
Hardware Platform | PC |
Operating System | Windows 10 Home |
Item Weight | 5.07 pounds |
Product Dimensions | 14.08 x 9.76 x 1.08 inches |
Item Dimensions LxWxH | 14.08 x 9.76 x 1.08 inches |
Color | Black |
Processor Brand | Intel |
Number of Processors | 6 |
Computer Memory Type | DDR4 SDRAM |
Flash Memory Size | 512 |
Hard Drive Interface | PCIE x 8 |
Voltage | 230 Volts |
Batteries | 1 12V batteries required. |
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Customers like the performance, value, gaming, and appearance of the laptop. They mention that it dishes out insane performance, is great for the value, and is an excellent gaming laptop. Some are also happy with quality. However, some customers have concerns about the noise.
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Customers are satisfied with the performance of the laptop. They mention that it runs smoothly, the image looks beautiful, and the game has not yet lagged or frozen on them. The interface is running great, and it's very fast. The gen Intel Core and Rtx 2070 work amazing especially for heavy games, and they appreciate the lossless sound and the 144Hz screen. The Xbox controllers work great running through it, and using the Game Pass app on this laptop is smooth.
"...-The 7th gen intel core and Rtx 2070 work amazing specially for heavy games, providing nice and flowing fps, I run big games like Battlefield, GTA..." Read more
"...gaming on my TV (at 1080p) and my ultrawide monitor (2560 x 1080) works flawlessly...." Read more
"...I use it for video editing and the speed is identical (very fast, you can render a full HD 24 minutes video with many effects in less than 5 minutes)..." Read more
"...: just all the other reviewers have said prior is Exceptional, lightning fastBattery Life: poor-medium due to the power hungry hardware...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the value of the laptop. They mention that it has a great processor for the price, the fans are not cheap parts, and it has great specs. Some mention that the laptop is durable and has enough power to throw most any 1080p/60fps.
"...been using this laptop for about 7 months and I think it is worth of every penny spend on it and even more...." Read more
"Pros:-Great specs with enough power to throw most any 1080p/60fps gaming at max specs..." Read more
"...laptop 6 years ago, I went with an MSI, due to the power at an incredible price. Think about that-- 6 years with the same gaming laptop...." Read more
"...BUILD QUALITY/AESTHETICS - 4/5Impressive for the budget. Very thin screen bezels. Almost all metal except for the bottom panel...." Read more
Customers like the gaming laptop. They mention that it's an excellent laptop for gaming, with good cooling and a powerful performance. They also appreciate the screen and video card, saying that it is nothing short of amazing.
"...intel core and Rtx 2070 work amazing specially for heavy games, providing nice and flowing fps, I run big games like Battlefield, GTA, The Witcher,..." Read more
"...It's fantastic, the screen butter smooth at 144hz and making me laugh manically as I stared in awe at how well it performed...." Read more
"...Overall It is a pretty good laptop, I wasn’t able to wait for the next generation of video cards and processors so I’m pretty happy with it...." Read more
"...- The screen and video card are nothing short of amazing. 144mhz? Best screen I've ever used. No jaggies, no pauses, no split-screens...." Read more
Customers like the appearance of the laptop. They mention that the screen looks pretty good, the finish on the laptop is nice, and the Dragon center is pretty cool. They also mention that graphics are quite noticeably improved, and it is nice to type on it, with a beautiful feeling and looking keyboard. The keys feel solid.
"...-Nice looking keyboard, has many different combinations of colors and styles, I personally turn it down because I have always prefered nothing really..." Read more
"...Game 3: Baldur's Gate: 3Wow. Just... wow. Character look fantastic, the moment to moment character interactions looked like cutscenes..." Read more
"...-Very nice screen, 144hz and pretty good brightness\color-Fans don't seem to run too loud (more below)..." Read more
"...(very stylish, not screaming Gaming Laptop and the logo at the back gives it some..." Read more
Customers generally like the quality of the notebook computer. They say that the build is sturdy, the graphics card is solid, and the hardware is unbeatable. The laptop is very fast, reliable, and has high-quality hardware. The keys feel solid, the upgrade went perfectly, and it's easily upgradable. Some customers also appreciate the RGB keyboard lighting and effects, which they find ridiculously cool. The webcam is basic, but it can be used for virtual classes, conferences, and other purposes.
"...So far I am quite happy with this MSI. It is very fast, reliable, the screen is really good and so is the design..." Read more
"...There isn't a thick border to the edge of the laptop, and it feels very sturdy at every point of rotation along the hinge...." Read more
"...The reviews are great, the thermal system is robust, the monitor is solid and the specs are perfect for this price range. ($1400-$1600)..." Read more
"...theThe Chassis is really sturdy and it doesn't feel flimsy even though there is a cavity for maximum airflow...." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the noise produced by the laptop. They mention that the fan is loud, the speakers are abysmal, and the speakers would make a loud popping sound. Some customers also report that the touchpad buttons are loud and the internal fan failure caused horrible rattling.
"...because there is not enough room for ventilation, therefore it's a bit noisy...." Read more
"...Finally the cons. The speakers are garbage. The sound is very low, and what little sound you can hear is canned and missing all the bass...." Read more
"...They don't sound cheap or anything, just sound isn't as good without some bass and it's a laptop so don't expect a surround sound experience...." Read more
"...Speakers: The speakers are not great for music and do sound tinny. nut they are clear and crisp and have above average volume...." Read more
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-The 7th gen intel core and Rtx 2070 work amazing specially for heavy games, providing nice and flowing fps, I run big games like Battlefield, GTA, The Witcher, othes ehich require CPU like World of Warcraft, etc, and it has never let me down.
-I really like how vivid colors are compared to other gaming laptops out there, most people won't notice or won't care but if you are one of those persons who like to watch TV shows on good quality screens or enjoy video games at it's best definitely this screen.
-Thin screen, I love this; gives the laptop a modern, fresh looking appearance, some laptops look really bulky precisely because there is 1 inch of nothing on each side, making the laptop looking like a monitor from the 90's.
-Nice looking keyboard, has many different combinations of colors and styles, I personally turn it down because I have always prefered nothing really, but it really helps if you need to type in a dark place. The keyboard is small but you will definitely get use to it (I hated laptop keyboards because how small they were, but now I love it)
-Negatives-
-I don't like were the usb ports are located, I think a better job could've been done.
-I'm not really sure about this one but it kinda gets a little bit hot like a gaming laptops because there is not enough room for ventilation, therefore it's a bit noisy. However this could be fixed with a pair of headphones and putting something under the laptop to raise so it disipates heat.
-Short battery life like 90 min on maximum performance or approximately 170min on battery saver, again this is a gaming laptop they have a short battery life, I keep mine plugged in during gaming and havy stuff so it is not really a problem for me, I knew my needs from the beginning.
In conclusion if you are the type of person who cares more about performance than anything else this is an extremely good option, if you don't bother about battery life and can still work with 2 h 30 min at savings it might work for you. Again this laptop was designed for heavy stuff and to offer an extraordinary performance for the users eho value it. If you need a quite, not designed for gaming or heavy programs computter get a mac.
Now for the juicy, seasoned, succulent details. Food remarks are weird for tech reviews, right? Wrong, because with the amount of power this bad boy has it'll cook anything in the way of those heat exhaust fans. Friends have told me, "there's now way that thing has a full rtx 2070 in there. It HAS to be throttled back." Wrong. The amount of heat this thing dishes out is enough to make my ever freezing, anemic girlfriend comfortably warm. That's saying a lot. Not so much as con as to be expected but just to point out the obvious, where shorts at the least or make sure there's some thick material between the Leopard and your skin. And gentlemen? Keep it away from your junk area.
Now, for the reason it's putting out so much heat, starting from the top.
Game 1: Hades.
Supergiant's colorfully bombastic and wonderfully artistic game was the perfect warm up for the Leopard. With battery alone, it ran it decent but with a noticeable dip in performance while maintaining the high visual quality. But plug in that power supply and the heavens themselves seem to reach down and fill the Leopard with holy powers, purging the evil in all who gaze upon it. It's fantastic, the screen butter smooth at 144hz and making me laugh manically as I stared in awe at how well it performed. So, completely satisfied, I moved onto putting it through it's first REAL task.
Game 2: Monster Hunter: World w/ Iceborne
Was a little worried when it first loaded up and I noticed my character was slightly blurry, but that's just from the resolution scaling (I think) than anything else. Because going back to settings, I made sure everything was on high and/or max. Loading up into the Selliana gatthering hub, everything looked great, frames were smooth as Hades and the graphics were top notch. But let's be real, that wasn't pushing it to it's limits. Not really. I did what every Hunter does in their sacred quest of slaughtering innocent hulking beasts minding their own business.
I travelled to the Ancient Forest and slayed the shit out some poor Great Jagras, all for the sake of limit testing. Everything was smooth, creatures in the distance flapped their wings without pixelating. My cloak trailed behind me casting shadows as I ran. The crisp outlines of the grass and leaves brushing against my skin or bobbing gently in the wind was when I realized that the power the Leopard has is beyond incredible. When that Jagras died on the shore, I thanked it for it's sacrifice for progress and exited my game for quiet contemplating.
Monster Hunter is a poorly optimized game. It does NOT run well on most people computers, and certainly not 60 frames per second. The Leopard roared at the shitty engine implantation and forced the game itself to bend to it's will, forcing it run better than it had any right to. But, there's one more game I wanted to test, just in time too...
Game 3: Baldur's Gate: 3
Wow. Just... wow. Character look fantastic, the moment to moment character interactions looked like cutscenes with the excellent amount of mo-cap and an extraordinary high quality voice acting. Even in Early Access, it looks fantastic and runs melted butter smooth. Except for when there's bugs and right now there's a lot of 'em, but no fault on the computer itself.
I can't say anything bad about it, other than the speakers but c'mon, that's what headphones are for! They don't sound cheap or anything, just sound isn't as good without some bass and it's a laptop so don't expect a surround sound experience. Honestly, I just giggle and appreciate the fact that the LED lit keyboard is in itself a audio visualizer. Totally unneccessary features like that just goes to show how much fun this thing is and I haven't had my inner child squeal in such excitement since the day I bought my first 4k TV 3 years ago when it was on sale.
Leopard > 4k TV
Not much else to say after all that. If you have the money and were hesitating on whether it was worth the purchase price, I'll tell you they should be charging more and I wouldn't blame them. This has the power of something that should be almost $1700 or more, but you're getting a steal so strike while you can!
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So let’s get started with what’s new, and that’s the all-new Intel 10th-gen H-series processor, that’s still based on the 14-nanometre process and still part of Comet-Lake.
The Leopard that I have right here is rocking the Intel Core i7-10750H processor, and comparing that to the previous Core i7-9750H… there are basically just two key differences. A higher max turbo clock speed of 5.0 GHz compared to 4.5 GHz, and support for faster RAM out of the box.
That’s pretty much it. Honestly, you can even just say it’s basically a better-binned 9750H. You’ll even be able to see it in the benchmarks later on. To say it simply, it’s a refresh.
But since we’re talking about specs, let’s move on to the rest of it.
As mentioned, it has the Intel Core i7-10750H, an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060, 16GB of RAM, and a 1TB NVMe SSD.
If you’re familiar with MSI, you’ll know that their Leopard lineup is aimed towards entry-level gaming in general, and that’s also a decision which influenced the overall design.
It’s definitely not a thin-and-light, coming in at about 2.3 kilograms, and it’s primarily made up of hard plastics. As you can tell, the laptop is chunky, and the whole design aesthetic is very gamer-ish. The lid and keyboard deck does make use of aluminium however, so it helps to make it look slightly more professional in a way. Though I’ll leave it up to you if you like that huge MSI dragon on the lid.
In essence, it does look and feel like your typical MSI gaming laptop, and if you haven’t noticed, the design hasn’t really changed since 8th-gen Intel models.
For the display, you get two options. You can choose between a 1080P 120Hz IPS or a 1080p 144Hz IPS. For my review unit, it comes with the 144hz option.
I would say it’s not the best 144hz display out there, but it’s definitely above average. You get, of course, that buttery smooth 144Hz refresh rate, which is great for not just gaming, but general use as well. It covers nearly 100% sRGB and about 65% AdobeRGB while pushing a max brightness of around 320 nits.
It’s basically great for content consumption and definitely for gaming. As for creative work, as long as you’re not doing any kind major colour correcting or grading, it’ll do you fine.
The bezels are quite thin all around, except for the chin, which is quite large, and just a little thicker at the top for the webcam.
Anyways, it’s a standard webcam, that’s enough for video calls and such, and the microphone is decent enough.
Moving down, we have a full-sized keyboard, complete with a numpad and like most MSI laptops, it’s made by Steelseries. You can choose either a single colour red-backlit keyboard or a full per-key RGB keyboard.
Overall, it’s a good enough keyboard with a good amount of key travel and tactile feedback. In fact, I felt right at home when gaming on this machine with this keyboard.
For typing, on the other hand, it wasn’t as great. But I would say that it’s mainly because I prefer a 15-inch laptop without a numpad, so the entire keyboard is centralized.
However, there are a couple of things I don’t like on this keyboard. The first is the position of the function and windows key. I understand why it’s like this, to prevent the accidental press of the windows key while gaming, but when I do want to use the Windows key, I found myself pressing onto the alt key or the function key rather frequently because of habit.
The other thing, the functions are kind of all over the place, or I guess in 3 separate zones. Yet, the ones that I’ll use the most, being volume and brightness, are located on the arrow keys. So now, instead of being able to change those settings with one hand, I have to use both.
To me, it’s just a weird layout. A good enough keyboard, but a really weird layout.
Moving down, we have the trackpad, and it’s fairly large. It runs Precisions, and it feels great, and it works, gestures and everything. It’s also one of the few trackpads where the left and right-click have dedicated buttons.
They do feel tactile and have a satisfying click. I also do find that dragging and dropping files is easier with such a design. All in all, no qualms about it.
You get two 2 watt speakers that are located on the bottom of the unit, and they sound average at best. Get a pair of headphones.
Moving to I/O, you get a healthy amount. On the left, you’ll have your RJ45 ethernet port, HDMI 1.4, Mini-Display Port, a standard USB 3.2 and a Type-C port along with dedicated headphone and mic jacks.
On the right, you have your power jack right in the middle, an SD card reader, and two more standard USB 3.2 ports right at the edge.
While I do appreciate the number of ports, I do have to question putting the USB ports right at the edge, and also, why only HDMI 1.4, and not 2.0? An oversight by MSI in my opinion.
With all that out of the way, it’s time for the performance. There are several profiles to choose from using the MSI Dragon Centre, but most of our results were done on the Custom User setting with the performance set to high and the fans to auto.
First up, as usual, is Cinebench R20.
Here, the Core i7-10750H scored a Multi-Core of 2773 and a single core of 443, which is a slight improvement from the Core i7-9750H that I previously tested with the Razer Blade 15. Granted, it’s not that fair of a test, considering the two very different thermal solutions, but in general, you get about 10% more performance with the 10th-gen chip.
But I also did run the test on the Turbo profile with the fans on CoolerBoost mode. Surprisingly, there wasn’t much difference with the results, being within the margin of error.
In both tests, the CPU hovered around the 95 degrees celsius mark, which is not great, given that the fan is actually spinning really fast and getting very loud, but it does so without dropping the boost.
Moving on, we have DaVinci Resolve.
The 1080P edit took 8 minutes and 57 seconds to render, while the 4K edit took 23 minutes and 45 seconds. Compared to the 9750H on the Razer Blade, the render times are also, within the margin of error, pretty much the same.
Now, as you might know, DaVinci does favour a powerful GPU and with the MSI Dragon Centre, you can actually activate Extreme Performance mode, and you can overclock the GPU for both the core and memory.
Naturally, I maxed it out and let it render once more.
This time, the 1080P edit took 8 minutes and 38 seconds while the 4K edit took 22 minutes and 47 seconds. So it was roughly an average of 45 seconds faster to render with the overclock.
The main difference, however, was the temperatures. With the high-performance mode and fans set to auto, the CPU temperatures hovered in the mid-80s, whereas with the turbo mode, with an overlock on the GPU and CoolerBoost active, the CPU hovers in the mid-90s instead.
In short, for creative work, I suggest just leaving the performance set to high, and the fans on auto, as you don’t really get that much of a benefit, and yet it was at the cost of immense noise. Like it’s really loud with the CoolerBoost turned on.
The NVMe drive on this machine pretty fast, with extremely good sequential read and write speeds, although 4K random is a little lacking.
We now touch on gaming, and to be frank, it’s a very capable gaming machine. Not only do you get great frame rates playing eSports or triple-A titles, but it’s also enjoyable as well, thanks to that 144Hz display.
Temperatures are not that great, but the performance is there. The CPU was pushing nearly 4GHz on all cores with temperatures around 93 degrees celsius, while the GPU was boosting up to 1830MHz with the temperatures around 82 degrees celsius.
Now you can still further tweak the profiles using the MSI Dragon Centre to find the right balance between performance and thermals, and you can also actually do your own custom fan curve, which is quite neat.
Also to mention is that due to the thickness of the laptop itself, you’ll also be able to game for long hours at a time, as despite the somewhat high temperatures, the keyboard only gets slightly warm.
It is a comfortable gaming experience on all fronts.
As for battery life, it’s pretty average for a gaming laptop, coming in at around 4 hours of actual usage in my use case.
In terms of upgradability, you get access to two RAM slots, so you can upgrade to 64GB of RAM should you so desire, a single slot for an NVMe drive, but also a 2.5-inch drive on the other side, for another SSD or HDD if you want to.
Overall, this has been a pretty enjoyable laptop to use. As mentioned at the start, I do look at laptops with a creative standpoint in mind, and this laptop was not too bad in that regard. But to be fair, this laptop was designed for gaming in mind, and in my opinion, with a little bit more tweaking to the profiles and stuff, it definitely offers a great gaming experience, especially if you’re looking for something that’s more of a desktop replacement.
Reviewed in Singapore on July 5, 2020
So let’s get started with what’s new, and that’s the all-new Intel 10th-gen H-series processor, that’s still based on the 14-nanometre process and still part of Comet-Lake.
The Leopard that I have right here is rocking the Intel Core i7-10750H processor, and comparing that to the previous Core i7-9750H… there are basically just two key differences. A higher max turbo clock speed of 5.0 GHz compared to 4.5 GHz, and support for faster RAM out of the box.
That’s pretty much it. Honestly, you can even just say it’s basically a better-binned 9750H. You’ll even be able to see it in the benchmarks later on. To say it simply, it’s a refresh.
But since we’re talking about specs, let’s move on to the rest of it.
As mentioned, it has the Intel Core i7-10750H, an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060, 16GB of RAM, and a 1TB NVMe SSD.
If you’re familiar with MSI, you’ll know that their Leopard lineup is aimed towards entry-level gaming in general, and that’s also a decision which influenced the overall design.
It’s definitely not a thin-and-light, coming in at about 2.3 kilograms, and it’s primarily made up of hard plastics. As you can tell, the laptop is chunky, and the whole design aesthetic is very gamer-ish. The lid and keyboard deck does make use of aluminium however, so it helps to make it look slightly more professional in a way. Though I’ll leave it up to you if you like that huge MSI dragon on the lid.
In essence, it does look and feel like your typical MSI gaming laptop, and if you haven’t noticed, the design hasn’t really changed since 8th-gen Intel models.
For the display, you get two options. You can choose between a 1080P 120Hz IPS or a 1080p 144Hz IPS. For my review unit, it comes with the 144hz option.
I would say it’s not the best 144hz display out there, but it’s definitely above average. You get, of course, that buttery smooth 144Hz refresh rate, which is great for not just gaming, but general use as well. It covers nearly 100% sRGB and about 65% AdobeRGB while pushing a max brightness of around 320 nits.
It’s basically great for content consumption and definitely for gaming. As for creative work, as long as you’re not doing any kind major colour correcting or grading, it’ll do you fine.
The bezels are quite thin all around, except for the chin, which is quite large, and just a little thicker at the top for the webcam.
Anyways, it’s a standard webcam, that’s enough for video calls and such, and the microphone is decent enough.
Moving down, we have a full-sized keyboard, complete with a numpad and like most MSI laptops, it’s made by Steelseries. You can choose either a single colour red-backlit keyboard or a full per-key RGB keyboard.
Overall, it’s a good enough keyboard with a good amount of key travel and tactile feedback. In fact, I felt right at home when gaming on this machine with this keyboard.
For typing, on the other hand, it wasn’t as great. But I would say that it’s mainly because I prefer a 15-inch laptop without a numpad, so the entire keyboard is centralized.
However, there are a couple of things I don’t like on this keyboard. The first is the position of the function and windows key. I understand why it’s like this, to prevent the accidental press of the windows key while gaming, but when I do want to use the Windows key, I found myself pressing onto the alt key or the function key rather frequently because of habit.
The other thing, the functions are kind of all over the place, or I guess in 3 separate zones. Yet, the ones that I’ll use the most, being volume and brightness, are located on the arrow keys. So now, instead of being able to change those settings with one hand, I have to use both.
To me, it’s just a weird layout. A good enough keyboard, but a really weird layout.
Moving down, we have the trackpad, and it’s fairly large. It runs Precisions, and it feels great, and it works, gestures and everything. It’s also one of the few trackpads where the left and right-click have dedicated buttons.
They do feel tactile and have a satisfying click. I also do find that dragging and dropping files is easier with such a design. All in all, no qualms about it.
You get two 2 watt speakers that are located on the bottom of the unit, and they sound average at best. Get a pair of headphones.
Moving to I/O, you get a healthy amount. On the left, you’ll have your RJ45 ethernet port, HDMI 1.4, Mini-Display Port, a standard USB 3.2 and a Type-C port along with dedicated headphone and mic jacks.
On the right, you have your power jack right in the middle, an SD card reader, and two more standard USB 3.2 ports right at the edge.
While I do appreciate the number of ports, I do have to question putting the USB ports right at the edge, and also, why only HDMI 1.4, and not 2.0? An oversight by MSI in my opinion.
With all that out of the way, it’s time for the performance. There are several profiles to choose from using the MSI Dragon Centre, but most of our results were done on the Custom User setting with the performance set to high and the fans to auto.
First up, as usual, is Cinebench R20.
Here, the Core i7-10750H scored a Multi-Core of 2773 and a single core of 443, which is a slight improvement from the Core i7-9750H that I previously tested with the Razer Blade 15. Granted, it’s not that fair of a test, considering the two very different thermal solutions, but in general, you get about 10% more performance with the 10th-gen chip.
But I also did run the test on the Turbo profile with the fans on CoolerBoost mode. Surprisingly, there wasn’t much difference with the results, being within the margin of error.
In both tests, the CPU hovered around the 95 degrees celsius mark, which is not great, given that the fan is actually spinning really fast and getting very loud, but it does so without dropping the boost.
Moving on, we have DaVinci Resolve.
The 1080P edit took 8 minutes and 57 seconds to render, while the 4K edit took 23 minutes and 45 seconds. Compared to the 9750H on the Razer Blade, the render times are also, within the margin of error, pretty much the same.
Now, as you might know, DaVinci does favour a powerful GPU and with the MSI Dragon Centre, you can actually activate Extreme Performance mode, and you can overclock the GPU for both the core and memory.
Naturally, I maxed it out and let it render once more.
This time, the 1080P edit took 8 minutes and 38 seconds while the 4K edit took 22 minutes and 47 seconds. So it was roughly an average of 45 seconds faster to render with the overclock.
The main difference, however, was the temperatures. With the high-performance mode and fans set to auto, the CPU temperatures hovered in the mid-80s, whereas with the turbo mode, with an overlock on the GPU and CoolerBoost active, the CPU hovers in the mid-90s instead.
In short, for creative work, I suggest just leaving the performance set to high, and the fans on auto, as you don’t really get that much of a benefit, and yet it was at the cost of immense noise. Like it’s really loud with the CoolerBoost turned on.
The NVMe drive on this machine pretty fast, with extremely good sequential read and write speeds, although 4K random is a little lacking.
We now touch on gaming, and to be frank, it’s a very capable gaming machine. Not only do you get great frame rates playing eSports or triple-A titles, but it’s also enjoyable as well, thanks to that 144Hz display.
Temperatures are not that great, but the performance is there. The CPU was pushing nearly 4GHz on all cores with temperatures around 93 degrees celsius, while the GPU was boosting up to 1830MHz with the temperatures around 82 degrees celsius.
Now you can still further tweak the profiles using the MSI Dragon Centre to find the right balance between performance and thermals, and you can also actually do your own custom fan curve, which is quite neat.
Also to mention is that due to the thickness of the laptop itself, you’ll also be able to game for long hours at a time, as despite the somewhat high temperatures, the keyboard only gets slightly warm.
It is a comfortable gaming experience on all fronts.
As for battery life, it’s pretty average for a gaming laptop, coming in at around 4 hours of actual usage in my use case.
In terms of upgradability, you get access to two RAM slots, so you can upgrade to 64GB of RAM should you so desire, a single slot for an NVMe drive, but also a 2.5-inch drive on the other side, for another SSD or HDD if you want to.
Overall, this has been a pretty enjoyable laptop to use. As mentioned at the start, I do look at laptops with a creative standpoint in mind, and this laptop was not too bad in that regard. But to be fair, this laptop was designed for gaming in mind, and in my opinion, with a little bit more tweaking to the profiles and stuff, it definitely offers a great gaming experience, especially if you’re looking for something that’s more of a desktop replacement.