MSI Pulse 16" C1VGKG-077 Core Black
Powered by an Intel Core Ultra 9-185H and RTX 4070, the 16-inch 2560x1600 IPS panel runs at 240Hz with 100% DCI-P3 coverage, enabling smooth, color-accurate gaming. Its SteelSeries keyboard offers customizable per-key RGB and the cooling system maintains performance, while HDMI 2.1 handles 8K external output. The laptop is ideal for competitive gamers and creators who demand both high refresh rates and precise color for photo and video editing.
About This Laptop
Powered by an Intel Core Ultra 9-185H and RTX 4070, the 16-inch 2560x1600 IPS panel runs at 240Hz with 100% DCI-P3 coverage, enabling smooth, color-accurate gaming. Its SteelSeries keyboard offers customizable per-key RGB and the cooling system maintains performance, while HDMI 2.1 handles 8K external output. The laptop is ideal for competitive gamers and creators who demand both high refresh rates and precise color for photo and video editing.
- CPU Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
- RAM 32 GB
- Storage 1024 GB
- Screen 16" 2560x1600
- GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU
- OS Windows 11 Home
- Battery wh 90
Overview
Performance
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong screen (89th percentile) 89th
- Strong ram (85th percentile) 85th
- Strong gpu (85th percentile) 85th
- Strong cpu (83th percentile) 83th
Cons
- Below average compact (19th percentile) 19th
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core Ultra 9 185H |
| Cores | 16 |
| Frequency | 2.3 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 24 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU |
| Type | discrete |
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| VRAM Type | GDDR6 |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 32 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR5 |
| Storage | 1 TB |
| Storage Type | NVMe SSD |
Display
| Size | 16" |
| Resolution | 2560 (QHD) |
| Panel | IPS |
| Refresh Rate | 240 Hz |
| Color Gamut | 100% DCI-P3 |
Connectivity
| USB-C Ports | 1 |
| USB Ports | 3 |
| HDMI | v 2.1 8K@60Hz 4K@120Hz |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 6E |
| Bluetooth | BT 5.3 |
| Ethernet | Gb LAN |
Physical
| Battery | 90 Wh |
| OS | Windows 11 Home |
vs Competition
| Spec | MSI Pulse 16" C1VGKG-077 | Apple MacBook Pro M4 Max | ASUS ROG Flow Z13 GZ302 | Lenovo Legion Pro Series Legion Pro 7i Gen 10 | Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro NP940XHA-KG3US | HP OmniBook X Flip 14-fk0033dx |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core Ultra 9 185H | Apple M4 Max | AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 | Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | Intel Core Ultra 7 256V | AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 |
| RAM (GB) | 32 | 64 | 128 | 32 | 32 | 24 |
| Storage (GB) | 1024 | 8192 | 1024 | 1024 | 1000 | 1024 |
| Screen | 16" 2560x1600 | 14.2" 3024x1964 | 13.4" 2560x1600 | 16" 2560x1600 | 14" 2880x1800 | 14" 1920x1200 |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU | Apple (40-Core) | AMD Radeon 8060S | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU | Intel Arc | AMD Radeon 860M |
| OS | Windows 11 Home | macOS | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home |
| Weight (kg) | - | 1.6 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| Battery (Wh) | 90 | 72 | 70 | 99 | 15 | - |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Cpu | Gpu | Ram | Port | Screen | Compact | Storage | Reliability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSI Pulse 16" C1VGKG-077 | 82.8 | 85.3 | 85.4 | 75.8 | 88.5 | 18.6 | 81.5 | 58.2 |
| Apple MacBook Pro M4 Max Compare | 91.7 | 18.4 | 96.3 | 80.7 | 99.1 | 67.2 | 99.7 | 96.1 |
| ASUS ROG Flow Z13 GZ302 Compare | 95.1 | 79.8 | 99.9 | 78.6 | 89.5 | 92.9 | 81.5 | 58.2 |
| Lenovo Legion Pro Series Legion Pro 7i Gen 10 Compare | 96.6 | 89.7 | 90.6 | 98 | 94.6 | 8.4 | 81.5 | 78.5 |
| Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro NP940XHA-KG3US Compare | 66.9 | 64 | 81.4 | 68 | 93.5 | 85.3 | 73.8 | 78.5 |
| HP OmniBook X Flip 14-fk0033dx Compare | 74.7 | 60.2 | 84.2 | 83.8 | 71.6 | 77 | 81.5 | 31.7 |
Usage Scores
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