Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Firestrike
The MSI GP62 Leopard Pro 7RD isn’t a high-end system and this is clear when in comparison to the results of other laptops. While it has an excellent CPU, it’s likely that the rather lightweight Nvidia 1050 acts as a lead balloon to the figures. The difference between this and the WoT edition (which had the 1050ti) is clearly visible and substantial.
Unigine Superposition 1080p Extreme
Moving onto a GPU bound score, the system scored a reasonable 997. Once again, the lack of a better graphics card and only 2gb of VRAM meant that this system just simply could not compete in this test.
PCMark 10
Scoring 4139, this is where the MSI GP62 Leopard Pro 7RD really shows its power. That Intel i7 7700 makes this, from a CPU standpoint, a solid performer.
WPrime 32M and 1024M
A little higher than we would have anticipated clocking in a 330.215, which is quite notably higher than its competitors.
Cinebench R15
The CPU pushes the rendering ability of this laptop far beyond that which most would expect. While the single core result is a little lower than expected, I would put this down to perhaps just an aberration that clearly does not affect the overall performance.
Handbrake MP4 to MKV Conversion 4K
The MSI GP62 Leopard Pro 7RD did fairly decently with the conversion. While 4k video files may not fall within your usual gaming laptop remit, this performed the task at a reasonably solid speed thanks in no small part to that Intel i7. It was, however, during this task that the laptop became the noisiest, but then video conversion is one of the most demanding tasks you can do.
I wish this review was more helpful. According to the review, the keyboard is great, the processor is great, the graphics is underpowered but there is no mention of how good the screen is. I’m not really interested in the graphs and benchmarks – I’d like to know if the screen is bright enough and if the colours are vibrant enough. This actually looks like just the laptop I’m looking for but I want to know more about the quality of the screen. Maybe the reviewer was so mesmerised by the keyboard that he forgot to look at the screen!