The Most Powerful Gaming Laptop: MSI GS63 Stealth-010 Review

MSI GS63 Stealth-010 Design, Display, Ports, And Connectivity Review

MSI laptops, generally typically have a stylish appearance. The MSI Stealth-010 isn’t atypical.

It is true that MSI uses high-quality components for making its laptops. In terms of the building material, MSI Stealth-010 Stealth-010 features a case made of lithium-magnesium with a brushed metallic finish.

In fact, the laptop’s body is smooth and comfortable to the feel. In terms of colour, the laptop’s entire body is black, with the exception of some red linings, which provide a striking look.

If you look closely at the lid there are two vertical trims along the right and left sides and a few curves around the edges. Alongside these trims, there’s an additional red MSI logo in the middle inside the lid.

Like most Gaming laptops this emblem flashes for a long time, throughout the time the laptop’s screen is turned on. Additionally, there’s the black “MSi” inscription that is perfectly placed over this logo.

Moving forward, the two tiny hinges that hold the MSI’s Stealth-010’s lid are located near the base of the notebook’s edges. These hinges aren’t overly stiff and flexible, which allows users to lift the lid using just one hand.

Furthermore, the hinges allow the lid to be opened at 180°. This means that you’ll be able to place your laptop on a flat surface in the event that you want to do this.

When you open the laptop’s lid it will show a 15.6-inch FHD (1920 x 1080) resolution display. This display comes with a variety of features that can provide you with a full gaming experience.

For starters, the display features an IPS (In-Plane Switching) panel that can provide wide viewing angles up to 180 degrees. So, even if you’re in a position that is near to the screen (close to 180 degrees) the content on the display will remain clear and sharp.

Alongside its IPS screen, this screen also has a 120-Hz refresh rate as well as a response time of 3 milliseconds. To make it clearer it is important to note that the speed of refresh for a computer monitor is the speed at which it creates new images each second.

Furthermore, the display’s refresh rate could be as crucial as the speed at which the GPU’s clock runs. This is due to the fact that even if the GPU on your laptop can render a lot of frames every second it’s the number of frames that the display is able to draw that will be displayed.

So 120 refresh rate of the laptop’s display is expected to improve the quality of images and make them more sharp and smooth. Thus, improving the gaming experience overall that the laptop provides.

Response time, on other hand, refers to how long it takes for each display pixel to transition in color from one to another. So, with a response time of as quick as 3 milliseconds or less, fast-motion gaming content is extremely attractive and smooth on the MSI Stealth-010’s screen.

On the other hand, the laptop’s screen is covered with thick bezels, which can cause distraction when playing. The bezel at the bottom is the most prominent. there’s a black “MSi” inscription in the middle.

In addition, you’ll be able to see an HD webcam located in the middle of the bezel’s top. This webcam is ideal in Skype as well as zoom-video chats, but might not be ideal for selfies.

This is because the webcam can produce blurry images. But, the camera can take good pictures in the event that the area is bright and well-lit.

Moving to the base, MSI did some marvelous design work on the MSI Stealth-010’s keyboard. It’s a full-sized keyboard that is powered by SteelSeries Engine 3.

This keyboard is backlit and can be used with 3-zone RGB color control. This means you can have each zone lit in any color you want It’s quite amazing.

Additionally, the key travel of your keyboard is 2.2 millimeters. Key travel can mean the distance that the point where a keyboard rests until it reaches the bottom of the rock.

Thus, with a keyboard travel of 2.2 millimeters, using the laptop’s keyboard must be enjoyable and relaxing. Furthermore, the keyboard should give you a satisfactory gaming experience.

The thing that distinguishes this laptop’s keyboard as distinct from other laptops is the location of its Windows key. The typical position for it is found on top of its own. The Windows key is located on the left side of the lower row of keys that are on your keyboard.

On the keyboard of the MSI Stealth-010, it’s at the right-hand end of the keys on the bottom row. But, this odd position on Windows keys Windows key is commonplace for MSI laptops and might not cause any major issues.

However, there’s an expansive, smooth-looking touchpad located on the bottom of the MSI Stealth-010’s GS63 keyboard. The touchpad is equipped with clicking buttons which are highly quick and responsive.

Additionally, the touchpad is sensitive and precise. Therefore the control of the cursor and navigation is very simple with the touchpad.

Moving to the next step it is worth noting that the MSI GS63 Stealth-010 comes with plenty of ports. On the right-hand side of the gaming laptop, you will find a USB 2.0 port, a USB 2.0 port as well as a USB Type-C port, which acts as a Thunderbolt port.

Additionally, on the right side on the right side, you’ll find an HDMI port as well as a Mini-Display port as well as charging ports. On the left, you’ll find an Ethernet port, a three-in-one card reader microphone jack, a headphone jack, and three USB 3.2 ports.

For WiFi connectivity, MSI’s Stealth-010 includes Bluetooth 5.0 as well as WLAN 5 Card (802.11ac).

Incredibly the two mobile modules feature among the latest wireless technology for sharing data. Thus even though they’ve had successors, you’ll never be looking for a brand new version anytime soon.

At the bottom of the MSI Stealth-010 laptop, you will find several air vents to let out hot air. This hot air will be blown away by the laptop’s one CPU cooling fan as well as two GPU cooling fans.

Therefore, the laptop will maintain its cool under intense gaming sessions. With that said let’s talk about the dimensions and the mass of this laptop.

In that regard, The MSI GS63 Stealth-010 is 379.9 dimensions of 248.9 x 17.5 millimeters (W W x Dx H) and weighs 1986.7 g. While this laptop is weighty, it’s not nearly as heavy as its rivals.

For instance, it is the ASUS ROG-GL502VM measures 390 x 266x 23.50 millimeters (WD x H) and weighs around 2240 grams. The Lenovo Legion Y720 measures 380 x 228 30 millimeters (W + D + H) and weighs an incredible 3061.8 grams.

In all honesty, All things considered, I’ll give the MSI Stealth-010 GS63 a nine out of ten in this design review section.

 

MSI GS63 Stealth-010 Processor (CPU) Performance Review

In addition, the MSI GS63 Stealth-010’s processor runs at a base speed which is 2.20 GHz and a boost frequency of 4.10 GHz. In terms of performance, with this CPU MSI GS63 Stealth-010 will be capable of handling the majority of advanced games and demanding tasks such as editing videos.

To get a more thorough analysis of its performance let’s examine the Cinebench R15 test results. In case you’re not familiar Cinebench R15 can be described as an application-based test for benchmarking that’s used to assess the CPU’s performance while dealing with demanding tasks.

Additionally, this test operates by making use of the CPU’s cores in order to handle the load. When it does it is also evaluating the speed at which the CPU can complete the task.

In the final analysis, two numerical values are assigned to the CPU. the higher the numbers higher, the better the CPU’s performance. The values are the single-core score as well as the multi-core score.

To be clear The single-core score can be obtained when only one core is utilized to handle the tasks. In contrast, the multi-core score is obtained when all CPU cores are employed to handle the work.

Thus, at the end of the Cinebench R15 test, the MSI GS63 Stealth-010 scored a single-core result of 115 marks. Additionally, it scored the multi-core result of 667.

Comparatively, the ASUS ROG GL502VM that comes with the Intel Core i7-7700HQ CPU performed better than the MSI gaming laptop. In particular, the ASUS laptop scored a score of 148 single-core points and 680 points for multi-core scores.

Due to this, I will rate the MSI GS63 Stealth-010 an eight out of ten in this processor review section.

MSI GS63 Stealth-010 Memory (RAM) Performance Review

It is the MSI GS63 Stealth-010 has two RAM slots, and has a standard memory of 16GB in one slot. The RAM type it uses is DDR4.

Additionally, the maximum memory size laptops can support can be 32GB. This means that you can upgrade your standard memory to 32GB.

Certainly, this upgrade would improve the efficiency of laptops. But, I think the default memory of 16 GB of the laptop is sufficient to allow it to play the majority of top-of-the-line games.

In addition, with their standard RAM, laptops should be able to seamlessly multitask. For instance, the MSI GS63 Stealth-010 will be capable of running 40 Chrome tabs with no lag.

In that regard, I’ll share the laptop’s results from the PCMark 8 test to verify the laptop’s performance. In simple terms, this test, PCMark 8 is a PCMark 8 test used to measure the performance of a PC when performing tasks that require a lot of effort, such as web browsing.

As one would expect, a good score on this test suggests excellent performance. Therefore, based on the results of the benchmark test the MSI Stealth-010 scored 3999 marks.

Comparatively to it was the ASUS ROG G502VM performed better by scoring 4741 points in this test.

Overall I’ll give the MSI Stealth-010 GS63 a ten out of 10 in this review section.

 

MSI GS63 Stealth-010 Storage Options And Performance Review

MSI offers the GS63 Stealth-010 which comes with an SATA HDD or an M.2 SSD (Solid State Drive).

However, picking the right storage option to choose will be based on two elements – speed and storage capacity. In essence, SSDs are faster than HDDs however, HDDs have more storage capacity.

When it comes to storage capacity The MSI GS63 Stealth-010’s SSD can support a maximum storage capacity of just 256GB. The HDD however, in contrast, can support a maximum storage capacity of 1TB.

It is evident that clearly, the HDD option has a bigger storage capacity in comparison to that of the SSD option. But, the laptop equipped with SSD is sure to be quicker in downloading files as well as saving them as compared to a laptop equipped with HDD.

To demonstrate this, we’ll examine how the MSI GS63 Stealth-010 M.2 SSD using a CrystalDiskMark test. This test is an evaluation test for benchmarks that determines the speed of writing and reading of the storage drive of a computer.

If you’re not sure that read speed refers to the speed at which the storage drive on the computer can open files. In contrast, the speed of writing is the speed at which the storage drive on a computer is able to save the file.

In addition, the higher also the “MB/s” value on the CrystalDiskMark test, the higher the write and read rate of your computer’s drive. So, at the end of the test, the MSI GS63 Stealth-010 had an average rate of reading of 2141 MB/s as well as a write speed was 1621 MB/s.

Comparatively, the Lenovo Legion Y720 (which also has SSD) offered an average read speed of 2196MB/s and the speed to write was 1144 MB/s. Therefore, this Lenovo laptop can open files faster than MSI Stealth-010 GS63.

However, it is true that it is possible that MSI GS63 Stealth-010 will save documents faster than MSI GS63 Stealth-010.

Before we conclude this review of the storage section, it’s worth noting that the MSI Stealth-010 has a three-in-one multimedia card reader. The card reader is able to support storage expansion.

Thus, I’m going to give the MSI Stealth-010 GS63 an 8 out of ten.

 

MSI GS63 Stealth-010 Graphics Card Performance Review

Like a typical Gaming laptop, the MSI Stealth-010 sports an integrated graphics card. The model name for this card is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060.

The GPU features a base frequency of 1404 MHz and a maximum frequency of 1670 MHz. Furthermore, as it is a dedicated graphics card the laptop’s GPU has an exclusive VRAM of 6 GB of GDDR5.

Because of this dedicated VRAM, the graphics card will be able to efficiently manage graphics-intensive applications. In addition, it should be able to effortlessly play titles in AAA games.

For instance, using the GPU the MSI GS63 Stealth-010 clocked 65 frames per second while playing The Witcher 3 at high settings for graphics. In addition, when playing Dragon Age: Inquisition with very high settings for graphics, it exhibited an average framerate of around 88 frames per second.

In order to prove the performance of this laptop’s graphics, I’ll look at its performance on a 3DMark 13 Fire Strike test. In simple terms, 3DMark 13 Fire Strike test is an assessment of the ability of a computer of drawing, and then fill 3D designs in 3D games.

In addition, having a good score on this test is a sign of the quality of your graphics. Fortunately that this MSI GS63 Stealth-010 scored a huge 9648 points in 3DMark 13 Fire Strike. 3DMark 13 Fire Strike test.

For comparison, the Lenovo Legion Y720 scored lower than the MSI Stealth-010 which scored 9263 points in the identical test. It is worth noting that these laptops have identical graphics cards.

Therefore, I’ll give the MSI Stealth-010 GS63 a nine out of ten in this graphic review section.

 

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