MSI GS73 6RF ‘Stealth Pro’ 4K 006UK Laptop Review

1. Introduction2. MSI GS73 6RF 'Stealth Pro' 4k 006UK3. Testing Methodology and Configuration4. Steam VR Benchmark5. Unigine Heaven Benchmark6. SiSoft Sandra7. Cinebench R11.5 and R15 (64 bit)8. 3DMark 11 and 3DMark9. SSD, HDD and USB 3 Performance10. Gears Of War 4 (1080p, 1440p and 4k)11. Grand Theft Auto 5 (1080p, 1440p and 4k)12. itman 2016 (1080p, 1440p and 4k)13. Rise Of The Tomb Raider (1080p, 1440p and 4k)14. Ashes Of The Singularity (1080p, 1440p and 4k)15. Metro Last Light Redux (1080p, 1440p and 4K)16. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (1080p, 1440p and 4K)17. Total War: Warhammer (1080p, 1440p and 4K)18. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (1080p, 1440p and 4k)19. Thermal Dynamics20. Acoustics Performance21. Battery Performance22. Power Consumption23. Overclocking24. Closing Thoughts25. View All Pages

MSI have been producing a fine line of gaming-oriented laptops for the last couple of years and today we look at their latest super slimline 17 inch model which features a Core i7 processor, Nvidia GTX 1060 graphics, and a 4k IPS panel along with Steelseries keyboard and Killer networking. At £1999.99 inc. VAT, the MSI GS73 6RF ‘Stealth Pro' targets the wealthy enthusiast user who places a heavy demand on portability.

We have reviewed many of the high-end ultra powerful desktop replacement laptops in recent months, including the latest MSI Titan 18.4 inch monster featuring dual GTX1080 GPUs in SLi (Review HERE). The ‘Stealth Pro' caters to the other side of the enthusiast market – the audience who believe that a laptop should in fact be completely portable and even used ‘on the lap' when the desire or situation demands.

The MSI GS73 6RF ‘Stealth Pro' has different panel options available – a 120Hz 1080p and a slightly more expensive IPS 4k 60Hz option which we are looking at today.

Both of these options actually make sense. Hard core gamers will likely prefer the 120Hz 1080p option while other users will appreciate the fantastic clarity and sublime colour rendition from the 4K IPS panel.

Nvidia GTX1060 – Mobile and Desktop
Platform	Desktop	Mobile
Codename	GP106	GP106
Architecture	Pascal	Pascal
Process	16nm	16nm
Transistors (bn)	4.4	4.4
Core Clock (MHz)	1,506	1,404
Boost Clock (MHz)	1,708	1,670
Peak GFLOPS	4,372	4,275
SM units	10	10
Texture Units	80	80
Shaders	1,280	1,280
ROPs	48	48
Memory Size	6GB	6GB
Memory Bus	192 bit	192 bit
Memory Type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Memory clock	8Gbps	8Gbps
Memory bandwidth	192	192

The ‘mobile' GTX 1060 GPU compares very favourably with the ‘full-on' desktop card. While the core clock and boost clock is a tad lower on the mobile part, it maintains the 80 texture units, 10 SM units, 1,280 shaders and 48 ROPS of the desktop card. Both cards are equipped with 6GB of GDDR5 memory – which is plenty for 1080p gaming.

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