MSI Modern 15 (A11SBx / A11Mx)
- HDD/SSD
- up to 16000GB SSD
- M.2 Slot
- 1x M.2 PCIe 4.0 x4 + 1x M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4
- RAM
- up to 64GB
- OS
- Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 Pro, No OS, Windows 11 Home, Windows 11 Pro
- Battery
- 52Wh, 3-cell
- Body material
- Aluminum
- Dimensions
- 356.8 x 233.7 x 16.9 mm (14.05" x 9.20" x 0.67")
- Weight
- 1.60 kg (3.5 lbs)
- Ports and connectivity
- 1x USB Type-A
- 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)
- 2x USB Type-A
- 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps)
- 1x USB Type-C
- Thunderbolt 4, Power Delivery (PD), DisplayPort
- HDMI
- Card reader
- MicroSD
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11ax
- Bluetooth
- 5.1
- Audio jack
- 3.5 Combo Jack
- Features
- Fingerprint reader
- Web camera
- HD
- Backlit keyboard
- optional
- Speakers
- 2x 2W, Nahimic 3
- Optical drive
- Security Lock slot
All MSI Modern 15 (A11SBx / A11Mx) configurations
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Office Work
Office Work should be used mostly by users who spend most of the time looking at pieces of text, tables or just surfing. This profile aims to deliver better distinctness and clarity by keeping a flat gamma curve (2.20), native color temperature and perceptually accurate colors.
Design and Gaming
This profile is aimed at designers who work with colors professionally, and for games and movies as well. Design and Gaming takes display panels to their limits, making them as accurate as possible in the sRGB IEC61966-2-1 standard for Web and HDTV, at white point D65.
Health-Guard
Health-Guard eliminates the harmful Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) and reduces the negative Blue Light which affects our eyes and body. Since it’s custom tailored for every panel, it manages to keep the colors perceptually accurate. Health-Guard simulates paper so the pressure on the eyes is greatly reduced.
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CPU performance
Here you can find the price/performance difference between all the CPUs that come in the MSI Modern 15 (A11SBx / A11Mx) series.
Results are from the Cinebench 20 Multi-core test (the higher the score, the better)
GPU performance
Here you can find the price/performance difference between all the GPUs that come in the MSI Modern 15 (A11SBx / A11Mx) series.
Results are for the 3DMark: Fire Strike (Graphics) benchmark (the higher the score, the better)
MSI Modern 15 (A11SBx / A11Mx) in-depth review
According to MSI, their Modern 15 (A11X) laptop is the ultimate daily driver for people that live a dynamic and hectic life. It not only bears the new logo of the company on its back, but it also comes in three color iterations - Urban Silver and Carbon Gray.Perhaps the biggest improvement year on year is in the processor, as the Modern 15 now comes equipped with Intel's Tiger Lake processors. This enables it to support the Thunderbolt 4 connection, which MSI opted to use, thankfully.As you probably know the integrated Xe Graphics inside of the Tiger Lake CPUs is actually quite capabl[...]
Pros
- Thunderbolt 4, Wi-Fi 6 connection, and a MicroSD card reader on board
- There are two M.2 PCIe slots, two RAM-SODIMM slots (up to 64GB of RAM in total) + it supports Wi-Fi 6 (beware of the Factory Seal sticker)
- Thin and light body
- PWM-free display (AUO B156HAN02.1)
- Supreme performance
Cons
- Subpar battery life
- Covers only 51% of the sRGB color gamut (AUO B156HAN02.1)
- Its chassis is too flexy
Games you can play on this laptop series
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
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MED |
MAX |
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Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) | 42 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 33 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 23 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
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MAX |
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Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) | 537 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 50 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48EU) | 318 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 36 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
VERY LOW |
MED |
MAX |
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Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) | 231 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 183 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 142 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48EU) | 168 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 129 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 103 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
LOW |
NORMAL |
HIGH |
MAX |
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Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) | 94 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 63 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 45 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 34 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48EU) | 66 FPS | 39 FPS | 23 FPS | 18 FPS |
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
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MED |
ULTRA |
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Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) | 174 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 41 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 23 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48EU) | 110 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 19 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 9 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
LOW |
MED |
MAX |
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Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) | 117 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 79 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 39 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48EU) | 65 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 38 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 27 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
LOW |
MED |
HIGH |
ULTRA |
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Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) | 37 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 28 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 23 FPS PLAY VIDEO | - PLAY VIDEO |
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
HIGH PERF |
HIGH QLT |
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Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) | 97 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 43 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48EU) | 53 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 24 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
LOW |
MED |
HIGH |
ULTRA |
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Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) | 33 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 25 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 22 FPS PLAY VIDEO | - PLAY VIDEO |
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
LOW |
HIGH |
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Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) | 71 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 40 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48EU) | 30 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 16 FPS PLAY VIDEO |