Temperatures and comfort, Battery Life

Max CPU load

In this test we use 100% on the CPU cores, monitoring their frequencies and chip temperature. The first column shows a computer’s reaction to a short load (2-10 seconds), the second column simulates a serious task (between 15 and 30 seconds), and the third column is a good indicator of how good the laptop is for long loads such as video rendering.

Average P-core frequency; Average E-core frequency; CPU temp.; Package Power

Due to the absurd amount of cores, this processor performs amazingly. Its P-cores clock really high, while the E-cores are a bit more laid back. We were super impressed by the 181W power target for short loads.

Real-life gaming

It’s good to know that the Raider GE78 HX (13VX) doesn’t have issues cooling down the RTX 4080, and nearing its 175W TGP limit.

Comfort during full load

The disadvantage here is that the laptop is really loud when you play games. Of course, we used the High Performance preset, so it can deliver the highest performance possible. In terms of temperature, the externals are pretty well insulated from the insides.

Battery

Now, we conduct the battery tests with the Windows Better performance setting turned on, screen brightness adjusted to 120 nits and all other programs turned off except for the one we are testing the notebook with. This device’s 99.99Wh battery lasts for 7 hours and 55 minutes of Web browsing, or 5 hours and 28 minutes of video playback.

Web surfing

In order to simulate real-life conditions, we used our own script for automatic web browsing through over 70 websites.

MSI Raider GE78 99Wh, 4-cell

475 min.

MSI GE76 Raider 99.9Wh, 4-cell

$2995^.94

452 min.-4.8%

ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 18 90Wh, 4-cell

$6495^.00

510 min.+7.4%

Razer Blade 17 82Wh

$2299^.00

463 min.-2.5%

Acer Predator Helios 300 90Wh, 4-cell

425 min.-10.5%

Lenovo Legion 7 16 99.99Wh

300 min.-36.8%

MSI Vector GP66 65Wh, 4-cell

321 min.-32.4%

Video playback

For every test like this, we use the same video in HD.

MSI Raider GE78 99Wh, 4-cell

328 min.

MSI GE76 Raider 99.9Wh, 4-cell

$2995^.94

433 min.+32%

ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 18 90Wh, 4-cell

$6495^.00

307 min.-6.4%

Razer Blade 17 82Wh

$2299^.00

352 min.+7.3%

Acer Predator Helios 300 90Wh, 4-cell

408 min.+24.4%

Lenovo Legion 7 16 99.99Wh

333 min.+1.5%

MSI Vector GP66 65Wh, 4-cell

276 min.-15.9%

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