MSI GS65 Stealth 8RE Review

1. Introduction2. Testing and Performance3. Cooling and Noise4. Closing Thoughts5. View All Pages

Testing and Performance

Testing and Performance overview
Switching from the original 8RF to the replacement 8RE was interesting as you simply cannot tell the difference between the two models in day-to-day use. It would be nice to be able to claim the dual channel DDR4 made the 8RE more snappy and responsive or that GTX 1070 Max-Q in the 8RF loads your browser faster but in the great scheme of things they behave the same. Having said that, the test results convince us that the combination of GTX 1070 Max-Q with dual channel DDR4 would be a clear winner.

During our testing we were disappointed by CPU performance. Stress tests showed the CPU running at a mere 2.8GHz on all cores with clear signs of throttling, however when you use the laptop as a regular gaming machine it performs absolutely fine. Specifically, when you run a single thread in Cinebench R15 the clock speed is 4.1GHz, while a multicore run operates at 2.8GHz. A stress test such as AIDA64 reduces the CPU clock speed to 2.7GHz.

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