First and foremost, this thing performs wonderfully with games, nearly everything I throw at it runs at 60 - 100 fps or higher. 144 Hz screen is great, but there's no G-Sync so there's still tearing like on any other monitor. It stays shockingly cool when in turbo mode, I played a few hours of Risk of Rain 2 and the air coming out of the PC felt only slightly warmer than the ambient air. It runs my Valve Index VR kit extremely well while in turbo mode, runs the Master Chief Collection and DOOM Eternal like a boss. However, like other gaming laptops your performance and battery life are going to absolutely tank the minute you unplug the laptop. Be prepared to find an outlet or don't bother at all. This is basically a desktop with an uninterruptible power supply and an ultra-slim form factor (compared to a desktop). That said, it feels sturdy, installing two additional SSDs (one NVME, one not) was super easy and took minutes to pull off, it always boots quickly and the network card allows for super fast download speeds. In short, I love it.