MSI Crosshair 15 R6E Laptop Review (Core i7-12700H / RTX 3070)

1. MSI Katana GF66 12UE2. Testing Configurations & Methodology3. Performance Results - Technical4. Performance Results - Cinebench & Blender5. Performance Results - Handbrake, 7-Zip, Memory6. Performance Results - 3DMark & PCMark 107. Performance Results - Gaming 1080p8. Performance Results - Gaming 1440p9. Closing Thoughts10. View All Pages

If you have already seen our MSI Katana GF66 gaming laptop review, then the analysis with this Crosshair 15 will be similar – they both use the same Intel Core i7-12700H with very similar power configurations.

MSI does well to hang with the Ryzen competitors in the short Cinebench test run. But the longer duration Blender tests really play into the hands of competing Ryzen laptops.

Single-threaded performance is where the Core i7-12700H and its lofty clocks inside the MSI Crosshair 15 R6E are strong, particularly against even Ryzen 6000 competition.

As expected, the performance drop-off with sustained Cinebench multi-threaded loading is notably due to Intel’s CPU power curves. That’s even with the hearty cooling setup for MSI’s laptop factored in, as it’s the Balanced power mode controlling sustained CPU power here.

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