Performance Testing
Obviously we had to do some performance testing with the MSI AG270 2QE-037US, but as our all-in-one inventory is limited to, well, this system for now, we had to compare it to desktop parts. In the graphs below that focus on processor performance, you'll find the likes of the Core i7-4790K, the Core i7-4770K, Core i5-4670K, and quite a few more. It's important to keep in mind as you look at these results that, while the 4790K has an 88 watt TDP, the CPU used in the AG270, the Core i7-4870HQ, has only a 47 watt TDP.
For single threaded performance, the Core i7-4870HQ is about on par with the Core i7-3970X (SNB-E) and nearly at the same level as the Core i5-4670K. That's damned impressive and should result in a system that feels snappy to any user. A multi-threaded result of 7.02 is actually faster than the Core i5-4670K processor (which is quad-core but without HyperThreading) and it is near the performance of the quad-core Core i7-3820 part!
POV-Ray results put the Core i7-4870HQ at nearly the same performance level of the desktop Core i5-4670K.
The first pass of the x264 benchmark shows the Core i7-4870HQ that is used in the MSI AG270 is 30% faster than the desktop Core i5-4670K and only 17% slower than the flagship Core i7-4790K desktop Haswell processor.
Now let's see how that GTX 980M performs. For our comparisons here you'll see the GTX 980M used in the MSI GT72 gaming laptop, a desktop GTX 970 reference and a desktop GTX 770 reference. I was curious to see if there were any performance deltas between the GTX 980M in the AIO form factor versus the notebook form factor.
Our 3DMark scores show very little variance between the GTX 980M in either system and give the GTX 970 a lead of 22% at the Extreme preset.
All of our game testing was done at 1080p in order to meet the criteria of the MSI AG270's integrated screen. In BF4, MSI's AG270 is about 6-7% faster than their GT72, and it is within 4% of the desktop GTX 970 graphics card as well!
GRID 2 performance is nearly identical for the GTX 980M and the GTX 970.
Clearly the MSI AG270 2QE is an impressive piece of gaming hardware that is more than capable of handling gaming today at 1920×1080, even at the highest in-game quality presets. It can rival the performance of a desktop GTX 970, especially at this lower resolution, and is definitely faster than what gamers today see with a GTX 680 or GTX 770. For a mobile form factor and stuffed into an AIO machine – it's damned impressive.
No comments section would be
No comments section would be complete without a complaint, so here goes: no G-Sync panel?
That would add quite a bit
That would add quite a bit more in terms of cost to an already costly system.
Which is what I thought when
Which is what I thought when I read this review and saw the price tag. At the same time though, would it be such a bad thing to add a SKU with this option? This is clearly being marketed as a premium all in one.
On the other hand you are attaching gsync to a monitor that can’t be reused in the event the person upgrades to another all in one or a desktop system. In that respect I can see it as costly in respect to the consumer.
-R
Didn’t you read the PR
Didn’t you read the PR material? You’ll never need to upgrade it! May as well get G-Sync out of the high price.
well…this is kinda like a
well…this is kinda like a gaming laptop, when the time comes…its not like you get to keep the screen an upgrade your system.
Don’t really know what kinda void MSI was trying to fill with this.
These AOI’s would really have
These AOI’s would really have value added to them if you could use them only as a monitor if the rest of the system didn’t work or wasn’t needed. Or did I miss where it says you can use it as a monitor for a different pc?
You can.. the unit has a
You can.. the unit has a video in and can act like a monitor for your PS4 or whatever..
is the vga port in or out?
is the vga port in or out?
Does it have a some form of
Does it have a some form of video input so you can use it as a display? Also really msi, can’t even upgrade the storage or ram without voiding the warranty? Fucking ridiculous.
:EDIT: watched the video and saw that it has hdmi in
this doesn’t really look like
this doesn’t really look like a good buy at all.
this doesn’t really look like
this doesn’t really look like a good buy at all.
I can built a better desktop
I can built a better desktop with that money.
I glazed over this and didn’t
I glazed over this and didn’t notice much thermal information. Thermal always seems to be an issue with gaming laptops. How does this thing behave after an 8-10 hour gaming session?