Pros
- Very good cooling system
- Broad color range – 100% sRGB, 96% DCI-P3 in CIE1976 (N156HGA-EAL)
- Great keyboard
- More affordable than the MSI GP63 Leopard 8RD
Cons
- Inaccurate colors (N156HGA-EAL, fixed by our profiles)
- Poor battery life
- All-plastic build
MSI GL63 9S - Specs
- AMD Ryzen 7 1700 1.1%
- Intel Core i7-9700K 2%
- Intel Core i7-9750H
- Intel Core i9-8950HK 0.8%
- Intel Core i7-8750H 6.5%
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (8GB GDDR5) 4%
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q (8GB GDDR5X) 6.5%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Laptop)
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q 1.2%
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop) 2.8%
Display
15.6”, Full HD (1920 x 1080), 120 Hz, TN
Dimensions
383 x 260 x 29.5 mm (15.08" x 10.24" x 1.16")
Ports and connectivity
- 1x USB Type-C 3.0 (3.1 Gen 1)
- 3x USB Type-A 3.0 (3.1 Gen 1)
- HDMI [email protected]
- Displayport mini
- Card reader SD, SDHC, SDXC
- Ethernet LAN 10, 100, 1000 Mbit/s
- Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
- Bluetooth 5.0
- Audio jack 3.5 mm cobo jack, SPDIF + 1x Mic-in
Features
- Web camera
- Backlit keyboard
- Speakers 2x 3W
- Optical drive
- Security Lock slot
DISPLAY: 15.6”, Full HD (1920 x 1080), 120 Hz, TN
Name |
15.6”, Full HD (1920 x 1080), 120 Hz, TN |
Diagonal |
15.6" |
Pixel density |
141.21 ppi |
Panel Type |
TN |
Resolution |
1920 x 1080 |
Becomes "Retina" from |
24 inches (62 cm) |
MSI GL63 9S in-depth review
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CPU Performance: Intel Core i7-9750H
Results are from the Cinebench 15 CPU test (the higher the score, the better)
Results are from the Fritz chess benchmark (the higher the score, the better)
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Results are from our Photoshop benchmark test (the lower the score, the better)
GPU Performance: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Laptop)
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