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MSI CX72 Series

MSI CX72 6QD-080XESProcessor: Intel Core i7 6700HQ, Intel Kaby Lake i5-7200U, Intel Kaby Lake i7-7500U
Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics 620, NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
Display: 0.00 inch, 17.30 inch
Weight: 2.8kg
Price: 799 euro
Average Score: 77.4% - good
Average of 1 scores (from 5 reviews)
performance: 71%, features: 55%, display: 74%, mobility: 69%, workmanship: 75%, ergonomy: 78%, emissions: 93%

 

MSI CX72 6QD

Specifications

Notebook: MSI CX72 6QD
Processor: Intel Core i7 6700HQ
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 940MX 2048 MB
Display: 17.30 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 0kg
Links: MSI homepage
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Reviews

Nvidia GeForce 940MX DDR3 Review - inside the MSI CX72 | Notebookcheck
We had the chance to test the new GeForce 940MX inside a pre-sample of the MSI CX72 notebook. We use the following article to compare it with the old GeForce 940M, show numerous benchmarks and check what games can be smoothly played with the DDR3 version of the 940MX.

 

MSI CX72-7QL

Specifications

Notebook: MSI CX72-7QL
Processor: Intel Kaby Lake i7-7500U
Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics 620
Display: 0.00 inch, , x pixels
Weight: 0kg
Links: MSI homepage
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Reviews

Kaby Lake (Core i7-7500U) Review: Skylake on Steroids | Notebookcheck
Surprisingly powerful. Not a new architecture and not a new process – but Intel's gently optimized Kaby Lake generation still manages a significant frequency and performance jump. We tested the new Core i7-7500U. Update 09/12/2016: New benchmarks of the Core i5-7200U.

 

MSI CX72-7QLi581

Specifications

MSI CX72-7QLi581Notebook: MSI CX72-7QLi581
Processor: Intel Kaby Lake i5-7200U
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 940MX 2048 MB
Display: 17.30 inch, 16:9, 1600 x 900 pixels
Weight: 2.8kg
Price: 799 euro
Links: MSI homepage
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Reviews

77.4% MSI CX72-7QLi581 Notebook Review | Notebookcheck
All-rounder. The CX72 is a 17.3-inch notebook destined to sit on the home-office table. The laptop has low heat and noise emissions and a powerful Kaby Lake processor, but the display is lacking. We will find out more about this model in our detailed review.

 

MSI CX72 6QD-080XES

Specifications

MSI CX72 6QD-080XESNotebook: MSI CX72 6QD-080XES
Processor: Intel Core i7 6700HQ
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
Display: 17.30 inch, 16:9, 1600 x 900 pixels
Weight: 2.8kg
Links: MSI homepage
 MSI notebook section

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Foreign Reviews

[Análisis] MSI CX72 6QD-080X, un portátil gaming de 17.3'' a precio de regalo
Source: Mi Mundo Gadget Spanish ES→EN Archive.org version
Positive: Good price; large screen; nice display; good hardware; nice connectivity.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 08/19/2017
MSI CX72 6QD-080XES. Portátil 17,3" potente económico (670 €)
Source: Ofertaman Spanish ES→EN Archive.org version
Positive: Large screen; powerful hardware; good price.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 07/19/2017

 

Comment

MSI: Micro-Star International (MSI) was founded in 1986 in Taiwan. MSI is especially known as a manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards for PCs, but also offers computer accessories, complete systems, motherboards, graphics cards, laptops, desktop PCs, monitors and other components. However, the Microstar brand name in Germany belongs to the Medion company. MSI is known for its gaming products and has developed a wide range of gaming laptops and desktop PCs. The company is also active in workstations, servers and industrial automation. MSI has offices in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.


Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these cards.

NVIDIA GeForce 940MX: Mid-range laptop graphics card based on the Maxwell architecture. Compared to the older 940M, the MX now also supports GDDR5 graphics memory and maybe slightly faster clock speeds.

Intel HD Graphics 620: Integrated GPU (GT2) found on some Kaby-Lake CPU models (15 W ULV series).

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.


Intel Core i7: The Intel Core i7 for laptops is based on the LG1156 Core i5/i7 CPU for desktops. The base clock speed of the CPUs is relatively low, but because of a huge Turbo mode, the cores can dynamically overclock to up to 3.2 GHz (920XM). Therefore, the CPU can be as fast as high clocked dual-core CPUs (using single threaded applications) but still offer the advantage of 4 cores. Because of the large TDP of 45 W / 55 W, the CPU is only intended for large laptops.  

6700HQ: Skylake-based quad-core processor for notebooks. Offers an integrated HD Graphics 530 GPU and is manufactured in 14 nm.

Intel Kaby Lake:

i7-7500U: Kaby-Lake based SoC with two CPU cores clocked at 2.7 to 3.5 GHz, HyperThreading and manufactured with an improved 14nm process.

i5-7200U: Kaby-Lake based SoC with two CPU cores clocked at 2.5 to 3.1 GHz, HyperThreading and manufactured with an improved 14nm process.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.


» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.


2.8 kg:

With this weight, a laptop is rather heavier than average. Devices in this range shine more with screen size and performance than with mobility.

2.8 kg:


77.4%: This rating is not earth-shattering. This rating must actually be seen as average, since there are about as many devices with worse ratings as better ones. A purchase recommendation can only be seen with a lot of goodwill, unless it is about websites that generally rate strictly.

» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.

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Devices from a different Manufacturer and/or with a different CPU

Asus X756UQ-TY355T
GeForce 940MX, Kaby Lake i5-7200U
Medion Akoya P7645-30022215
GeForce 940MX, Kaby Lake i5-7200U
Acer Aspire F5-771G-31JJ
GeForce 940MX, Kaby Lake i3-7100U

Devices with the same GPU and/or Screen Size

Asus Vivobook 17 A705UQ-BX109T
GeForce 940MX, Kaby Lake Refresh i5-8250U, 2.1 kg

Devices with the same GPU

Dell Inspiron 15 7570-0CH38
GeForce 940MX, Kaby Lake Refresh i5-8250U, 15.60", 2 kg
HP Pavilion 14-bf105ns
GeForce 940MX, Kaby Lake Refresh i5-8250U, 14.00", 1.6 kg
HP Pavilion 15-ck007ns
GeForce 940MX, Kaby Lake Refresh i5-8550U, 15.60", 1.9 kg
Lenovo Ideapad 320-15IKB-80XL03L4SP
GeForce 940MX, Kaby Lake i3-7130U, 15.60", 2.2 kg
Asus VivoBook S15 S510UQ-BQ702T
GeForce 940MX, Kaby Lake Refresh i5-8550U, 15.60", 1.7 kg
HP Pavilion 14-bf108ns
GeForce 940MX, Kaby Lake Refresh i5-8550U, 14.00", 1.5 kg
HP Pavilion 14-bf014ns
GeForce 940MX, Kaby Lake i7-7500U, 14.00", 1.5 kg
HP Pavilion 15-cc504ur
GeForce 940MX, Kaby Lake i5-7200U, 15.60", 1.9 kg
HP Pavilion 15-ck015ns
GeForce 940MX, Kaby Lake Refresh i5-8250U, 15.60", 1.77 kg
Lenovo Ideapad 520-15IKB-80YL00MNSP
GeForce 940MX, Kaby Lake i7-7500U, 15.60", 2.2 kg
Asus VivoBook S15 S510UQ-BQ178T
GeForce 940MX, Kaby Lake i5-7200U, 15.60", 1.7 kg
Lenovo Ideapad 520-15IKB-80YL00MMSP
GeForce 940MX, Kaby Lake i5-7200U, 15.60", 2.2 kg
Lenovo Ideapad 320-15IKBN-80XL02U2SP
GeForce 940MX, Kaby Lake i7-7500U, 15.60", 2.2 kg
Asus A442UQ-FA020T
GeForce 940MX, Kaby Lake i7-7500U, 14.00", 1.8 kg
Acer Aspire E5-576G-36WC
GeForce 940MX, Kaby Lake i3-7130U, 15.60", 2.13 kg
Acer Aspire 5 A515-51G-51LK
GeForce 940MX, Kaby Lake i5-7200U, 15.60", 2.2 kg
Dell Vostro 15 5568-V4F8F
GeForce 940MX, Kaby Lake i7-7500U, 15.60", 1.98 kg
Asus UX410UQ-GV045R
GeForce 940MX, Kaby Lake i7-7500U, 14.00", 1.4 kg
Acer Aspire 5 A515-51G-35NN
GeForce 940MX, Core i3 6006U, 15.60", 2.2 kg
HP Pavilion 15-cc108ng
GeForce 940MX, Kaby Lake Refresh i5-8550U, 15.60", 1.8 kg
Asus X542UQ-DM284
GeForce 940MX, Kaby Lake i5-7200U, 15.60", 2.15 kg
Asus VivoBook X510UQ-BR594T
GeForce 940MX, Kaby Lake Refresh i5-8250U, 15.60", 1.7 kg
HP Pavilion 15-au120tx
GeForce 940MX, Kaby Lake i5-7200U, 15.60", 2 kg
Asus X542UQ
GeForce 940MX, Kaby Lake i3-7100U, 15.60", 2.15 kg
Lenovo IdeaPad 520s-14IKB-80X2002VCK
GeForce 940MX, Kaby Lake i7-7500U, 14.00", 1.7 kg
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Stefan Hinum, 2017-07-29 (Update: 2017-07-29)