MSI Summit E15 (A11x) - Specs

  • AUO B156HAB03.1 (AUO0291)
  • Color accuracy  4.5  2.3
  • HDD/SSD
  • up to 8000GB SSD
  • M.2 Slot
  • 1x M.2 PCIe 4.0 x4 + 1x M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4  See photo
  • RAM
  • up to 64GB
  • OS
  • Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10 Home
  • Battery
  • 82Wh, 4-cell, 52Wh, 3-cell
  • Body material
  • Aluminum
  • Dimensions
  • 356.8 x 233.7 x 16.9 mm (14.05" x 9.20" x 0.67")
  • Weight
  • 1.65 kg (3.6 lbs)
  • Ports and connectivity
  • 2x USB Type-A
  • 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps)
  • 2x USB Type-C
  • 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), Thunderbolt 3, Power Delivery (PD), DisplayPort
  • HDMI
  • Card reader
  • MicroSD
  • Wi-Fi
  • 802.11ax
  • Bluetooth
  • 5.1
  • Audio jack
  • 3.5 Combo Jack
  • Features
  • Fingerprint reader
  • optional
  • Web camera
  • HD
  • Backlit keyboard
  • optional
  • Speakers
  • 2x 2W, Stereo Speakers
  • Optical drive

 

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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 Summit E15 (A11x) series.

Results are from the Cinebench 20 Multi-core 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 Summit E15 (A11x) series.

MSI Summit E15 (A11x) in-depth review

If we have to be honest, we were surprised to see that the Summit series of MSI is dubbed as a business device. Nevertheless, it definitely has the visuals, and the manufacturer seems to be pretty confident about its abilities.By that, we mean that it should provide high productivity, security, and reliability. MSI even goes as far as stating that it is the "best-in-class" in all of the aforementioned categories.For the highest performance possible, they have gone for Intel's Tiger Lake CPUs, maxing out with the Core i7-1186G7. Interestingly, you can get it with a dedicated graphics c[...]

Pros

  • 2x Thunderbolt 4, Wi-Fi 6 connection, and a MicroSD card reader on board
  • 2 M.2 PCIe slots, 2 RAM-SODIMM slots (up to 64GB of RAM in total)(beware of the Factory Seal sticker)
  • Thin and light aluminum body
  • PWM-free display (AUO B156HAB03.1 (AUO0291))
  • Good battery life
  • 92% sRGB coverage and accurate colors with our Gaming and Web design profile (AUO B156HAB03.1 (AUO0291))
  • Decent battery life
  • IR and fingerprint Windows Hello login

Cons

  • Uncomfortable keyboard
  • Gets really warm under load

Inside MSI Summit E15 (A11x) - disassembly and upgrade options

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Games you can play on this laptop series