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MSI WS63 Series

MSI WS63 8SJ-047ESProcessor: Intel Coffee Lake i7-8750H, Intel Kaby Lake i7-7700HQ
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA Quadro P2000, NVIDIA Quadro P3000
Display: 15.60 inch
Weight: 1.8kg, 1.9kg, 1.92kg
Price: 2500 euro
Average Score: 78.93% - good
Average of 4 scores (from 7 reviews)
price: 50%, performance: 82%, features: 64%, display: 89%, mobility: 71%, workmanship: 80%, ergonomy: 80%, emissions: 85%

 

MSI WS63 7RK-280US

Specifications

MSI WS63 7RK-280USNotebook: MSI WS63 7RK-280US
Processor: Intel Kaby Lake i7-7700HQ
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA Quadro P3000
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 1.8kg
Links: MSI homepage
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Average Score: 80% - good

Average of 2 scores (from 3 reviews)

 

Reviews

85% MSI WS63 7RK Mobile Workstation (Nvidia Quadro P3000 6GB)
Source: Kitguru English Archive.org version
The MSI WS63 7RK is a hugely capable mobile workstation. You’re still not getting all the performance of a desktop in a notebook form, but there is a very useful amount of professional 3D and content creation power available here.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 04/17/2017
Rating: Total score: 85%
Hands on: MSI WS63 review
Source: Techradar English Archive.org version
The MSI WS63 is one of the few genuinely innovative workstation laptops we’ve tested in the past few years that impresses on three major counts: pricing, design and performance.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 04/10/2017

Foreign Reviews

75% Test MSI WS63, Un Pc Portables Pour La Modélisation 3D : Fiche Technique, Prix Et Dates De Sortie
Source: Hitek French FR→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 04/04/2017
Rating: Total score: 75% price: 50% performance: 70% display: 90% mobility: 70%

 

MSI WS63 7RF-290US

Specifications

MSI WS63 7RF-290USNotebook: MSI WS63 7RF-290US
Processor: Intel Kaby Lake i7-7700HQ
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA Quadro P3000 6144 MB
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 1.92kg
Price: 2500 euro
Links: MSI homepage
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Reviews

85.7% MSI WS63 7RF (i7-7700HQ, FHD, P3000) Workstation Review | Notebookcheck
Workstation gamer. The gaming notebook in disguise is one of the first to ship with a Quadro P3000 GPU. Performance will not throttle even if under the heaviest of loads.

 

MSI WS63 7RK-429GB

Specifications

MSI WS63 7RK-429GBNotebook: MSI WS63 7RK-429GB
Processor: Intel Kaby Lake i7-7700HQ
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA Quadro P3000
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 1.8kg
Links: MSI homepage
 MSI notebook section

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Average Score: 70% - average

Average of 1 scores (from 2 reviews)

 

Reviews

70% MSI WS63 Mobile Workstation Review
Source: Notebookreview.com English Archive.org version
The MSI WS63 provides a highly impressive level of performance for its size and weight. At just 4 pounds and 0.7 inches thick, the WS63 is thin and light for a 15.6-inch notebook in general, let alone a high-performance model. We were unable to locate a competing notebook that offered an equally or more powerful graphics card that was remotely close to its form factor.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 11/29/2017
Rating: Total score: 70%

Foreign Reviews

MSI WS63 7RK: Всегда При Делах
Source: Notebook-Center.ru RU→EN Archive.org version
Positive: Powerful hardware; high performance; good cooling system; fast fingerprint sensor; nice display. Negative: High price.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 07/07/2017

 

MSI WS63 8SJ-047ES

Specifications

MSI WS63 8SJ-047ESNotebook: MSI WS63 8SJ-047ES
Processor: Intel Coffee Lake i7-8750H
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA Quadro P2000
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 1.9kg
Links: MSI homepage
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Foreign Reviews

Estación gráfica portátil 15,6": MSI WS63 8SJ-047ES
Source: Putoinformatico Spanish ES→EN Archive.org version
Positive: Large screen; excellent display; powerful hardware; high performance. Negative: Expensive.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/26/2018

 

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.


With these GPUs you are able to play modern and demanding games fluently at medium detail settings and HD resolution.

NVIDIA Quadro P3000: High-end workstation graphics card based on the 16nm GP106 chip (similar to the consumer GTX 1060) from the Pascal architecture.

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

NVIDIA Quadro P2000: Mid-range workstation graphics card based on the 14nm GP107 chip (similar to the consumer GTX 1050 Ti) from the Pascal architecture. The Quadro GPUs offer certified drivers, which are optimized for stability and performance in professional applications (CAD, DCC, medical, prospection, and visualizing applications).

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


Intel Kaby Lake:

i7-7700HQ: Quad-core notebook processor based on the Kaby Lake architecture. Besides four CPU cores (including Hyper Threading), the chips also integrates the HD Graphics 630 GPU and is manufactured in an improved 14 nm process.

Intel Coffee Lake:

i7-8750H: On Coffee Lake architecture based processor for big and heavy laptops. Integrates six processor cores clocked at 2.2 - 4.1 GHz (4 GHz with 4 cores, 3.9 GHz with 6 cores) that support HyperThreading. Manufactured in an improved 14nm process (14nm++).

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


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


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78.93%: 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

HP ZBook Studio x360 G5-9AV38PA
Quadro P2000, Coffee Lake i7-8850H
Lenovo ThinkPad P1-20MD000NGE
Quadro P2000, Coffee Lake i7-8850H
Lenovo ThinkPad P1-20MD0023US
Quadro P2000, Coffee Lake i7-8850H
Dell Precision 5530 Xeon E-2176M
Quadro P2000, Coffee Lake E-2176M

Devices with the same GPU and/or Screen Size

HP ZBook 15 G6 6TU88EA
Quadro P2000, Coffee Lake i7-9850H, 2.6 kg
Lenovo ThinkPad P52-20M90017GE
Quadro P2000, Coffee Lake i7-8850H, 2.9 kg
HP ZBook 15 G5-2ZC66EA
Quadro P2000, Coffee Lake i7-8850H, 2.6 kg

Devices with the same GPU

Lenovo ThinkPad P72-20MB0005GE
Quadro P2000, Coffee Lake i7-8750H, 17.30", 3.4 kg

Devices with Same Screen Size and/or Weight

MSI Stealth 16 AI Studio A1VHG
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, Intel Meteor Lake-H Ultra 9 185H, 16.00", 1.99 kg
MSI Stealth 16 Studio A13VG, i7-13620H
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, Raptor Lake-H i7-13620H, 17.30", 2.8 kg
MSI Stealth 16 Studio A13VF, i9-13900H
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, Raptor Lake-H i9-13900H, 16.00", 1.99 kg
MSI Creator Z17 HX Studio A13VGT, i7-13700HX
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Raptor Lake-HX i7-13700HX, 17.00", 2.49 kg
MSI Prestige 16 Studio A13VF
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, Raptor Lake-H i7-13700H, 16.00", 2.1 kg
MSI Creator Z17 HX Studio A13VGT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Raptor Lake-HX i9-13950HX, 17.00", 2.49 kg
MSI Stealth 14 Studio A13VG, i7-13620H
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Raptor Lake-H i7-13620H, 14.00", 1.7 kg
MSI Stealth 14 Studio A13VE
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, Raptor Lake-H i7-13700H, 14.00", 1.7 kg
MSI Stealth 16 Studio A13VF
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, Raptor Lake-H i7-13620H, 16.00", 1.99 kg
MSI Stealth 14 Studio A13VG
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Raptor Lake-H i7-13700H, 14.00", 1.7 kg
MSI Prestige 16 Studio A13VE
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, Raptor Lake-H i7-13700H, 16.00", 2.1 kg
MSI Stealth 17 Studio A13VI
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, Raptor Lake-HX i7-13700HX, 17.30", 2.8 kg
MSI CreatorPro X17-A12U, i9 RTX A5500
RTX A5500 Laptop GPU, Alder Lake-S i9-12900HX, 17.30", 3.3 kg
MSI Creator Pro Z17 A12UMST
RTX A5500 Laptop GPU, Alder Lake-P i9-12900H, 17.00", 2.5 kg
MSI Creator Z16P B12UHST-046
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, Alder Lake-P i9-12900H, 16.00", 2.3 kg
MSI WS66 11UMT-220US
RTX A5000 Laptop GPU, Tiger Lake i9-11900H, 15.60", 2.1 kg
MSI Creator Z16 A11UET-011NEU
GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, Tiger Lake i7-11800H, 16.00", 2.2 kg
MSI Creator 17 B11UH-241
GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU, Tiger Lake i7-11800H, 17.30", 2.45 kg
MSI GS66 Stealth 10UH
GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU, Comet Lake i9-10980HK, 15.60", 2.1 kg
MSI WS66 10TMT-207US
Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q, Comet Lake i9-10980HK, 15.60", 2.264 kg
MSI WS65 9TM-857
Quadro RTX 5000 (Laptop), Coffee Lake i9-9880H, 15.60", 1.9 kg
Current Prices
MSI WS63 8SJ-047ES
MSI WS63 8SJ-047ES
MSI WS63 7RK-429GB
MSI WS63 7RK-429GB
MSI WS63 7RK-280US
MSI WS63 7RK-280US
Stefan Hinum, 2017-07-29 (Update: 2017-07-29)