Review of MSI's gaming notebook PC 'GF65-10UE-258JP' that can easily handle game play and recording with GeForce RTX 3060 & 10th generation Core i7



From

MSI , the latest model 'GF65-10UE-258JP' of the thin and lightweight gaming PC 'GF65 Thin 10U' series equipped with the 10th generation Intel Core i7 processor and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU has appeared.

A powerful gaming PC is inevitably bulky, and the weight of the main body is less than 2 kg, while as mentioned above, it is a PC that firmly holds down the performance and functions, so I actually touched it.

MSI Ultimate Notebook Gaming Notebook PC GF65 Thin --GeForce RTX 30
https://jp.msi.com/Laptop/GF65-Thin-10UX

The outer box looks like this.



Main unit, AC adapter, power cable.



The actual weight of the main body is 1926g.



The AC adapter weighs 493g.



The power cable weighs 99g. It weighs a little over 2.5 kg in total.



Power input terminal and HDMI terminal on the left side of the main unit.



There is nothing on the front including the indicator, and there is a slight dent in the center to make it easier to open the top plate.



A microphone / earphone shared terminal, two USB 3.2 compatible Type-A ports, two USB 3.2 compatible Type-C ports, and an Ethernet port for wired LAN on the right side of the main unit.



The back has only heat exhaust ports on the left and right.



The bottom is quite bold with slits here and there, and you can see the cooling pipes inside.



When you open the top plate, it looks like this.



The keyboard is black based. The letters and sides of the key tops are red, and the visibility is quite high. The key layout is the Ctrl key at the bottom left, and the Fn key is between the right Alt key and the right Ctrl key. Also, the layout of the functions used by pressing the Fn key at the same time gives a slightly unique impression. The Home, PageUp, PageDown, and End keys are arranged vertically to the right of the column with the Enter key.



When you turn on the power, it looks like this. The display has a refresh rate of 144Hz, which is ideal for e-sports with less blurring and afterimages.




I tried benchmarking using '

Geekbench 5 '.



First, the results of the CPU benchmark are as follows. The installed CPU is

Intel Core i7-10750H , and the base operating frequency is 2.60GHz.
Single core Multi-core
Overall score 1261 4531
Encryption process 1646 5126
Integer operation 1185 4335
Floating point arithmetic 1361 4856


The details of the multi-core score are like this.



'

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU ' was benchmarked with three APIs. The OpenCL score is 87786.



Vulkan 's score is 56158.



The

CUDA score is 93633.



Benchmarking was also performed in '

PerformanceTest '.



The overall score is 4022.



It is a relatively high score for a notebook PC.



The CPU score is 9977.



This is the result of the CPU's position.



The 2D graphics score is 422.



It feels like a medium performance.



The 3D graphic score is 12822.



This showed an overwhelming performance difference. The demo video during the benchmark was exactly the impression that it 'moves slimy'.



The memory score is 3343.



This is also a high score.



The disc score is 13249.



This is a little inferior to Samsung's SSD-equipped PC.



We also conducted a load test with '

PassMark BurnInTest '.



In the test, it is meaningless if the PC is set to a balance that suppresses heat generation, so set it to emphasize performance with the system management software '

Dragon Center '. At the first startup, you need to agree to the terms of use, so scroll to the bottom and click 'Next'.



Similarly, scroll to the bottom, check 'I read and agree to the MSI Terms of Service and Privacy Policy' and click 'OK'.



Click 'Skip'.



The monitor screen was displayed, and the current CPU usage rate, GPU usage rate, etc. were displayed. Click 'Scenario' in the upper right.



There are 5 types, 'Extreme Performance', 'Balanced', 'Silent', 'Super Battery', and 'User', so select 'Extreme Performance'. increase.



And a load test is carried out. On the way, although there was a scene where the CPU rose to nearly 80 degrees, the temperature was stable at about 60 degrees.



I completed the race without any errors.



The heat distribution of the main body looks like this.



The upper part of the keyboard, where there are no keys, is a little over 38 degrees.



The center of the keyboard is a little over 36 degrees. When I'm playing a game and I keep my hands on it, it makes me feel sick, but it doesn't mean I can't put my hands on it because it's hot.



The heat exhaust port on the left side of the main body is about 44 degrees.



The back of the main body is less than 50 degrees.



The AC adapter was about 40 degrees.



By the way, the bottom side looks like this. The waste heat to the rear is still close to 50 degrees, but you can see that it is cooling well overall.



I only recommended it as 'the first gaming PC' by MSI, and I played various PC games, but I did not feel dissatisfied with the performance, and I enjoyed playing stably.

Also, basically, I played the game with the 'Extreme Performance' setting, but there was almost no timing when I was worried about the fan noise, probably because the CPU / GPU was not so loaded. In the following movie, the first half is the state where the PC game is played normally, and the second half is the state where the PC game is played so that the fan sound becomes louder and the play is recorded + α and the load is applied. The sound is loud because it is shot in an environment without the BGM of the game or the air conditioner sound, but when actually playing the game with the sound from the speaker, the sound is not so noticeable.

Fan sound of MSI gaming notebook PC 'GF65-10UE-258JP' --YouTube


The unfortunate point is that while the entire touchpad can be clicked, only the lower part actually functions as a left click / right click, so 'it does not respond to a click sound'. There was a case where it became.

The other is that the top plate and palm rest are made of black aluminum alloy with hairline processing, so sebum stains are easily noticeable.

However, even though it has such performance, the price will be less than 200,000 yen, so 'I do not care because I use an external mouse that much' 'I do not mind showing it to anyone anyway' If it is divisible by, there is no doubt that it is a stable machine.

MSI's gaming notebook PC 'GF65 Thin' series equipped with GeForce RTX 3060, 'GF65-10UE-258JP' which adopted the 10th generation Core i7 processor, the selling price on Amazon.co.jp is 179,800 yen .. At the time of article publication, it is temporarily out of stock and the arrival time is undecided.

Amazon | [NVIDIA latest RTX3060 installed, thin and lightweight] MSI gaming notebook PC GF65 1.86Kg i7 RTX3060 / 15.6FHD / 144Hz / 16GB / 512GB / GF65-10UE-258JP [Windows 11 free upgrade support] | MSI | Laptop mail order



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