MSI PRO DP10 PRODP1013M057 Black 2023

The MSI PRO DP10 squeezes a fast 13th-gen i7 into an impossibly small and quiet box. It's a productivity champ with excellent connectivity, but the integrated graphics are awful for gaming. Snag it if you need a powerful tiny PC for pure work, and steer clear if you ever plan to play games.

The 13th-gen i7 is the star of the show here. It lands in the 43rd percentile overall for CPUs, but that's against full desktop chips, so it's still plenty snappy for office work and multitasking. Day-to-day responsiveness is great, and the 1TB SSD is solidly middle of the pack, meaning apps and files load fast. The real weak spot, and we can't stress this enough, is the GPU. With a gaming score of 10.7 out of 100, the integrated Iris Xe graphics are one of the worst options we've seen for anything beyond streaming video. Don't even think about gaming or heavy photo editing. The 16GB of DDR4 RAM is also a bit underwhelming at the 33rd percentile, which might feel tight in a couple years if you're a heavy multitasker.

Stacked against the competition, the MSI carves a very specific niche. An Apple Mac Studio M4 Max will run absolute circles around it in creative workloads but costs significantly more and locks you into macOS. The HP OMEN GT22 and Lenovo Legion Tower 5a are actual gaming rigs with dedicated GPUs, so they demolish the DP10 in that arena but take up ten times the space. Where the MSI wins is density. It's smaller and better-connected than a Dell tower, and it's got a newer processor than many budget business desktops. You're essentially trading all graphics power for extreme portability and a clean desk setup.

Pricing on this thing is all over the map, with a wild spread from $1,330 all the way up to a baffling $32,350. You'll obviously want to aim for the lower end of that spectrum. At around $1,300, you're getting a solid, ultra-compact office PC with strong connectivity and a capable processor. It's a fair price for a specialized business tool. If you see it creeping anywhere near the four-figure mark, you're being robbed. Seriously, just buy a Mac Studio or a full desktop for that kind of money.

The MSI PRO DP10 is basically the office PC equivalent of a sleeper car. It's a tiny 1.4-liter box that packs a legit 13th-gen Core i7 with 12 cores, yet sits so quietly you'll forget it's even there. For spreadsheets, web apps, and general productivity, this thing punches way above its weight class in size. Just don't expect it to do anything graphically demanding, that's not what it's built for. The integrated Intel Iris Xe graphics are strictly for displaying your desktop, not rendering 3D scenes. The port selection out back is genuinely impressive for a mini PC, giving you Thunderbolt, dual display outs, and a pile of USB-A ports that would make a full-size tower blush. It's a practical, no-nonsense workhorse wrapped in a very tidy package, and it ships with Windows 11 Pro which is a nice touch for business users.

Gamers and creative pros should look elsewhere, immediately. The Intel Iris Xe graphics land with a gaming score of 10.7, which makes this one of the worst possible choices for anything 3D-related. If you need to render video, edit photos with layers, or play games newer than Solitaire, a cheap tower with a dedicated GPU will serve you infinitely better for the same price.

This PC is for the desk minimalist who needs real CPU power for number crunching without a giant metal box under their desk. It's perfect for office professionals, remote workers with limited space, or anyone running data-heavy but graphically simple applications. As long as your job doesn't involve opening Adobe Premiere, you'll love it. The inclusion of a Kensington lock and TPM support also makes it a no-brainer for IT departments rolling out secure endpoints.