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MagyarInexpensive MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH in review: Gamer with RTX 3080 for under €2,000
Back in April we reviewed the predecessor MSI GP66 Leopard 10UG with Comet Lake CPU and praised the redesigned case. Newer GP66 Leopard 11UH is now equipped with a Tiger Lake CPU and the case has also changed. But the best thing is that the powerful gamer can already be purchased for less than 2,000 Euros in configuration with RTX 3080!
The GP66 11UH also comes with a QHD display or RTX 3070 as an alternative; our test model is equipped with a fast Full HD display.
The MSI is apparently one of the cheapest gaming laptops with RTX 3080, so it is not easy to find a proper competition in this price range. That's why we also used for comparison somewhat more expensive (up to +500 Euro) models here: Aorus 15P YD, the ASUS ROG Strix Scar 15, the Schenker XMG Neo 15 as well as the considerably more expensive Alienware m15 R6.
Possible competitors in comparison
Rating | Date | Model | Weight | Height | Size | Resolution | Best Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85.4 % | 12/2021 | MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH-028 i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU | 2.3 kg | 23.4 mm | 15.60" | 1920x1080 | |
| 84.2 % | 04/2021 | MSI GP66 Leopard 10UG i7-10870H, GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU | 2.3 kg | 23.4 mm | 15.60" | 1920x1080 | |
| 86.4 % | 06/2021 | Aorus 15P YD i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU | 2.2 kg | 27 mm | 15.60" | 1920x1080 | |
| 86.3 % | 07/2021 | Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G533QS R9 5900HX, GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU | 2.3 kg | 27.2 mm | 15.60" | 2560x1440 | |
| 87 % | 06/2021 | Schenker XMG Neo 15 Tiger Lake i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU | 2.2 kg | 26 mm | 15.60" | 2560x1440 | |
| 86.1 % | 11/2021 | Alienware m15 R6, i7-11800H RTX 3080 i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU | 2.5 kg | 22.85 mm | 15.60" | 1920x1080 |
Case - MSI's slight manufacturing flaws
The casing itself remains quite similar, but there are some crucial changes in the ports (see below). The display lid and base are made of dark, smooth metal, while the bottom is still made of plastic. At the back, the cooling system extends, increasing the depth of the laptop, similar to the Alienware.
The lid is surprisingly sturdy, as is the base in theory. However, our test sample have some problem: when we press the base to the left of the touchpad, the latter lifts away from the touchpad and large gaps appear - that's probably a reason why the touchpad rattles.
In general, the base only seems to be quite loosely connected to the surface, and the front edge also comes off very quickly, as you can also see in the photo. This should benefit maintenance, but on the other hand it does not really make a good impression in terms of build quality. The build itself looks very sturdy though, so it should be okay on the non-defective unit.
The GP66 is deeper than most of its rivals due to its protruding cooling system. Thus, it is very similar to the Alienware, which is another 5 mm deeper. Fortunately, it is not quite as heavy as the latter, but on par with the rest of the competition. Apart from that, it is one of the thinnest devices in the comparison. Again, only the new Alienware is a bit thinner.
Features - Honestly MSI, no USB-C?
Compared to its predecessor, the GP66 10UG, MSI dropped the MiniDP port in favor of a USB-C port. With the current GP66 11UH, MSI takes a step back and brings back the Mini DisplayPort, which is a welcome move. But the manufacturer also eliminates the USB-C port! Thus, the GP66 Leopard is the only modern laptop without a USB-C port! We do not know why MSI did this, since a USB-C port has become the absolute standard nowadays. So as a side effect, the laptop only has three USB ports. There is also no SD reader.
The remaining few ports are well distributed on the three sides, i.e. left, right and back of the case. MSI really has to be praised here, as there are a lot of space between the various ports, which at least puts things into perspective a bit in view of the meager variety of options. All potentially thick cables (HDMI, DP, LAN, power) are routed to the rear, and there are only USB-A and headset port on the sides - very good.
Communication
MSI replaces the Intel AX201 with a Killer Wi-Fi 6E AX1675 with Bluetooth 5.2 support. This does not make the Wi-Fi much faster. Although it is in the gigabit range, it falls short of the module's potential. Especially the reception curve has a downward slope, but the transmission power is quite constant.
| Networking | |
| iperf3 transmit AX12 | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 15 Tiger Lake | |
| Average Intel Killer Wi-Fi 6E AX1675x (210NGW) (1066 - 1499, n=8) | |
| Aorus 15P YD | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 10UG | |
| Average of class Gaming (450 - 1580, n=70, last 2 years) | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH-028 | |
| Alienware m15 R6, i7-11800H RTX 3080 | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G533QS | |
| iperf3 receive AX12 | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 15 Tiger Lake | |
| Average Intel Killer Wi-Fi 6E AX1675x (210NGW) (1037 - 1469, n=8) | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 10UG | |
| Average of class Gaming (90 - 1700, n=70, last 2 years) | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH-028 | |
| Alienware m15 R6, i7-11800H RTX 3080 | |
| Aorus 15P YD | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G533QS | |
Webcam
A standard HD webcam provides acceptable picture at best in Zoom, Teams and other conferencing apps. The picture looks washed out even in good light, and the color deviations are quite pronounced especially in the red and green color ranges.
Security
A Kensington port is on board, as is TPM. However, there is no fingerprint scanner or other security technology - which is acceptable for a gaming laptop.
Maintenance
The base plate is secured by at least 10 Phillips screws (1 shorter than all the others) and various latches. And although the front edge of our model was already partially detached before, maintenance proved to be more complicated than expected.
The front edge came off well, but the sides and rear edge did not at all. Especially in the area of the headset socket, the base plate was still so tightly latched (not directly at the edge, but inside) that we had to abort the opening attempt despite the lever tool, because of fear of damaging the thin plastic plate. The rear edge did not yield either. Hidden screws should not have been the problem, at least on the side.
The inner construction should be similar to the MSI GP66 Leopard 10UG (see maintenance section), but opening it was also problematic.
Accessories & Warranty
Apart from the power supply, there are no other accessories in the box. Note: MSI ships the GP66 Leopard without an operating system, but various stores should include a Windows license.
MSI offers a 2-year warranty with pick-up and return service.
Input devices - Good keyboard, touchpad rattles
Keyboard
Despite its 15.6-inch size, the Leopard does not have a NumPad. On the other hand, this ensures that all keys are quite large and also well spaced. The lettering is large and easy to read, even if the selected font is a bit unusual, which should explicitly appeal to gamers. The power key is part of the keyboard and located in the upper right corner. It can be triggered unintentionally during text processing due to the close proximity of "insert" and "pos1".
The stroke is quite short, but the feedback is still crisp. The typing noise is very moderate, only the space bar is minimally louder. Overall, typing on the GP66 is fun and fast.
MSI solves one thing very unconventionally: so important "fn" key is not on the left, but on the right and shares its place with the right Ctrl key. On the one hand, this means that you have to think twice and key combinations are sometimes quite awkward because you either can't use both hands for widely separated key combinations or you have to press the second key with the left hand. The key is also very narrow, which is particularly unfavorable since it is usually pressed with the right thumb. At least you can also swap the function of the fn key with the Windows key in the MSI Center.
In this context, there is a cool feature with a weakness: the keyboard has a 3-stage backlight. When the fn key is pressed, the illumination of all other keys is temporarily turned off and only the special functions of the F keys, i.e. the keys with which the fn key can now be combined, light up red. This feature has a disadvantage, however, because if we change the illumination level of the backlight, we do not immediately see the effect of this change, because the special keys that light up red do not change the illumination level, unlike the other keys.
Touchpad
The touchpad measures about 10.5 by 6.5 cm and has internal click buttons. The surface's gliding capabilities are good, but it clearly falters during slow movements or wet fingers. The pad is also rather imprecise in the lower corners.
As mentioned at the beginning, the touchpad of our test model rattles when you tap it lightly with your finger. This is quite annoying and also quite loud when you want to trigger clicks with a finger tap.
The clicking of the integrated keys is quite sluggish, especially double clicks feel unnecessarily strenuous, which you would rather trigger with a finger tap, where the rattling noise comes to light again. Overall, the touchpad, unlike the keyboard, does not cut the best figure.
Display
MSI uses a matte Full HD IPS panel from LG Display with 144 Hz. It is the same panel as in the Schenker XMG Apex 15 NH57E. Its average brightness of about 360 nits is the highest among comparison, and its distribution of 87 percent is decent. Alternatively, the GP66 is also available with a QHD panel (2560 x 1440 pixels).
The black value is too high, which is why the contrast does not produce top rates, but it is still comparable with the competition. Only the Schenker XMG Neo is clearly better here. When looking at the display from the side with a black image, you can clearly see the strong background glow. The black value naturally improves with reduced brightness.
Screen bleeding is hardly significant in our test model, the pixel grid is a bit grainy due to the matte surface. The panel's response times are okay, PWM is not used.
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Brightness Distribution: 87 %
Center on Battery: 390 cd/m²
Contrast: 951:1 (Black: 0.41 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 2.66 | 0.55-29.43 Ø5.1, calibrated: 2.56
ΔE Greyscale 3.63 | 0.57-98 Ø5.4
66% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
95.8% sRGB (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
65.2% Display P3 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
Gamma: 2.57
| MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH-028 LGD0625 (LP156WFG-SPB3), IPS, 1920x1080, 15.60 | MSI GP66 Leopard 10UG Sharp LQ156M1JW03, IPS, 1920x1080, 15.60 | Aorus 15P YD BOE09B9, IPS, 1920x1080, 15.60 | Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G533QS BOE CQ NE156QHM-NY1, IPS, 2560x1440, 15.60 | Schenker XMG Neo 15 Tiger Lake BOE CQ NE156QHM-NY2, IPS, 2560x1440, 15.60 | Alienware m15 R6, i7-11800H RTX 3080 AU Optronics AUO9092 (B156HAN), IPS, 1920x1080, 15.60 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Display | 5% | 7% | 28% | 4% | 11% | |
| Display P3 Coverage | 65.2 | 68.3 5% | 70.2 8% | 97.6 50% | 68.6 5% | 74.1 14% |
| sRGB Coverage | 95.8 | 99.2 4% | 98.5 3% | 99.9 4% | 98.6 3% | 99.5 4% |
| AdobeRGB 1998 Coverage | 66 | 70.4 7% | 72.4 10% | 85.3 29% | 69.3 5% | 75.7 15% |
| Response Times | 7% | 6% | -8% | -13% | 64% | |
| Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80% * | 14 ? | 13.6 ? 3% | 14 ? -0% | 14 ? -0% | 16 ? -14% | 2.8 80% |
| Response Time Black / White * | 10.8 ? | 9.6 ? 11% | 9.6 ? 11% | 12.4 ? -15% | 12 ? -11% | 5.6 48% |
| PWM Frequency | 23580 ? | |||||
| Screen | -15% | -7% | -3% | -4% | -1% | |
| Brightness middle | 390 | 225.9 -42% | 337 -14% | 304.3 -22% | 324 -17% | 359 -8% |
| Brightness | 362 | 211 -42% | 316 -13% | 286 -21% | 307 -15% | 344 -5% |
| Brightness Distribution | 87 | 83 -5% | 85 -2% | 76 -13% | 91 5% | 85 -2% |
| Black Level * | 0.41 | 0.23 44% | 0.31 24% | 0.33 20% | 0.27 34% | 0.35 15% |
| Contrast | 951 | 982 3% | 1087 14% | 922 -3% | 1200 26% | 1026 8% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 * | 2.66 | 3.98 -50% | 3.87 -45% | 2.76 -4% | 3.36 -26% | 3.3 -24% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 max. * | 7.14 | 8.95 -25% | 8.09 -13% | 5.57 22% | 9.87 -38% | 4.84 32% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 calibrated * | 2.56 | 1.15 55% | 1.15 55% | 2.38 7% | 1.23 52% | 3.28 -28% |
| Greyscale dE 2000 * | 3.63 | 6.4 -76% | 6.1 -68% | 4 -10% | 5.8 -60% | 3.66 -1% |
| Gamma | 2.57 86% | 2.25 98% | 2.132 103% | 2.14 103% | 2.311 95% | 2.43 91% |
| CCT | 6894 94% | 6991 93% | 6891 94% | 6844 95% | 7087 92% | 5896 110% |
| Color Space (Percent of AdobeRGB 1998) | 64.5 | 72 | 69 | |||
| Color Space (Percent of sRGB) | 99.3 | 94 | 93 | |||
| Total Average (Program / Settings) | -1% /
-8% | 2% /
-2% | 6% /
3% | -4% /
-4% | 25% /
11% |
* ... smaller is better
The competition is only slightly better in terms of color space coverage. Only the Asus ROG is clearly ahead here, since it also covers AdobeRGB almost completely, whereas our MSI only covers 66% of it. Therefore, the Asus is preferable for image editing.
The display is configured well ex-works, and a manual calibration does not improve it much.
Display Response Times
| ↔ Response Time Black to White | ||
|---|---|---|
| 10.8 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 6.2 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 4.6 ms fall | ||
| The screen shows good response rates in our tests, but may be too slow for competitive gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.1 (minimum) to 240 (maximum) ms. » 21 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (22.3 ms). | ||
| ↔ Response Time 50% Grey to 80% Grey | ||
| 14 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 7 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 7 ms fall | ||
| The screen shows good response rates in our tests, but may be too slow for competitive gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.25 (minimum) to 636 (maximum) ms. » 19 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (35.1 ms). | ||
Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)
| Screen flickering / PWM not detected |  | ||
In comparison: 53 % of all tested devices do not use PWM to dim the display. If PWM was detected, an average of 19035 (minimum: 5 - maximum: 3846000) Hz was measured. | |||
Due to the good brightness and the matte surface, visibility outdoors is good - at least in the shade and with direct top view. Direct sunlight as well as oblique viewing angles should be avoided.
When viewing from extreme angles, some brightness is lost in particular, but only very little as is typical for IPS, and the content can still be recognized well.
Performance - Only the CPU benefits from the MSI Center
MSI's Leopard is a gaming laptop, which is indicated by the RTX 3080. Theoretically, the laptop should be able to render all current games smoothly in the native resolution and also have enough reserves for 4K resolutions.
Test conditions
We performed all benchmarks when the MSI Center was not yet installed. After all, the GP66 is only officially shipped with FreeDOS and not with a Windows license. The Windows performance slider of our test unit was always set to "Best Performance" for the performance benchmarks.
The MSI Center, on the other hand, uses other performance modes, which are hidden under "User Scenario". We will go into the differences to the Windows mode in the performance sections. In the MSI settings, you can also choose between hybrid graphics mode or discrete GPU only.
Processor
Like many of the current Intel gaming laptops, the MSI Leopard is equipped with an Intel Core i7-11800H processor. It has eight cores, which clock from 2.3 to 4.6 GHz individually. A maximum clock of 4.2 GHz is possible when all cores under load.
In our Cinebench loop performance only decreases minimally and overall, the GP 66 11UH is about 25% faster than its predecessor. Via HWinfo, we can see that the CPU allows itself 80 W at the beginning, but the following runs rather start at 75 W and finish with 53 W. Nevertheless, the results just surpass those of the Aorus with the same CPU.
The "Extreme Performance" mode benefits the CPU power in particular. Instead of 75 W before, the CPU is even can allow itself 90 W for a short time, which quickly goes back to 74 W instead of 53 W within one run. However, even in Extreme mode, the GP66 does not quite reach the performance of the unbridled XMG Neo or the Asus ROG with an AMD CPU.
The performance drops significantly on battery power: from formerly around 2,000 points, only 1,178 points remain.
Cinebench R15 Multi endurance test
Cinebench R23: Multi Core | Single Core
Cinebench R20: CPU (Multi Core) | CPU (Single Core)
Cinebench R15: CPU Multi 64Bit | CPU Single 64Bit
Blender: v2.79 BMW27 CPU
7-Zip 18.03: 7z b 4 | 7z b 4 -mmt1
Geekbench 5.4: Multi-Core | Single-Core
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2: 4k Preset
LibreOffice : 20 Documents To PDF
R Benchmark 2.5: Overall mean
| Cinebench R23 / Multi Core | |
| Average of class Gaming (2435 - 34521, n=237, last 2 years) | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 15 Tiger Lake | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G533QS | |
| Alienware m15 R6, i7-11800H RTX 3080 | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH-028 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (6508 - 14088, n=47) | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 10UG | |
| Cinebench R23 / Single Core | |
| Average of class Gaming (527 - 2169, n=235, last 2 years) | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH-028 | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 15 Tiger Lake | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (1386 - 1522, n=44) | |
| Alienware m15 R6, i7-11800H RTX 3080 | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G533QS | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 10UG | |
| Cinebench R20 / CPU (Multi Core) | |
| Average of class Gaming (930 - 13769, n=238, last 2 years) | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 15 Tiger Lake | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G533QS | |
| Aorus 15P YD | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH-028 | |
| Alienware m15 R6, i7-11800H RTX 3080 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (2498 - 5408, n=49) | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 10UG | |
| Cinebench R20 / CPU (Single Core) | |
| Average of class Gaming (169 - 825, n=238, last 2 years) | |
| Aorus 15P YD | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH-028 | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 15 Tiger Lake | |
| Alienware m15 R6, i7-11800H RTX 3080 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (520 - 586, n=46) | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G533QS | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 10UG | |
| Cinebench R15 / CPU Multi 64Bit | |
| Average of class Gaming (400 - 5663, n=241, last 2 years) | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G533QS | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 15 Tiger Lake | |
| Alienware m15 R6, i7-11800H RTX 3080 | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH-028 | |
| Aorus 15P YD | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (1342 - 2173, n=49) | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 10UG | |
| Cinebench R15 / CPU Single 64Bit | |
| Average of class Gaming (79.2 - 312, n=242, last 2 years) | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G533QS | |
| Aorus 15P YD | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 15 Tiger Lake | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH-028 | |
| Alienware m15 R6, i7-11800H RTX 3080 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (201 - 231, n=45) | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 10UG | |
| Blender / v2.79 BMW27 CPU | |
| Aorus 15P YD | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 10UG | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (217 - 454, n=45) | |
| Alienware m15 R6, i7-11800H RTX 3080 | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH-028 | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G533QS | |
| Average of class Gaming (91 - 1259, n=239, last 2 years) | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 15 Tiger Lake | |
| 7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 | |
| Average of class Gaming (11386 - 140932, n=235, last 2 years) | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G533QS | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 15 Tiger Lake | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH-028 | |
| Alienware m15 R6, i7-11800H RTX 3080 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (33718 - 56758, n=45) | |
| Aorus 15P YD | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 10UG | |
| 7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 -mmt1 | |
| Average of class Gaming (2685 - 7581, n=236, last 2 years) | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 15 Tiger Lake | |
| Aorus 15P YD | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH-028 | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G533QS | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (5138 - 5716, n=45) | |
| Alienware m15 R6, i7-11800H RTX 3080 | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 10UG | |
| Geekbench 5.4 / Multi-Core | |
| Average of class Gaming (1946 - 22200, n=234, last 2 years) | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 15 Tiger Lake | |
| Alienware m15 R6, i7-11800H RTX 3080 | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH-028 | |
| Aorus 15P YD | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (4655 - 9851, n=39) | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 10UG | |
| Geekbench 5.4 / Single-Core | |
| Average of class Gaming (158 - 2139, n=234, last 2 years) | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 15 Tiger Lake | |
| Aorus 15P YD | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH-028 | |
| Alienware m15 R6, i7-11800H RTX 3080 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (1429 - 1625, n=39) | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 10UG | |
| HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 / 4k Preset | |
| Average of class Gaming (3 - 37.6, n=239, last 2 years) | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 15 Tiger Lake | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G533QS | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH-028 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (7.38 - 17.4, n=45) | |
| Alienware m15 R6, i7-11800H RTX 3080 | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 10UG | |
| Aorus 15P YD | |
| LibreOffice / 20 Documents To PDF | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G533QS | |
| Average of class Gaming (32.8 - 332, n=235, last 2 years) | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 10UG | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH-028 | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 15 Tiger Lake | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (38.6 - 59.9, n=44) | |
| Alienware m15 R6, i7-11800H RTX 3080 | |
| Aorus 15P YD | |
| R Benchmark 2.5 / Overall mean | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 10UG | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH-028 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (0.548 - 0.615, n=45) | |
| Aorus 15P YD | |
| Alienware m15 R6, i7-11800H RTX 3080 | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 15 Tiger Lake | |
| Average of class Gaming (0.375 - 4.47, n=235, last 2 years) | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G533QS | |
* ... smaller is better
AIDA64: FP32 Ray-Trace | FPU Julia | CPU SHA3 | CPU Queen | FPU SinJulia | FPU Mandel | CPU AES | CPU ZLib | FP64 Ray-Trace | CPU PhotoWorxx
| Performance Rating | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G533QS | |
| Average of class Gaming | |
| Alienware m15 R6, i7-11800H RTX 3080 | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH-028 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 10UG | |
| AIDA64 / FP32 Ray-Trace | |
| Alienware m15 R6, i7-11800H RTX 3080 | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G533QS | |
| Average of class Gaming (2585 - 55084, n=213, last 2 years) | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH-028 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (8772 - 15961, n=19) | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 10UG | |
| AIDA64 / FPU Julia | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G533QS | |
| Average of class Gaming (12439 - 234848, n=213, last 2 years) | |
| Alienware m15 R6, i7-11800H RTX 3080 | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH-028 | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 10UG | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (39404 - 65636, n=19) | |
| AIDA64 / CPU SHA3 | |
| Alienware m15 R6, i7-11800H RTX 3080 | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH-028 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (2599 - 4439, n=19) | |
| Average of class Gaming (629 - 9930, n=213, last 2 years) | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G533QS | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 10UG | |
| AIDA64 / CPU Queen | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G533QS | |
| Average of class Gaming (15371 - 186519, n=213, last 2 years) | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH-028 | |
| Alienware m15 R6, i7-11800H RTX 3080 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (86848 - 91941, n=19) | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 10UG | |
| AIDA64 / FPU SinJulia | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G533QS | |
| Average of class Gaming (2137 - 30810, n=213, last 2 years) | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH-028 | |
| Alienware m15 R6, i7-11800H RTX 3080 | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 10UG | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (6420 - 9792, n=19) | |
| AIDA64 / FPU Mandel | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G533QS | |
| Average of class Gaming (7135 - 124377, n=213, last 2 years) | |
| Alienware m15 R6, i7-11800H RTX 3080 | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH-028 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (23365 - 39464, n=19) | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 10UG | |
| AIDA64 / CPU AES | |
| Alienware m15 R6, i7-11800H RTX 3080 | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH-028 | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G533QS | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (74617 - 149388, n=19) | |
| Average of class Gaming (18146 - 236139, n=213, last 2 years) | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 10UG | |
| AIDA64 / CPU ZLib | |
| Average of class Gaming (150.9 - 2231, n=227, last 2 years) | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G533QS | |
| Alienware m15 R6, i7-11800H RTX 3080 | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH-028 | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 10UG | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (461 - 830, n=42) | |
| AIDA64 / FP64 Ray-Trace | |
| Alienware m15 R6, i7-11800H RTX 3080 | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G533QS | |
| Average of class Gaming (1437 - 29473, n=213, last 2 years) | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH-028 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (4545 - 8717, n=20) | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 10UG | |
| AIDA64 / CPU PhotoWorxx | |
| Average of class Gaming (8341 - 52949, n=214, last 2 years) | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G533QS | |
| Alienware m15 R6, i7-11800H RTX 3080 | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH-028 | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 10UG | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (11898 - 26757, n=20) | |
System performance
The Leopard performs roughly on the expected level in PCMark 10. Nevertheless, the rivals are often a tad better, but this is more likely to be due to the measurement accuracy.
| PCMark 10 / Score | |
| Average of class Gaming (4477 - 9331, n=194, last 2 years) | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G533QS | |
| Aorus 15P YD | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 15 Tiger Lake | |
| Alienware m15 R6, i7-11800H RTX 3080 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU (6673 - 7470, n=11) | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH-028 | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 10UG | |
| PCMark 10 / Essentials | |
| Aorus 15P YD | |
| Average of class Gaming (7334 - 12176, n=193, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU (9862 - 11064, n=11) | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 15 Tiger Lake | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G533QS | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH-028 | |
| Alienware m15 R6, i7-11800H RTX 3080 | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 10UG | |
| PCMark 10 / Productivity | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G533QS | |
| Average of class Gaming (6161 - 11833, n=193, last 2 years) | |
| Alienware m15 R6, i7-11800H RTX 3080 | |
| Aorus 15P YD | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU (8278 - 9803, n=11) | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 15 Tiger Lake | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH-028 | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 10UG | |
| PCMark 10 / Digital Content Creation | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 15 Tiger Lake | |
| Alienware m15 R6, i7-11800H RTX 3080 | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH-028 | |
| Average of class Gaming (5288 - 16424, n=193, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU (9881 - 11323, n=11) | |
| Aorus 15P YD | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 10UG | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G533QS | |
| PCMark 10 Score | 7066 points | |
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| AIDA64 / Memory Copy | |
| Average of class Gaming (18074 - 80776, n=213, last 2 years) | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH-028 | |
| Alienware m15 R6, i7-11800H RTX 3080 | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G533QS | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (24508 - 48144, n=20) | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 10UG | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Read | |
| Average of class Gaming (20318 - 89096, n=213, last 2 years) | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH-028 | |
| Alienware m15 R6, i7-11800H RTX 3080 | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G533QS | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (25882 - 50365, n=19) | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 10UG | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Write | |
| Average of class Gaming (15975 - 80441, n=213, last 2 years) | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 10UG | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G533QS | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH-028 | |
| Alienware m15 R6, i7-11800H RTX 3080 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (22240 - 46214, n=19) | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Latency | |
| Alienware m15 R6, i7-11800H RTX 3080 | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH-028 | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G533QS | |
| Average of class Gaming (76.2 - 135.3, n=227, last 2 years) | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 10UG | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (71.9 - 104.1, n=43) | |
| Aorus 15P YD | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 15 Tiger Lake | |
* ... smaller is better
DPC latencies
The GP66 has latency problems with several open browser tabs or our 4K/60 fps YouTube video. The Leopard collected dropped frames every second in the test video, 64 in the end. Among other things, the NT kernel & system driver is to blame. The competition has similarly high latency rates, but manages better with video playback, except for the Alienware.
| DPC Latencies / LatencyMon - interrupt to process latency (max), Web, Youtube, Prime95 | |
| Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G533QS | |
| Alienware m15 R6, i7-11800H RTX 3080 | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH-028 | |
| Aorus 15P YD | |
| Schenker XMG Neo 15 Tiger Lake | |
| MSI GP66 Leopard 10UG | |
* ... smaller is better
Storage
The installed NVMe SSD from Samsung with 1 TB of storage is very fast (SSD/HDD best list) however, its top performance drops by more than half in the endurance test. This should hardly be noticed in everyday use, and the remaining endurance performance is still relatively high.
* ... smaller is better