MSI Prestige 15 (A12Sx / A12Ux)
MSI Prestige 15 (A12Sx / A12Ux) - Specs
- HDD/SSD
- up to 16000GB SSD
- M.2 Slot
- 1x 2280 M.2 PCIe 4.0 x4 + 1x 2280 M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 See photo
- RAM
- up to 32GB
- OS
- Windows 11 Home, DOS, Windows 11, Windows 11 Pro
- Battery
- 82Wh, 4-cell
- Body material
- Plastic / Polycarbonate, Aluminum
- Dimensions
- 356.8 x 233.7 x 18.9 mm (14.05" x 9.20" x 0.74")
- Weight
- 1.69 kg (3.7 lbs)
- Ports and connectivity
- 2x USB Type-A
- 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps)
- 2x USB Type-C
- 4.0, Thunderbolt 4, Power Delivery (PD), DisplayPort
- HDMI
- 2.0
- Card reader
- MicroSD
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11ax
- Bluetooth
- 5.2
- Audio jack
- 3.5mm Combo Jack
- Features
- Fingerprint reader
- optional
- Web camera
- HD
- Backlit keyboard
- Microphone
- Speakers
- 2x 2W, Stereo Speakers
- Optical drive
All MSI Prestige 15 (A12Sx / A12Ux) configurations
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Office Work
Office Work should be used mostly by users who spend most of the time looking at pieces of text, tables or just surfing. This profile aims to deliver better distinctness and clarity by keeping a flat gamma curve (2.20), native color temperature and perceptually accurate colors.
Design and Gaming
This profile is aimed at designers who work with colors professionally, and for games and movies as well. Design and Gaming takes display panels to their limits, making them as accurate as possible in the sRGB IEC61966-2-1 standard for Web and HDTV, at white point D65.
Health-Guard
Health-Guard eliminates the harmful Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) and reduces the negative Blue Light which affects our eyes and body. Since it’s custom tailored for every panel, it manages to keep the colors perceptually accurate. Health-Guard simulates paper so the pressure on the eyes is greatly reduced.
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CPU performance
Here you can find the price/performance difference between all the CPUs that come in the MSI Prestige 15 (A12Sx / A12Ux) series.
Results are from the Cinebench R23 CPU test (the higher the score, the better)
GPU performance
Here you can find the price/performance difference between all the GPUs that come in the MSI Prestige 15 (A12Sx / A12Ux) series.
The results are from 3DMark Time Spy (Graphics). Higher is better.
MSI Prestige 15 (A12Sx / A12Ux) in-depth review
Workhorse laptops don't need to look ugly, or boring. The MSI Prestige 15 (A12Ux) is here to show us how and why. Ultimately, the Prestige series has always advocated for style and productivity. This puts it in a weird position, where it has competitors from both the gaming, ultrabook, and business segments.This year, it looks like the odds have turned in MSI's favor, as Intel has released the Alder Lake P-series processors. They offer a nice balance between the H-series and the low-voltage U-series. Nevertheless, we're going to check this more in-depth down below, so be patient.In ad[...]
Pros
- Two Thunderbolt 4 ports (either of which can charge the laptop) and a MicroSD card reader
- A backlit keyboard with big keycaps, and a huge touchpad
- 2x M.2 NVMe drives
- Doesn't use PWM for brightness adjustment (Innolux N156HCE-EN1)
- Has a good contrast ratio and comfortable viewing angles (Innolux N156HCE-EN1)
- 96% sRGB coverage and great color accuracy thanks to our Gaming and Web design profile (Innolux N156HCE-EN1)
- Thin and light aluminum body
- 13+ hours of Web browsing on battery
- IR face recognition scanner + fingerprint reader
Cons
- Gets pretty warm when gaming
- Quiet speakers
- Soldered memory
Games you can play on this laptop series
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 171 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 92 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 49 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 29 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q | 122 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 78 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 41 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 24 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
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| 64 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 36 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 20 FPS PLAY VIDEO | - PLAY VIDEO |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q | 52 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 31 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 16 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 8 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
VERY LOW |
MED |
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|---|---|---|---|
| 499 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 402 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 362 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q | 266 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 206 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 217 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
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NORMAL |
HIGH |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 181 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 147 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 127 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 105 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q | 129 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 101 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 96 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 85 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
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|---|---|---|
| 1179 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 101 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q | 305 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 31 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
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MED |
MAX |
|---|---|---|---|
| 137 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 100 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 71 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q | 108 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 80 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 55 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
LOW |
MED |
EPIC |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 42 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 38 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (Laptop) | - PLAY VIDEO | - PLAY VIDEO | - PLAY VIDEO |
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
LOW |
MED |
HIGH |
EPIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 41 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 33 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 23 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q | 80 FPS | 35 FPS | 27 FPS | 18 FPS |
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
MIN |
MED |
ULTRA |
|---|---|---|---|
| 622 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 160 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 79 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q | 316 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 136 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 66 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
VERY LOW |
NORMAL |
ULTRA |
|---|---|---|---|
| 72 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 63 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 47 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q | 55 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 49 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 36 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
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