(November 14, 2019 update: We're unable to reproduce the CPU throttling behavior on a second Prestige 15 unit. Clock rates and core temperature would stabilize at 2.8 GHz and 95 C, respectively, on the second unit. Core temperatures are nonetheless higher than we would like when under such high loads. We recommend keeping your system up to date through the MSI Drivers and App Center and keeping an eye on the CPU temperature if running it at 100 percent utilization.)

The Prestige 15 is proof that MSI can do more than just gaming products. It's arguably just as visually appealing as the XPS 15, ZenBook 15, or Spectre x360 15 while being lighter and generally more versatile for travel because of its USB Type-C charger. The hexa-core Comet Lake-U CPU works very well as an alternative to quad-core Coffee Lake-H provided that the programs you run can fully exploit the six physical cores available. Meanwhile, the 4K UHD display is brighter and more accurate out of the box than what most 15.6-inch Ultrabooks have to offer including the aforementioned Asus and HP. Fan noise is less likely to pulse during higher loads as well when compared to Ultrabooks with more demanding Intel H-series processors.

There's still a lot that MSI can do to make the Prestige 15 even better. The lack of both a Kensington Lock and IR camera, for example, are strange omissions on a high-end office laptop. The case could be made more rigid as it doesn't feel as strong as the flagships from Dell or HP. CPU throttling when under 100 percent utilization could be handled better. Even though the system uses both an ULV Intel CPU and Max-Q Nvidia GPU, core temperatures are still very warm when under load. keyboard and clickpad feedback in particular could be crisper and less spongy.