MSI Vortex G25 Review (W/ i7-8700 & GTX 1070)

1. Introduction2. Design3. Specification4. Testing Methodology5. Cinebench R156. SSD Performance7. 3DMark (Time Spy & Fire Strike)8. Gaming9. Thermal Dynamics and Acoustics10. Closing Thoughts11. View All Pages

Here we test the MSI Vortex G25‘s storage performance, using CrystalDiskMark 5.1.1.

The Samsung SSD inside the G25 is an older model that returned read and write results of 546MB/s and 516MB/s. Those speeds are absolutely fine for SATA drives, and more than twice as quick as any hard disk – so the MSI certainly won’t feel sluggish.

However, proper NVMe drives will be several times quicker – like the Samsung PM961 inside the Corsair One Elite. The MSI’s SSD is not slow, but we’re still a little disappointed. We expect more from a PC that costs this much.

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