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differences. We can say performance is on a

par with competing designs—when the

Prestige 14 is set to High Performance.

We also test laptops using Cinebench R15

and a single thread. This gives us an idea of

how well the laptop will handle the more

mundane applications you might use.

General performance for most tasks on

Make judicious use of the power profiles on the

Prestige 14 to get the most performance out of the

laptop.

mode is also generally acceptable for fan
noise, and a good compromise on CPU
performance.
Setting the MS Prestige 14 to High
Performance gives you the best performance,
and also a near-constant running of the fans at
full speed under loads. You can see all the
modes compared in the chart below.
We have limited data for comparing the
CPU performance to that of other laptops,
because we’ve seen only one other Core
i7-10710U laptop. We wouldn’t normally
include a much heavier, much faster 8-core
Core i9-9980HK against laptops in this
category, but those who are looking at a
laptop with the performance promise of the
Prestige 14 should know what they’re giving
up, and what they’re getting, for the weight

MSI’s Prestige 14 features four power profiles as
part of its Creator Center, each of which noticeably
impacts overall performance.

MSuper Battery settingSI Prestige 14

MSilent settingSI Prestige 14

MBalanced setting (default)SI Prestige 14

MHigh Performance settingSI Prestige 14

Cinebench R15.038 on

different power settings

Multi-core performance

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

726

532

1,076

131

Dell XPS 15 7590Core i9-9980HK

Dell XPS 13 7390Core i7-10710U

MPerformSI Prestige 14 ance

Core i7-10710U

Dell XPS 2-in-1 7390 Perf Mode

Core i7-1065G7

MDefaultSI Prestige 14

Core i7-10710U

HP Spectre x360 13 5th gen

Core i7-1065G7

Dell XPS 13 9380Core i7-8565U

MLaptop 3 15”icrosoft Surface

Ryzen 7 3580U

Dell Inspiron 15 7000

Core i7-8565U

HP Spectre x360 13 2019

Core i7-8565U

HuawX Proei MateBook

Core i7-8550U

Cinebench R15.038

Multi-core performance

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

1,7 12

726

1,076

705

1,10 6

714

850

695

684

623

529