MSI Katana GF66 (i7-12700H / RTX 3060) Gaming Laptop Review

1. MSI Katana GF66 12UE2. Testing Configurations & Methodology3. Performance Results - Technical4. Performance Results - Cinebench & Blender5. Performance Results - Handbrake, 7-Zip, Memory6. Performance Results - 3DMark & PCMark 107. Performance Results - Gaming 1080p8. Closing Thoughts9. View All Pages

Intel’s Core i7-12700H in the MSI Katana GF66 does well to hang with the Ryzen competitors in the short Cinebench rendering test. But the longer duration Blender runs nullify Intel’s initial – massive – power surges and swing the pendulum in favour of MSI’s Ryzen-equipped competitors.

Single-threaded performance is where the Katana GF66 is very strong. That’s thanks to the lofty 4.7GHz rated boost clock of the Core i7-12700H, coupled with its superb architecture.

But the performance drop-off in back-to-back Cinebench nT runs is far less impressive.

Here, we see the influence of Intel’s lofty power surge for the initial few seconds of benchmark tests. Disallowing for that power surge – as is the case for sustained all-core tasks – can drop performance by 13%

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