MSI Titan GT77 HX 13V Review - Ultimate Gaming Laptop with RTX 4090 & Core i9-13950HX

MSI’s Titan GT77 series offers flagship gaming laptops designed for maximum performance. The new 2023 model GT77 HX 13VI continues this concept and uses some of the best mobile components that are available. In addition to the latest Raptor Lake-HX CPUs from Intel, you can also enjoy the brand-new laptop GPUs from Nvidia: GeForce RTX 4080 or GeForce RTX 4090. MSI also equips the new GT77 with a 4K Mini-LED screen with a refresh rate of 144 Hz.
Our review unit is a pre-production unit with the Core i9-13950HX, GeForce RTX 4090, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB SSD storage, and the 4K Mini-LED screen. Retail configurations (GT77 HX 13VI) with the same specs will ship with the Core i9-13980HX (slightly higher clocks, but no vPro support in return) for an RRP of 6599 Euros in Germany ($5299); the SKU with the RTX 4080 and 2 TB SSD storage retails for 5499 Euros (GT77 HX 13VH, $4299).
Update 03/02/2023: We had the chance to take another look at the retail unit of the GT77 with the Core i9-13980HX. The results are available in the CPU section and we also took another look at the SSD performance. Our stress test does not show any differences to the pre-production unit and the cooling performance is still 225W under combined CPU/GPU workloads. The bug of the non-working brightness control in the dGPU mode was fixed by a software update. All in all, the existing results and the rating did not change.
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Possible Competitors
Rating | Date | Model | Weight | Height | Size | Resolution | Price |
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89 % v7 (old) | 02 / 2023 | MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU | 3.5 kg | 23 mm | 17.30" | 3840x2160 | |
91.2 % v7 (old) | 02 / 2023 | Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU | 2.4 kg | 21.99 mm | 16.00" | 2560x1600 | |
86.9 % v7 (old) | 11 / 2022 | Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W i9-12950HX, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU | 2.9 kg | 28.3 mm | 17.30" | 2560x1440 | |
88.3 % v7 (old) | 08 / 2022 | MSI Titan GT77 12UHS i9-12900HX, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU | 3.3 kg | 23 mm | 17.30" | 1920x1080 | |
89.2 % v7 (old) | 05 / 2022 | Alienware x17 R2 P48E i9-12900HK, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU | 3.1 kg | 20.9 mm | 17.30" | 1920x1080 | |
87.6 % v7 (old) | 08 / 2022 | SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 R9 6900HX, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU | 2.8 kg | 27 mm | 17.00" | 2560x1600 |
Case - Titan with limited illumination
MSI introduced a new chassis design for last year’s Titan GT77, so there are no visual changes for the new model. The black chassis is very restrained for a high-end gamer and the RGB illumination is also limited to the logo on the lid as well as the fan exhausts at the rear. It comes down to personal preferences, but you can at least also use the laptop in professional environments when you turn the illumination off. You will quickly see fingerprints on the smooth surfaces, which require regular cleaning. MSI still uses a 16:9 aspect ratio screen for the 2023 model.
The quality of the chassis is decent, even though it is almost entirely made of plastic. Especially the rough material at the bottom does not really meet the expectations of the high price and could also be uses on a laptop for 500 Euros. The overall build quality is decent though; the base unit is very sturdy and there are only minor creaking sounds. The lid on the other hand is more flexible, but we could not provoke picture distortions. We would have preferred slightly stiffer display hinges and the lid wobbles a bit when you adjust the opening angle (up to ~135 degrees).
The GT77 is still a comparatively slim machine at 2.3 cm, especially considering the powerful hardware. However, due to large cooling unit at the rear, the notebook is very deep and has a much larger footprint than its rivals. It is also very heavy at almost 3.5 kg and you have to add another 1.4 kg for the bulky 330W power adapter.
Connectivity - Thunderbolt and card reader
Nothing changed in terms of ports and you still get all important standards. All the ports are located at the two sides since the rear area is exclusively used for cooling. You can also charge the battery at the rear USB-C port, but it requires a 100W power adapter (65W modules did not work).
SD Card Reader
The SD-card reader can accommodate full-size memory cards and manages average transfer rates of more than 80 MB/s with our reference card (AV Pro V60).
SD Card Reader | |
average JPG Copy Test (av. of 3 runs) | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E (AV Pro V60) | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 (AV PRO microSD 128 GB V60) | |
Average of class Gaming (19 - 202, n=82, last 2 years) | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI (Angelibird AV Pro V60) | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS (AV PRO microSD 128 GB V60) | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 (AV PRO microSD 128 GB V60) | |
maximum AS SSD Seq Read Test (1GB) | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E (AV Pro V60) | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 (AV PRO microSD 128 GB V60) | |
Average of class Gaming (25.8 - 269, n=82, last 2 years) | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS (AV PRO microSD 128 GB V60) | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI (Angelibird AV Pro V60) |
Communication
MSI equips the new Titan GT77 with the Wi-Fi module Killer AX1690i, which supports the current Wi-Fi 6E standard as well as Bluetooth 5.3. Our U.S. sample did not connect to the 6 GHz of our reference router from Asus, but the signal quality was also very good when we used the 5 GHz network (Wi-Fi 6). You can also use the 2.5 Gbps Ethernet port.
Webcam
The webcam is equipped with a mechanical shutter, but that’s pretty much all the positive aspects. MSI still uses the bad 720p webcam, which does not take good pictures even in good lighting conditions. You can expect more in 2023, especially considering the price.

Maintenance
The whole bottom cover is secured by standard Philips screws and can be removed, but the cover is very tightly attached and the process is not easy. In addition to four SO-DIMM slots you can also use three M.2 slots for upgrades. It is also possible to replace the Wi-Fi module and clean the fans. MSI changed the cooling layout and uses more heat pipes compared to the previous model, which means the fourth M.2 slot had to be removed.
Input Devices - MSI with great mechanical keyboard
We already liked the mechanical keyboard in the previous model and that has not changed. The typing noise is a bit higher compared to conventional rubber dome keyboards, but the Cherry unit is noticeable quieter than the mechanical keyboard you can get for the XMG Neo 17, for example. The arrow keys and the dedicated numpad (which is a bit narrower) uses conventional switches. It is possible to adjust the lighting for every key individually, but you can also choose one inconspicuous color for all keys. The fingerprint scanner is implemented into the palm rest right underneath the arrow keys.
The large clickpad worked well during our review and standard cursor operations are no problem, but the clicking noise is a bit loud. However, most gamers will use an external mouse or gamepad anyway.
Display - 4K Mini-LED with 144 Hz
MSI does not only use the latest CPU and GPU models, but also offers a brand-new Mini-LED panel with the 4K resolution (16:9, 3840 x 2160 pixels) and a refresh rate of 144 Hz. It is also possible to get a QHD IPS screen with 240 Hz. The subjective picture quality of the matte Mini-LED panel from AU Optronics (B173ZAN06.C) is impressive with razor-sharp contents and rich colors. Black images are actually black and there is no backlight bleeding on Mini-LED screens. MSI advertises more than 1000 dimming zones, but you can still notice blooming. Bright objects on dark backgrounds create bright clouds since the whole dimming zone is illuminated. However, you will only really notice it when logos appear, but we did not notice it during gaming or daily stuff. We measure an average brightness of 600 nits and a very high contrast ratio thanks to the low black value.
The panel supports HDR 1000 and we can confirm a maximum brightness of more than 1000 nits on a completely white image, but the panel does not reach higher values while the Mini-LED panel of the Apple MacBook Pro 16 can reach up to 1600 nits for small parts of the display. The HDR implementation in Windows is still a catastrophe compared to macOS. HDR has to be activated manually, you cannot use any color profiles anymore and you cannot use HDR on battery. We would not be surprised if many users do not use HDR at all considering these problems, which is a shame. The quality of HDR videos is comparable to the MacBook Pro 16 despite the matte surface, and we tested it side by side.
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Brightness Distribution: 93 %
Center on Battery: 402 cd/m²
Contrast: 6060000:1 (Black: 0.0001 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 4.8 | 0.5-29.43 Ø4.9, calibrated: 1.8
ΔE Greyscale 6.5 | 0.5-98 Ø5.2
92.4% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
99.9% sRGB (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
94.9% Display P3 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
Gamma: 2.63
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI B173ZAN06.C, Mini-LED, 3840x2160, 17.3" | Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 CSOT T3 MNG007DA4-1, IPS, 2560x1600, 16" | Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W NE173QHM-NZ2, IPS, 2560x1440, 17.3" | MSI Titan GT77 12UHS Sharp SHP1544 LQ173M1JW08, IPS-Level, 1920x1080, 17.3" | Alienware x17 R2 P48E AU Optronics B173HAN, IPS, 1920x1080, 17.3" | SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 BOE0A99, IPS, 2560x1600, 17" | |
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Display | 0% | -2% | -16% | -10% | -17% | |
Display P3 Coverage | 94.9 | 98.5 4% | 97.1 2% | 70.8 -25% | 79.2 -17% | 69 -27% |
sRGB Coverage | 99.9 | 100 0% | 99.9 0% | 98.9 -1% | 99.8 0% | 99.8 0% |
AdobeRGB 1998 Coverage | 92.4 | 89.7 -3% | 84.8 -8% | 73 -21% | 79.6 -14% | 69.6 -25% |
Response Times | 69% | 74% | 86% | 67% | 75% | |
Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80% * | 38.4 ? | 6.6 ? 83% | 5.7 ? 85% | 3.03 ? 92% | 12.4 ? 68% | 10.8 ? 72% |
Response Time Black / White * | 26.6 ? | 12 ? 55% | 10.1 ? 62% | 5.28 ? 80% | 9.2 ? 65% | 6.1 ? 77% |
PWM Frequency | 2380 ? | |||||
Screen | -38877% | -37485% | -44442% | -32218% | -47756% | |
Brightness middle | 606 | 456.8 -25% | 320 -47% | 280 -54% | 365.4 -40% | 415 -32% |
Brightness | 602 | 437 -27% | 303 -50% | 275 -54% | 344 -43% | 399 -34% |
Brightness Distribution | 93 | 83 -11% | 87 -6% | 79 -15% | 85 -9% | 90 -3% |
Black Level * | 0.0001 | 0.35 -349900% | 0.3 -299900% | 0.4 -399900% | 0.29 -289900% | 0.43 -429900% |
Contrast | 6060000 | 1305 -100% | 1067 -100% | 700 -100% | 1260 -100% | 965 -100% |
Colorchecker dE 2000 * | 4.8 | 3.7 23% | 1.1 77% | 2.1 56% | 3.17 34% | 1.44 70% |
Colorchecker dE 2000 max. * | 8.2 | 6.42 22% | 2.7 67% | 5.83 29% | 7.69 6% | 2.33 72% |
Colorchecker dE 2000 calibrated * | 1.8 | 0.66 63% | 1.58 12% | 0.51 72% | 0.89 51% | |
Greyscale dE 2000 * | 6.5 | 2.6 60% | 1.1 83% | 3.3 49% | 5.3 18% | 1.8 72% |
Gamma | 2.63 84% | 2.3 96% | 2.13 103% | 2.13 103% | 2.18 101% | 2.132 103% |
CCT | 6596 99% | 6108 106% | 6599 98% | 7060 92% | 5879 111% | 6327 103% |
Total Average (Program / Settings) | -12936% /
-24983% | -12471% /
-23057% | -14791% /
-28561% | -10720% /
-20704% | -15899% /
-30693% |
* ... smaller is better
MSI ships the Titan GT77 with the True Color software, which offers different presets for color spaces and scenarios (like Gamer, Office, Movie) and you can even use the software to calibrate the screen. We used the professional CalMAN software in combination with the X-Rite i1 Pro 2 spectrophotometer and the profile Display P3 since the panel is supposed to cover the full P3 gamut.
The deviations compared to the P3 reference gamut are very high out of the box, both for the grayscale as well as the colors. Our own calibration (the corresponding profile is available for free in the display box above) improves the color performance noticeably, but also lowers the maximum brightness by around 50 nits. We would still recommend the calibrated profile and it is possible to edit pictures/videos, even though our measurements show that the P3 color space is only covered by 95 %.
Display Response Times
↔ Response Time Black to White | ||
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26.6 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 9.2 ms rise | |
↘ 17.4 ms fall | ||
The screen shows relatively slow response rates in our tests and may be too slow for gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.1 (minimum) to 240 (maximum) ms. » 64 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is worse than the average of all tested devices (20.9 ms). | ||
↔ Response Time 50% Grey to 80% Grey | ||
38.4 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 13.6 ms rise | |
↘ 24.8 ms fall | ||
The screen shows slow response rates in our tests and will be unsatisfactory for gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.165 (minimum) to 636 (maximum) ms. » 54 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is worse than the average of all tested devices (32.7 ms). |
Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)
Screen flickering / PWM detected | 2380 Hz | ≤ 100 % brightness setting | |
The display backlight flickers at 2380 Hz (worst case, e.g., utilizing PWM) Flickering detected at a brightness setting of 100 % and below. There should be no flickering or PWM above this brightness setting. The frequency of 2380 Hz is quite high, so most users sensitive to PWM should not notice any flickering. In comparison: 53 % of all tested devices do not use PWM to dim the display. If PWM was detected, an average of 8627 (minimum: 5 - maximum: 343500) Hz was measured. |
We detect PWM at all brightness levels (even maximum HDR brightness) with a frequency of 2.38 kHz, which makes it really tricky to determine the response times. We determined the values manually and the response times appear rather slow, but you do not notice that in practice where the 144 Hz refresh rate helps.
The matte panel and the high brightness should be great outdoors, but MSI limits the outdoor capabilities of the GT77. HDR is not possible on battery power and the maximum SDR brightness is also lowered from ~600 to ~400 nits as soon as you detach the power adapter. There are no limitations in terms of viewing angle stability.
Performance - Core i9 HX & RTX 4090
Our review unit is equipped with the Core i9-13950HX, one of the fastest mobile CPUs from Intel. The retail version will be equipped with the Core i9-13980HX, but it only offers a 100 MHz higher maximum clock for the P-cores in favor of vPro support. The latter is not important when you play games, but might be interesting when you plan to use the Titan as a mobile workstation. MSI still uses DDR5-4800 instead of the faster DDR5-5600 and you can either select the new GeForce RTX 4080 or the RTX 4090 for laptops.
Review Settings
The preloaded MSI Center software offers different performance settings with an AI Mode and four additional presets (Extreme Performance, Balanced, Silent, Super Battery). You can also select the graphics mode (hybrid, only dGPU, only iGPU) thanks to a MUX, but there is no supports for Advanced Optimus, which means changes require a restart.
We used the Extreme Performance preset with the discrete GPU mode (iGPU deactivated) for our benchmarks, but we used the iGPU for battery tests. We did not experience any serious issues with the MSI software, but there was one bug with the discrete graphics mode where we could not lower the display brightness. We expect this issue will be fixed on retail units.
Processor - Core i9-13950HX
Contrary to the slower Raptor Lake mobile processors, Intel changed the core configuration for the high-end HX-series chips compared to the old Alder Lake CPUs. The clocks are higher, but there is now also twice the number of efficiency cores (from 8 to 16), which means the CPU can execute up to 32 threads simultaneously (16 E-cores + 8 P-cores with hyper threading).
The performance of the new Core i9-13950HX in the MSI Titan GT77 is excellent thanks to generous power limits. The performance fluctuates a bit, but we can observe a consumption of more than 200W at the start of benchmarks before the chip will settle at around 150W. The performance jump over the old Titan GT77 with the Core i9-12900HX is 22 % across all CPU benchmarks and the Core i9-13950HX in the new Razer Blade 16 is also beaten by 14 %.
As expected, we see the biggest improvements in the multi-core tests, where you just notice the higher number of cores. For example: The new GT77 is 45 % faster than the old GT77 with the Core i9-12900HX in Cinebench R23 Multi. The advantage over other Raptor Lake HX processors also shows that this is a very fast implementation. The new model is also faster in single-core tests, but the advantage is much lower at 6-10 %.
The CPU performance is locked at 25W on battery power, even in the fastest performance mode, which results in a performance deficit of more than 70 % in multi-core scenarios. Additional CPU benchmarks are listed in our tech section.
Cinebench R15 Multi Dauertest
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 5.5: Multi-Core | Single-Core
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2: 4k Preset
LibreOffice : 20 Documents To PDF
R Benchmark 2.5: Overall mean
CPU Performance Rating | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
Average Intel Core i9-13950HX | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS | |
Average of class Gaming | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 |
Cinebench R23 / Multi Core | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
Average Intel Core i9-13950HX (24560 - 33277, n=7) | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS | |
Average of class Gaming (5668 - 36249, n=175, last 2 years) | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 |
Cinebench R23 / Single Core | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
Average Intel Core i9-13950HX (1952 - 2113, n=7) | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W | |
Average of class Gaming (1136 - 2235, n=175, last 2 years) | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 |
Cinebench R20 / CPU (Multi Core) | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
Average Intel Core i9-13950HX (8697 - 12648, n=7) | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS | |
Average of class Gaming (2179 - 13832, n=175, last 2 years) | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 |
Cinebench R20 / CPU (Single Core) | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
Average Intel Core i9-13950HX (742 - 816, n=7) | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
Average of class Gaming (439 - 856, n=175, last 2 years) | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 |
Cinebench R15 / CPU Multi 64Bit | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
Average Intel Core i9-13950HX (3625 - 5227, n=7) | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS | |
Average of class Gaming (905 - 5663, n=181, last 2 years) | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 |
Cinebench R15 / CPU Single 64Bit | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
Average Intel Core i9-13950HX (274 - 303, n=7) | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS | |
Average of class Gaming (191.9 - 318, n=178, last 2 years) | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 |
Blender / v2.79 BMW27 CPU | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
Average of class Gaming (87 - 555, n=170, last 2 years) | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
Average Intel Core i9-13950HX (100 - 137, n=7) | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI |
7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
Average Intel Core i9-13950HX (99351 - 127295, n=7) | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS | |
Average of class Gaming (23795 - 140932, n=174, last 2 years) | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 |
7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 -mmt1 | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
Average Intel Core i9-13950HX (6445 - 7064, n=7) | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
Average of class Gaming (4199 - 7581, n=174, last 2 years) | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E |
Geekbench 5.5 / Multi-Core | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
Average Intel Core i9-13950HX (16776 - 21853, n=7) | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W | |
Average of class Gaming (4557 - 23194, n=174, last 2 years) | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 |
Geekbench 5.5 / Single-Core | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
Average Intel Core i9-13950HX (1805 - 2097, n=7) | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS | |
Average of class Gaming (986 - 2210, n=174, last 2 years) | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 |
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 / 4k Preset | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
Average Intel Core i9-13950HX (26 - 34.5, n=7) | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS | |
Average of class Gaming (6.72 - 38.9, n=174, last 2 years) | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 |
LibreOffice / 20 Documents To PDF | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
Average of class Gaming (19 - 96.6, n=171, last 2 years) | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
Average Intel Core i9-13950HX (32.8 - 52.1, n=7) | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W |
R Benchmark 2.5 / Overall mean | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 | |
Average of class Gaming (0.3609 - 0.759, n=175, last 2 years) | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
Average Intel Core i9-13950HX (0.3823 - 0.4121, n=7) | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake |
* ... 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 | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
Average Intel Core i9-13950HX | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS | |
Average of class Gaming | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E |
AIDA64 / FP32 Ray-Trace | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
Average Intel Core i9-13950HX (18131 - 28957, n=7) | |
Average of class Gaming (4986 - 60169, n=171, last 2 years) | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E |
AIDA64 / FPU Julia | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
Average Intel Core i9-13950HX (102591 - 144303, n=7) | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS | |
Average of class Gaming (25360 - 252486, n=171, last 2 years) | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E |
AIDA64 / CPU SHA3 | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
Average Intel Core i9-13950HX (4981 - 7093, n=7) | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS | |
Average of class Gaming (1339 - 10389, n=171, last 2 years) | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 |
AIDA64 / CPU Queen | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
Average Intel Core i9-13950HX (131931 - 140103, n=7) | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
Average of class Gaming (50699 - 200651, n=171, last 2 years) | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 |
AIDA64 / FPU SinJulia | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
Average Intel Core i9-13950HX (12381 - 17057, n=7) | |
Average of class Gaming (4800 - 32988, n=171, last 2 years) | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E |
AIDA64 / FPU Mandel | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
Average Intel Core i9-13950HX (46539 - 71038, n=7) | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 | |
Average of class Gaming (12321 - 134044, n=171, last 2 years) | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E |
AIDA64 / CPU AES | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
Average Intel Core i9-13950HX (99981 - 204491, n=7) | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
Average of class Gaming (19065 - 328679, n=171, last 2 years) | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E |
AIDA64 / CPU ZLib | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
Average Intel Core i9-13950HX (1472 - 2069, n=7) | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS | |
Average of class Gaming (373 - 2409, n=171, last 2 years) | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 |
AIDA64 / FP64 Ray-Trace | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
Average Intel Core i9-13950HX (9787 - 15573, n=7) | |
Average of class Gaming (2540 - 31796, n=171, last 2 years) | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E |
AIDA64 / CPU PhotoWorxx | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
Average Intel Core i9-13950HX (40233 - 50864, n=7) | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
Average of class Gaming (10805 - 60161, n=171, last 2 years) | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 |
Update 03/02/2023: The Core i9-13980HX reaches a 100 MHz higher single-core turbo and shows a small advantage over the pre-production unit. However, both devices are equal in the multi-core tests and the overall difference between the Core i9-13950HX and the Core i9-13980HX is negligible.
System Performance
The subjective performance of the GT77 is excellent and the synthetic benchmark results are also very good, but this is hardly surprising considering the powerful hardware. The rivals are also very fast and you will not notice a big difference between the systems.
CrossMark: Overall | Productivity | Creativity | Responsiveness
PCMark 10 / Score | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
Average Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (7597 - 8884, n=2) | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
Average of class Gaming (5776 - 9852, n=156, last 2 years) | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 |
PCMark 10 / Essentials | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
Average Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (10903 - 11761, n=2) | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
Average of class Gaming (9057 - 12600, n=156, last 2 years) | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 |
PCMark 10 / Productivity | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
Average of class Gaming (6662 - 14612, n=156, last 2 years) | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 | |
Average Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (8330 - 9851, n=2) | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 |
PCMark 10 / Digital Content Creation | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
Average Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (13099 - 16424, n=2) | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
Average of class Gaming (6807 - 18475, n=156, last 2 years) | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 |
CrossMark / Overall | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS | |
Average Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (2019 - 2139, n=2) | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
Average of class Gaming (1247 - 2344, n=135, last 2 years) | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 |
CrossMark / Productivity | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W | |
Average Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (1909 - 1977, n=2) | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
Average of class Gaming (1299 - 2204, n=135, last 2 years) | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 |
CrossMark / Creativity | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W | |
Average Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (2222 - 2423, n=2) | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS | |
Average of class Gaming (1275 - 2660, n=135, last 2 years) | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 |
CrossMark / Responsiveness | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
Average Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (1792 - 1861, n=2) | |
Average of class Gaming (1030 - 2330, n=135, last 2 years) | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 |
PCMark 10 Score | 8884 points | |
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AIDA64 / Memory Copy | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
Average Intel Core i9-13950HX (61938 - 78494, n=7) | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
Average of class Gaming (21842 - 94222, n=171, last 2 years) | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 |
AIDA64 / Memory Read | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
Average Intel Core i9-13950HX (62368 - 86207, n=7) | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
Average of class Gaming (23681 - 99713, n=171, last 2 years) | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 |
AIDA64 / Memory Write | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
Average Intel Core i9-13950HX (59501 - 80441, n=7) | |
Average of class Gaming (22986 - 108954, n=171, last 2 years) | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E |
AIDA64 / Memory Latency | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
Average of class Gaming (59.5 - 259, n=171, last 2 years) | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake | |
Average Intel Core i9-13950HX (84.4 - 99.5, n=7) | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W |
* ... smaller is better
DPC Latency
DPC Latencies / LatencyMon - interrupt to process latency (max), Web, Youtube, Prime95 | |
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI | |
SCHENKER XMG Neo 17 M22 | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX-LL014W | |
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS | |
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS | |
Alienware x17 R2 P48E |
* ... smaller is better
Storage Devices
The 2023 Titan is one of the first laptops with a fast PCIe 5.0 interface, but there are hardly any suitable SSDs on the market yet. The other two slots support PCIe 4.0 and our review unit is equipped with two 2 TB SSDs from Samsung (PM9A1, OEM version of the 980 Pro) in a RAID 0 configuration. Besides the sheer capacity of 4 TB (3.97 free for the user) we can also record transfer rates north of 11 GB/s. However, this performance cannot be maintained very long and will drop considerably after a few minutes, so SSD cooler might have been a good idea. More SSD benchmarks are available here.