MSI GE60 2PE Apache Pro 15.6in gaming notebook

1. Introduction2. Unboxing3. The MSI GE60 2PE Apache Pro4. Testing Methodology and Configuration5. Sisoft Sandra6. PCmark087. Cinebench R158. Unigine Heaven9. Unigine Valley10. 3Dmark Vantage11. 3Dmark 1112. 3Dmark13. SSD and HDD performance14. USB 3.0 Bandwidth Testing15. BluRay Playback16. MKV conversion17. Video Encoding18. Titanfall19. League of Legends20. Bioshock Infinite21. Tomb Raider22. GRID II23. Temperature24. Battery Life25. Closing Thoughts26. View All Pages

To test battery life we put the machine through a variety of ‘real world’ situations, mirroring the usage of a potential customer.

One as a media movie lover on the move (wearing headphones), a person wanting to watch high definition media on a train journey or bus with screen brightness two notches from maximum.

Second as a businessman, with screen brightness around half way. Wireless was enabled. A mixture of checking, answering emails using Microsoft Office and procrastinating with the odd Youtube video.

Lastly as a gamer, playing Titanfall until the machine turned itself off.

Beyond our usual testing, we also repeated the tests with MSI's “Eco Mode” enabled for each of our specific “users”. That way we can see if the feature has much of an effect.

Eco Mode seems to make no difference to any of our scenarios and battery life overall is not impressive on this laptop. Granted as a high-end gamer system you wouldn't expect it to be, but it's a shame that you can't even watch a two hour movie in one sitting.

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